Person
- Born
- 1906-02-10
- Died
- 1973-07-12
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Acting · Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
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…
Known for
- Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies — Self - (archive footage)2025
- Jack Pierce: The Man Who Made the Monsters — Self (archive footage)2015
- Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film — The Wolf Man / Larry Talbot (archive footage)2014
- Pure in Heart: The Life and Legacy of Lon Chaney, Jr. — Self (archive footage)2010
- Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman — Self (archive footage)2007
- Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire — Himself (archive footage)2007
- Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb — Hassan (archive footage)2007
- Terror in the Tropics — Lyle Talbot (archive footage)
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Creighton Tull Chaney (February 10, 1906 – July 12, 1973), known by his stage name Lon Chaney Jr., was an American actor known for playing Larry Talbot in the film The Wolf Man (1941) and its various crossovers, Count Alucard (Dracula spelled backward) in Son of Dracula, Frankenstein's monster in The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942), the Mummy in three pictures, and various other roles in many Universal horror films, including six films in their 1940s Inner Sanctum series, making him a horror icon. He also portrayed Lennie Small in Of Mice and Men (1939) and played supporting parts in dozens of mainstream movies, including High Noon (1952), The Defiant Ones (1958), and numerous Westerns, musicals, comedies and dramas.
Originally referred to in films as Creighton Chaney, he was later credited as "Lon Chaney, Jr." in 1935, and after Man Made Monster (1941), beginning as early as The Wolf Man later that same year, he was almost always billed under the name of his more famous father, the deceased cinema giant Lon Chaney, at the studio's insistence. Chaney had English, French, and Irish ancestry, and his career in movies and television spanned four decades, from 1931 to 1971.