Lon Chaney
Acting Born Mar 31, 1883 Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA 24 credits
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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Full filmography
- The Phantom of the Opera (1925) as Erik, The Phantom
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923) as Quasimodo
- The Unknown (1927) as Alonzo
- The Unholy Three (1925) as Professor Echo / Granny O'Grady
- The Horror Show (1979) as (archive footage)
- He Who Gets Slapped (1924) as Paul Beaumont
- Shadows (1922) as Yen Sin
- Hollywood Story (1951) as The Phantom (archive footage) (uncredited)
- The Trap (1922) as Gaspard the Good
- Victory (1919) as Ricardo
- Laugh, Clown, Laugh (1928) as Tito Beppi
- London After Midnight (1927) as Professor Edward C. Burke/The Man in the Beaver Hat
- Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces (2000) as Self (archive footage)
- Universal Horror (1998) as (archive footage)
- Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films (2011) as Himself (archive footage)
- Oliver Twist (1922) as Fagin
- For Those We Love (1921) as Trix Ulner
- Richelieu (1914) as Baradas
- While the City Sleeps (1928) as Dan Coghlan
- Fires of Rebellion (1917) as Russell Hanlon
- Bits of Life (1921) as Chin Chow
- Treasure Island (1920) as Blind Pew / Merry
- Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire (2007) as Himself (archive footage)
- The Penalty (1920) as Blizzard