Lon Chaney Jr.: movies and TV shows
Lon Chaney Jr. has 234 credits in the archive: 189 films and 45 TV series, from 1922 to 2025. Highest rated: The Wolfman (7.7/10).
Career timeline
1922 – 2025 · busiest year: 1937 (14 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies | Self - (archive footage) | Film | — | 119 |
| 2015 | Jack Pierce: The Man Who Made the Monsters | Self (archive footage) | Film | 10.0 | 109 |
| 2014 | Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film | The Wolf Man / Larry Talbot (archive footage) | Film | 7.5 | 108 |
| 2010 | Pure in Heart: The Life and Legacy of Lon Chaney, Jr. | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.0 | 104 |
| 2007 | Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire | Himself (archive footage) | Film | 6.3 | 101 |
| 2007 | Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman | Self (archive footage) | Film | 9.0 | 101 |
| 2007 | Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb | Hassan (archive footage) | Film | — | 101 |
| 2006 | Terror in the Tropics | Lyle Talbot (archive footage) | Film | — | 100 |
| 2004 | Monster Movie Trivia Quiz | Film | — | 98 | |
| 2001 | Heroes of Horror | (archive footage) | Film | 8.7 | 95 |
| 2000 | The American Nightmare | Self | Film | 6.8 | 94 |
| 2000 | Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.8 | 94 |
| 2000 | The Many Faces of Dracula | Count Dracula (archive footage) | Film | 3.5 | 94 |
| 2000 | Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.0 | 94 |
| 1999 | Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man' | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.3 | 93 |
| 1998 | Universal Horror | (archive footage) | Film | 7.1 | 92 |
| 1998 | The Wolfman's Cure | Lawrence Stewart Talbot / The Wolf Man | Film | — | 92 |
| 1995 | Lon Chaney: Son of a Thousand Faces | (archive footage) | Film | 9.0 | 89 |
| 1994 | Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld | Self (archive footage) | Film | 8.5 | 88 |
| 1992 | Dracula in the Movies | (archive footage) | Film | 10.0 | 86 |
| 1991 | Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook | Lawrence Talbot / The Monster (archive footage) | Film | 6.3 | 85 |
| 1991 | Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook | Count Dracula / The Wolf Man (archive footage) | Film | 9.5 | 85 |
| 1991 | Halloween Monster Bash | Butcher Benton (archive footage) | Film | — | 85 |
| 1991 | Wolfman Chronicles: A Cinematic Scrapbook | Lawrence Talbot / The Wolf Man (archive footage) | Film | 9.0 | 85 |
| 1990 | Abbott and Costello in the Movies | Outtake | Film | — | 84 |
| 1979 | The Horror Show | (archive footage) | Film | 3.4 | 73 |
| 1971 | Dracula vs. Frankenstein | Groton | Film | 4.5 | 65 |
| 1971 | The Female Bunch | Monti | Film | 5.0 | 65 |
| 1968 | The Movie Orgy | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.6 | 62 |
| 1968 | Buckskin | Sheriff Tangley | Film | 5.6 | 62 |
| 1968 | The Mummy's Ghost | Kharis, the mummy | Film | 9.0 | 62 |
| 1968 | Fireball Jungle | Sammy | Film | 6.7 | 62 |
| 1967 | Welcome to Hard Times | Avery | Film | 5.3 | 61 |
| 1967 | Spider Baby | Bruno | Film | 6.9 | 61 |
