Lon Chaney

Actor

Born: March 31, 1883
Died: August 26, 1930 (age 47)
From: Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA

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…

Filmography (132)

They Came from the Attic (2022)
The Phantom of the Opera (Archival Footage)
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film (2014)
The Phantom / Quasimodo (archive footage)
A Messenger from the Shadows (Notes on Film 06 A/Monologue 01) (2013)
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films (2011)
Himself (archive footage)
Nadie inquietó más (2008)
Various Roles (archive footage)
Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire (2007)
Himself (archive footage)
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman (2007)
Self (archive footage)
London After Midnight (2002)
Professor Edward C. Burke (archive footage)
Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces (2000)
Self (archive footage)
The Many Faces of Dracula (2000)
Self (archive footage)
Universal Horror (1998)
(archive footage)
Lon Chaney: Son of a Thousand Faces (1995)
(archive footage)
Lon Chaney: Behind the Mask (1995)
Self (archive footage)
The Horror of It All (1983)
The Phantom (archive footage)
The Horror Show (1979)
(archive footage)
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute (1974)
Self (archive footage)
Yesterday and Today (1953)
(archive footage)
Hollywood Story (1951)
The Phantom (archive footage) (uncredited)
Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary (1945)
Self (archive footage)
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10) (1942)
Self (archive footage)
The House That Shadows Built (1931)
(archive footage)
The Unholy Three (1930)
Professor Echo / Grandma O'Grady
The Phantom of the Opera (1929)
Erik
Thunder (1929)
Grumpy Anderson
Where East Is East (1929)
Tiger Haynes
West of Zanzibar (1928)
Phroso 'Dead-Legs'
Laugh, Clown, Laugh (1928)
Tito Beppi
The Big City (1928)
Chuck Collins
While the City Sleeps (1928)
Dan Coghlan
Mabel and Bill Dumphy's visit with Hazel & Lon Chaney (1928)
Self