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Lon Chaney

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Overview

Date of Death:
26 August 1930, Hollywood, California, USA (lung cancer) more
Mini Biography:
Although his parents were deaf-mutes, Leonidas Chaney became an actor... more
Trivia:
Pictured on one of ten 29¢ US commemorative postage stamps celebrating... more
Awards:
1 win more

Filmography

Actor:
  1. The Unholy Three (1930) .... Professor Echo, aka Mrs. 'Grandma' O'Grady

  2. Thunder (1929) .... Grumpy Anderson
  3. Where East Is East (1929) .... Tiger Haynes
  4. West of Zanzibar (1928) .... Phroso 'Dead-Legs'
  5. While the City Sleeps (1928) .... Dan Callahan
  6. Laugh, Clown, Laugh (1928) .... Tito Beppi
  7. The Big City (1928) .... Chuck Collins
  8. London After Midnight (1927) .... Professor Edward C. Burke
    ... aka The Hypnotist (UK)
  9. Mockery (1927) .... Sergei
  10. The Unknown (1927) .... Alonzo the Armless
  11. Mr. Wu (1927) .... Mr. Mandarin Wu/Mr. Wu's Grandfather
  12. Tell It to the Marines (1926) .... Sgt. O'Hara
  13. The Road to Mandalay (1926) .... Singapore Joe
  14. The Blackbird (1926) .... The Blackbird/The Bishop
  15. The Tower of Lies (1925) .... Jan
  16. The Phantom of the Opera (1925) .... Erik, The Phantom
  17. The Unholy Three (1925) .... Professor Echo, the ventriloquist, aka Mrs. 'Granny' O'Grady
  18. The Monster (1925) .... Dr. Ziska
  19. He Who Gets Slapped (1924) .... Paul Beaumont, aka HE
  20. The Next Corner (1924) .... Juan Serafin
  21. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923/I) .... Quasimodo
  22. The Shock (1923) .... Wilse Dilling
  23. While Paris Sleeps (1923) .... Henri Santodos
  24. All the Brothers Were Valiant (1923) .... Mark Shore
  25. A Blind Bargain (1922) .... Dr. Arthur Lamb/The Ape Man
    ... aka The Octave of Claudius (USA)
  26. Quincy Adams Sawyer (1922) .... Obadiah Strout
  27. Shadows (1922/I) .... Yen Sin,'The Heathen'
  28. Oliver Twist (1922) .... Fagin
  29. The Light in the Dark (1922) .... Tony Pantelli
    ... aka The Light of Faith
  30. Flesh and Blood (1922) .... David Webster
  31. The Trap (1922) .... Gaspard the Good
    ... aka Heart of a Wolf (UK)
  32. Voices of the City (1921) .... O'Rourke
    ... aka The Night Rose
  33. Bits of Life (1921) .... Chin Chow
  34. The Ace of Hearts (1921) .... Mr. Farallone
  35. For Those We Love (1921) .... Trix Ulner
  36. Outside the Law (1920) .... Black Mike Sylva/Ah Wing
  37. Nomads of the North (1920) .... Raoul Challoner
  38. The Penalty (1920/I) .... Blizzard
  39. The Gift Supreme (1920) .... Merney Stagg
  40. Treasure Island (1920) .... Pew/Merry
  41. Daredevil Jack (1920) .... Royce Rivers