| 1967 | Dr. Terror's Gallery of Horrors | Dr. Mendell | Film | 4.5 | 61 |
| 1967 | Pistols 'n' Petticoats | Chief Eagle Shadow | Film | — | 61 |
| 1967 | Hillbillys in a Haunted House | Maximillian | Film | 2.8 | 61 |
| 1966 | The Monkees | Lenny | TV | 6.5 | 60 |
| 1966 | Pistols 'n' Petticoats | TV | 7.6 | 60 | |
| 1966 | Pistols 'n' Petticoats | Chief Eagle Shadow | TV | 7.6 | 60 |
| 1966 | The Wolfman | Larry Talbot | Film | 7.7 | 60 |
| 1966 | Johnny Reno | Sheriff Hodges | Film | 6.5 | 60 |
| 1965 | House of the Black Death | Belial Desard | Film | 4.1 | 59 |
| 1965 | Black Spurs | Kile | Film | 6.3 | 59 |
| 1965 | Town Tamer | Charlie Leach | Film | 6.8 | 59 |
| 1965 | Apache Uprising | Charlie Russell | Film | 6.4 | 59 |
| 1965 | Face of the Screaming Werewolf | The Mummified Werewolf | Film | 4.2 | 59 |
| 1964 | Stage to Thunder Rock | Henry Parker(as Lon Chaney) | Film | 6.4 | 58 |
| 1964 | Young Fury | Bartender | Film | 5.6 | 58 |
| 1964 | Law of the Lawless | Tiny | Film | 6.5 | 58 |
| 1964 | Witchcraft | Morgan Whitlock | Film | 6.7 | 58 |
| 1964 | The Long Rifle and the Tomahawk | Chingachcook | Film | 9.0 | 58 |
| 1963 | The Haunted Palace | Simon Orne | Film | 6.7 | 57 |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self | TV | 7.5 | 56 |
| 1962 | The Devil's Messenger | Satan | Film | 4.7 | 56 |
| 1962 | Lizard's Leg and Owlet's Wing | Film | — | 56 | |
| 1961 | The Phantom | Jed | Film | 9.0 | 55 |
| 1961 | Rebellion in Cuba | Gordo | Film | 9.0 | 55 |
| 1960 | Route 66 | Poppa Duplessis | TV | 6.7 | 54 |
| 1960 | Route 66 | Colby | TV | 6.7 | 54 |
| 1960 | Route 66 | Lon Chaney | TV | 6.7 | 54 |
| 1960 | Surfside 6 | TV | 6.3 | 54 | |
| 1960 | Stagecoach West | Ben Wait | TV | 6.7 | 54 |
| 1960 | House of Terror | The Mummified Werewolf | Film | 6.1 | 54 |
| 1959 | Rawhide | Jesse Childress | TV | 7.2 | 53 |
| 1959 | Rawhide | Rock | TV | 7.2 | 53 |
| 1959 | The Deputy | Tom Arnold | TV | 6.5 | 53 |
| 1959 | Adventures in Paradise | Trader One Arm | TV | 6.1 | 53 |
| 1959 | Lock-Up | TV | 6.4 | 53 | |
| 1959 | Johnny Ringo | Ben Rafferty | TV | 5.9 | 53 |
| 1959 | The Alligator People | Manon | Film | 5.6 | 53 |
| 1959 | 13 Demon Street | Host | TV | 7.7 | 53 |
| 1958 | The Rifleman | Charlie Gordo | TV | 7.1 | 52 |
| 1958 | Lawman | Jess Bridges | TV | 5.8 | 52 |
| 1958 | Bat Masterson | Rance Fletcher | TV | 6.1 | 52 |
| 1958 | Wanted: Dead or Alive | Sheriff Lon Paulson | TV | 7.0 | 52 |
| 1958 | The Texan | Wylie Ames | TV | 6.0 | 52 |
| 1958 | The Defiant Ones | Big Sam | Film | 7.1 | 52 |
| 1958 | Money, Women and Guns | Art Birdwell | Film | 5.8 | 52 |
| 1957 | Wagon Train | Louis Roque | TV | 6.6 | 51 |
| 1957 | Wagon Train | Carstairs | TV | 6.6 | 51 |
| 1957 | Have Gun, Will Travel | William Ceilbleu | TV | 7.3 | 51 |
| 1957 | Have Gun, Will Travel | O'Connor - Inmate | TV | 7.3 | 51 |
| 1957 | Tombstone Territory | Ex-Marshal Daggett | TV | 6.8 | 51 |
| 1957 | Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans | Chingachgook | TV | 5.8 | 51 |
| 1957 | The Cyclops | Martin 'Marty' Melville | Film | 4.5 | 51 |
| 1957 | Along the Mohawk Trail | Chingachgook | Film | 10.0 | 51 |
