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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. He also portrayed Lennie Small in Of Mice and Men (1939) and supporting parts in dozens of mainstream movies. Originally referenced in films as Creighton Chaney, he was later credited as "Lon Chaney, Jr." in 1935, and after Man Made Monster (1941), beginning as early as The Wolf Man later that same year, he was almost always billed under his more famous father's name as Lon Chaney at the studio's insistence. Chaney had English, French, and Irish ancestry, and his career in movies and television spanned four decades, from 1931 to 1971.
Birth Name
Creighton Tull Chaney
Born
Saturday, 10 February 1906
Died
Thursday, 12 July 1973
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Jack Pierce, the Maker of Monsters | Self (archive footage) | 2015 |
Pop Culture Beast's Halloween Horror Picks | Morgan Whitlock / Bruno | 2014 |
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film | The Wolf Man / Larry Talbot | 2014 |
A Stranger in My Home | Groton | 2013 |
TV's Western Heroes | Chingachcook | 2013 |
A History of Horror with Mark Gatiss | Larry Talbot / The Wolf Man | 2010 |
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy | Self | 2010 |
Pure in Heart: The Life and Legacy of Lon Chaney Jr. | Various Roles / Self (archive footage) | 2010 |
The Fallen Vampire | Himself (archive footage) | 2007 |
Cinemassacre's Monster Madness | Kharis, the Mummy / Lawrence Talbot / The Wolf Man / Self / The Wolf Man, Lawrence Stewart Talbot (as Lon Chaney) / The Monster / Simon Orne (as Lon Chaney) / Martin 'Marty' Melville / Larry Talbot / Kharis / Groton / Dan McCormick | 2007 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Jack Pierce, the Maker of Monsters | Self (archive footage) | 2015 |
Pop Culture Beast's Halloween Horror Picks | Morgan Whitlock / Bruno | 2014 |
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film | The Wolf Man / Larry Talbot | 2014 |
A Stranger in My Home | Groton | 2013 |
TV's Western Heroes | Chingachcook | 2013 |
A History of Horror with Mark Gatiss | Larry Talbot / The Wolf Man | 2010 |
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy | Self | 2010 |
Pure in Heart: The Life and Legacy of Lon Chaney Jr. | Various Roles / Self (archive footage) | 2010 |
The Fallen Vampire | Himself (archive footage) | 2007 |
Cinemassacre's Monster Madness | Kharis, the Mummy / Lawrence Talbot / The Wolf Man / Self / The Wolf Man, Lawrence Stewart Talbot (as Lon Chaney) / The Monster / Simon Orne (as Lon Chaney) / Martin 'Marty' Melville / Larry Talbot / Kharis / Groton / Dan McCormick | 2007 |
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2007 |
Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb | Hassan | 2007 |
Terror in the Tropics | Lyle Talbot / Lyle Talbot (archive footage) | 2006 |
Evil Deeds | David Kessler (segment "Hell Beast) (Recut version only") | 2004 |
Monster Movie Trivia Quiz | (archive footage) | 2004 |
Los Angeles Plays Itself | Charles 'Butcher' Benton in The Indestructible Man | 2003 |
Heroes of Horror | Various Roles (Archive Footage) / Self / Lawrence 'Larry' Talbot / The Wolf Man / The Mummy / Frankenstein's Monster / Dracula / Bruno The Chauffeur / Akhoba | 2001 |
Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2000 |
The American Nightmare | Self | 2000 |
The Many Faces of Dracula | Count Dracula / Count Dracula (archive footage) | 2000 |
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man' | Larry Talbot / The Wolf Man / Archive Footage | 1999 |
The Frankenstein Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster | The Wolfman | 1999 |
