Lon Chaney Jr.

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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.

Born: February 10, 1906 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA

Died: July 12, 1973 (age 67)

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Known For

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein

7.5

Movies & TV Credits

227 total credits across film and television

Title	Rating	Job	Role(s)	Year
Jack Pierce: The Man Who Made the Monsters Movie	6.5	Actor	Self (archive footage)	2015
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film Movie	6.4	Actor	The Wolf Man / Larry Talbot (archive footage)	2014
Pure in Heart: The Life and Legacy of Lon Chaney, Jr. Movie	7.5	Actor	Self (archive footage)	2010
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman Movie	7.9	Actor	Self (archive footage)	2007
Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb Movie	6.3	Actor	Hassan (archive footage)	2007
The Fallen Vampire Movie	6.6	Actor	Himself (archive footage)	2007
Terror in the Tropics Movie	4.0	Actor	Lyle Talbot (archive footage)	2006
Los Angeles Plays Itself Movie	7.9	Actor	Charles Benton in The Indestructible Man (archive footage)	2004
The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made Movie	4.9	Actor	Bruno (archive footage)	2004
Monster Movie Trivia Quiz Movie	5.7	Actor	—	2004
Heroes of Horror Movie	8.4	Actor	(archive footage)	2001
Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed Movie	6.3	Actor	Self (archive footage)	2000
The American Nightmare Movie	7.0	Actor	Self	2000
The Many Faces of Dracula Movie	6.3	Actor	Count Dracula (archive footage)	2000
Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces Movie	7.5	Actor	Self (archive footage)	2000
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man' Movie	6.6	Actor	Self (archive footage)	1999
Universal Horror Movie	7.3	Actor	(archive footage)	1998
Lon Chaney: Son of a Thousand Faces Movie	5.7	Actor	(archive footage)	1995
Svengoolie TV Show	8.5	Actor	Lawrence Talbot(2 Episodes)	1995
Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld Movie	6.6	Actor	Self (archive footage)	1994
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook Movie	7.1	Actor	Count Dracula / The Wolf Man (archive footage)	1991
Wolfman Chronicles: A Cinematic Scrapbook Movie	6.8	Actor	Lawrence Talbot / The Wolf Man (archive footage)	1991
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook Movie	6.3	Actor	Lawrence Talbot / The Monster (archive footage)	1991
Abbott and Costello in the Movies Movie	6.5	Actor	Outtake	1990
The Horror Show Movie	7.6	Actor	(archive footage)	1979
The Female Bunch Movie	4.2	Actor	Monti	1971
Dracula vs. Frankenstein Movie	3.7	Actor	Groton	1971
Buckskin Movie	5.2	Actor	Sheriff Tangley	1968
Fireball Jungle Movie	5.3	Actor	Sammy	1968
The Movie Orgy Movie	7.6	Actor	Self (archive footage)	1968
