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Lon Chaney Jr.

Acting Born Feb 10, 1906 Died Jul 12, 1973 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA 234 credits

Biography

Lon Chaney Jr. was an American character actor. He was born on February 10, 1906, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA. Chaney's ancestry includes English, French, and Irish heritage. He was originally credited in films as Creighton Chaney, and was first credited as "Lon Chaney, Jr." in 1935. Chaney is notable for playing Larry Talbot in The Wolf Man movies. He is known for his work in the film industry, with a total of 222 known credits. Chaney passed away on July 12, 1973, at the age of 67.

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Career

Career overview

Lon Chaney Jr. was an American character actor. He was known for his roles in monster movies. He is notable for playing Larry Talbot in The Wolf Man movies. Chaney was the son of famous silent film actor, Lon Chaney. He was originally credited in films as Creighton Chaney, but was first credited as "Lon Chaney, Jr." in 1935.

Chaney had a long and prolific acting career, with 222 known credits. He was active in the film industry for many years, appearing in a wide range of roles. His performances were often notable for their depth and nuance, and he became a beloved figure in the world of cinema.

Chaney's ancestry was English, French, and Irish. He was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA on February 10, 1906. He passed away on July 12, 1973 at the age of 67.

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Career timeline

Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
Jack Pierce: The Man Who Made the Monsters
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
Pure in Heart: The Life and Legacy of Lon Chaney, Jr.
Bela Lugosi: The Fallen VampireFamous Monster: Forrest J AckermanTerror in the Pharaoh's Tomb
Terror in the Tropics
Monster Movie Trivia Quiz
Heroes of Horror
The American NightmareLon Chaney: A Thousand FacesThe Many Faces of DraculaMummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
Universal HorrorThe Wolfman's Cure
Lon Chaney: Son of a Thousand Faces
Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld
Dracula in the Movies
Frankenstein: A Cinematic ScrapbookDracula: A Cinematic ScrapbookHalloween Monster BashWolfman Chronicles: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Abbott and Costello in the Movies
The Horror Show
Dracula vs. FrankensteinThe Female Bunch
The Movie OrgyBuckskinThe Mummy's GhostFireball Jungle
Welcome to Hard TimesSpider BabyDr. Terror's Gallery of HorrorsPistols 'n' PetticoatsHillbillys in a Haunted House
The MonkeesPistols 'n' PetticoatsPistols 'n' PetticoatsThe WolfmanJohnny Reno
House of the Black DeathBlack SpursTown TamerApache UprisingFace of the Screaming Werewolf
Stage to Thunder RockYoung FuryLaw of the LawlessWitchcraftThe Long Rifle and the Tomahawk
The Haunted Palace
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonThe Devil's MessengerLizard's Leg and Owlet's Wing
The PhantomRebellion in Cuba
Route 66Route 66Route 66Surfside 6Stagecoach West
RawhideRawhideThe DeputyAdventures in ParadiseLock-Up
The RiflemanLawmanBat MastersonWanted: Dead or AliveThe Texan
Wagon TrainWagon TrainHave Gun, Will TravelHave Gun, Will TravelTombstone Territory