Universal Horror | (archive footage) | 1998 |
History's Mysteries | The Wolf Man | 1998 |
100 Years of Horror | Self | 1996 |
Svengoolie | the Mummy / Kharis | 1995 |
Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld | (archive footage) | 1994 |
It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein | The Frankenstein Monster | 1994 |
Tribulation 99: Alien Anomalies Under America | The Wolf Man | 1992 |
Hooray for Horrorwood | Self | 1991 |
The Republic Pictures Story | Capt. Hakur (clip from Undersea Kingdom (1936)) | 1991 |
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook | Lawrence Talbot / The Monster / The Monster (archive footage) | 1991 |
Friday the 13th: The Series | Larry Talbot - The Wolf Man | 1987 |
Biography | Self | 1987 |
Horrible Horror | Clips from various movies | 1986 |
Into the Night | The Wolfman | 1985 |
Terror in the Aisles | Larry Talbot | 1984 |
Coming Soon | edited from 'THe Wolfman' | 1982 |
Years of Lightning | Chingachgook | 1981 |
The Horror Show | (archive footage) | 1979 |
Dracula vs. Frankenstein | Groton | 1971 |
The Female Bunch | Monti | 1971 |
Fireball Jungle | Sammy | 1968 |
Buckskin | Sheriff Tangley / Sheriff Tangley (as Lon Chaney) | 1968 |
The Movie Orgy | Self (archival footage) | 1968 |
Spider Baby or, the Maddest Story Ever Told | Bruno | 1967 |
Hillbillys in a Haunted House | Maximillian | 1967 |
Welcome to Hard Times | Avery (as Lon Chaney) / Avery | 1967 |
The Joey Bishop Show | Self | 1967 |
Gallery of Horror | Dr. Mendell | 1967 |
Pistols 'n' Petticoats | Chief Eagle Shadow | 1966 |
The Monkees | Lenny | 1966 |
Johnny Reno | Sheriff Hodges / Sheriff Hodges (as Lon Chaney) | 1966 |
Apache Uprising | Charlie Russell | 1965 |
Town Tamer | Mayor Charlie Leach / Charlie Leach (as Lon Chaney) | 1965 |
Black Spurs | Gus Kile / Kile | 1965 |
Face of the Screaming Werewolf | The Mummified Werewolf | 1965 |
Rebellion in Cuba | Gordo | 1965 |
House of the Black Death | Belial Desard | 1965 |
Young Fury | Ace -- Bartender / Bartender | 1964 |
Stage to Thunder Rock | Henry Parker | 1964 |
Law of the Lawless | Tiny | 1964 |
Witchcraft | Morgan Whitlock | 1964 |
Hollywood and the Stars | Actor in mad scientist movies | 1963 |
The Haunted Palace | Simon Orne (as Lon Chaney) / Simon Orne | 1963 |
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Himself | 1962 |
Empire | Bart Howe | 1962 |
Valley of the Dragons | Patoo (edited from 'One Million B.C.') | 1961 |
The Devil's Messenger | Satan | 1961 |
Klondike | Sergeant Macfin | 1960 |
Route 66 | Poppa Duplessis / Lon Chaney / Colby | 1960 |
Stagecoach West | Ben Wait | 1960 |
Surfside 6 | Tanker Grosch | 1960 |
Here's Hollywood | Self | 1960 |
La casa del terror | La Momia / El Hombre Lobo / The Mummified Werewolf | 1960 |
Adventures in Paradise | Trader One Arm | 1959 |
Johnny Ringo | Ben Rafferty | 1959 |
Lock Up | Sheriff Jeremy Davies | 1959 |
The Deputy | Tom Arnold | 1959 |
The Alligator People | Manon | 1959 |
Border Patrol | Racketeer | 1959 |
Rawhide | Jesse Childress / Rock | 1959 |
13 Demon Street | Host | 1959 |
Bat Masterson | Rance Fletcher | 1958 |
Lawman | Jess Bridges | 1958 |
The Rough Riders | Ben 'Pa' Hawkins | 1958 |
Money, Women and Guns | Art Birdwell / Art Birdwell (as Lon Chaney) | 1958 |
The Rifleman | Charlie Gordo | 1958 |
The Texan | Wylie Ames | 1958 |
Wanted: Dead or Alive | Sheriff Lon Paulson | 1958 |
The Defiant Ones | Big Sam | 1958 |
Tombstone Territory | Ex-Marshal Daggett | 1957 |
Wagon Train | Louis Roque / Carstairs | 1957 |
Have Gun - Will Travel | O'Connor - Inmate / William Ceilbleu | 1957 |
The Cyclops | Martin 'Marty' Melville | 1957 |
Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans | Chingachgook | 1957 |
Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer | Blackfish | 1956 |
Zane Grey Theatre | Michael Peters | 1956 |
Pardners | Whitey | 1956 |
The Black Sleep | Mungo / Dr. Munroe, aka Mungo | 1956 |
Telephone Time | Jules Samenian | 1956 |
Indestructible Man | Charles Benton / Charles "Butcher" Benton | 1956 |
Manfish | Swede / 'Swede' | 1956 |
The Indian Fighter | Chivington / Chivington (as Lon Chaney) | 1955 |
I Died a Thousand Times | Big Mac | 1955 |
Not as a Stranger | Job Marsh | 1955 |
The Silver Star | John W. Harmon / John W. Harmon (as Lon Chaney) | 1955 |
Big House, U.S.A. | Leonard M. 'Alamo' Smith (as Lon Chaney) / Alamo Smith | 1955 |
The Black Pirates | Padre Felipe | 1954 |
Climax! | Old Man Pritchel / Old Man Hawley / Frank Wiggins | 1954 |
Passion | Castro / Castro (as Lon Chaney) | 1954 |
Studio 57 | Jubal Pickett | 1954 |
The Whistler | Carl | 1954 |
The Big Chase | Henchman Kip (archive footage) (as Lon Chaney) / Kip | 1954 |
Casanova's Big Night | Emo, the Murderer / Emo the Murderer | 1954 |
The Boy from Oklahoma | Crazy Charlie (as Lon Chaney) / Crazy Charlie | 1954 |
Jivaro | Pedro Martines | 1954 |
A Lion Is in the Streets | Spurge McManamee | 1953 |
Raiders of the Seven Seas | Peg Leg (as Lon Chaney) / Peg Leg | 1953 |
General Electric Theater | Bucknell | 1953 |
Battles of Chief Pontiac | Chief Pontiac | 1952 |
The Black Castle | Gargon | 1952 |
Springfield Rifle | Pete Elm (as Lon Chaney) / Pete Elm | 1952 |
Cavalcade of America | Zeke Wells / Old Jeff Harris | 1952 |
High Noon | Martin Howe | 1952 |
Thief of Damascus | Sinbad (as Lon Chaney) / Sinbad | 1952 |
The Bushwhackers | Artemus Taylor | 1952 |
Flame of Araby | Borka Barbarossa | 1951 |
Bride of the Gorilla | Police Commissioner Taro / Commissioner Taro | 1951 |
The Red Skelton Hour | Ug - Prehistoric Cave Man / Sgt. Williams / Self / Sarge / Mad Scientist / George | 1951 |
Behave Yourself! | Pinky | 1951 |
Tales of Tomorrow | The Monster | 1951 |
Only the Valiant | Trooper Kebussyan | 1951 |
Inside Straight | Schockovitz Ninkovitch (as Lon Chaney) / Shocker | 1951 |
The Colgate Comedy Hour | Self - Frankenstein Monster | 1950 |
Once a Thief | Gus (as Lon Chaney) / Gus | 1950 |
Captain China | Red Lynch | 1950 |
There's a Girl in My Heart | Johnny Colton | 1949 |
16 Fathoms Deep | Mr. Demitri (as Lon Chaney) / Mr. Demitri | 1948 |
The Ed Sullivan Show | Self - Actor | 1948 |
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein | Lawrence Talbot / The Wolfman / Larry Talbot/The Wolf Man | 1948 |
The Milton Berle Show | Self - Actor | 1948 |
The Counterfeiters | Louie Struber | 1948 |
Albuquerque | Steve Murkill | 1948 |
Screen Snapshots: Laguna U.S.A. | Self | 1947 |
My Favorite Brunette | Willie | 1947 |
Desert Command | Lt. Armand Corday | 1946 |
Pillow of Death | Wayne Fletcher | 1945 |
House of Dracula | Lawrence Talbot / The Wolf Man / Lawrence Stewart Talbot | 1945 |
The Daltons Ride Again | Grat Dalton (as Lon Chaney) / Grat Dalton | 1945 |
Strange Confession | Jeff Carter | 1945 |
The Frozen Ghost | Alex Gregor / Gregor the Great / Alex Gregor, aka Gregor the Great | 1945 |
Here Come the Co-eds | Johnson | 1945 |
The Mummy's Curse | Mummy / Kharis | 1944 |
House of Frankenstein | Larry Talbot / Lawrence 'Larry' Talbot aka the Wolf Man | 1944 |
Dead Man's Eyes | Dave Stuart / David Stuart | 1944 |
The Mummy's Ghost | Kharis | 1944 |
Ghost Catchers | Bear | 1944 |
Follow the Boys | Lon Chaney Jr. | 1944 |
Cobra Woman | Hava | 1944 |
Weird Woman | Norman Reed / Prof. Norman Reed | 1944 |
Calling Dr. Death | Doctor Mark Steele / Dr. Mark Steel (as Lon Chaney) | 1943 |
