Lon Chaney

Acting • Born 1883-03-31 – Died 1930-08-26

Acting1Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA

Biography

Leonidas Frank "Lon" Chaney (April 1, 1883 – August 26, 1930) was an American actor and makeup artist. He is regarded as one of the most versatile and powerful actors of cinema, renowned for his characterizations of tortured, often grotesque and afflicted, characters and for his groundbreaking artistry with makeup. Chaney was known for his starring roles in such silent horror films as The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923) and The Phantom of the Opera (1925). His ability to transform himself using makeup techniques that he developed earned him the nickname "The Man of a Thousand Faces". Description above from the Wikipedia article Lon Chaney, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

131 credits

The Phantom of the Opera

Movie • 1925

Erik, The Phantom

The Monster

Movie • 1925

Dr. Ziska

The Unknown

Movie • 1927

Alonzo

West of Zanzibar

Movie • 1928

Phroso 'Dead-Legs'

A Blind Bargain

Movie • 1922

Dr. Arthur Lamb / The Ape Man

Laugh, Clown, Laugh

Movie • 1928

Tito Beppi

The Unholy Three

Movie • 1925

Professor Echo / Granny O'Grady

The Unholy Three

Movie • 1930

Professor Echo / Grandma O'Grady

The Penalty

Movie • 1920

Blizzard

He Who Gets Slapped

Movie • 1924

Paul Beaumont

While Paris Sleeps

Movie • 1923

Henri Santodos

Damon and Pythias

Movie • 1914

Wild Man (uncredited) (unconfirmed)

The Horror Show

Movie • 1979

(archive footage)

The Ace of Hearts

Movie • 1921

Farallone

Fast Company

Movie • 1918

Dan McCarty

Bondage

Movie • 1917

Seducer (uncredited)

The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute

Movie • 1974

Self (archive footage)

Yesterday and Today

Movie • 1953

(archive footage)

London After Midnight

Movie • 1927

Professor Edward C. Burke

Shadows

Movie • 1922

Yen Sin

Discord and Harmony

Movie • 1914

Lon - the Sculptor

Poor Jake's Demise

Movie • 1913

The Dude

The Stool Pigeon

Movie • 1915

The End of the Feud

Movie • 1914

Wood Dawson

A Ranch Romance

Movie • 1914

Raphael Praz

The Oyster Dredger

Movie • 1915

The Measure of a Man

Movie • 1915

Donald MacDermott

For Those We Love

Movie • 1921

Trix Ulner

A Man's Country

Movie • 1919

'Three Card' Duncan

Quincy Adams Sawyer

Movie • 1922

Obadiah Strout

Life in Hollywood No. 3

Movie • 1927

Self

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Movie • 1923

Quasimodo

The Road to Mandalay

Movie • 1926

Singapore Joe

Mockery

Movie • 1927

Sergei

Mr. Wu

Movie • 1927

Mr. Wu / Wu's Grandfather

Alas and Alack

Movie • 1915

The Fisherman and Hunchback Fate

The Blackbird

Movie • 1926

Dan - The Blackbird / The Bishop

The Wicked Darling

Movie • 1919

Stoop Connors

The Phantom of the Opera

Movie • 1929

Erik

The Scarlet Car

Movie • 1917

Paul Revere Forbes

The Shock

Movie • 1923

Wilse Dilling

The Light in the Dark

Movie • 1922

Tony Pantelli

Flesh and Blood

Movie • 1922

David Webster

Outside the Law

Movie • 1921

Ah Wing / 'Black Mike' Sylva

Where East Is East

Movie • 1929

Tiger Haynes

The Many Faces of Dracula

Movie • 2000

Self (archive footage)

While the City Sleeps

Movie • 1928

Dan Coghlan

When Bearcat Went Dry

Movie • 1919

Kindard Powers

Victory

Movie • 1919

Ricardo

The Oubliette

Movie • 1914

Chevalier Bertrand de la Payne

By the Sun's Rays

Movie • 1914

Frank Lawler, the Clerk

The False Faces

Movie • 1919

Karl Eckstrom

Nomads of the North

Movie • 1920

Raoul Challoner

The Trap

Movie • 1922

Gaspard the Good

They Came from the Attic

Movie • 2022

The Phantom of the Opera (Archival Footage)

Mabel and Bill Dumphy's visit with Hazel & Lon Chaney

Movie • 1928

Self

The Restless Spirit

Movie • 1913

The Russian Count (uncredited)

Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film

Movie • 2014

The Phantom / Quasimodo (archive footage)

Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)

Movie • 1942

Self (archive footage)

Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary

Movie • 1945

Self (archive footage)

The Empty Gun

Movie • 1917

Frank

Tell It to the Marines

Movie • 1926

Sergeant O'Hara

The Tower of Lies

Movie • 1925

Jan

The Kaiser, the Beast of Berlin

Movie • 1918

Bethmann-Hollweg

The House That Shadows Built

Movie • 1931

(archive footage)

The Miracle Man

Movie • 1919

The Frog

The Horror of It All

Movie • 1983

The Phantom (archive footage)

Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman

Movie • 2007

Self (archive footage)

The Mark of Cain

Movie • 1916

Dick Temple

The Millionaire Paupers

Movie • 1915

Landlord

Oliver Twist

Movie • 1922

Fagin

London After Midnight

Movie • 2002

Professor Edward C. Burke (archive footage)

Lon Chaney: Behind the Mask

Movie • 1995

Self (archive footage)

Treasure Island

Movie • 1920

Blind Pew / Merry

Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films

Movie • 2011

Himself (archive footage)

Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire

Movie • 2007

Himself (archive footage)

The Gift Supreme

Movie • 1920

Merney Stagg

The Forbidden Room

Movie • 1914

John Morris

The Tragedy of Whispering Creek

Movie • 1914

The Greaser

The Adventures of Daredevil Jack

Movie • 1920

Royce Rivers

Back to Life

Movie • 1913

The Rival

The Big City

Movie • 1928

Chuck Collins

Thunder

Movie • 1929

Grumpy Anderson

The Sin of Olga Brandt

Movie • 1915

Stephen Leslie

A Night of Thrills

Movie • 1914

The Visitor

Voices of the City

Movie • 1921

O'Rourke

Triumph

Movie • 1917

Paul Neihoff

Dan Fisher

The Higher Law

Movie • 1914

Sir Stephen Fitz Allen

Virtue Its Own Reward

Movie • 1914

Duncan Bronson

The Lion, the Lamb and the Man

Movie • 1914

Fred Brown, the Lion

The Fascination of the Fleur de Lis

Movie • 1915

The Duke of Safoulrug

Stronger Than Death

Movie • 1915

Attorney

Father and the Boys

Movie • 1915

Tuck Bartholomew

The Honor of the Family

Movie