Lon Chaney Jr.

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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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Born

Feb 10, 1906

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA

Died

Jul 12, 1973

Known For

Acting

Movies

189 acting

0 crew

Popularity

1.7

movie

Known For

High Noon

1952

as Martin Howe

The Defiant Ones

1958

as Big Sam

The Wolf Man

1941

as Larry Talbot / The Wolf Man

House of Dracula

1945

as Lawrence Stewart Talbot

House of Frankenstein

1944

as Lawrence 'Larry' Talbot (aka The Wolf Man)

Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man

1943

as Lawrence 'Larry' Stewart Talbot / The Wolf Man

Jesse James

1939

as One Of James Gang

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein

1948

as The Wolfman

Spider Baby

1967

as Bruno

The Haunted Palace

1963

as Simon Orne

High Noon

1952 • as Martin Howe

★ 7.7

The Defiant Ones

1958 • as Big Sam

★ 7.1

The Wolf Man

1941 • as Larry Talbot / The Wolf Man

★ 7.0

House of Dracula

1945 • as Lawrence Stewart Talbot

★ 5.5

House of Frankenstein

1944 • as Lawrence 'Larry' Talbot (aka The Wolf Man)

★ 6.1

The Indian Fighter

1955 • as Chivington

★ 6.3

Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man

1943 • as Lawrence 'Larry' Stewart Talbot / The Wolf Man

★ 6.2

The Movie Orgy

1968 • as Self (archive footage)

★ 6.8

Jesse James

1939 • as One Of James Gang

★ 6.5

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein

1948 • as The Wolfman

★ 7.1

Only the Valiant

1951 • as Trooper Kebussyan

★ 6.5

Spider Baby

1967 • as Bruno

★ 6.8

Springfield Rifle

1952 • as Pete Elm

★ 6.4

The Haunted Palace

1963 • as Simon Orne

★ 6.7

The Ghost of Frankenstein

1942 • as The Frankenstein Monster

★ 5.8

North West Mounted Police

1940 • as Shorty

★ 6.4

The Alligator People

1959 • as Manon

★ 5.6

Not as a Stranger

1955 • as Job Marsh

★ 6.2

Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies

Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies

2025 • as Self - (archive footage)

Union Pacific

1939 • as Dollarhide

★ 6.7

My Favorite Brunette

1947 • as Willie

★ 6.7

Passion

1954 • as Castro (as Lon Chaney)

★ 5.4

Sharad of Atlantis

1936 • as Capt. Hakur

★ 4.4

The Horror Show

1979 • as (archive footage)

★ 3.4

The Mummy's Tomb

1942 • as The Mummy - Kharis

★ 5.5

Frontier Marshal

1939 • as Pringle

★ 6.3

Son of Dracula

1943 • as Count Dracula, alias Count Alucard

★ 5.8

Captain Hurricane

1935 • as Dave

★ 6.0

The Mummy's Curse

1944 • as Kharis

★ 5.5

The Mummy's Ghost

1944 • as Kharis

★ 5.6

Johnny Reno

1966 • as Sheriff Hodges

★ 6.5

City Girl

1938 • as Gangster (uncredited)

★ 6.5

Man-Made Monster

1941 • as Dan McCormick

★ 6.1

Ace Drummond

1936 • as Henchman Ivan

★ 7.0

Black Spurs

1965 • as Kile

★ 6.3

One Million B.C.

1940 • as Akhoba

★ 5.8

Town Tamer

1965 • as Charlie Leach

★ 6.8

Welcome to Hard Times

1967 • as Avery

★ 5.3

Dracula vs. Frankenstein

1971 • as Groton

★ 4.5

The American Nightmare

2000 • as Self

★ 6.8

Pardners

1956 • as Whitey

★ 6.7

Apache Uprising

1965 • as Charlie Russell

★ 6.4

I Died a Thousand Times

1955 • as Big Mac

★ 6.2

Cobra Woman

1944 • as Hava

★ 5.4

The Black Sleep

1956 • as Dr. Munroe, aka Mungo

★ 6.2

Here Come the Co-Eds

1945 • as Johnson

★ 5.9

Of Mice and Men

1939 • as Lennie Small

★ 7.3

Bird of Paradise

1932 • as Thornton

★ 5.1

Billy the Kid

1941 • as 'Spike' Hudson

★ 5.3

Law of the Lawless

1964 • as Tiny

★ 6.5

Thief of Damascus

1952 • as Sinbad (as Lon Chaney)

★ 6.7

A Lion Is in the Streets

1953 • as Spurge McManamee

★ 5.4

Casanova's Big Night

1954 • as Emo, the Murderer

★ 6.1

Mr. Moto's Gamble

1938 • as Joey

★ 6.4

The Trap

1922 • as Boy in Crowd Behind Gaspard (uncredited)

★ 5.8

Follow the Boys

1944 • as Lon Chaney Jr. (uncredited)

★ 5.7

Submarine Patrol

1938 • as Marine Sentry

★ 6.7

Big House, U.S.A

1955 • as Leonard M. 'Alamo' Smith

★ 6.6

Flame of Araby

1951 • as Borka Barbarossa

★ 6.2

The Boy from Oklahoma

1954 • as Crazy Charlie (as Lon Chaney)