| 1956 | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Michael Peters | TV | 6.2 | 50 |
| 1956 | Telephone Time | Jules Samenian | TV | 6.5 | 50 |
| 1956 | Manfish | Swede | Film | 4.0 | 50 |
| 1956 | Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer | Blackfish | Film | 4.5 | 50 |
| 1956 | The Black Sleep | Dr. Munroe, aka Mungo | Film | 6.2 | 50 |
| 1956 | Pardners | Whitey | Film | 6.7 | 50 |
| 1956 | Indestructible Man | Charles "Butcher" Benton | Film | 4.4 | 50 |
| 1955 | The Indian Fighter | Chivington | Film | 6.4 | 49 |
| 1955 | I Died a Thousand Times | Big Mac | Film | 6.2 | 49 |
| 1955 | Not as a Stranger | Job Marsh | Film | 6.2 | 49 |
| 1955 | The Silver Star | John W. Harmon (as Lon Chaney) | Film | 5.5 | 49 |
| 1955 | Big House, U.S.A | Leonard M. 'Alamo' Smith | Film | 6.6 | 49 |
| 1954 | Climax! | Frank Wiggins | TV | 3.8 | 48 |
| 1954 | Climax! | Old Man Hawley | TV | 3.8 | 48 |
| 1954 | Studio 57 | Jubal Pickett | TV | 7.5 | 48 |
| 1954 | The Whistler | TV | — | 48 | |
| 1954 | Passion | Castro (as Lon Chaney) | Film | 5.4 | 48 |
| 1954 | Casanova's Big Night | Emo, the Murderer | Film | 6.1 | 48 |
| 1954 | The Black Pirates | Padre Felipe | Film | 4.9 | 48 |
| 1954 | Jivaro | Pedro Martines | Film | 5.2 | 48 |
| 1954 | The Big Chase | Henchman Kip (archive footage) (as Lon Chaney) | Film | 4.8 | 48 |
| 1954 | The Boy from Oklahoma | Crazy Charlie (as Lon Chaney) | Film | 5.7 | 48 |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Bucknell | TV | 6.8 | 47 |
| 1953 | A Lion Is in the Streets | Spurge McManamee | Film | 5.4 | 47 |
| 1953 | Raiders of the Seven Seas | Peg Leg (as Lon Chaney) | Film | 6.1 | 47 |
| 1952 | Cavalcade of America | Old Jeff Harris | TV | 4.6 | 46 |
| 1952 | Cavalcade of America | Zeke Wells | TV | 4.6 | 46 |
| 1952 | High Noon | Martin Howe | Film | 7.7 | 46 |
| 1952 | Springfield Rifle | Pete Elm | Film | 6.4 | 46 |
| 1952 | Frankenstein | The Monster | Film | 10.0 | 46 |
| 1952 | Thief of Damascus | Sinbad (as Lon Chaney) | Film | 6.7 | 46 |
| 1952 | The Black Castle | Gargon | Film | 6.4 | 46 |
| 1952 | Battles of Chief Pontiac | Chief Pontiac | Film | 5.7 | 46 |
| 1951 | The Red Skelton Show | Sgt. Williams | TV | 7.4 | 45 |
| 1951 | The Red Skelton Show | George | TV | 7.4 | 45 |
| 1951 | The Red Skelton Show | Lon Chaney | TV | 7.4 | 45 |
| 1951 | The Red Skelton Show | Mad Scientist | TV | 7.4 | 45 |
| 1951 | The Red Skelton Show | Ug | TV | 7.4 | 45 |
| 1951 | Tales of Tomorrow | TV | 6.4 | 45 | |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Alaskan Trapper | TV | 7.2 | 45 |
| 1951 | Only the Valiant | Trooper Kebussyan | Film | 6.5 | 45 |
| 1951 | Bride of the Gorilla | Commissioner Taro | Film | 4.8 | 45 |
| 1951 | Behave Yourself! | Pinky | Film | 6.2 | 45 |
| 1951 | Flame of Araby | Borka Barbarossa | Film | 6.2 | 45 |
| 1951 | The Bushwhackers | Artemus Taylor | Film | 5.9 | 45 |
| 1951 | Inside Straight | Shocker / Schockovitz Ninkovitch (as Lon Chaney) | Film | 4.9 | 45 |
| 1950 | The Colgate Comedy Hour | Self - Frankenstein Monster | TV | 6.9 | 44 |
| 1950 | Captain China | Red Lynch | Film | 5.5 | 44 |
| 1950 | Once a Thief | Gus (as Lon Chaney) | Film | 5.3 | 44 |
