Lon Chaney Jr.
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lon Chaney, Jr., licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Movies (48)
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
as Self - (archive footage)
2025
Jack Pierce: The Man Who Made the Monsters
as Self (archive footage)
2015
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
as The Wolf Man / Larry Talbot (archive footage)
2014
Pure in Heart: The Life and Legacy of Lon Chaney, Jr.
as Self (archive footage)
2010
Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire
as Himself (archive footage)
2007
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
as Self (archive footage)
2007
Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb
as Hassan (archive footage)
2007
Terror in the Tropics
as Lyle Talbot (archive footage)
2006
Los Angeles Plays Itself
as Charles Benton in The Indestructible Man (archive footage)
2004
Monster Movie Trivia Quiz
2004
Heroes of Horror
as (archive footage)
2001
Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces
as Self (archive footage)
2000
The American Nightmare
as Self
2000
Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed
as Self (archive footage)
2000
The Many Faces of Dracula
as Count Dracula (archive footage)
2000
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
as Self (archive footage)
1999
Universal Horror
as (archive footage)
1998
The Wolfman's Cure
as Lawrence Stewart Talbot / The Wolf Man
1998
Lon Chaney: Son of a Thousand Faces
as (archive footage)
1995
Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld
as Self (archive footage)
1994
Wolfman Chronicles: A Cinematic Scrapbook
as Lawrence Talbot / The Wolf Man (archive footage)
1991
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
as Count Dracula / The Wolf Man (archive footage)
1991
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
as Lawrence Talbot / The Monster (archive footage)
1991
Abbott and Costello in the Movies
as Outtake
1990
The Horror Show
as (archive footage)
1979
Dracula vs. Frankenstein
as Groton
1971
The Female Bunch
as Monti
1971
Fireball Jungle
as Sammy
1968
Buckskin
as Sheriff Tangley
1968
The Movie Orgy
as Self (archive footage)
1968
Spider Baby
as Bruno
1967
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
as Chief Eagle Shadow
1967
Hillbillys in a Haunted House
as Maximillian
1967
Welcome to Hard Times
as Avery
1967
Gallery of Horror
as Dr. Mendell
1967
Johnny Reno
as Sheriff Hodges
1966
Apache Uprising
as Charlie Russell
1965
Town Tamer
as Charlie Leach
1965
Black Spurs
as Kile
1965
Face of the Screaming Werewolf
as The Mummified Werewolf
1965
House of the Black Death
as Belial Desard
1965
Stage to Thunder Rock
as Henry Parker(as Lon Chaney)
1964
Young Fury
as Bartender
1964
Law of the Lawless
as Tiny
1964
Witchcraft
as Morgan Whitlock
1964
The Long Rifle and the Tomahawk
as Chingachcook
1964
The Haunted Palace
as Simon Orne
1963
Lizard's Leg and Owlet's Wing
1962