★ 5.7

Jivaro

1954 • as Pedro Martines

★ 5.2

Money, Women and Guns

1958 • as Art Birdwell

★ 5.8

Dracula in the Movies

1992 • as (archive footage)

★ 10.0

Alexander's Ragtime Band

1938 • as Photographer

★ 6.8

Raiders of the Seven Seas

1953 • as Peg Leg (as Lon Chaney)

★ 6.1

Young Fury

1964 • as Bartender

★ 5.6

Slave Ship

1937 • as Laborer Killed at Launching

★ 5.1

Albuquerque

1948 • as Steve Murkill

★ 6.8

Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed

Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed

2000 • as Self (archive footage)

★ 7.0

Sally, Irene and Mary

1938 • as Policeman

★ 6.8

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Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook

1991 • as Lawrence Talbot / The Monster (archive footage)

★ 6.3

Universal Horror

1998 • as (archive footage)

★ 7.1

Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld

1994 • as Self (archive footage)

★ 8.5

This Is My Affair

1937 • as Federal Agent in Baltimore Bank

★ 7.3

Wild and Woolly

1937 • as Dutch

★ 10.0

City in Darkness

1939 • as Pierre

★ 6.5

Pistols 'n' Petticoats

1967 • as Chief Eagle Shadow

The Phantom

1961 • as Jed

★ 9.0

Stage to Thunder Rock

1964 • as Henry Parker(as Lon Chaney)

★ 6.4

Manfish

1956 • as Swede

★ 4.0

The Three Musketeers

1933 • as Lt. Armand Corday

★ 5.7

The Frozen Ghost

1945 • as Alex Gregor, aka Gregor the Great

★ 6.3

Badlands of Dakota

1941 • as Jack McCall

★ 6.1

The Cyclops

1957 • as Martin 'Marty' Melville

★ 4.5

The Female Bunch

1971 • as Monti

★ 4.8

The Black Pirates

1954 • as Padre Felipe

★ 4.9

Indestructible Man

1956 • as Charles "Butcher" Benton

★ 4.4

Buckskin

1968 • as Sheriff Tangley

★ 5.6

Bride of the Gorilla

1951 • as Commissioner Taro

★ 4.8

Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces

2000 • as Self (archive footage)

★ 6.8

The Bushwhackers

1951 • as Artemus Taylor

★ 5.9

Behave Yourself!

1951 • as Pinky

★ 6.2

Witchcraft

1964 • as Morgan Whitlock

★ 6.6

Pillow of Death

1945 • as Wayne Fletcher

★ 6.6

Calling Dr. Death

1943 • as Dr. Mark Steel

★ 6.4

Crazy House

1943 • as Cameo Appearance

★ 6.0

Lucky Devils

1933 • as Frankie

★ 6.4

Scarlet River

1933 • as Jeff Todd (as Creighton Chaney)

★ 5.6

Captain China

1950 • as Red Lynch

★ 5.5

North to the Klondike

1942 • as Nate Carson

★ 7.1

16 Fathoms Deep

1948 • as Mr. Demitri (as Lon Chaney)

★ 5.6

Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'

Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'

1999 • as Self (archive footage)

★ 7.3

Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer

1956 • as Blackfish

★ 4.5

Halloween Monster Bash

1991 • as Butcher Benton (archive footage)

Strange Confession

1945 • as Jeff Carter

★ 6.8

The Black Castle

1952 • as Gargon

★ 6.4

Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman

2007 • as Self (archive footage)

★ 9.0

Riders of Death Valley

1941 • as Henchman Butch

★ 6.8

Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire

2007 • as Himself (archive footage)

★ 6.3

Passport Husband

1938 • as Bull

★ 7.0

Once a Thief

1950 • as Gus (as Lon Chaney)

★ 5.3

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Too Many Blondes

1941 • as Marvin Gimble

★ 8.0

Love and Hisses

1937 • as Attendant

★ 10.0

Walking Down Broadway

1938 • as Delivery Man

★ 6.8

Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film

Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film

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

★ 7.5

Sixteen Fathoms Deep

1934 • as Joe Bethel

★ 4.0

Weird Woman

1944 • as Prof. Norman Reed

★ 6.0

Dr. Terror's Gallery of Horrors

1967 • as Dr. Mendell

★ 4.5

Midnight Taxi

1937 • as Detective Erickson

★ 6.2

Desert Command

1946 • as Lt. Armand Corday

★ 4.2

Josette

1938 • as Boatman

★ 7.2

Ghost Catchers

1944 • as Bear

★ 6.1

The Many Faces of Dracula

2000 • as Count Dracula (archive footage)

★ 3.5

Charlie Chan on Broadway

1937 • as Desk Reporter

★ 7.1

Rose Bowl

1936 • as Sierra Football Player

★ 7.0

The Wolfman

1966 • as Larry Talbot

★ 7.7

Hillbillys in a Haunted House

1967 • as Maximillian

★ 2.8

The Devil's Messenger

1962 • as Satan

★ 4.7

The Counterfeiters

1948 • as Louie Struber

★ 6.3

Dead Man's Eyes

1944 • as David Stuart

★ 6.6

The Lady Escapes

1937 • as Reporter (uncredited)

