Lon Chaney American silent film actor

Lon Chaney is a 47 years old American silent film actor from Colorado Springs, Colorado. Lon Chaney was born on April 01, 1883 (died on August 26, 1930, he was 47 years old) in Colorado Springs, Colorado as Leonidas Frank Chaney. His nickname was The Man of a Thousand Faces.

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Biography

Lon Chaney born Leonidas Frank Chaney was an American actor during the age of silent films. He is regarded as one of the most versatile and powerful actors of early cinema renowned for his characterizations of tortured often grotesque and afflicted characters and his groundbreaking artistry with makeup. Chaney is known for his starring roles in such silent horror films as The Hunchback of Notre Dame and The Phantom of the Opera.
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Is Lon Chaney still alive?

No, he died on 08/26/1930, 91 years ago. He was 47 years old when he died. Cause of death: laryngeal cancer. He died in Los Angeles and buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park .

Family

Child

He had one child, Lon (67, Actor) . When his first child, Lon Chaney, Jr., was born, Lon Chaney (Sr.) was 22 years old.

Works

Lon Chaney Movies (149)

There are 149 movies of Lon Chaney (Sr.).

His first feature film was High Noon (1952, as Martin Howe). He was 69 when he starred in this movie. Since 1952, he has appeared in 149 feature films. The last one is Terror in the Tropics (2006). In this movie, we watched him in the Lyle Talbot character .

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Lon Chaney (Sr.) movie characters

The names of the characters/jobs in the films he starred in are as follows:

Character/Job	Movie	Age
Martin Howe	High Noon (1952)	69
Lawrence Stewart Talbot, the wolfman	Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943)	59
Larry Talbot/The Wolf Man	Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)	65
Larry Talbot - The Wolf Man	The Wolf Man (1941)	58
Lawrence Talbot	House of Frankenstein (1944)	61
The Frankenstein Monster	The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942)	58
Simon Orne	The Haunted Palace (1963)	80
Bruno	Spider Baby (1967)	84
One Of James Gang	Jesse James (1939)	55
Big Sam	The Defiant Ones (1958)	75
Count Dracula	Son of Dracula (1943)	60
Lawrence Stewart Talbot	House of Dracula (1945)	62
Whitey	Pardners (1956)	73
Trooper Kebussyan	Only the Valiant (1951)	68
Dollarhide	Union Pacific (1939)	56
Willie	My Favorite Brunette (1947)	63
Chivington	The Indian Fighter (1955)	72
Lennie	Of Mice and Men (1939)	56
Kharis, the Mummy	The Mummy's Tomb (1942)	59
Kharis	The Mummy's Curse (1944)	61
Kharis	The Mummy's Ghost (1944)	61
Shorty	North West Mounted Police (1940)	57
Manon	The Alligator People (1959)	76
Groton	Dracula vs. Frankenstein (1971)	88
Avery	Welcome to Hard Times (1967)	84
Charles "Butcher" Benton	Indestructible Man (1956)	72
Job Marsh	Not as a Stranger (1955)	72
Maximillian	Hillbillys in a Haunted House (1967)	84
Thornton	Bird of Paradise (1932)	49
Alex Gregor, aka Gregor the Great	The Frozen Ghost (1945)	62
Gargon	The Black Castle (1952)	69
Swede	Manfish (1956)	72
Dan McCormick	Man-Made Monster (1941)	57
Steve Murkill	Albuquerque (1948)	64
Johnson	Here Come the Co-eds (1945)	61
Photographer	Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)	55
Tiny	Law of the Lawless (1964)	81
Pete Elm	Springfield Rifle (1952)	69
himself	Jack Pierce: The Man Who Made the Monsters (2015)	132
The Mummified Werewolf	House of Terror (1960)	77
Pringle	Frontier Marshal (1939)	56
David Stuart	Dead Man's Eyes (1944)	61
Charlie Leach	Town Tamer (1965)	82
Kile	Black Spurs (1965)	82
Prof. Norman Reed	Weird Woman (1944)	60
Garage Mechanic	Born Reckless (1937)	54
Blackfish	Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer (1956)	73
Wayne Fletcher	Pillow of Death (1945)	62
Dr. Mendell	Gallery of Horror (1967)	83
Morgan Whitlock	Witchcraft (1964)	80
Art Birdwell	Money, Women and Guns (1958)	75
Dr. Mark Steel	Calling Dr. Death (1943)	60
Sheriff Hodges	Johnny Reno (1966)	82
Leonard M. 'Alamo' Smith	Big House, U.S.A. (1955)	71
Dr. Munroe, aka Mungo	The Black Sleep (1956)	73
Crazy Charlie	The Boy from Oklahoma (1954)	71
Big Mac	I Died a Thousand Times (1955)	72
Artemus Taylor	The Bushwhackers (1952)	68
Marine Sentry	Submarine Patrol (1938)	55
Bartender	Young Fury (1965)	81
Lt. Armand Corday	The Three Musketeers (1933)	50
Kharis	Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed (2000)	117
Spurge McManamee	A Lion Is in the Streets (1953)	70
Hava	Cobra Woman (1944)	61
Emo, the Murderer	Casanova's Big Night (1954)	71
Monti	The Female Bunch (1971)	88
Gus	Once a Thief (1950)	67
Satan	The Devil's Messenger (1961)	77
Martin 'Marty' Melville	The Cyclops (1957)	74
Akhoba	One Million B.C. (1940)	57
Himself	Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces (2000)	117
The Mummified Werewolf	Face of the Screaming Werewolf (1965)	81
Pinky	Behave Yourself! (1951)	67
Federal Agent in Baltimore Bank	This Is My Affair (1937)	54
Shocker / Schockovitz Ninkovitch	Inside Straight (1951)	67
Charlie Russell	Apache Uprising (1965)	82
Louie Struber	The Counterfeiters (1948)	65
Henchman Butch	Riders of Death Valley (1941)	58
Laborer Killed at Launching	Slave Ship (1937)	54
Jack McCall	Badlands Of Dakota (1941)	58
Girard	Cheyenne Rides Again (1937)	53
Various Roles	Heroes of Horror (2001)	117
Borka Barbarossa	Flame of Araby (1951)	68
Lon Chaney Jr.	Follow the Boys (1944)	61
Jeff Carter	Strange Confession (1945)	62
Pierre	City in Darkness (1939)	56
'Spike' Hudson	Billy the Kid (1941)	58
Henchman Kip	The Big Chase (1954)	71
Castro	Passion (1954)	71
Cameo Appearance	Crazy House (1943)	60
Scott, the Chauffeur	Wife, Doctor and Nurse (1937)	54
Belial Desard	House of the Black Death (1965)	81
Eddie	Angel's Holiday (1937)	54
Commissioner Taro	Bride of the Gorilla (1951)	68
Mr. Demitri	16 Fathoms Deep (1948)	65
John Arthur 'Silk' Lennox	The Shadow of Silk Lennox (1935)	52
Detective Erickson	Midnight Taxi (1937)	54
Policeman	One Mile From Heaven (1937)	54
Attendant	Love and Hisses (1937)	54
Benny	Eyes of the Underworld (1942)	59
Himself	Lon Chaney: Son of a Thousand Faces (1995)	112
	Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb (2007)	123
Himself	Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire (2007)	124
Newsman	Love Is News (1937)	53
Tom Kirby, aka The Black Ghost	The Last Frontier (1932)	49
Nate Carson	North to the Klondike (1942)	58
Sinbad	Thief of Damascus (1952)	69
Jack Wilson / Butch Curtain	A Scream in the Night (1935)	52
Bear	Ghost Catchers (1944)	61
Garland - Simms partner	The Old Corral (1936)	53
Grat Dalton	The Daltons Ride Again (1945)	62
Martin	The Singing Cowboy (1936)	53
Peg Leg	Raiders of the Seven Seas (1953)	70
Chuck	Accent on Youth (1935)	52
Delivery Man	Walking Down Broadway (1938)	54
Hugo McQueen	The Life of Vergie Winters (1934)	51
Boatman	Josette (1938)	55
Pedro Martines	Jivaro (1954)	70
Dave	Captain Hurricane (1935)	51
Jim Lane	Overland Mail (1942)	59
Capt. Hakur	Undersea Kingdom (1936)	53
Don Cooper	Girl o' My Dreams (1934)	51
Sheriff Tangley	Buckskin (1968)	85
Chango	Frontier Badmen (1943)	60
Henchman Ivan	Ace Drummond (1936)	53
Lt. Armand Corday	Desert Command (1946)	63
Jeff Todd	Scarlet River (1933)	49
Padre Felipe	The Black Pirates (1954)	71
Himself	Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman (2007)	124
Red Lynch	Captain China (1950)	66
Martin	Straight, Place and Show (1938)	55
Maroni	Secret Agent X-9 (1937)	54
Chief Pontiac	Battles of Chief Pontiac (1952)	69
Gilks	Life Begins in College (1937)	54
Chingachcook	The Long Rifle and the Tomahawk (1964)	80
Frankie	Lucky Devils (1933)	49
Henchman	The Galloping Ghost (1931)	48
Jack Breen	Son of the Border (1933)	50
Joe Bethel	Sixteen Fathoms Deep (1934)	50
Policeman	Sally, Irene and Mary (1938)	54
Racetrack Mug	Speed to Burn (1938)	55
Bull	Passport Husband (1938)	55
Jigsaw Kennedy	San Antonio Rose (1941)	58
Marvin Gimble	Too Many Blondes (1941)	58
Johnny Colton	There's a Girl in My Heart (1949)	66
John W. Harmon	The Silver Star (1955)	72
Chingachgook	Along the Mohawk Trail (1957)	73
Sammy	Fireball Jungle (1968)	85
Lyle Talbot	Terror in the Tropics (2006)	122

Lon Chaney TV Shows (24)

His first TV Show was The Ed Sullivan Show (1948).

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Lon Chaney zodiac sign was aries.

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