  42. Victory (1919) .... Ricardo
  43. When Bearcat Went Dry (1919) .... Kindard Powers
  44. Paid in Advance (1919) .... Bateese Le Blanc
  45. The Miracle Man (1919) .... The Frog
  46. A Man's Country (1919) .... 'Three Card' Duncan
  47. The Wicked Darling (1919) .... Stoop Connors
  48. The False Faces (1919) .... Karl Eckstrom
  49. Danger, Go Slow (1918) .... Bud
  50. The Talk of the Town (1918) .... Jack Lanchome
  51. That Devil, Bateese (1918) .... Louis Courteau
  52. Riddle Gawne (1918) .... Hame Bozzam
  53. A Broadway Scandal (1918) .... 'Kink' Colby
  54. Fast Company (1918) .... Dan McCarty
  55. The Kaiser, the Beast of Berlin (1918) .... Bethmann-Hollweg
    ... aka Beast of Berlin
    ... aka The Kaiser
    ... aka The Kaiser, Beast of Berlin
  56. Broadway Love (1918) .... Elmer Watkins
  57. The Grand Passion (1918) .... Paul Argos
  58. The Scarlet Car (1917) .... Paul Revere Forbes
  59. Bondage (1917) (uncredited) .... Seducer
  60. Anything Once (1917) .... Waught Moore
  61. The Empty Gun (1917) .... Frank
  62. Triumph (1917) .... Paul Neihoff
  63. Pay Me! (1917) .... Joe Lawson
    ... aka Pay Day
    ... aka The Vengeance of the West
  64. The Rescue (1917) .... Thomas Holland
  65. Fires of Rebellion (1917) .... Russell Hanlon
  66. A Doll's House (1917) .... Nils Krogstad
  67. The Flashlight (1917) .... Henry Norton and Porter Brixton
    ... aka The Flashlight Girl (USA: alternative title)
  68. The Girl in the Checkered Coat (1917) .... Hector Maitland
  69. The Mask of Love (1917) .... Marino
  70. Hell Morgan's Girl (1917) .... Sleter Noble
  71. The Piper's Price (1917) .... Billy Kilmartin
  72. The Price of Silence (1916) .... Edmond Stafford
  73. Accusing Evidence (1916)
  74. The Place Beyond the Winds (1916) .... Jerry Jo
  75. Felix on the Job (1916) .... Tod
  76. If My Country Should Call (1916) .... Dr. George Ardrath
  77. The Mark of Cain (1916) .... Dick Temple
    ... aka By Fate's Degree
  78. The Grasp of Greed (1916) .... Jimmie
    ... aka Mr. Meeson's Will (UK)
  79. Bobbie of the Ballet (1916) .... Hook Hoover
  80. The Gilded Spider (1916) .... Giovanni
    ... aka The Full Cup (USA)
  81. The Huntress of Men (1916) (uncredited) .... Bit Role
  82. Tangled Hearts (1916/I) .... John Hammond
  83. The Grip of Jealousy (1916) .... Silas Lacey
  84. Dolly's Scoop (1916) .... Dan Fisher
  85. Stronger Than Death (1915) .... Attorney
  86. Father and the Boys (1915) .... Tuck Bartholomew
  87. Under a Shadow (1915) .... DeSerris
  88. The Millionaire Paupers (1915) .... Martin - landlord
  89. Lon of Lone Mountain (1915) .... Lon Moore
  90. A Mother's Atonement (1915) .... Ben Morrison
  91. Alas and Alack (1915) .... The Fisherman/Hunchback Fate
  92. The Fascination of the Fleur de Lis (1915) .... Duke of Safoulrug
  93. The Pine's Revenge (1915) .... Black Scotty
  94. The Chimney's Secret (1915) .... Charles Harding
  95. Quits (1915/I) .... Frenchy
  96. Mountain Justice (1915) .... Jeffrey Kirke
  97. Bound on the Wheel (1915) .... Tom Coulahan
  98. The Trust (1915) .... Jim Mason
  99. The Violin Maker (1915) .... Pedro
  100. Steady Company (1915) .... Jimmy Ford
  101. The Oyster Dredger (1915)
  102. The Stronger Mind (1915) .... The Crook's Pal
  103. An Idyll of the Hills (1915) .... Lafe Jameson
  104. The Stool Pigeon (1915/I)
  105. The Girl of the Night (1915) .... Jerry
    ... aka Her Chance (USA: reissue title)
  106. The Grind (1915) .... Henry Leslie
    ... aka On the Verge of Sin
  107. Maid of the Mist (1915) .... Lin, Paulines father
  108. The Desert Breed (1915) .... Fred
  109. All for Peggy (1915) .... Seth Baldwin
  110. Outside the Gates (1915) .... Perez
  111. Where the Forest Ends (1915) .... Paul Rouchelle
  112. Such Is Life (1915) .... Tod Wilkes
  113. When the Gods Played a Badger Game (1915) .... Joe, the property man
    ... aka The Girl Who Couldn't Go Wrong
  114. The Threads of Fate (1915) .... The Count
  115. The Measure of a Man (1915) .... Lt. Jim Stuart
  116. A Small Town Girl (1915) .... The Procurer
  117. The Star of the Sea (1915) .... Tomasco
  118. The Sin of Olga Brandt (1915) .... Stephen Leslie
  119. Her Escape (1914) .... Pete
  120. A Night of Thrills (1914) .... Visitor
  121. The Lion, the Lamb, the Man (1914) .... Fred Brown
  122. Lights and Shadows (1914) .... Bentley
  123. Damon and Pythias (1914) (unconfirmed) .... Wild man
  124. Her Life's Story (1914) .... Don Valesquez
  125. Virtue Is Its Own Reward (1914) .... Duncan Bronson
  126. The Pipes o' Pan (1914) .... Arthur Farrell
  127. Richelieu (1914/I) .... Baradas
  128. The Higher Law (1914/I) .... Sir Stephen
  129. Her Bounty (1914) .... Fred Howard
  130. A Miner's Romance (1914) .... John Burns
  131. The Oubliette (1914) .... Chevalier Bertrand de la Payne
  132. By the Sun's Rays (1914) .... Frank Lawler
  133. Her Grave Mistake (1914) .... Nunez
  134. A Ranch Romance (1914) .... Raphael Praz
  135. The Hopes of Blind Alley (1914) .... Vendor
  136. The Old Cobbler (1914) .... Wild Bill
  137. The Forbidden Room (1914) .... John Morris
  138. Heart Strings (1914) (unconfirmed)
  139. The Unlawful Trade (1914) .... The Cross Blood
  140. The Tragedy of Whispering Creek (1914) .... The Greaser
  141. The End of the Feud (1914) .... Wood Dawson
  142. The Lamb, the Woman, the Wolf (1914) .... The Wolf
  143. The Embezzler (1914/I) .... J. Roger Dixon
  144. The Menace to Carlotta (1914) .... Giovanni Bartholdi
    ... aka Carlotta, the Bead Stringer (USA)
  145. Discord and Harmony (1914) .... The Sculptor
  146. Remember Mary Magdalen (1914) .... The Half-Wit
  147. The Honor of the Mounted (1914) .... Jacques Laquox
  148. The Lie (1914/I) .... Young MacGregor
  149. Bloodhounds of the North (1913) .... Mountie
  150. Red Margaret, Moonshiner (1913) .... Lon
    ... aka Moonshine Blood (USA: reissue title)
  151. Back to Life (1913) .... The Rival
  152. An Elephant on His Hands (1913) .... Eddie
  153. Almost an Actress (1913) .... Cameraman
  154. The Restless Spirit (1913) (uncredited) .... Russian Count
  155. The Trap (1913/I) .... Lon
  156. Shon the Piper (1913) .... Clansman
  157. The Blood Red Tape of Charity (1913) .... Marx, a Gentleman Thief
  158. The Sea Urchin (1913) .... Barnacle Bill
  159. Poor Jake's Demise (1913) .... The Dude
  160. Suspense (1913) (uncredited) (unconfirmed) .... A Hobo
  161. The Ways of Fate (1913)
  162. The Honor of the Family (1912/I) (unconfirmed)
Writer:
  1. The Trap (1922) (story)
    ... aka Heart of a Wolf (UK)