Full filmography

  • Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies (2025) as Self - (archive footage)
  • Jack Pierce: The Man Who Made the Monsters (2015) as Self (archive footage)
  • Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film (2014) as The Wolf Man / Larry Talbot (archive footage)
  • Pure in Heart: The Life and Legacy of Lon Chaney, Jr. (2010) as Self (archive footage)
  • Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire (2007) as Himself (archive footage)
  • Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman (2007) as Self (archive footage)
  • Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb (2007) as Hassan (archive footage)
  • Terror in the Tropics (2006) as Lyle Talbot (archive footage)
  • Monster Movie Trivia Quiz (2004)
  • Heroes of Horror (2001) as (archive footage)
  • The American Nightmare (2000) as Self
  • Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces (2000) as Self (archive footage)
  • The Many Faces of Dracula (2000) as Count Dracula (archive footage)
  • Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed (2000) as Self (archive footage)
  • Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man' (1999) as Self (archive footage)
  • Universal Horror (1998) as (archive footage)
  • The Wolfman's Cure (1998) as Lawrence Stewart Talbot / The Wolf Man
  • Lon Chaney: Son of a Thousand Faces (1995) as (archive footage)
  • Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld (1994) as Self (archive footage)
  • Dracula in the Movies (1992) as (archive footage)
  • Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook (1991) as Lawrence Talbot / The Monster (archive footage)
  • Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook (1991) as Count Dracula / The Wolf Man (archive footage)
  • Halloween Monster Bash (1991) as Butcher Benton (archive footage)
  • Wolfman Chronicles: A Cinematic Scrapbook (1991) as Lawrence Talbot / The Wolf Man (archive footage)
  • Abbott and Costello in the Movies (1990) as Outtake
  • The Horror Show (1979) as (archive footage)
  • Dracula vs. Frankenstein (1971) as Groton
  • The Female Bunch (1971) as Monti
  • The Movie Orgy (1968) as Self (archive footage)
  • Buckskin (1968) as Sheriff Tangley
  • The Mummy's Ghost (1968) as Kharis, the mummy
  • Fireball Jungle (1968) as Sammy
  • Welcome to Hard Times (1967) as Avery
  • Spider Baby (1967) as Bruno
  • Dr. Terror's Gallery of Horrors (1967) as Dr. Mendell
  • Pistols 'n' Petticoats (1967) as Chief Eagle Shadow
  • Hillbillys in a Haunted House (1967) as Maximillian
  • The Monkees (1966) as Lenny
  • Pistols 'n' Petticoats (1966)
  • Pistols 'n' Petticoats (1966) as Chief Eagle Shadow
  • The Wolfman (1966) as Larry Talbot
  • Johnny Reno (1966) as Sheriff Hodges
  • House of the Black Death (1965) as Belial Desard
  • Black Spurs (1965) as Kile
  • Town Tamer (1965) as Charlie Leach
  • Apache Uprising (1965) as Charlie Russell
  • Face of the Screaming Werewolf (1965) as The Mummified Werewolf
  • Stage to Thunder Rock (1964) as Henry Parker(as Lon Chaney)
  • Young Fury (1964) as Bartender
  • Law of the Lawless (1964) as Tiny
  • Witchcraft (1964) as Morgan Whitlock
  • The Long Rifle and the Tomahawk (1964) as Chingachcook
  • The Haunted Palace (1963) as Simon Orne
  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) as Self
  • The Devil's Messenger (1962) as Satan
  • Lizard's Leg and Owlet's Wing (1962)
  • The Phantom (1961) as Jed
  • Rebellion in Cuba (1961) as Gordo
  • Route 66 (1960) as Poppa Duplessis
  • Route 66 (1960) as Colby
  • Route 66 (1960) as Lon Chaney
  • Surfside 6 (1960)
  • Stagecoach West (1960) as Ben Wait
  • House of Terror (1960) as The Mummified Werewolf
  • Rawhide (1959) as Jesse Childress
  • Rawhide (1959) as Rock
  • The Deputy (1959) as Tom Arnold
  • Adventures in Paradise (1959) as Trader One Arm
  • Lock-Up (1959)
  • Johnny Ringo (1959) as Ben Rafferty
  • The Alligator People (1959) as Manon
