Lon Chaney Jr.
Acting • Born 1906-02-10 – Died 1973-07-12
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.
Filmography
230 credits
High Noon
Movie • 1952
Martin Howe
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
Movie • 1948
The Wolfman
The Ghost of Frankenstein
Movie • 1942
The Frankenstein Monster
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
Movie • 1943
Lawrence 'Larry' Stewart Talbot / The Wolf Man
House of Frankenstein
Movie • 1944
Lawrence 'Larry' Talbot (aka The Wolf Man)
Dracula vs. Frankenstein
Movie • 1971
Groton
The Movie Orgy
Movie • 1968
Self (archive footage)
One Million B.C.
Movie • 1940
Akhoba
The Haunted Palace
Movie • 1963
Simon Orne
The Black Castle
Movie • 1952
Gargon
Bride of the Gorilla
Movie • 1951
Commissioner Taro
The Defiant Ones
Movie • 1958
Big Sam
House of Dracula
Movie • 1945
Lawrence Stewart Talbot
Pardners
Movie • 1956
Whitey
Son of Dracula
Movie • 1943
Count Dracula, alias Count Alucard
City in Darkness
Movie • 1939
Pierre
Follow the Boys
Movie • 1944
Lon Chaney Jr. (uncredited)
Monster Movie Trivia Quiz
Movie • 2004
Here Come the Co-Eds
Movie • 1945
Johnson
The Horror Show
Movie • 1979
(archive footage)
The Wolf Man
Movie • 1941
Larry Talbot / The Wolf Man
Heroes of Horror
Movie • 2001
(archive footage)
The Black Sleep
Movie • 1956
Dr. Munroe, aka Mungo
I Died a Thousand Times
Movie • 1955
Big Mac
Spider Baby
Movie • 1967
Bruno
The Female Bunch
Movie • 1971
Monti
The Mummy's Tomb
Movie • 1942
The Mummy - Kharis
Strange Confession
Movie • 1945
Jeff Carter
The Mummy's Curse
Movie • 1944
Kharis
The Mummy's Ghost
Movie • 1944
Kharis
Crazy House
Movie • 1943
Cameo Appearance
The Cyclops
Movie • 1957
Martin 'Marty' Melville
Albuquerque
Movie • 1948
Steve Murkill
The Alligator People
Movie • 1959
Manon
Alexander's Ragtime Band
Movie • 1938
Photographer
Big House, U.S.A
Movie • 1955
Leonard M. 'Alamo' Smith
Calling Dr. Death
Movie • 1943
Dr. Mark Steel
Dead Man's Eyes
Movie • 1944
David Stuart
Weird Woman
Movie • 1944
Prof. Norman Reed
Pillow of Death
Movie • 1945
Wayne Fletcher
The Frozen Ghost
Movie • 1945
Alex Gregor, aka Gregor the Great
Cobra Woman
Movie • 1944
Hava
Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer
Movie • 1956
Blackfish
Indestructible Man
Movie • 1956
Charles "Butcher" Benton
My Favorite Brunette
Movie • 1947
Willie
The Trap
Movie • 1922
Boy in Crowd Behind Gaspard (uncredited)
Of Mice and Men
Movie • 1939
Lennie Small
Los Angeles Plays Itself
Movie • 2004
Charles Benton in The Indestructible Man (archive footage)
Once a Thief
Movie • 1950
Gus (as Lon Chaney)
North West Mounted Police
Movie • 1940
Shorty
Witchcraft
Movie • 1964
Morgan Whitlock
The American Nightmare
Movie • 2000
Self
Bird of Paradise
Movie • 1932
Thornton
Only the Valiant
Movie • 1951
Trooper Kebussyan
Man-Made Monster
Movie • 1941
Dan McCormick
16 Fathoms Deep
Movie • 1948
Mr. Demitri (as Lon Chaney)
Angel's Holiday
Movie • 1937
Eddie
Not as a Stranger
Movie • 1955
Job Marsh
Casanova's Big Night
Movie • 1954
Emo, the Murderer
The Indian Fighter
Movie • 1955
Chivington
The Old Corral
Movie • 1936
Garland - Simms partner
Badlands of Dakota
Movie • 1941
Jack McCall
The Big Chase
Movie • 1954
Henchman Kip (archive footage) (as Lon Chaney)
Dr. Terror's Gallery of Horrors
Movie • 1967
Dr. Mendell
San Antonio Rose
Movie • 1941
Jigsaw Kennedy
Johnny Reno
Movie • 1966
Sheriff Hodges
Eyes of the Underworld
Movie • 1942
Benny
Hillbillys in a Haunted House
Movie • 1967
Maximillian
Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed
Movie • 2000
Self (archive footage)
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
Movie • 1967
Chief Eagle Shadow
Passion
Movie • 1954
Castro (as Lon Chaney)
House of the Black Death
Movie • 1965
Belial Desard
Son of the Border
Movie • 1933
Jack Breen
The Three Musketeers
Movie • 1933
Lt. Armand Corday