Hillbillys in a Haunted House Movie	3.0	Actor	Maximillian	1967
Spider Baby Movie	7.0	Actor	Bruno	1967
Gallery of Horror Movie	3.6	Actor	Dr. Mendell	1967
Welcome to Hard Times Movie	5.6	Actor	Avery	1967
Pistols 'n' Petticoats Movie	—	Actor	Chief Eagle Shadow	1967
Johnny Reno Movie	5.5	Actor	Sheriff Hodges	1966
Pistols 'n' Petticoats TV Show	6.8	Actor	—(3 Episodes)	1966
Town Tamer Movie	5.6	Actor	Charlie Leach	1965
Apache Uprising Movie	5.5	Actor	Charlie Russell	1965
Black Spurs Movie	5.6	Actor	Kile	1965
House of the Black Death Movie	3.2	Actor	Belial Desard	1965
The Monkees TV Show	7.3	Actor	Lenny(1 Episode)	1965
Face of the Screaming Werewolf Movie	2.5	Actor	The Mummified Werewolf	1964
The Long Rifle and the Tomahawk Movie	5.6	Actor	Chingachcook	1964
Witchcraft Movie	6.3	Actor	Morgan Whitlock	1964
Young Fury Movie	5.3	Actor	Bartender	1964
Law of the Lawless Movie	5.8	Actor	Tiny	1964
Stage to Thunder Rock Movie	5.5	Actor	Henry Parker(as Lon Chaney)	1964
The Haunted Palace Movie	6.8	Actor	Simon Orne	1963
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson TV Show	8.3	Actor	Self(1 Episode)	1962
The Devil's Messenger Movie	4.5	Actor	Satan	1961
Rebellion in Cuba Movie	—	Actor	Gordo	1961
The Phantom Movie	7.2	Actor	Jed	1961
House of Terror Movie	5.0	Actor	The Mummified Werewolf	1960
Surfside 6 TV Show	7.7	Actor	—(1 Episode)	1960
Route 66 TV Show	7.5	Actor	Lon Chaney(1 Episode)	1960
Route 66 TV Show	7.5	Actor	Poppa Duplessis(1 Episode)	1960
Stagecoach West TV Show	7.0	Actor	Ben Wait(1 Episode)	1960
Route 66 TV Show	7.5	Actor	Colby(1 Episode)	1960
The Alligator People Movie	5.7	Actor	Manon	1959
13 Demon Street TV Show	5.9	Actor	Host(13 Episodes)	1959
Adventures in Paradise TV Show	7.9	Actor	Trader One Arm(1 Episode)	1959
Lock Up TV Show	7.3	Actor	—(1 Episode)	1959
Rawhide TV Show	7.7	Actor	Rock(1 Episode)	1959
Johnny Ringo TV Show	6.7	Actor	Ben Rafferty(1 Episode)	1959
Rawhide TV Show	7.7	Actor	Jesse Childress(1 Episode)	1959
The Deputy TV Show	6.7	Actor	Tom Arnold(1 Episode)	1959
The Defiant Ones Movie	7.7	Actor	Big Sam	1958
Money, Women and Guns Movie	6.0	Actor	Art Birdwell	1958
Bat Masterson TV Show	7.1	Actor	Rance Fletcher(1 Episode)	1958
The Texan TV Show	7.3	Actor	Wylie Ames(1 Episode)	1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive TV Show	7.8	Actor	Sheriff Lon Paulson(1 Episode)	1958
The Rifleman TV Show	8.1	Actor	Charlie Gordo(1 Episode)	1958
Lawman TV Show	7.9	Actor	Jess Bridges(1 Episode)	1958
The Cyclops Movie	4.4	Actor	Martin 'Marty' Melville	1957
Along the Mohawk Trail Movie	7.2	Actor	Chingachgook	1957
Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans TV Show	7.1	Actor	Chingachgook(39 Episodes)	1957
Have Gun - Will Travel TV Show	8.2	Actor	O'Connor - Inmate(1 Episode)	1957
Tombstone Territory TV Show	7.7	Actor	Ex-Marshal Daggett(1 Episode)	1957
