Lon Chaney
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Mar 31, 1883 (143 years old)
Place of Birth
Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
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". Description above from the Wikipedia article Lon Chaney, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
| 2022 | They Came from the AtticThe Phantom of the Opera (Archival Footage) | |
| 2014 | Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror FilmThe Phantom / Quasimodo (archive footage) | |
| 2013 | A Messenger from the Shadows (Notes on Film 06 A/Monologue 01) | |
| 2011 | Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost FilmsHimself (archive footage) | |
| 2008 | Nadie inquietó másVarious Roles (archive footage) | |
| 2007 | Famous Monster: Forrest J AckermanSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2007 | Bela Lugosi: The Fallen VampireHimself (archive footage) | |
| 2002 | London After MidnightProfessor Edward C. Burke (archive footage) | |
| 2000 | The Many Faces of DraculaSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2000 | Lon Chaney: A thousand facesSelf (archive footage) | |
| 1998 | Universal Horror(archive footage) | |
| 1995 | Lon Chaney: Behind the MaskSelf (archive footage) | |
| 1995 | Lon Chaney: Son of a Thousand Faces(archive footage) | |
| 1983 | The Horror of It AllThe Phantom (archive footage) | |
| 1979 | The Horror Show(archive footage) | |
| 1974 | The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster SaluteSelf (archive footage) | |
| 1953 | Yesterday and Today(archive footage) | |
| 1951 | Hollywood StoryThe Phantom (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| 1945 | Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th AnniversarySelf (archive footage) | |
| 1942 | Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)Self (archive footage) | |
| 1931 | The House That Shadows Built(archive footage) | |
| 1930 | The Unholy ThreeProfessor Echo / Grandma O'Grady | |
| 1929 | The Phantom of the OperaErik | |
| 1929 | Where East Is EastTiger Haynes | |
| 1929 | ThunderGrumpy Anderson | |
| 1928 | Laugh, Clown, LaughTito Beppi | |
| 1928 | West of ZanzibarPhroso 'Dead-Legs' | |
| 1928 | While the City SleepsDan Coghlan | |
| 1928 | Mabel and Bill Dumphy's visit with Hazel & Lon ChaneySelf | |
| 1928 | The Big CityChuck Collins | |
| 1927 | The UnknownAlonzo | |
| 1927 | London After MidnightProfessor Edward C. Burke | |
| 1927 | Life in Hollywood No. 3Self | |
| 1927 | MockerySergei | |
| 1927 | Mr. WuMr. Wu / Wu's Grandfather | |
| 1926 | The Road to MandalaySingapore Joe | |
| 1926 | The BlackbirdDan - The Blackbird / The Bishop | |
| 1926 | Tell It to the MarinesSergeant O'Hara | |
| 1925 | The Phantom of the OperaErik, The Phantom | |
| 1925 | The MonsterDr. Ziska | |
| 1925 | The Unholy ThreeProfessor Echo / Granny O'Grady | |
| 1925 | The Tower of LiesJan | |
| 1924 | He Who Gets SlappedPaul Beaumont | |
| 1924 | The Next CornerJuan Serafin | |
| 1923 | While Paris SleepsHenri Santodos | |
| 1923 | The Hunchback of Notre DameQuasimodo | |
| 1923 | The ShockWilse Dilling | |
| 1923 | All the Brothers Were ValiantMark Shore | |
| 1922 | A Blind BargainDr. Arthur Lamb / The Ape Man | |
| 1922 | ShadowsYen Sin | |
| 1922 | Quincy Adams SawyerObadiah Strout | |
| 1922 | The Light in the DarkTony Pantelli | |
| 1922 | Flesh and BloodDavid Webster | |
| 1922 | The TrapGaspard the Good | |
| 1922 | Oliver TwistFagin | |
| 1921 | The Ace of HeartsFarallone | |
| 1921 | For Those We LoveTrix Ulner | |