Money, Women and Guns
Movie • 1958
Art Birdwell
A Lion Is in the Streets
Movie • 1953
Spurge McManamee
The Devil's Messenger
Movie • 1962
Satan
Springfield Rifle
Movie • 1952
Pete Elm
Billy the Kid
Movie • 1941
'Spike' Hudson
Jivaro
Movie • 1954
Pedro Martines
Manfish
Movie • 1956
Swede
Frontier Marshal
Movie • 1939
Pringle
The Galloping Ghost
Movie • 1931
Henchman
The Last Frontier
Movie • 1932
Tom Kirby, aka The Black Ghost
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Movie • 1991
Count Dracula / The Wolf Man (archive footage)
The Many Faces of Dracula
Movie • 2000
Count Dracula (archive footage)
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Movie • 1991
Lawrence Talbot / The Monster (archive footage)
Wolfman Chronicles: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Movie • 1991
Lawrence Talbot / The Wolf Man (archive footage)
Welcome to Hard Times
Movie • 1967
Avery
The Singing Cowboy
Movie • 1936
Martin
Face of the Screaming Werewolf
Movie • 1965
The Mummified Werewolf
Desert Command
Movie • 1946
Lt. Armand Corday
Sixteen Fathoms Deep
Movie • 1934
Joe Bethel
Girl o' My Dreams
Movie • 1934
Don Cooper
The Shadow of Silk Lennox
Movie • 1935
John Arthur 'Silk' Lennox
Young Fury
Movie • 1964
Bartender
Buckskin
Movie • 1968
Sheriff Tangley
Raiders of the Seven Seas
Movie • 1953
Peg Leg (as Lon Chaney)
Secret Agent X-9
Movie • 1937
Maroni
Charlie Chan on Broadway
Movie • 1937
Desk Reporter
Apache Uprising
Movie • 1965
Charlie Russell
Ace Drummond
Movie • 1936
Henchman Ivan
The Life of Vergie Winters
Movie • 1934
Hugo McQueen
Thief of Damascus
Movie • 1952
Sinbad (as Lon Chaney)
Behave Yourself!
Movie • 1951
Pinky
The Boy from Oklahoma
Movie • 1954
Crazy Charlie (as Lon Chaney)
Black Spurs
Movie • 1965
Kile
The Phantom
Movie • 1961
Jed
Mabel and Bill Dumphy's visit with Hazel & Lon Chaney
Movie • 1928
Self
The Counterfeiters
Movie • 1948
Louie Struber
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
Movie • 2014
The Wolf Man / Larry Talbot (archive footage)
Sally, Irene and Mary
Movie • 1938
Policeman
Battles of Chief Pontiac
Movie • 1952
Chief Pontiac
Town Tamer
Movie • 1965
Charlie Leach
Scarlet River
Movie • 1933
Jeff Todd (as Creighton Chaney)
The Black Pirates
Movie • 1954
Padre Felipe
Pure in Heart: The Life and Legacy of Lon Chaney, Jr.
Movie • 2010
Self (archive footage)
Stage to Thunder Rock
Movie • 1964
Henry Parker(as Lon Chaney)
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
Movie • 2007
Self (archive footage)
Passport Husband
Movie • 1938
Bull
Kitchen Mechanics
Movie • 1949
Johnson (archive footage)
Fun on the Run
Movie • 1949
Johnson
Wife, Doctor and Nurse
Movie • 1937
Scott, the Chauffeur
Josette
Movie • 1938
Boatman
Jesse James
Movie • 1939
One Of James Gang
Midnight Taxi
Movie • 1937
Detective Erickson
Frankenstein
Movie • 1952
The Monster
Lucky Devils
Movie • 1933
Frankie
Road Demon
Movie • 1938
Bud Casey
The Silver Star
Movie • 1955
John W. Harmon (as Lon Chaney)
Abbott and Costello in the Movies
Movie • 1990
Outtake
Love and Hisses
Movie • 1937
Attendant
Rose Bowl
Movie • 1936
Sierra Football Player
Captain China
Movie • 1950
Red Lynch
Inside Straight
Movie • 1951
Shocker / Schockovitz Ninkovitch (as Lon Chaney)
Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire
Movie • 2007
Himself (archive footage)
Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb
Movie • 2007
Hassan (archive footage)
Union Pacific
Movie • 1939
Dollarhide
The Lady Escapes
Movie • 1937
Reporter (uncredited)
Frontier Badmen
Movie • 1943
Chango
Submarine Patrol
Movie • 1938
Marine Sentry
North to the Klondike
Movie • 1942
Nate Carson
Life Begins in College
Movie • 1937
Gilks
Riders of Death Valley
Movie • 1941
Henchman Butch
Too Many Blondes
Movie • 1941
Marvin Gimble
A Scream in the Night
Movie • 1935
Jack Wilson / Butch Curtain
Sharad of Atlantis