  • 13 Demon Street (1959) as Host
  • The Rifleman (1958) as Charlie Gordo
  • Lawman (1958) as Jess Bridges
  • Bat Masterson (1958) as Rance Fletcher
  • Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958) as Sheriff Lon Paulson
  • The Texan (1958) as Wylie Ames
  • The Defiant Ones (1958) as Big Sam
  • Money, Women and Guns (1958) as Art Birdwell
  • Wagon Train (1957) as Louis Roque
  • Wagon Train (1957) as Carstairs
  • Have Gun, Will Travel (1957) as William Ceilbleu
  • Have Gun, Will Travel (1957) as O'Connor - Inmate
  • Tombstone Territory (1957) as Ex-Marshal Daggett
  • Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans (1957) as Chingachgook
  • The Cyclops (1957) as Martin 'Marty' Melville
  • Along the Mohawk Trail (1957) as Chingachgook
  • Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1956) as Michael Peters
  • Telephone Time (1956) as Jules Samenian
  • Manfish (1956) as Swede
  • Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer (1956) as Blackfish
  • The Black Sleep (1956) as Dr. Munroe, aka Mungo
  • Pardners (1956) as Whitey
  • Indestructible Man (1956) as Charles "Butcher" Benton
  • The Indian Fighter (1955) as Chivington
  • I Died a Thousand Times (1955) as Big Mac
  • Not as a Stranger (1955) as Job Marsh
  • The Silver Star (1955) as John W. Harmon (as Lon Chaney)
  • Big House, U.S.A (1955) as Leonard M. 'Alamo' Smith
  • Climax! (1954) as Frank Wiggins
  • Climax! (1954) as Old Man Hawley
  • Studio 57 (1954) as Jubal Pickett
  • The Whistler (1954)
  • Passion (1954) as Castro (as Lon Chaney)
  • Casanova's Big Night (1954) as Emo, the Murderer
  • The Black Pirates (1954) as Padre Felipe
  • Jivaro (1954) as Pedro Martines
  • The Big Chase (1954) as Henchman Kip (archive footage) (as Lon Chaney)
  • The Boy from Oklahoma (1954) as Crazy Charlie (as Lon Chaney)
  • General Electric Theater (1953) as Bucknell
  • A Lion Is in the Streets (1953) as Spurge McManamee
  • Raiders of the Seven Seas (1953) as Peg Leg (as Lon Chaney)
  • Cavalcade of America (1952) as Old Jeff Harris
  • Cavalcade of America (1952) as Zeke Wells
  • High Noon (1952) as Martin Howe
  • Springfield Rifle (1952) as Pete Elm
  • Frankenstein (1952) as The Monster
  • Thief of Damascus (1952) as Sinbad (as Lon Chaney)
  • The Black Castle (1952) as Gargon
  • Battles of Chief Pontiac (1952) as Chief Pontiac
  • The Red Skelton Show (1951) as Sgt. Williams
  • The Red Skelton Show (1951) as George
  • The Red Skelton Show (1951) as Lon Chaney
  • The Red Skelton Show (1951) as Mad Scientist
  • The Red Skelton Show (1951) as Ug
  • Tales of Tomorrow (1951)
  • Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951) as Alaskan Trapper
  • Only the Valiant (1951) as Trooper Kebussyan
  • Bride of the Gorilla (1951) as Commissioner Taro
  • Behave Yourself! (1951) as Pinky
  • Flame of Araby (1951) as Borka Barbarossa
  • The Bushwhackers (1951) as Artemus Taylor
  • Inside Straight (1951) as Shocker / Schockovitz Ninkovitch (as Lon Chaney)
  • The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950) as Self - Frankenstein Monster
  • Captain China (1950) as Red Lynch
  • Once a Thief (1950) as Gus (as Lon Chaney)
  • Kitchen Mechanics (1949) as Johnson (archive footage)
  • Fun on the Run (1949) as Johnson
  • There's a Girl in My Heart (1949) as Johnny Colton
  • The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) as Self
  • Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) as The Wolfman
  • Oysters and Muscles (1948) as Strangler Johnson
  • 16 Fathoms Deep (1948) as Mr. Demitri (as Lon Chaney)
  • Albuquerque (1948) as Steve Murkill
  • The Counterfeiters (1948) as Louie Struber
  • My Favorite Brunette (1947) as Willie
  • Desert Command (1946) as Lt. Armand Corday
  • House of Dracula (1945) as Lawrence Stewart Talbot
  • The Frozen Ghost (1945) as Alex Gregor, aka Gregor the Great
  • Pillow of Death (1945) as Wayne Fletcher
  • Here Come the Co-Eds (1945) as Johnson