★ 7.0

The Big Chase

1954 • as Henchman Kip (archive footage) (as Lon Chaney)

★ 4.8

Battles of Chief Pontiac

1952 • as Chief Pontiac

★ 5.7

House of the Black Death

1965 • as Belial Desard

★ 4.1

Overland Mail

1942 • as Jim Lane

★ 10.0

Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook

1991 • as Count Dracula / The Wolf Man (archive footage)

★ 9.5

House of Terror

1960 • as The Mummified Werewolf

★ 6.1

Born Reckless

1937 • as Garage Mechanic

★ 5.4

Accent on Youth

1935 • as Chuck

★ 6.7

Inside Straight

1951 • as Shocker / Schockovitz Ninkovitch (as Lon Chaney)

★ 4.9

Eyes of the Underworld

1942 • as Benny

★ 5.6

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The Marriage Bargain

1935 • as Bob Gordon

★ 8.0

The Last Frontier

1932 • as Tom Kirby, aka The Black Ghost

★ 7.0

Face of the Screaming Werewolf

1965 • as The Mummified Werewolf

★ 4.2

The Daltons Ride Again

1945 • as Grat Dalton

★ 5.0

The Old Corral

1936 • as Garland - Simms partner

★ 7.5

Kitchen Mechanics

1949 • as Johnson (archive footage)

★ 7.5

Wife, Doctor and Nurse

1937 • as Scott, the Chauffeur

★ 7.0

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Fun on the Run

1949 • as Johnson

★ 8.0

Son of the Border

1933 • as Jack Breen

★ 7.3

Lizard's Leg and Owlet's Wing

1962

Along the Mohawk Trail

1957 • as Chingachgook

★ 10.0

There's a Girl in My Heart

1949 • as Johnny Colton

★ 7.0

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Heroes of Horror

2001 • as (archive footage)

★ 8.7

Killer at Large

1936 • as Second Coffin Man

★ 8.0

Secret Agent X-9

1937 • as Maroni

★ 7.3

San Antonio Rose

1941 • as Jigsaw Kennedy

★ 7.0

Straight, Place and Show

1938 • as Martin

★ 7.0

The Silver Star

1955 • as John W. Harmon (as Lon Chaney)

★ 5.5

Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb

2007 • as Hassan (archive footage)

Abbott and Costello in the Movies

1990 • as Outtake

Cheyenne Rides Again

1937 • as Girard

★ 6.0

One Mile from Heaven

1937 • as Policeman

★ 6.6

The Life of Vergie Winters

1934 • as Hugo McQueen

★ 5.7

Speed to Burn

1938 • as Racetrack Mug

★ 7.5

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Road Demon

1938 • as Bud Casey

★ 10.0

A Scream in the Night

1935 • as Jack Wilson / Butch Curtain

★ 5.0

Angel's Holiday

1937 • as Eddie

★ 6.0

The Galloping Ghost

1931 • as Henchman

★ 4.7

Pure in Heart: The Life and Legacy of Lon Chaney, Jr.

Pure in Heart: The Life and Legacy of Lon Chaney, Jr.

2010 • as Self (archive footage)

★ 7.0

Jack Pierce: The Man Who Made the Monsters

Jack Pierce: The Man Who Made the Monsters

2015 • as Self (archive footage)

★ 10.0

Lon Chaney: Son of a Thousand Faces

1995 • as (archive footage)

★ 9.0

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What We Are Fighting For

1943 • as Bill Wallace

★ 10.0

Terror in the Tropics

2006 • as Lyle Talbot (archive footage)

The Wolfman's Cure

1998 • as Lawrence Stewart Talbot / The Wolf Man

The Shadow of Silk Lennox

1935 • as John Arthur 'Silk' Lennox

★ 5.6

Frontier Badmen

1943 • as Chango

★ 7.0

The Long Rifle and the Tomahawk

1964 • as Chingachcook

★ 9.0

Frankenstein

1952 • as The Monster

★ 10.0

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Oysters and Muscles

1948 • as Strangler Johnson

Girl o' My Dreams

1934 • as Don Cooper

★ 4.8

The Mummy's Ghost

1968 • as Kharis, the mummy

★ 9.0

Life Begins in College

1937 • as Gilks

★ 8.0

Fireball Jungle

1968 • as Sammy

★ 6.7

Rebellion in Cuba

1961 • as Gordo

★ 9.0

Monster Movie Trivia Quiz

2004

Wolfman Chronicles: A Cinematic Scrapbook

Wolfman Chronicles: A Cinematic Scrapbook

1991 • as Lawrence Talbot / The Wolf Man (archive footage)

★ 9.0

The Singing Cowboy

1936 • as Martin

★ 4.5

Mabel and Bill Dumphy's visit with Hazel & Lon Chaney

Mabel and Bill Dumphy's visit with Hazel & Lon Chaney

1928 • as Self