Movie • 1936
Capt. Hakur
This Is My Affair
Movie • 1937
Federal Agent in Baltimore Bank
Cheyenne Rides Again
Movie • 1937
Girard
The Bushwhackers
Movie • 1951
Artemus Taylor
One Mile from Heaven
Movie • 1937
Policeman
There's a Girl in My Heart
Movie • 1949
Johnny Colton
Flame of Araby
Movie • 1951
Borka Barbarossa
House of Terror
Movie • 1960
The Mummified Werewolf
The Wolfman's Cure
Movie • 1998
Lawrence Stewart Talbot / The Wolf Man
Captain Hurricane
Movie • 1935
Dave
Overland Mail
Movie • 1942
Jim Lane
Born Reckless
Movie • 1937
Garage Mechanic
Accent on Youth
Movie • 1935
Chuck
The Daltons Ride Again
Movie • 1945
Grat Dalton
Terror in the Tropics
Movie • 2006
Lyle Talbot (archive footage)
Law of the Lawless
Movie • 1964
Tiny
Along the Mohawk Trail
Movie • 1957
Chingachgook
The Long Rifle and the Tomahawk
Movie • 1964
Chingachcook
Walking Down Broadway
Movie • 1938
Delivery Man
Slave Ship
Movie • 1937
Laborer Killed at Launching
Straight, Place and Show
Movie • 1938
Martin
Fireball Jungle
Movie • 1968
Sammy
Speed to Burn
Movie • 1938
Racetrack Mug
Lon Chaney: A thousand faces
Movie • 2000
Self (archive footage)
Lon Chaney: Son of a Thousand Faces
Movie • 1995
(archive footage)
Jack Pierce: The Man Who Made the Monsters
Movie • 2015
Self (archive footage)
Ghost Catchers
Movie • 1944
Bear
Wild and Woolly
Movie • 1937
Dutch
Killer at Large
Movie • 1936
Second Coffin Man
Mr. Moto's Gamble
Movie • 1938
Joey
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
Movie • 1999
Self (archive footage)
Universal Horror
Movie • 1998
(archive footage)
Rebellion in Cuba
Movie • 1961
Gordo
What We Are Fighting For
Movie • 1943
Bill Wallace
Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld
Movie • 1994
Self (archive footage)
Lizard's Leg and Owlet's Wing
Movie • 1962
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
Movie • 2025
Self - (archive footage)
The Marriage Bargain
Movie • 1935
Bob Gordon
The Mummy's Ghost
Movie • 1968
Kharis, the mummy
The Wolfman
Movie • 1966
Larry Talbot
The Colgate Comedy Hour
TV • 1950
Self - Frankenstein Monster
Route 66
TV • 1960
Poppa Duplessis
Surfside 6
TV • 1960
General Electric Theater
TV • 1953
Bucknell
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV • 1948
Self
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
TV • 1966
The Monkees
TV • 1966
Lenny
Rawhide
TV • 1959
Jesse Childress
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV • 1951
Alaskan Trapper
Climax!
TV • 1954
Frank Wiggins
Adventures in Paradise
TV • 1959
Trader One Arm
Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans
TV • 1957
Chingachgook
Lock-Up
TV • 1959
Wanted: Dead or Alive
TV • 1958
Sheriff Lon Paulson
Bat Masterson
TV • 1958
Rance Fletcher
The Texan
TV • 1958
Wylie Ames
The Whistler
TV • 1954
Cavalcade of America
TV • 1952
Old Jeff Harris
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV • 1956
Michael Peters
Tales of Tomorrow
TV • 1951
Johnny Ringo
TV • 1959
Ben Rafferty
13 Demon Street
TV • 1959
Host
Telephone Time
TV • 1956
Jules Samenian
The Red Skelton Show
TV • 1951
Sgt. Williams
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
Self
Tombstone Territory
TV • 1957
Ex-Marshal Daggett
Wagon Train
TV • 1957
Louis Roque
Stagecoach West
TV • 1960
Ben Wait
Wagon Train
TV • 1957
Carstairs
The Deputy
TV • 1959
Tom Arnold
The Red Skelton Show
TV • 1951
George
The Red Skelton Show
TV • 1951
Lon Chaney
The Red Skelton Show
TV • 1951
Mad Scientist
The Red Skelton Show
TV • 1951
Ug - Prehistoric Cave Man
The Rifleman
TV • 1958
Charlie Gordo
Have Gun, Will Travel
TV • 1957
William Ceilbleu
Have Gun, Will Travel
TV • 1957
O'Connor - Inmate
Lawman
TV • 1958
Jess Bridges
Rawhide
TV • 1959
Rock
Cavalcade of America
TV • 1952
Zeke Wells
Route 66
TV • 1960
Colby
Route 66
TV • 1960
Lon Chaney
Climax!
TV • 1954
Old Man Hawley
Studio 57
TV • 1954
Jubal Pickett