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Lon Chaney Jr.

Acting

Born February 10, 1906 · Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA

Died July 12, 1973

Also known as Creighton Tull Chaney · Creighton Chaney · Lon Chaney

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lon Chaney, Jr., licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography50+ titles

Jack Pierce: The Man Who Made the Monsters

2015as Self (archive footage)

Overland Mail

1942as Jim Lane

High Noon

1952as Martin Howe

Los Angeles Plays Itself

2003as Charles Benton in The Indestructible Man (archive footage)

Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film

2014as The Wolf Man / Larry Talbot (archive footage)

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962as Self

The Old Corral

1936as Garland - Simms partner

The Red Skelton Show

1951as Lon Chaney

Have Gun, Will Travel

1957as O'Connor - Inmate

Of Mice and Men

1939as Lennie Small

Rawhide

1959as Rock

The Defiant Ones

1958as Big Sam

The Rifleman

1958as Charlie Gordo

Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein

1948as The Wolfman

Wanted: Dead or Alive

1958as Sheriff Lon Paulson

The Wolf Man

1941as Larry Talbot / The Wolf Man

Ace Drummond

1936as Henchman Ivan

The Last Frontier

1932as Tom Kirby, aka The Black Ghost

Spider Baby or, The Maddest Story Ever Told

1967as Bruno

The Colgate Comedy Hour

1950as Self - Frankenstein Monster

Tombstone Territory

1957as Ex-Marshal Daggett

Albuquerque

1948as Steve Murkill

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948as Self

Riders of Death Valley

1941as Henchman Butch

Alexander's Ragtime Band

1938as Photographer

Witchcraft

1964as Morgan Whitlock

The Haunted Palace

1963as Simon Orne

Route 66

1960as Lon Chaney

Pardners

1956as Whitey

Wagon Train

1957as Carstairs

Big House, U.S.A

1955as Leonard M. 'Alamo' Smith

My Favorite Brunette

1947as Willie

Dead Man's Eyes

1944as David Stuart

Johnny Reno

1966as Sheriff Hodges

Law of the Lawless

1964as Tiny

Only the Valiant

1951as Trooper Kebussyan

Jesse James

1939as One Of James Gang

Telephone Time

as Jules Samenian

The Deputy

as Tom Arnold

Apache Uprising

1965as Charlie Russell

The Indian Fighter

1955as Chivington

The Black Castle

1952as Gargon

Springfield Rifle

1952as Pete Elm

Lucky Devils

1933as Frankie

Tales of Tomorrow

Black Spurs

1965as Kile

Not as a Stranger

1955as Job Marsh

The Black Sleep

1956as Dr. Munroe, aka Mungo

I Died a Thousand Times

1955as Big Mac

Behave Yourself!

1951as Pinky