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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
March 31, 1883
Place of Birth:
Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
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Lon Chaney
Biography
Leonidas Frank "Lon" Chaney (April 1, 1883 – August 26, 1930) was an American actor and makeup artist. He is regarded as one of the most versatile and powerful actors of cinema, renowned for his characterizations of tortured, often grotesque and afflicted, characters and for his groundbreaking artistry with makeup. Chaney was known for his starring roles in such silent horror films as The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923) and The Phantom of the Opera (1925). His ability to transform himself using makeup techniques that he developed earned him the nickname "The Man of a Thousand Faces".
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | They Came from the Attic | The Phantom of the Opera (Archival Footage) |
| 2014 | Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film | The Phantom / Quasimodo (archive footage) |
| 2013 | A Messenger from the Shadows (Notes on Film 06 A/Monologue 01) | |
| 2011 | Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films | Himself (archive footage) |
| 2008 | Nadie inquietó más | Various Roles (archive footage) |
| 2007 | Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman | Self (archive footage) |
| 2007 | Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire | Himself (archive footage) |
| 2002 | London After Midnight | Professor Edward C. Burke (archive footage) |
| 2000 | The Many Faces of Dracula | Self (archive footage) |
| 2000 | Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces | Self (archive footage) |
| 1998 | Universal Horror | (archive footage) |
| 1995 | Lon Chaney: Behind the Mask | Self (archive footage) |
| 1995 | Lon Chaney: Son of a Thousand Faces | (archive footage) |
| 1983 | The Horror of It All | The Phantom (archive footage) |
| 1979 | The Horror Show | (archive footage) |
| 1974 | The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute | Self (archive footage) |
| 1953 | Yesterday and Today | (archive footage) |
| 1951 | Hollywood Story | The Phantom (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary | Self (archive footage) |
| 1942 | Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10) | Self (archive footage) |
| 1931 | The House That Shadows Built | (archive footage) |
| 1930 | The Unholy Three | Professor Echo / Grandma O'Grady |
| 1929 | The Phantom of the Opera | Erik |
| 1929 | Where East Is East | Tiger Haynes |
| 1929 | Thunder | Grumpy Anderson |
| 1928 | Laugh, Clown, Laugh | Tito Beppi |
| 1928 | West of Zanzibar | Phroso 'Dead-Legs' |
| 1928 | While the City Sleeps | Dan Coghlan |
| 1928 | Mabel and Bill Dumphy's visit with Hazel & Lon Chaney | Self |
| 1928 | The Big City | Chuck Collins |
| 1927 | The Unknown | Alonzo |
| 1927 | London After Midnight | Professor Edward C. Burke |
| 1927 | Life in Hollywood No. 3 | Self |
| 1927 | Mockery | Sergei |
| 1927 | Mr. Wu | Mr. Wu / Wu's Grandfather |
| 1926 | The Road to Mandalay | Singapore Joe |
| 1926 | The Blackbird | Dan - The Blackbird / The Bishop |
| 1926 | Tell It to the Marines | Sergeant O'Hara |
| 1925 | The Phantom of the Opera | Erik, The Phantom |
| 1925 | The Monster | Dr. Ziska |
| 1925 | The Unholy Three | Professor Echo / Granny O'Grady |
| 1925 | The Tower of Lies | Jan |
| 1924 | He Who Gets Slapped | Paul Beaumont |
| 1924 | The Next Corner | Juan Serafin |
| 1923 | While Paris Sleeps | Henri Santodos |
| 1923 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame | Quasimodo |
| 1923 | The Shock | Wilse Dilling |