Son of Dracula | Count Dracula / Count Dracula, alias Count Alucard | 1943 |
Crazy House | Cameo Appearance / Lon Chaney Jr. | 1943 |
Frontier Badmen | Chango | 1943 |
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man | The Wolf Man - Lawrence Talbot / Lawrence 'Larry' Stewart Talbot, the Wolf Man | 1943 |
The Mummy's Tomb | The Mummy - Kharis / Kharis, the Mummy | 1942 |
Eyes of the Underworld | Benny (as Lon Chaney) / Benny | 1942 |
Overland Mail | Jim Lane | 1942 |
The Ghost of Frankenstein | The Monster / The Frankenstein Monster | 1942 |
North to the Klondike | Nate Carson | 1942 |
The Wolf Man | The Wolf Man / Lawrence Talbot / Larry Talbot | 1941 |
Badlands of Dakota | Jack McCall | 1941 |
Too Many Blondes | Marvin Gimble | 1941 |
Riders of Death Valley | Henchman Butch / Butch - Henchman | 1941 |
San Antonio Rose | Jigsaw Kennedy | 1941 |
Billy the Kid | 'Spike' Hudson | 1941 |
Man Made Monster | Dan McCormick | 1941 |
North West Mounted Police | Shorty | 1940 |
One Million B.C. | Akhoba | 1940 |
Of Mice and Men | Lennie Small / Lennie | 1940 |
City in Darkness | Pierre | 1939 |
Frontier Marshal | Pringle | 1939 |
Union Pacific | Dollarhide | 1939 |
Jesse James | One of James Gang | 1939 |
Road Demon | Bud Casey | 1938 |
Submarine Patrol | Marine Sentry | 1938 |
Straight Place and Show | Martin / Martin - Chauffeur | 1938 |
Alexander's Ragtime Band | Photographer on Stage / Photographer | 1938 |
Passport Husband | Bull | 1938 |
Speed to Burn | Racetrack Mug | 1938 |
Josette | Boatman / David's Boatman | 1938 |
Mr. Moto's Gamble | Joey / Henchman | 1938 |
Walking Down Broadway | Delivery Man | 1938 |
Sally, Irene and Mary | Policeman / Policeman with Club | 1938 |
Happy Landing | Newspaper Reporter | 1938 |
City Girl | Gangster | 1938 |
Love and Hisses | Attendant | 1937 |
Checkers | Man at Racetrack | 1937 |
Second Honeymoon | Reporter | 1937 |
Life Begins in College | Gilks | 1937 |
Charlie Chan on Broadway | Desk Reporter | 1937 |
Wife, Doctor and Nurse | Chauffeur Scott / Scott, the Chauffeur | 1937 |
One Mile from Heaven | Policeman / Policeman at Woodman's Hall | 1937 |
The Lady Escapes | Reporter | 1937 |
Born Reckless | Garage Mechanic | 1937 |
Slave Ship | Laborer Killed at Launching | 1937 |
Angel's Holiday | Eddie | 1937 |
This Is My Affair | Federal Agent in Baltimore Bank | 1937 |
That I May Live | Engineer | 1937 |
Secret Agent X-9 | Maroni | 1937 |
Midnight Taxi | Detective Erickson | 1937 |
Thin Ice | American Reporter | 1937 |
Love Is News | Newsman | 1937 |
Cheyenne Rides Again | Henchman Girard / Girard | 1937 |
The Old Corral | Garland - Simms' Partner / Garland - Simms partner | 1936 |
Rose Bowl | Sierra Football Player | 1936 |
Killer at Large | Second Coffin Man | 1936 |
Ace Drummond | Henchman Ivan / Ivan - Henchman | 1936 |
Undersea Kingdom | Hakur / Capt. Hakur | 1936 |
The Singing Cowboy | Martin | 1936 |
The Shadow of Silk Lennox | John Arthur 'Silk' Lennox | 1935 |
Accent on Youth | Chuck | 1935 |
A Scream in the Night | Butch Curtain / Jack Wilson | 1935 |
Captain Hurricane | Dave | 1935 |
The Marriage Bargain | Bob Gordon | 1935 |
Girl O' My Dreams | Don Cooper | 1934 |
The Life of Vergie Winters | Hugo McQueen | 1934 |
Sixteen Fathoms Deep | Joe Bethel | 1934 |
Son of the Border | Jack Breen | 1933 |
The Three Musketeers | Armand Corday / Lt. Armand Corday | 1933 |
Scarlet River | Jeff Todd (as Creighton Chaney) / Jeff Todd | 1933 |
Lucky Devils | Frankie Wilde / Frankie | 1933 |
The Last Frontier | Tom Kirby, aka The Black Ghost | 1932 |
Bird of Paradise | Thornton | 1932 |
The Galloping Ghost | Henchman | 1931 |
The Trap | Boy in Crowd Behind Gaspard | 1922 |