| 1949 | Kitchen Mechanics | Johnson (archive footage) | Film | 7.5 | 43 |
| 1949 | Fun on the Run | Johnson | Film | 8.0 | 43 |
| 1949 | There's a Girl in My Heart | Johnny Colton | Film | 7.0 | 43 |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | TV | 6.8 | 42 |
| 1948 | Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein | The Wolfman | Film | 7.1 | 42 |
| 1948 | Oysters and Muscles | Strangler Johnson | Film | — | 42 |
| 1948 | 16 Fathoms Deep | Mr. Demitri (as Lon Chaney) | Film | 5.6 | 42 |
| 1948 | Albuquerque | Steve Murkill | Film | 6.8 | 42 |
| 1948 | The Counterfeiters | Louie Struber | Film | 6.3 | 42 |
| 1947 | My Favorite Brunette | Willie | Film | 6.6 | 41 |
| 1946 | Desert Command | Lt. Armand Corday | Film | 4.2 | 40 |
| 1945 | House of Dracula | Lawrence Stewart Talbot | Film | 5.5 | 39 |
| 1945 | The Frozen Ghost | Alex Gregor, aka Gregor the Great | Film | 6.4 | 39 |
| 1945 | Pillow of Death | Wayne Fletcher | Film | 6.7 | 39 |
| 1945 | Here Come the Co-Eds | Johnson | Film | 5.8 | 39 |
| 1945 | The Daltons Ride Again | Grat Dalton | Film | 5.0 | 39 |
| 1945 | Strange Confession | Jeff Carter | Film | 6.9 | 39 |
| 1944 | House of Frankenstein | Lawrence 'Larry' Talbot (aka The Wolf Man) | Film | 6.1 | 38 |
| 1944 | The Mummy's Curse | Kharis | Film | 5.5 | 38 |
| 1944 | The Mummy's Ghost | Kharis | Film | 5.6 | 38 |
| 1944 | Follow the Boys | Lon Chaney Jr. (uncredited) | Film | 5.7 | 38 |
| 1944 | Dead Man's Eyes | David Stuart | Film | 6.6 | 38 |
| 1944 | Cobra Woman | Hava | Film | 5.4 | 38 |
| 1944 | Ghost Catchers | Bear | Film | 6.1 | 38 |
| 1944 | Weird Woman | Prof. Norman Reed | Film | 6.0 | 38 |
| 1943 | Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man | Lawrence 'Larry' Stewart Talbot / The Wolf Man | Film | 6.2 | 37 |
| 1943 | Son of Dracula | Count Dracula, alias Count Alucard | Film | 5.8 | 37 |
| 1943 | Crazy House | Cameo Appearance | Film | 6.0 | 37 |
| 1943 | Calling Dr. Death | Dr. Mark Steel | Film | 6.4 | 37 |
| 1943 | What We Are Fighting For | Bill Wallace | Film | 10.0 | 37 |
| 1943 | Frontier Badmen | Chango | Film | 7.0 | 37 |
| 1942 | The Ghost of Frankenstein | The Frankenstein Monster | Film | 5.8 | 36 |
| 1942 | The Mummy's Tomb | The Mummy - Kharis | Film | 5.5 | 36 |
| 1942 | North to the Klondike | Nate Carson | Film | 7.1 | 36 |
| 1942 | Eyes of the Underworld | Benny | Film | 5.6 | 36 |
| 1942 | Overland Mail | Jim Lane | Film | 10.0 | 36 |
| 1941 | The Wolf Man | Larry Talbot / The Wolf Man | Film | 7.0 | 35 |
| 1941 | Man-Made Monster | Dan McCormick | Film | 6.2 | 35 |
| 1941 | Too Many Blondes | Marvin Gimble | Film | 8.0 | 35 |
| 1941 | Billy the Kid | 'Spike' Hudson | Film | 5.3 | 35 |
| 1941 | Badlands of Dakota | Jack McCall | Film | 6.1 | 35 |
| 1941 | Riders of Death Valley | Henchman Butch | Film | 6.8 | 35 |
| 1941 | San Antonio Rose | Jigsaw Kennedy | Film | 7.0 | 35 |
| 1940 | North West Mounted Police | Shorty | Film | 6.4 | 34 |
| 1940 | One Million B.C. | Akhoba | Film | 5.9 | 34 |
| 1939 | Jesse James | One Of James Gang | Film | 6.5 | 33 |
| 1939 | Union Pacific | Dollarhide | Film | 6.7 | 33 |
| 1939 | Of Mice and Men | Lennie Small | Film | 7.3 | 33 |
