Lon Chaney

Lon Chaney

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

31/03/1883

Day of Death

26/08/1930
(47) years old

Place of Birth

Colorado 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 artis... Read More

Filmography

Cast

2022

They Came from the Attic

as The Phantom of the Opera (Archival Foota...

2014

Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the H...

as The Phantom / Quasimodo (archive footage...

2011

Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Film...

as Himself (archive footage)

2008

Nadie inquietó más

as Various Roles (archive footage)

2007

Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire

as Himself (archive footage)

2007

Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman

as Self (archive footage)

2002

London After Midnight

as Professor Edward C. Burke (archive foota...

2000

Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces

as Self (archive footage)

2000

The Many Faces of Dracula

as Self (archive footage)

1998

Universal Horror

as (archive footage)

1995

Lon Chaney: Son of a Thousand Faces

as (archive footage)

1995

Lon Chaney: Behind the Mask

as Self (archive footage)

1983

The Horror of It All

as The Phantom (archive footage)

1979

The Horror Show

as (archive footage)

1974

The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salut...

as Self (archive footage)

1953

Yesterday and Today

as (archive footage)

1951

Hollywood Story

as The Phantom (archive footage) (uncredite...

1945

Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25t...

as Self (archive footage)

1942

Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)

as Self (archive footage)

1931

The House That Shadows Built

as (archive footage)

1930

The Unholy Three

as Professor Echo / Grandma O'Grady

1929

Thunder

as Grumpy Anderson

1929

Where East Is East

as Tiger Haynes

1928

West of Zanzibar

as Phroso 'Dead-Legs'

1928

Laugh, Clown, Laugh

as Tito Beppi

1928

The Big City

as Chuck Collins

1928

While the City Sleeps

as Dan Coghlan

1927

London After Midnight

as Professor Edward C. Burke

1927

Mockery

as Sergei

1927

The Unknown

as Alonzo

1927

Mr. Wu

as Mr. Wu / Wu's Grandfather

1926

Tell It to the Marines

as Sergeant O'Hara

1926

The Road to Mandalay

as Singapore Joe

1926

The Blackbird

as Dan - The Blackbird / The Bishop

1925

The Unholy Three

as Professor Echo / Granny O'Grady

1925

The Phantom of the Opera

as Erik, The Phantom

1925

The Monster

as Dr. Ziska

1924

He Who Gets Slapped

as Paul Beaumont

1924

The Next Corner

as Juan Serafin

1923

The Shock

as Wilse Dilling

1923

While Paris Sleeps

as Henri Santodos

1922

Quincy Adams Sawyer

as Obadiah Strout

1922

A Blind Bargain

as Dr. Arthur Lamb / The Ape Man

1922

Shadows

as Yen Sin

1922

Oliver Twist

as Fagin

1922

The Light in the Dark

as Tony Pantelli

1922

Flesh and Blood

as David Webster

1922

The Trap

as Gaspard the Good

1921

Voices of the City

as O'Rourke

1921

Bits of Life

as Chin Chow

1921

The Ace of Hearts

as Farallone

1921

For Those We Love

as Trix Ulner

1921

Outside the Law

as Ah Wing / 'Black Mike' Sylva

1920

Nomads of the North

as Raoul Challoner

1920

The Penalty

as Blizzard

1920

The Gift Supreme

as Merney Stagg

1920

Treasure Island

as Blind Pew / Merry

1919

The Wicked Darling

as Stoop Connors

1919

Victory

as Ricardo

1919

When Bearcat Went Dry

as Kindard Powers

1919

Paid in Advance

as Bateese Le Blanc

1919

The Miracle Man

as The Frog

1919

A Man's Country

as 'Three Card' Duncan

1919

The False Faces

as Karl Eckstrom

1918

Danger, Go Slow

as Bud

1918

The Talk of the Town

as Jack Langhorne

1918

That Devil, Bateese

as Louis Courteau

1918

Riddle Gawne

as Hame Bozzam

1918

A Broadway Scandal

as 'Kink' Colby

1918

Fast Company

as Dan McCarty

1918

The Grand Passion

as Paul Argos

1918

Broadway Love

as Elmer Watkins

1918

The Kaiser, the Beast of Berlin

as Bethmann-Hollweg

1917

The Scarlet Car

as Paul Revere Forbes

1917

Bondage

as Seducer (uncredited)

1917

Anything Once

as Waughnt Moore

1917

The Empty Gun

as Frank

1917

Triumph

as Paul Neihoff

1917

Pay Me!

as Joe Lawson

1917

The Rescue

as Thomas Holland

1917

Fires of Rebellion

as Russell Hanlon

1917

A Doll's House

as Nils Krogstad

1917

The Flashlight

as Henry Norton / Porter Brixton

1917

The Girl in the Checkered Coat

as Hector Maitland

1917

Hell Morgan's Girl

as Sleter Noble

1917

The Piper's Price

as Billy Kilmartin

1916

The Price of Silence

as Edmond Stafford

1916

If My Country Should Call

as Dr. George Ardrath

1916

The Mark of Cain

as Dick Temple

1916

The Grasp of Greed

as Jimmie

1916

Bobbie of the Ballet

as Hook Hoover

1916

The Gilded Spider

as Giovanni

1916

Tangled Hearts

as John Hammond

1916

The Grip of Jealousy

as Silas Lacey

1916

Dolly's Scoop

as Dan Fisher

1915

Stronger Than Death

as Attorney

1915

Father and the Boys

as Tuck Bartholomew

1915

Alas and Alack

as The Fisherman and Hunchback Fate

1915

The Fascination of the Fleur de Lis

as The Duke of Safoulrug

1915

The Measure of a Man

as Donald MacDermott

1915

The Sin of Olga Brandt

as Stephen Leslie

1914

A Night of Thrills

as The Visitor

1914

The Lion, the Lamb and the Man

as Fred Brown, the Lion

1914

Damon and Pythias

as Wild Man (uncredited) (unconfirmed)

1914

Virtue Its Own Reward

as Duncan Bronson

1914

Richelieu

as Baradas

1914

The Higher Law

as Sir Stephen Fitz Allen

1914

The Oubliette

as Chevalier Bertrand de la Payne

1914

By the Sun's Rays

as Frank Lawler, the Clerk

1914

A Ranch Romance

as Raphael Praz

1914

The Forbidden Room

as John Morris

1914

The End of the Feud

as Wood Dawson

1914

Discord and Harmony

as Lon - the Sculptor

1913

Back to Life

as The Rival

1913

The Restless Spirit

as The Russian Count (uncredited)

1913

Poor Jake's Demise

as The Dude

Crew

1930

The Unholy Three

as Makeup Artist

1925

The Phantom of the Opera

as Makeup Artist

1923

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

as Makeup Artist

1923

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

as Co-Director

1922

The Trap

as Story

1915

Graft

as Makeup Artist

1915

The Oyster Dredger

as Director

1915

The Oyster Dredger

as Writer

1915

The Stool Pigeon

as Director