  • The Daltons Ride Again (1945) as Grat Dalton
  • Strange Confession (1945) as Jeff Carter
  • House of Frankenstein (1944) as Lawrence 'Larry' Talbot (aka The Wolf Man)
  • The Mummy's Curse (1944) as Kharis
  • The Mummy's Ghost (1944) as Kharis
  • Follow the Boys (1944) as Lon Chaney Jr. (uncredited)
  • Dead Man's Eyes (1944) as David Stuart
  • Cobra Woman (1944) as Hava
  • Ghost Catchers (1944) as Bear
  • Weird Woman (1944) as Prof. Norman Reed
  • Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943) as Lawrence 'Larry' Stewart Talbot / The Wolf Man
  • Son of Dracula (1943) as Count Dracula, alias Count Alucard
  • Crazy House (1943) as Cameo Appearance
  • Calling Dr. Death (1943) as Dr. Mark Steel
  • What We Are Fighting For (1943) as Bill Wallace
  • Frontier Badmen (1943) as Chango
  • The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942) as The Frankenstein Monster
  • The Mummy's Tomb (1942) as The Mummy - Kharis
  • North to the Klondike (1942) as Nate Carson
  • Eyes of the Underworld (1942) as Benny
  • Overland Mail (1942) as Jim Lane
  • The Wolf Man (1941) as Larry Talbot / The Wolf Man
  • Man-Made Monster (1941) as Dan McCormick
  • Too Many Blondes (1941) as Marvin Gimble
  • Billy the Kid (1941) as 'Spike' Hudson
  • Badlands of Dakota (1941) as Jack McCall
  • Riders of Death Valley (1941) as Henchman Butch
  • San Antonio Rose (1941) as Jigsaw Kennedy
  • North West Mounted Police (1940) as Shorty
  • One Million B.C. (1940) as Akhoba
  • Jesse James (1939) as One Of James Gang
  • Union Pacific (1939) as Dollarhide
  • Of Mice and Men (1939) as Lennie Small
  • Frontier Marshal (1939) as Pringle
  • City in Darkness (1939) as Pierre
  • Passport Husband (1938) as Bull
  • Mr. Moto's Gamble (1938) as Joey
  • Sally, Irene and Mary (1938) as Policeman
  • City Girl (1938) as Gangster (uncredited)
  • Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938) as Photographer
  • Walking Down Broadway (1938) as Delivery Man
  • Submarine Patrol (1938) as Marine Sentry
  • Road Demon (1938) as Bud Casey
  • Straight, Place and Show (1938) as Martin
  • Speed to Burn (1938) as Racetrack Mug
  • Josette (1938) as Boatman
  • Wild and Woolly (1937) as Dutch
  • This Is My Affair (1937) as Federal Agent in Baltimore Bank
  • Love and Hisses (1937) as Attendant
  • Slave Ship (1937) as Laborer Killed at Launching
  • Charlie Chan on Broadway (1937) as Desk Reporter
  • The Lady Escapes (1937) as Reporter (uncredited)
  • Wife, Doctor and Nurse (1937) as Scott, the Chauffeur
  • Angel's Holiday (1937) as Eddie
  • One Mile from Heaven (1937) as Policeman
  • Life Begins in College (1937) as Gilks
  • Midnight Taxi (1937) as Detective Erickson
  • Born Reckless (1937) as Garage Mechanic
  • Secret Agent X-9 (1937) as Maroni
  • Cheyenne Rides Again (1937) as Girard
  • Sharad of Atlantis (1936) as Capt. Hakur
  • Ace Drummond (1936) as Henchman Ivan
  • The Old Corral (1936) as Garland - Simms partner
  • Rose Bowl (1936) as Sierra Football Player
  • Killer at Large (1936) as Second Coffin Man
  • The Singing Cowboy (1936) as Martin
  • Captain Hurricane (1935) as Dave
  • The Marriage Bargain (1935) as Bob Gordon
  • A Scream in the Night (1935) as Jack Wilson / Butch Curtain
  • Accent on Youth (1935) as Chuck
  • The Shadow of Silk Lennox (1935) as John Arthur 'Silk' Lennox
  • Sixteen Fathoms Deep (1934) as Joe Bethel
  • The Life of Vergie Winters (1934) as Hugo McQueen
  • Girl o' My Dreams (1934) as Don Cooper
  • The Three Musketeers (1933) as Lt. Armand Corday
  • Lucky Devils (1933) as Frankie
  • Son of the Border (1933) as Jack Breen
  • Scarlet River (1933) as Jeff Todd (as Creighton Chaney)
  • Bird of Paradise (1932) as Thornton
  • The Last Frontier (1932) as Tom Kirby, aka The Black Ghost
  • The Galloping Ghost (1931) as Henchman
  • Mabel and Bill Dumphy's visit with Hazel & Lon Chaney (1928) as Self
  • The Trap (1922) as Boy in Crowd Behind Gaspard (uncredited)