| 1939 | Frontier Marshal | Pringle | Film | 6.3 | 33 |
| 1939 | City in Darkness | Pierre | Film | 6.5 | 33 |
| 1938 | Passport Husband | Bull | Film | 7.0 | 32 |
| 1938 | Mr. Moto's Gamble | Joey | Film | 6.4 | 32 |
| 1938 | Sally, Irene and Mary | Policeman | Film | 6.8 | 32 |
| 1938 | City Girl | Gangster (uncredited) | Film | 6.5 | 32 |
| 1938 | Alexander's Ragtime Band | Photographer | Film | 6.8 | 32 |
| 1938 | Walking Down Broadway | Delivery Man | Film | 6.8 | 32 |
| 1938 | Submarine Patrol | Marine Sentry | Film | 6.7 | 32 |
| 1938 | Road Demon | Bud Casey | Film | 10.0 | 32 |
| 1938 | Straight, Place and Show | Martin | Film | 7.0 | 32 |
| 1938 | Speed to Burn | Racetrack Mug | Film | 7.5 | 32 |
| 1938 | Josette | Boatman | Film | 7.2 | 32 |
| 1937 | Wild and Woolly | Dutch | Film | 10.0 | 31 |
| 1937 | This Is My Affair | Federal Agent in Baltimore Bank | Film | 7.3 | 31 |
| 1937 | Love and Hisses | Attendant | Film | 10.0 | 31 |
| 1937 | Slave Ship | Laborer Killed at Launching | Film | 5.1 | 31 |
| 1937 | Charlie Chan on Broadway | Desk Reporter | Film | 7.1 | 31 |
| 1937 | The Lady Escapes | Reporter (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 31 |
| 1937 | Wife, Doctor and Nurse | Scott, the Chauffeur | Film | 7.0 | 31 |
| 1937 | Angel's Holiday | Eddie | Film | 6.0 | 31 |
| 1937 | One Mile from Heaven | Policeman | Film | 6.6 | 31 |
| 1937 | Life Begins in College | Gilks | Film | 8.0 | 31 |
| 1937 | Midnight Taxi | Detective Erickson | Film | 6.2 | 31 |
| 1937 | Born Reckless | Garage Mechanic | Film | 5.4 | 31 |
| 1937 | Secret Agent X-9 | Maroni | Film | 7.3 | 31 |
| 1937 | Cheyenne Rides Again | Girard | Film | 6.0 | 31 |
| 1936 | Sharad of Atlantis | Capt. Hakur | Film | 4.5 | 30 |
| 1936 | Ace Drummond | Henchman Ivan | Film | 7.0 | 30 |
| 1936 | The Old Corral | Garland - Simms partner | Film | 7.5 | 30 |
| 1936 | Rose Bowl | Sierra Football Player | Film | 7.0 | 30 |
| 1936 | Killer at Large | Second Coffin Man | Film | 8.0 | 30 |
| 1936 | The Singing Cowboy | Martin | Film | 4.5 | 30 |
| 1935 | Captain Hurricane | Dave | Film | 6.0 | 29 |
| 1935 | The Marriage Bargain | Bob Gordon | Film | 8.0 | 29 |
| 1935 | A Scream in the Night | Jack Wilson / Butch Curtain | Film | 5.0 | 29 |
| 1935 | Accent on Youth | Chuck | Film | 6.7 | 29 |
| 1935 | The Shadow of Silk Lennox | John Arthur 'Silk' Lennox | Film | 5.6 | 29 |
| 1934 | Sixteen Fathoms Deep | Joe Bethel | Film | 4.0 | 28 |
| 1934 | The Life of Vergie Winters | Hugo McQueen | Film | 5.7 | 28 |
| 1934 | Girl o' My Dreams | Don Cooper | Film | 4.8 | 28 |
| 1933 | The Three Musketeers | Lt. Armand Corday | Film | 5.7 | 27 |
| 1933 | Lucky Devils | Frankie | Film | 6.4 | 27 |
| 1933 | Son of the Border | Jack Breen | Film | 7.3 | 27 |
| 1933 | Scarlet River | Jeff Todd (as Creighton Chaney) | Film | 5.6 | 27 |
| 1932 | Bird of Paradise | Thornton | Film | 5.0 | 26 |
| 1932 | The Last Frontier | Tom Kirby, aka The Black Ghost | Film | 7.0 | 26 |
| 1931 | The Galloping Ghost | Henchman | Film | 4.7 | 25 |
| 1928 | Mabel and Bill Dumphy's visit with Hazel & Lon Chaney | Self | Film | — | 22 |
| 1922 | The Trap | Boy in Crowd Behind Gaspard (uncredited) | Film | 5.8 | 16 |