| 1923 | All the Brothers Were Valiant | Mark Shore |
| 1922 | A Blind Bargain | Dr. Arthur Lamb / The Ape Man |
| 1922 | Shadows | Yen Sin |
| 1922 | Quincy Adams Sawyer | Obadiah Strout |
| 1922 | The Light in the Dark | Tony Pantelli |
| 1922 | Flesh and Blood | David Webster |
| 1922 | The Trap | Gaspard the Good |
| 1922 | Oliver Twist | Fagin |
| 1921 | The Ace of Hearts | Farallone |
| 1921 | For Those We Love | Trix Ulner |
| 1921 | Outside the Law | Ah Wing / 'Black Mike' Sylva |
| 1921 | Voices of the City | O'Rourke |
| 1921 | Bits of Life | Chin Chow |
| 1920 | The Penalty | Blizzard |
| 1920 | Nomads of the North | Raoul Challoner |
| 1920 | Treasure Island | Blind Pew / Merry |
| 1920 | The Gift Supreme | Merney Stagg |
| 1920 | The Adventures of Daredevil Jack | Royce Rivers |
| 1919 | A Man's Country | 'Three Card' Duncan |
| 1919 | The Wicked Darling | Stoop Connors |
| 1919 | When Bearcat Went Dry | Kindard Powers |
| 1919 | Victory | Ricardo |
| 1919 | The False Faces | Karl Eckstrom |
| 1919 | The Miracle Man | The Frog |
| 1919 | Paid in Advance | Bateese Le Blanc |
| 1918 | Fast Company | Dan McCarty |
| 1918 | The Kaiser, the Beast of Berlin | Bethmann-Hollweg |
| 1918 | Broadway Love | Elmer Watkins |
| 1918 | A Broadway Scandal | 'Kink' Colby |
| 1918 | Danger, Go Slow | Bud |
| 1918 | The Grand Passion | Paul Argos |
| 1918 | Riddle Gawne | Hame Bozzam |
| 1918 | That Devil, Bateese | Louis Courteau |
| 1918 | The Talk of the Town | Jack Langhorne |
| 1917 | Bondage | Seducer (uncredited) |
| 1917 | The Scarlet Car | Paul Revere Forbes |
| 1917 | The Empty Gun | Frank |
| 1917 | Triumph | Paul Neihoff |
| 1917 | Hell Morgan's Girl | Sleter Noble |
| 1917 | Anything Once | Waughnt Moore |
| 1917 | Fires of Rebellion | Russell Hanlon |
| 1917 | The Piper's Price | Billy Kilmartin |
| 1917 | A Doll's House | Nils Krogstad |
| 1917 | The Rescue | Thomas Holland |
| 1917 | The Flashlight | Henry Norton / Porter Brixton |
| 1917 | Pay Me! | Joe Lawson |
| 1917 | The Girl in the Checkered Coat | Hector Maitland |
| 1916 | The Mark of Cain | Dick Temple |
| 1916 | If My Country Should Call | Dr. George Ardrath |
| 1916 | The Place Beyond the Winds | Jerry Jo |
| 1916 | Bobbie of the Ballet | Hook Hoover |
| 1916 | The Grasp of Greed | Jimmie |
| 1916 | The Gilded Spider | Giovanni |
| 1916 | The Price of Silence | Edmond Stafford |
| 1916 | Tangled Hearts | John Hammond |
| 1916 | The Grip of Jealousy | Silas Lacey |
| 1916 | Dolly's Scoop | Dan Fisher |
| 1915 | The Stool Pigeon | |
| 1915 | The Measure of a Man | Donald MacDermott |
| 1915 | The Oyster Dredger | |
| 1915 | Alas and Alack | The Fisherman and Hunchback Fate |
| 1915 | The Millionaire Paupers | Landlord |
| 1915 | The Sin of Olga Brandt | Stephen Leslie |
| 1915 | A Mother's Atonement | Ben |
| 1915 | The Fascination of the Fleur de Lis | The Duke of Safoulrug |
| 1914 | Damon and Pythias | Wild Man (uncredited) (unconfirmed) |
| 1914 | Discord and Harmony | Lon - the Sculptor |
| 1914 | The End of the Feud | Wood Dawson |
| 1914 | A Ranch Romance | Raphael Praz |
| 1914 | The Oubliette | Chevalier Bertrand de la Payne |
| 1914 | By the Sun's Rays | Frank Lawler, the Clerk |
| 1914 | The Forbidden Room | John Morris |
| 1914 | The Tragedy of Whispering Creek | The Greaser |
| 1914 | A Night of Thrills | The Visitor |
| 1914 | Richelieu | Baradas |
| 1914 | The Higher Law | Sir Stephen Fitz Allen |
| 1914 | Virtue Its Own Reward | Duncan Bronson |
| 1914 | The Lion, the Lamb and the Man | Fred Brown, the Lion |
| 1913 | Poor Jake's Demise | The Dude |
| 1913 | The Restless Spirit | The Russian Count (uncredited) |
| 1913 | Back to Life | The Rival |
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