Wagon Train TV Show	7.3	Actor	Carstairs(1 Episode)	1957
Wagon Train TV Show	7.3	Actor	Louis Roque(1 Episode)	1957
Have Gun - Will Travel TV Show	8.2	Actor	William Ceilbleu(1 Episode)	1957
Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer Movie	4.4	Actor	Blackfish	1956
Manfish Movie	4.3	Actor	Swede	1956
The Black Sleep Movie	5.9	Actor	Dr. Munroe, aka Mungo	1956
Indestructible Man Movie	4.2	Actor	Charles "Butcher" Benton	1956
Pardners Movie	6.3	Actor	Whitey	1956
Zane Grey Theatre TV Show	7.3	Actor	Michael Peters(1 Episode)	1956
Telephone Time TV Show	6.6	Actor	Jules Samenian(1 Episode)	1956
The Indian Fighter Movie	6.4	Actor	Chivington (as Lon Chaney)	1955
I Died a Thousand Times Movie	6.2	Actor	Big Mac	1955
The Silver Star Movie	5.5	Actor	John W. Harmon (as Lon Chaney)	1955
Big House, U.S.A Movie	6.4	Actor	Leonard M. 'Alamo' Smith	1955
Not as a Stranger Movie	6.5	Actor	Job Marsh	1955
Jivaro Movie	5.7	Actor	Pedro Martines	1954
The Boy from Oklahoma Movie	5.8	Actor	Crazy Charlie (as Lon Chaney)	1954
Casanova's Big Night Movie	6.5	Actor	Emo, the Murderer	1954
The Big Chase Movie	5.1	Actor	Henchman Kip (archive footage) (as Lon Chaney)	1954
The Black Pirates Movie	5.5	Actor	Padre Felipe	1954
Passion Movie	5.8	Actor	Castro (as Lon Chaney)	1954
Climax! TV Show	6.3	Actor	Old Man Hawley(1 Episode)	1954
Climax! TV Show	6.3	Actor	Frank Wiggins(1 Episode)	1954
The Whistler TV Show	7.9	Actor	—(1 Episode)	1954
Studio 57 TV Show	6.8	Actor	Jubal Pickett(1 Episode)	1954
A Lion Is in the Streets Movie	5.9	Actor	Spurge McManamee	1953
Raiders of the Seven Seas Movie	5.5	Actor	Peg Leg (as Lon Chaney)	1953
General Electric Theater TV Show	6.5	Actor	Bucknell(1 Episode)	1953
High Noon Movie	8.0	Actor	Martin Howe	1952
Thief of Damascus Movie	5.1	Actor	Sinbad (as Lon Chaney)	1952
Springfield Rifle Movie	6.6	Actor	Pete Elm (as Lon Chaney)	1952
The Black Castle Movie	6.4	Actor	Gargon	1952
Battles of Chief Pontiac Movie	5.4	Actor	Chief Pontiac	1952
Frankenstein Movie	—	Actor	The Monster	1952
Cavalcade of America TV Show	6.9	Actor	Zeke Wells(1 Episode)	1952
Cavalcade of America TV Show	6.9	Actor	Old Jeff Harris(1 Episode)	1952
Flame of Araby Movie	5.3	Actor	Borka Barbarossa	1951
Inside Straight Movie	6.0	Actor	Shocker / Schockovitz Ninkovitch (as Lon Chaney)	1951
Only the Valiant Movie	6.4	Actor	Trooper Kebussyan	1951
Bride of the Gorilla Movie	4.5	Actor	Commissioner Taro	1951
Behave Yourself! Movie	5.3	Actor	Pinky	1951
The Bushwhackers Movie	5.4	Actor	Artemus Taylor	1951
Schlitz Playhouse TV Show	7.2	Actor	Alaskan Trapper(1 Episode)	1951
Tales of Tomorrow TV Show	6.8	Actor	—(1 Episode)	1951
The Red Skelton Hour TV Show	7.9	Actor	Ug - Prehistoric Cave Man(1 Episode)	1951
The Red Skelton Hour TV Show	7.9	Actor	George(1 Episode)	1951
The Red Skelton Hour TV Show	7.9	Actor	Mad Scientist(1 Episode)	1951
The Red Skelton Hour TV Show	7.9	Actor	Sgt. Williams(1 Episode)	1951
