Lon Chaney Jr.
Known for
Acting
Born
February 10, 1906
Birthplace
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
Died
July 12, 1973 (aged 67)
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lon Chaney, Jr. (February 10, 1906 – July 12, 1973), born Creighton Tull Chaney, was an American character actor. He was best known for his roles in monster movies and as the son of famous silent film actor, Lon Chaney. He is notable for playing Larry Talbot in The Wolf Man movies. Originally credited in films as Creighton Chaney, he was first credited as "Lon Chaney, Jr." in 1935. Chaney had English, French and Irish ancestry.
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Best known work
High Noon
1952
The Wolf Man
1941
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
1948
The Defiant Ones
1958
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
1943
The Haunted Palace
1963
House of Frankenstein
1944
Spider Baby
1967
The Ghost of Frankenstein
1942
House of Dracula
1945Filmography
2025
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Moviesas Self (archive footage)
2015
Jack Pierce: The Man Who Made the Monstersas Self (archive footage)
2014
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Filmas The Wolf Man / Larry Talbot (archive footage)
2010
Pure in Heart: The Life and Legacy of Lon Chaney, Jr.as Self (archive footage)
2007
Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampireas Himself (archive footage)
2007
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackermanas Self (archive footage)
2007
Terror in the Pharaoh's Tombas Hassan (archive footage)
2006
Terror in the Tropicsas Lyle Talbot (archive footage)
2004
2001
Heroes of Horroras (archive footage)
2000
Lon Chaney: A Thousand Facesas Self (archive footage)
2000
The American Nightmareas Self
2000
Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthedas Self (archive footage)
2000
The Many Faces of Draculaas Count Dracula (archive footage)
1999
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'as Self (archive footage)
1998
Universal Horroras (archive footage)
1995
Lon Chaney: Son of a Thousand Facesas (archive footage)
1994
Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeldas Self (archive footage)
1992
Dracula in the Moviesas (archive footage)
1991
Halloween Monster Bashas Butcher Benton (archive footage)
1991
Wolfman Chronicles: A Cinematic Scrapbookas Lawrence Talbot / The Wolf Man (archive footage)
1991
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbookas Count Dracula / The Wolf Man (archive footage)
1991
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbookas Lawrence Talbot / The Monster (archive footage)
1990
Abbott and Costello in the Moviesas Outtake
1979
The Horror Showas (archive footage)