Person Details

Birthday: 1883-04-01 06:12:51

Death: 1930-08-26 06:12:51

Aliases: Leonidas Frank Chaney , Man of a Thousand Faces

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA

Homepage: http://lonchaney.com/

Movie Involvements: 117

TV Involvements: 0


Most Famous Work

Biography

Lon Chaney (born Leonidas Frank Chaney) - nicknamed "Man of a Thousand Faces" - was an American Silent screen star. He died after completing his only sound film.

Most Famous Work

The Phantom of the Opera
Average
7

The Phantom of the Opera

(1925) Erik, The Phantom
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Average
7

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

(1923) Quasimodo
The Unknown
Average
8

The Unknown

(1927) Alonzo the Armless
He Who Gets Slapped
Average
8

He Who Gets Slapped

(1924) Paul Beaumont aka HE
West of Zanzibar
Average
7

West of Zanzibar

(1928) Phroso 'Dead-Legs'
The Unholy Three
Average
7

The Unholy Three

(1925) Professor Echo / Granny O'Grady
London After Midnight
Average
7

London After Midnight

(1927) Professor Edward C. Burke
Laugh, Clown, Laugh
Average
7

Laugh, Clown, Laugh

(1928) Tito Beppi

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2022 The Phantom of the Opera (Archival Footage)
2014 The Phantom / Quasimodo (archive footage)
2013 N/A
2011 Himself (archive footage)
2008 Various Roles (archive footage)
2007 Himself (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
2002 Professor Edward C. Burke (archive footage)
2000 Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
1998 (archive footage)
1995 (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
1983 The Phantom (archive footage)
1979 (archive footage)
1974 Self (archive footage)
1953 (archive footage)
1945 Self (archive footage)
1942 Self (archive footage)
1931 (archive footage)
1930 Professor Echo / Grandma O'Grady
1929 Erik
Grumpy Anderson
Tiger Haynes
1928 Phroso 'Dead-Legs'
Tito Beppi
Chuck Collins
Dan Coghlan
Self
1927 Professor Edward C. Burke
Self
Sergei
Alonzo
Mr. Wu / Wu's Grandfather
1926 Sergeant O'Hara
Singapore Joe
Dan - The Blackbird / The Bishop
1925 Jan
Erik, The Phantom
Professor Echo / Granny O'Grady
Dr. Ziska
1924 Paul Beaumont aka HE
Juan Serafin
1923 Quasimodo
Wilse Dilling
Henri Santodos
Mark Shore
1922 Obadiah Strout
Dr. Arthur Lamb / The Ape Man
Yen Sin
Fagin
Tony Pantelli
David Webster
Gaspard the Good
1921 O'Rourke
Chin Chow
Farallone
Trix Ulner
Ah Wing / 'Black Mike' Sylva
1920 Raoul Challoner
Blizzard
Royce Rivers
Merney Stagg
Blind Pew / Merry
1919 Stoop Connors
Ricardo
Kindard Powers
Bateese Le Blanc
The Frog
'Three Card' Duncan
Karl Eckstrom
1918 Bud
Jack Langhorne
Louis Courteau
Hame Bozzam
'Kink' Colby
Dan McCarty
Paul Argos
Elmer Watkins
Bethmann-Hollweg
1917 Paul Revere Forbes
Seducer (uncredited)
Waughnt Moore
Frank
Paul Neihoff
Joe Lawson
Thomas Holland
Russell Hanlon
Nils Krogstad
Henry Norton / Porter Brixton
Hector Maitland
Sleter Noble
Billy Kilmartin
1916 Edmond Stafford
Jerry Jo
Dr. George Ardrath
Dick Temple
Jimmie
Hook Hoover
Giovanni
John Hammond
Silas Lacey
1915 Landlord
Ben
The Fisherman and Hunchback Fate
N/A
N/A
Donald MacDermott
1914 Wild Man (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
Baradas
Chevalier Bertrand de la Payne
Frank Lawler, the Clerk
Raphael Praz
John Morris
The Greaser
Wood Dawson
Lon - the Sculptor
1913 The Russian Count (uncredited)
The Dude
N/A
Year Character Movie/Tv

Costume & Make-Up

Year Role Movie/Tv
1930 Makeup Artist
1925 Makeup Artist
1923 Makeup Artist
Year Role Movie/Tv

Directing

Writing


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