Person Details

Birthday: 1906-02-10 17:29:12

Death: 1973-07-12 17:29:12

Aliases: Creighton Tull Chaney , Creighton Chaney , Lon Chaney

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA

Homepage:

Movie Involvements: 144

TV Involvements: 26


Most Famous Work

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Lon Chaney, Jr. (February 10, 1906 – July 12, 1973), born Creighton Tull Chaney, was an American character actor. He was best known for his roles in monster movies and as the son of famous silent film actor, Lon Chaney. He is notable for playing Larry Talbot in The Wolf Man movies. Originally credited in films as Creighton Chaney, he was first credited as "Lon Chaney, Jr." in 1935. Chaney had English, French and Irish ancestry. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lon Chaney, Jr., licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Most Famous Work

Have Gun, Will Travel
Average
8

Have Gun, Will Travel

(1957) O'Connor - Inmate
Rawhide
Average
7

Rawhide

(1959) Rock
Bat Masterson
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6

Bat Masterson

(1958) Rance Fletcher
Route 66
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6

Route 66

(1960) Colby
Climax!
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3

Climax!

(1954) Old Man Hawley
Lawman
Average
5

Lawman

(1958) Jess Bridges
Wagon Train
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6

Wagon Train

(1957) Carstairs
The Rifleman
Average
7

The Rifleman

(1958) Charlie Gordo

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2015 Self (archive footage)
2014 The Wolf Man / Larry Talbot (archive footage)
2010 Self (archive footage)
2007 Himself (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
Hassan (archive footage)
2006 Lyle Talbot (archive footage)
2004 Charles Benton in The Indestructible Man (archive footage)
N/A
2001 (archive footage)
2000 Self (archive footage)
Self
Self (archive footage)
Count Dracula (archive footage)
1999 Self (archive footage)
1998 (archive footage)
1995 (archive footage)
Lawrence Talbot
1991 Lawrence Talbot / The Wolf Man (archive footage)
Count Dracula / The Wolf Man (archive footage)
Lawrence Talbot / The Monster (archive footage)
1990 Outtake
1986 Clips from Various Movies
1984 Larry Talbot (archive footage) (uncredited)
1979 (archive footage)
1971 Groton
Monti
1968 Sammy
Sheriff Tangley
Self (archive footage)
1967 Bruno
Chief Eagle Shadow
Maximillian
Avery
Dr. Mendell
1966 N/A
Lenny
Sheriff Hodges
Larry Talbot/The Wolf Man
1965 Charlie Russell
Charlie Leach
Kile
Belial Desard
1964 Henry Parker(as Lon Chaney)
Bartender
Tiny
Morgan Whitlock
Chingachcook
The Mummified Werewolf
1963 Simon Orne
1962 Self
1961 Jed
Satan
1960 Colby
Poppa Duplessis
Lon Chaney
N/A
Ben Wait
The Mummified Werewolf
1959 Trader One Arm
Ben Rafferty
N/A
Tom Arnold
Manon
Rock
Jesse Childress
Host
1958 Rance Fletcher
Jess Bridges
Art Birdwell
Charlie Gordo
Wylie Ames
Sheriff Lon Paulson
Big Sam
1957 Ex-Marshal Daggett
Carstairs
Louis Roque
William Ceilbleu
O'Connor - Inmate
Martin 'Marty' Melville
Chingachgook
Chingachgook
1956 Michael Peters
Blackfish
Whitey
Dr. Munroe, aka Mungo
N/A
Charles "Butcher" Benton
Swede
1955 Chivington (as Lon Chaney)
Big Mac
Job Marsh
John W. Harmon (as Lon Chaney)
Leonard M. 'Alamo' Smith (as Lon Chaney)
1954 Padre Felipe
Frank Wiggins
Old Man Hawley
Castro (as Lon Chaney)
N/A
Henchman Kip (archive footage) (as Lon Chaney)
Emo, the Murderer
Crazy Charlie (as Lon Chaney)
Pedro Martines
1953 Spurge McManamee
Peg Leg (as Lon Chaney)
Bucknell
1952 Chief Pontiac
Gargon
Pete Elm (as Lon Chaney)
Old Jeff Harris
Zeke Wells
Martin Howe
Sinbad (as Lon Chaney)
The Monster
1951 Borka Barbarossa
Artemus Taylor
Alaskan Trapper
Commissioner Taro
Ug - Prehistoric Cave Man
George
Mad Scientist
Lon Chaney
Sgt. Williams
Pinky
N/A
Trooper Kebussyan
Shocker / Schockovitz Ninkovitch (as Lon Chaney)
1950 Self - Frankenstein Monster
Gus (as Lon Chaney)
Red Lynch
1949 Johnny Colton
Johnson
Johnson
1948 Mr. Demitri (as Lon Chaney)
Self - Actor
Larry Talbot/The Wolf Man
Louie Struber
Steve Murkill
1947 Willie
1946 Lt. Armand Corday
1945 Wayne Fletcher
Lawrence Stewart Talbot
Grat Dalton (as Lon Chaney)
Jeff Carter
Alex Gregor, aka Gregor the Great
Johnson
1944 Kharis
Lawrence 'Larry' Talbot (aka The Wolf Man)
David Stuart
Kharis
Bear
Hava
Lon Chaney Jr. (uncredited)
Prof. Norman Reed
1943 Dr. Mark Steel (as Lon Chaney)
Count Dracula, alias Count Alucard
Cameo Appearance
Chango
Lawrence 'Larry' Stewart Talbot / The Wolf Man
1942 The Mummy - Kharis
Benny (as Lon Chaney)
Jim Lane
The Frankenstein Monster
Nate Carson
1941 Larry Talbot / The Wolf Man
Jack McCall
Marvin Gimble
Henchman Butch
Jigsaw Kennedy
'Spike' Hudson
Dan McCormick
1940 Shorty
Akhoba
1939 Lennie
Pierre
Pringle
Dollarhide
One Of James Gang
1938 Bud Casey
Marine Sentry
Martin
Bull
Racetrack Mug
Boatman
Photographer
Joey
Delivery Man
Policeman
1937 Attendant
Gilks
Desk Reporter
Scott, the Chauffeur
Policeman
Dutch
Garage Mechanic
Laborer Killed at Launching
Eddie
Federal Agent in Baltimore Bank
Maroni
Detective Erickson
Girard
1936 Garland - Simms partner
Sierra Football Player
Second Coffin Man
Henchman Ivan
Capt. Hakur
Martin
1935 John Arthur 'Silk' Lennox
Chuck
Jack Wilson / Butch Curtain
Dave
1934 Don Cooper
Hugo McQueen
Joe Bethel
1933 Jack Breen
Lt. Armand Corday
Jeff Todd (as Creighton Chaney)
Frankie
1932 Tom Kirby, aka The Black Ghost
Thornton
1931 Henchman
1928 Self
1922 Boy in Crowd Behind Gaspard (uncredited)
Year Character Movie/Tv

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