The Red Skelton Hour TV Show	7.9	Actor	Lon Chaney(1 Episode)	1951
Once a Thief Movie	6.0	Actor	Gus (as Lon Chaney)	1950
Captain China Movie	5.9	Actor	Red Lynch	1950
The Colgate Comedy Hour TV Show	7.5	Actor	Self - Frankenstein Monster(1 Episode)	1950
There's a Girl in My Heart Movie	7.5	Actor	Johnny Colton	1949
Fun on the Run Short Film	5.7	Actor	Johnson	1949
Kitchen Mechanics Short Film	6.7	Actor	Johnson	1949
Albuquerque Movie	6.8	Actor	Steve Murkill	1948
16 Fathoms Deep Movie	5.6	Actor	Mr. Demitri (as Lon Chaney)	1948
The Counterfeiters Movie	5.7	Actor	Louie Struber	1948
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein Movie	7.5	Actor	The Wolfman	1948
The Ed Sullivan Show TV Show	7.7	Actor	Self(1 Episode)	1948
My Favorite Brunette Movie	6.8	Actor	Willie	1947
Desert Command Movie	4.6	Actor	Lt. Armand Corday	1946
Here Come the Co-Eds Movie	6.7	Actor	Johnson	1945
The Frozen Ghost Movie	6.0	Actor	Alex Gregor, aka Gregor the Great	1945
House of Dracula Movie	5.8	Actor	Lawrence Stewart Talbot	1945
Strange Confession Movie	6.3	Actor	Jeff Carter	1945
Pillow of Death Movie	5.8	Actor	Wayne Fletcher	1945
The Daltons Ride Again Movie	5.9	Actor	Grat Dalton (as Lon Chaney)	1945
The Mummy's Ghost Movie	5.7	Actor	Kharis	1944
The Mummy's Curse Movie	5.6	Actor	Kharis	1944
Dead Man's Eyes Movie	5.8	Actor	David Stuart	1944
House of Frankenstein Movie	6.0	Actor	Lawrence 'Larry' Talbot (aka The Wolf Man)	1944
Weird Woman Movie	6.0	Actor	Prof. Norman Reed	1944
Ghost Catchers Movie	5.3	Actor	Bear	1944
Cobra Woman Movie	5.5	Actor	Hava	1944
Follow the Boys Movie	5.6	Actor	Lon Chaney Jr. (uncredited)	1944
Frontier Badmen Movie	6.6	Actor	Chango	1943
Son of Dracula Movie	6.0	Actor	Count Dracula, alias Count Alucard	1943
Calling Dr. Death Movie	6.3	Actor	Dr. Mark Steel (as Lon Chaney)	1943
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man Movie	6.2	Actor	Lawrence 'Larry' Stewart Talbot / The Wolf Man	1943
Crazy House Movie	6.1	Actor	Cameo Appearance	1943
What We Are Fighting For Short Film	7.7	Actor	Bill Wallace	1943
Eyes of the Underworld Movie	5.8	Actor	Benny	1942
The Mummy's Tomb Movie	5.6	Actor	The Mummy - Kharis	1942
The Ghost of Frankenstein Movie	6.0	Actor	The Frankenstein Monster	1942
Overland Mail Movie	6.8	Actor	Jim Lane	1942
North to the Klondike Movie	6.6	Actor	Nate Carson	1942
Man-Made Monster Movie	6.0	Actor	Dan McCormick	1941
Billy the Kid Movie	5.5	Actor	'Spike' Hudson	1941
Badlands of Dakota Movie	5.7	Actor	Jack McCall	1941
San Antonio Rose Movie	6.8	Actor	Jigsaw Kennedy	1941
The Wolf Man Movie	7.3	Actor	Larry Talbot / The Wolf Man	1941
Too Many Blondes Movie	6.5	Actor	Marvin Gimble	1941
Riders of Death Valley Movie	6.4	Actor	Henchman Butch	1941
One Million B.C. Movie	5.6	Actor	Akhoba	1940
North West Mounted Police Movie	6.4	Actor	Shorty	1940
Jesse James Movie	6.8	Actor	One Of James Gang	1939
