Lon Chaney Jr.

American actor (1906–1974)

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  • Momentum4.8
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Lived 1906–1973, aged 67United States
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  • Era
    1906–1973
    Aged 67
  • Known for
    High Noon
    1952
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Updated 2026-06-19

Creighton Tull Chaney, known by his stage name Lon Chaney Jr., was an American actor known for playing Larry Talbot in the film The Wolf Man (1941) and its various crossovers, Count Alucard in Son of Dracula, Frankenstein's monster in The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942), the Mummy in three pictures, and various other roles in many Universal horror films, including six films in their 1940s Inner Sanctum series, making him a horror icon. He also portrayed Lennie Small in Of Mice and Men (1939) and played supporting parts in dozens of mainstream movies, including High Noon (1952), The Defiant Ones (1958), and numerous Westerns, musicals, comedies and dramas.

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Historical22.3
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Source confidence70.0
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