| 1921 | Outside the LawAh Wing / 'Black Mike' Sylva | |
| 1921 | Voices of the CityO'Rourke | |
| 1921 | Bits of LifeChin Chow | |
| 1920 | The PenaltyBlizzard | |
| 1920 | Nomads of the NorthRaoul Challoner | |
| 1920 | Treasure IslandBlind Pew / Merry | |
| 1920 | The Gift SupremeMerney Stagg | |
| 1920 | The Adventures of Daredevil JackRoyce Rivers | |
| 1919 | A Man's Country'Three Card' Duncan | |
| 1919 | The Wicked DarlingStoop Connors | |
| 1919 | When Bearcat Went DryKindard Powers | |
| 1919 | VictoryRicardo | |
| 1919 | The False FacesKarl Eckstrom | |
| 1919 | The Miracle ManThe Frog | |
| 1919 | Paid in AdvanceBateese Le Blanc | |
| 1918 | Fast CompanyDan McCarty | |
| 1918 | The Kaiser, the Beast of BerlinBethmann-Hollweg | |
| 1918 | Broadway LoveElmer Watkins | |
| 1918 | A Broadway Scandal'Kink' Colby | |
| 1918 | Danger, Go SlowBud | |
| 1918 | The Grand PassionPaul Argos | |
| 1918 | Riddle GawneHame Bozzam | |
| 1918 | That Devil, BateeseLouis Courteau | |
| 1918 | The Talk of the TownJack Langhorne | |
| 1917 | BondageSeducer (uncredited) | |
| 1917 | The Scarlet CarPaul Revere Forbes | |
| 1917 | The Empty GunFrank | |
| 1917 | TriumphPaul Neihoff | |
| 1917 | Hell Morgan's GirlSleter Noble | |
| 1917 | Anything OnceWaughnt Moore | |
| 1917 | Fires of RebellionRussell Hanlon | |
| 1917 | The Piper's PriceBilly Kilmartin | |
| 1917 | A Doll's HouseNils Krogstad | |
| 1917 | The RescueThomas Holland | |
| 1917 | The FlashlightHenry Norton / Porter Brixton | |
| 1917 | Pay Me!Joe Lawson | |
| 1917 | The Girl in the Checkered CoatHector Maitland | |
| 1916 | The Mark of CainDick Temple | |
| 1916 | If My Country Should CallDr. George Ardrath | |
| 1916 | The Place Beyond the WindsJerry Jo | |
| 1916 | Bobbie of the BalletHook Hoover | |
| 1916 | The Grasp of GreedJimmie | |
| 1916 | The Gilded SpiderGiovanni | |
| 1916 | The Price of SilenceEdmond Stafford | |
| 1916 | Tangled HeartsJohn Hammond | |
| 1916 | The Grip of JealousySilas Lacey | |
| 1916 | Dolly's ScoopDan Fisher | |
| 1915 | The Stool Pigeon | |
| 1915 | The Measure of a ManDonald MacDermott | |
| 1915 | The Oyster Dredger | |
| 1915 | Alas and AlackThe Fisherman and Hunchback Fate | |
| 1915 | The Millionaire PaupersLandlord | |
| 1915 | The Sin of Olga BrandtStephen Leslie | |
| 1915 | A Mother's AtonementBen | |
| 1915 | The Fascination of the Fleur de LisThe Duke of Safoulrug | |
| 1915 | Stronger Than DeathAttorney | |
| 1915 | Father and the BoysTuck Bartholomew | |
| 1914 | Damon and PythiasWild Man (uncredited) (unconfirmed) | |
| 1914 | Discord and HarmonyLon - the Sculptor | |
| 1914 | The End of the FeudWood Dawson | |
| 1914 | A Ranch RomanceRaphael Praz | |
| 1914 | The OublietteChevalier Bertrand de la Payne | |
| 1914 | By the Sun's RaysFrank Lawler, the Clerk | |
| 1914 | The Forbidden RoomJohn Morris | |
| 1914 | The Tragedy of Whispering CreekThe Greaser | |
| 1914 | A Night of ThrillsThe Visitor | |
| 1914 | RichelieuBaradas | |
| 1914 | The Higher LawSir Stephen Fitz Allen | |
| 1914 | Virtue Its Own RewardDuncan Bronson | |
| 1914 | The Lion, the Lamb and the ManFred Brown, the Lion | |
| 1913 | Poor Jake's DemiseThe Dude | |
| 1913 | The Restless SpiritThe Russian Count (uncredited) | |
| 1913 | Back to LifeThe Rival | |
| - | The Honor of the Family |
| 1923 | The Hunchback of Notre DameCo-Director | |
| 1915 | The Stool PigeonDirector | |
| 1915 | The Oyster DredgerDirector |
| 1922 | The TrapStory | |
| 1915 | The Oyster DredgerWriter | |
| 1914 | The Tragedy of Whispering CreekWriter |