City in Darkness Movie	6.3	Actor	Pierre	1939
Of Mice and Men Movie	7.6	Actor	Lennie	1939
Frontier Marshal Movie	6.5	Actor	Pringle	1939
Union Pacific Movie	6.8	Actor	Dollarhide	1939
Alexander's Ragtime Band Movie	6.7	Actor	Photographer	1938
Walking Down Broadway Movie	6.0	Actor	Delivery Man	1938
Josette Movie	5.8	Actor	Boatman	1938
Passport Husband Movie	7.1	Actor	Bull	1938
Straight, Place and Show Movie	5.5	Actor	Martin	1938
Speed to Burn Movie	7.3	Actor	Racetrack Mug	1938
Sally, Irene and Mary Movie	6.0	Actor	Policeman	1938
Submarine Patrol Movie	5.8	Actor	Marine Sentry	1938
Mr. Moto's Gamble Movie	6.4	Actor	Joey	1938
Road Demon Movie	5.9	Actor	Bud Casey	1938
Secret Agent X-9 Movie	6.6	Actor	Maroni	1937
Midnight Taxi Movie	6.5	Actor	Detective Erickson	1937
Born Reckless Movie	5.8	Actor	Garage Mechanic	1937
Wife, Doctor and Nurse Movie	5.8	Actor	Scott, the Chauffeur	1937
Life Begins in College Movie	4.8	Actor	Gilks	1937
Cheyenne Rides Again Movie	5.9	Actor	Girard	1937
Angel's Holiday Movie	6.4	Actor	Eddie	1937
Wild and Woolly Movie	6.3	Actor	Dutch	1937
One Mile from Heaven Movie	6.1	Actor	Policeman	1937
Love and Hisses Movie	6.3	Actor	Attendant	1937
This Is My Affair Movie	6.4	Actor	Federal Agent in Baltimore Bank	1937
Charlie Chan on Broadway Movie	7.1	Actor	Desk Reporter	1937
Slave Ship Movie	6.1	Actor	Laborer Killed at Launching	1937
The Lady Escapes Movie	5.9	Actor	Reporter (uncredited)	1937
Ace Drummond Movie	5.9	Actor	Henchman Ivan	1936
Sharad of Atlantis Movie	4.4	Actor	Capt. Hakur	1936
The Singing Cowboy Movie	5.7	Actor	Martin	1936
The Old Corral Movie	5.5	Actor	Garland - Simms partner	1936
Killer at Large Movie	5.6	Actor	Second Coffin Man	1936
Rose Bowl Movie	5.9	Actor	Sierra Football Player	1936
A Scream in the Night Movie	4.1	Actor	Jack Wilson / Butch Curtain	1935
Captain Hurricane Movie	5.3	Actor	Dave	1935
The Shadow of Silk Lennox Movie	3.8	Actor	John Arthur 'Silk' Lennox	1935
Accent on Youth Movie	5.9	Actor	Chuck	1935
Girl o' My Dreams Movie	4.9	Actor	Don Cooper	1934
Sixteen Fathoms Deep Movie	5.5	Actor	Joe Bethel	1934
The Life of Vergie Winters Movie	6.4	Actor	Hugo McQueen	1934
Scarlet River Movie	5.9	Actor	Jeff Todd (as Creighton Chaney)	1933
Son of the Border Movie	5.1	Actor	Jack Breen	1933
The Three Musketeers Movie	5.0	Actor	Lt. Armand Corday	1933
Lucky Devils Movie	6.1	Actor	Frankie	1933
The Last Frontier Movie	6.3	Actor	Tom Kirby, aka The Black Ghost	1932
Bird of Paradise Movie	5.8	Actor	Thornton	1932
The Galloping Ghost Movie	5.3	Actor	Henchman	1931
Mabel and Bill Dumphy's visit with Hazel & Lon Chaney Movie	—	Actor	Self	1928
The Trap Movie	5.9	Actor	Boy in Crowd Behind Gaspard (uncredited)	1922
The Wolfman's Cure Movie	—	Actor	—	—

Lon Chaney Jr.

Known For

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein

High Noon

The Defiant Ones

The Wolf Man

Movies & TV Credits