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Lon Chaney
Lon Chaney

Lon Chaney

ActingBorn March 31, 1883Died August 26, 1930 (age 47)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 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

2022
They Came from the Attic

as The Phantom of the Opera (Archival Footage)

Movie
2014
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film

as The Phantom / Quasimodo (archive footage)

Movie
2011
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films

as Himself (archive footage)

Movie
2008
Nadie inquietó más

as Various Roles (archive footage)

Movie
2007
Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire

as Himself (archive footage)

Movie
2007
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2002
London After Midnight

as Professor Edward C. Burke (archive footage)

Movie
2000
Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2000
The Many Faces of Dracula

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1998
Universal Horror

as (archive footage)

Movie
1995Movie
1995
Lon Chaney: Behind the Mask

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1983
The Horror of It All

as The Phantom (archive footage)

Movie
1979
The Horror Show

as (archive footage)

Movie
1974Movie
1953
Yesterday and Today

as (archive footage)

Movie
1951
Hollywood Story

as The Phantom (archive footage) (uncredited)

Movie
1942
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1931
The House That Shadows Built

as (archive footage)

Movie
1930
The Unholy Three

as Professor Echo / Grandma O'Grady

Movie
1929Movie
1929
Thunder

as Grumpy Anderson

Movie
1929
Where East Is East

as Tiger Haynes

Movie
1928
West of Zanzibar

as Phroso 'Dead-Legs'

Movie
1928
Laugh, Clown, Laugh

as Tito Beppi

Movie
1928
The Big City

as Chuck Collins

Movie
1928
While the City Sleeps

as Dan Coghlan

Movie
1927
London After Midnight

as Professor Edward C. Burke/The Man in the Beaver Hat

Movie
1927Movie
1927
Mockery

as Sergei

Movie
1927
The Unknown

as Alonzo

Movie
1927
Mr. Wu

as Mr. Wu / Wu's Grandfather

Movie
1926
Tell It to the Marines

as Sergeant O'Hara

Movie
1926
The Road to Mandalay

as Singapore Joe

Movie
1926
The Blackbird

as Dan - The Blackbird / The Bishop

Movie
1925Movie
1925
The Unholy Three

as Professor Echo / Granny O'Grady

Movie
1925
The Phantom of the Opera

as Erik, The Phantom

Movie
1925
The Monster

as Dr. Ziska

Movie
1924
He Who Gets Slapped

as Paul Beaumont

Movie
1924
The Next Corner

as Juan Serafin

Movie
1923Movie
1923
The Shock

as Wilse Dilling

Movie
1923
While Paris Sleeps

as Henri Santodos

Movie
1923Movie
1922
Quincy Adams Sawyer

as Obadiah Strout

Movie
1922
A Blind Bargain

as Dr. Arthur Lamb / The Ape Man

Movie
1922
Shadows

as Yen Sin

Movie
1922
Oliver Twist

as Fagin

Movie
1922
The Light in the Dark

as Tony Pantelli

Movie
1922
Flesh and Blood

as David Webster

Movie
1922
The Trap

as Gaspard the Good

Movie
1921Movie
1921
Bits of Life

as Chin Chow

Movie
1921
The Ace of Hearts

as Farallone

Movie
1921
For Those We Love

as Trix Ulner

Movie
1921
Outside the Law

as Ah Wing / 'Black Mike' Sylva

Movie
1920
Nomads of the North

as Raoul Challoner

Movie
1920
The Penalty

as Blizzard

Movie
1920Movie
1920
The Gift Supreme

as Merney Stagg

Movie
1920
Treasure Island

as Blind Pew / Merry

Movie
1919
The Wicked Darling

as Stoop Connors

Movie
1919
Victory

as Ricardo

Movie
1919
When Bearcat Went Dry

as Kindard Powers

Movie
1919
Paid in Advance

as Bateese Le Blanc

Movie
1919
The Miracle Man

as The Frog

Movie
1919
A Man's Country

as 'Three Card' Duncan

Movie
1919
The False Faces

as Karl Eckstrom

Movie
1918Movie
1918
The Talk of the Town

as Jack Langhorne

Movie
1918
That Devil, Bateese

as Louis Courteau

Movie
1918
Riddle Gawne

as Hame Bozzam

Movie
1918
A Broadway Scandal

as 'Kink' Colby

Movie
1918
Fast Company

as Dan McCarty

Movie
1918
The Grand Passion

as Paul Argos

Movie
1918
Broadway Love

as Elmer Watkins

Movie
1918Movie
1917
The Scarlet Car

as Paul Revere Forbes

Movie
1917
Bondage

as Seducer (uncredited)

Movie
1917
Anything Once

as Waughnt Moore

Movie
1917Movie
1917
Triumph

as Paul Neihoff

Movie
1917
Pay Me!

as Joe Lawson

Movie
1917
The Rescue

as Thomas Holland

Movie
1917
Fires of Rebellion

as Russell Hanlon

Movie
1917
A Doll's House

as Nils Krogstad

Movie
1917
The Flashlight

as Henry Norton / Porter Brixton

Movie
1917Movie
1917
Hell Morgan's Girl

as Sleter Noble

Movie
1917
The Piper's Price

as Billy Kilmartin

Movie
1916
The Price of Silence

as Edmond Stafford

Movie
1916Movie
1916
If My Country Should Call

as Dr. George Ardrath

Movie
1916
The Mark of Cain

as Dick Temple

Movie
1916Movie
1916
Bobbie of the Ballet

as Hook Hoover

Movie
1916Movie
1916
Tangled Hearts

as John Hammond

Movie
1916
The Grip of Jealousy

as Silas Lacey

Movie
1916
Dolly's Scoop

as Dan Fisher

Movie
1915Movie
1915
Father and the Boys

as Tuck Bartholomew

Movie
1915Movie
1915Movie
1915
Alas and Alack

as The Fisherman and Hunchback Fate

Movie
1915
The Fascination of the Fleur de Lis

as The Duke of Safoulrug

Movie
1915
The Measure of a Man

as Donald MacDermott

Movie
1915
The Sin of Olga Brandt

as Stephen Leslie

Movie
1914
A Night of Thrills

as The Visitor

Movie
1914
The Lion, the Lamb and the Man

as Fred Brown, the Lion

Movie
1914
Damon and Pythias

as Wild Man (uncredited) (unconfirmed)

Movie
1914
Virtue Its Own Reward

as Duncan Bronson

Movie
1914
Richelieu

as Baradas

Movie
1914
The Higher Law

as Sir Stephen Fitz Allen

Movie
1914
The Oubliette

as Chevalier Bertrand de la Payne

Movie
1914
By the Sun's Rays

as Frank Lawler, the Clerk

Movie
1914
A Ranch Romance

as Raphael Praz

Movie
1914
The Forbidden Room

as John Morris

Movie
1914Movie
1914
The End of the Feud

as Wood Dawson

Movie
1914
Discord and Harmony

as Lon - the Sculptor

Movie
1913
Back to Life

as The Rival

Movie
1913
The Restless Spirit

as The Russian Count (uncredited)

Movie
1913Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayMarch 31, 1883
Day of DeathAugust 26, 1930
Place of BirthColorado Springs, Colorado, USA
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