  2. The Chimney's Secret (1915) (writer)
  3. The Oyster Dredger (1915) (writer)
  4. Her Escape (1914) (writer)
  5. The Tragedy of Whispering Creek (1914) (writer)
  6. The Menace to Carlotta (1914) (writer)
    ... aka Carlotta, the Bead Stringer (USA)
Make-Up Department:
  1. The Unholy Three (1930) (makeup artist) (uncredited)

  2. London After Midnight (1927) (makeup artist) (uncredited)
    ... aka The Hypnotist (UK)
  3. The Phantom of the Opera (1925) (makeup artist) (uncredited)
  4. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923/I) (makeup artist) (uncredited)
Miscellaneous Crew:
  1. The Phantom of the Opera (1925) (mask maker: his own mask) (uncredited)
Self:
  1. 1925 Studio Tour (1925) .... Himself
Archive Footage:
  1. "Close-up"
        - Bela Lugosi: Dracula's Dubbelganger (2007) TV episode .... Himself
  2. Vampire déchu, Le (2007) (TV) .... Himself
  3. Badness: Live and Not Plugged In (2005) (V) .... Himself
  4. London After Midnight (2002) (TV)
  5. AFI's 100 Years, 100 Thrills: America's Most Heart-Pounding Movies (2001) (TV) .... Himself
  6. Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces (2000) (TV) .... Himself
  7. The Opera Ghost: A Phantom Unmasked (2000) (V)
  8. Tod Browning and Lon Chaney (2000) (TV) .... Himself
  9. Lon Chaney: the Faces (1997) (TV) .... Himself
  10. Lon Chaney: Behind the Mask (1996) .... Himself
  11. 100 Years of Horror (1996) (V)
  12. "Biography"
        - Lon Chaney Jr.: Son of a Thousand Faces (1995) TV episode .... Himself
  13. Scream Greats, Vol. 1: Tom Savini, Master of Horror Effects (1986) (V) (uncredited)
  14. "Hollywood" (1980) (mini)
  15. "Wayne and Shuster Take an Affectionate Look At..."
        - The Monsters (1965) TV episode .... Various
  16. "Hollywood and the Stars"
        - Monsters We've Known and Loved (1964) TV episode .... Hunchback of Notre Dame
  17. "Fractured Flickers"
        - Episode #1.5 (????) TV episode .... Dinky Dunstan
  18. "The Whistler"
        - Backfire (1954) TV episode
  19. Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Stars to Remember (1954) .... Himself
  20. Hollywood Story (1951) (uncredited) .... The Phantom (clips from 'The Phantom of the Opera')
  21. Screen Snapshots Series 25, No. 1: 25th Anniversary (1945) .... Himself
  22. Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 12 (1939) .... Himself
  23. Personality Parade (1938) (uncredited) .... Himself
  24. Movie Memories (1935)
  25. The House That Shadows Built (1931)


Additional Details

Other Works:
Wrote entry on motion picture make-up in the 1929 edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica. more
Publicity Listings:
3 Biographical Movies | 4 Print Biographies | 2 Articles more
Genres:
Drama | Short | Romance | Crime more
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