Lon Chaney Jr.
American actor (1906-1974) · United States · Actors
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Something wrong?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...
A life in dates
Dracula vs. FrankensteinFilm, Groton1966
The MonkeesSeries, Lenny1965
Town TamerFilm, Charlie Leach1963
The Haunted PalaceFilm, Simon Orne1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSeries1960
Route 66Series, Poppa Duplessis1959
Adventures in ParadiseSeries, Trader One Arm1958
Bat MastersonSeries, Rance Fletcher
The Defiant OnesFilm, 1958Big Sam1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreSeries, Michael Peters
Indestructible ManFilm, 1956Charles "Butcher" Benton1954
Climax!Series, Frank Wiggins1952
High NoonFilm, Martin Howe1951
The Red Skelton ShowSeries, Sgt. Williams
Bride of the GorillaFilm, 1951Commissioner Taro1950
The Colgate Comedy HourSeries1948
The Ed Sullivan ShowSeries1947
My Favorite BrunetteFilm, Willie1945
Here Come the Co-EdsFilm, Johnson1943
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf ManFilm, Lawrence 'Larry' Stewart Talbot / The Wolf Man1942
The Ghost of FrankensteinFilm, The Frankenstein Monster1940
North West Mounted PoliceFilm, Shorty1939
Jesse JamesFilm, One Of James Gang1906Born10 February 1906Also in Deutsch
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Lon Chaney, Creighton's father
Gigi Parrish and Chaney in Girl o' My Dreams (1934)
Chaney Jr. as The Wolf Man (1941)
Evelyn Ankers in The Wolf Man
Chaney Jr., Evelyn Ankers and Bela Lugosi in The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942)
Patric Knowles, Chaney Jr. and Doris Lloyd in Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943)
Chaney Jr. as the Mummy in The Mummy's Ghost (1944)Filmography 40
TNThe American NightmareDFDracula vs. Frankenstein
SBSpider Baby
WTWelcome to Hard Times
HHHillbillys in a Haunted HouseTTTown TamerTPThe Haunted Palace
TPThe Alligator PeopleTOThe Defiant Ones
PAPardnersIMIndestructible Man
TSThe Black Sleep
TFThe Indian Fighter
NSNot as a StrangerHNHigh Noon
SRSpringfield Rifle
TCThe Black Castle
OVOnly the ValiantBGBride of the Gorilla
BFBud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet FrankensteinMBMy Favorite Brunette
HDHouse of Dracula
TGThe Frozen GhostHEHere Come the Co-Eds
HFHouse of Frankenstein
TGThe Mummy's Ghost
TCThe Mummy's Curse
CWCobra WomanFMFrankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
SDSon of DraculaTFThe Ghost of Frankenstein
TTThe Mummy's Tomb
TMThe Wolf Man
MMMan-Made Monster
BKBilly the KidNPNorth West Mounted Police
OCOne Million B.C.JJJesse James
OMOf Mice and Men
UPUnion Pacific232 credits on file
Television 24
TMThe MonkeesTCThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonRORoute 66
SUSurfside 6
RARawhideAPAdventures in Paradise
LULock-Up
TDThe Deputy
JRJohnny Ringo
TRThe Rifleman
WAWanted: Dead or Alive
LALawmanBMBat Masterson
TTThe Texan
WTWagon Train
HTHave Gun, Will Travel
TTTombstone TerritoryDTDick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TTTelephone TimeCLClimax!
STStudio 57TSThe Red Skelton ShowTHThe Colgate Comedy HourTSThe Ed Sullivan ShowFamily
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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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