Lon Chaney

Born: 1883-03-31 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA

Died: 1930-08-26

Known For: Acting

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)

2008

Nadie inquietó más as Various Roles (archive footage)

2007

Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire as Himself (archive footage)
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman as Self (archive footage)

2002

London After Midnight as Professor Edward C. Burke (archive footage)

2000

Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces as Self (archive footage)
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)
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 Salute as Self (archive footage)

1953

Yesterday and Today as (archive footage)

1951

Hollywood Story as The Phantom (archive footage) (uncredited)

1945

Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary 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

Where East Is East as Tiger Haynes
The Phantom of the Opera as Erik
Thunder as Grumpy Anderson

1928

Laugh, Clown, Laugh as Tito Beppi
While the City Sleeps as Dan Coghlan
West of Zanzibar as Phroso 'Dead-Legs'
The Big City as Chuck Collins
Mabel and Bill Dumphy's visit with Hazel & Lon Chaney as Self

1927

The Unknown as Alonzo
London After Midnight as Professor Edward C. Burke/The Man in the Beaver Hat
Mockery as Sergei
Mr. Wu as Mr. Wu / Wu's Grandfather
Life in Hollywood No. 3 as Self

1926

The Blackbird as Dan - The Blackbird / The Bishop
The Road to Mandalay as Singapore Joe
Tell It to the Marines as Sergeant O'Hara

1925

The Phantom of the Opera as Erik, The Phantom
The Unholy Three as Professor Echo / Granny O'Grady
The Monster as Dr. Ziska
The Tower of Lies as Jan

1924

He Who Gets Slapped as Paul Beaumont
The Next Corner as Juan Serafin

1923

The Hunchback of Notre Dame as Quasimodo
The Shock as Wilse Dilling
All the Brothers Were Valiant as Mark Shore
While Paris Sleeps as Henri Santodos

1922

The Trap as Gaspard the Good
Shadows as Yen Sin
Oliver Twist as Fagin
Quincy Adams Sawyer as Obadiah Strout
Flesh and Blood as David Webster
The Light in the Dark as Tony Pantelli
A Blind Bargain as Dr. Arthur Lamb / The Ape Man

1921

For Those We Love as Trix Ulner
The Ace of Hearts as Farallone
Bits of Life as Chin Chow
Voices of the City as O'Rourke
Outside the Law as Ah Wing / 'Black Mike' Sylva

1920

Treasure Island as Blind Pew / Merry
The Penalty as Blizzard
The Adventures of Daredevil Jack as Royce Rivers
The Gift Supreme as Merney Stagg
Nomads of the North as Raoul Challoner

1919

Victory as Ricardo
A Man's Country as 'Three Card' Duncan
Paid in Advance as Bateese Le Blanc
The False Faces as Karl Eckstrom
The Miracle Man as The Frog
When Bearcat Went Dry as Kindard Powers
The Wicked Darling as Stoop Connors

1918

Danger, Go Slow as Bud
Riddle Gawne as Hame Bozzam
That Devil, Bateese as Louis Courteau
The Talk of the Town as Jack Langhorne
Broadway Love as Elmer Watkins
The Kaiser, the Beast of Berlin as Bethmann-Hollweg
The Grand Passion as Paul Argos
A Broadway Scandal as 'Kink' Colby
Fast Company as Dan McCarty

1917

Bondage as Seducer (uncredited)
The Scarlet Car as Paul Revere Forbes
The Empty Gun as Frank
Triumph as Paul Neihoff
A Doll's House as Nils Krogstad
Fires of Rebellion as Russell Hanlon
The Flashlight as Henry Norton / Porter Brixton
Anything Once as Waughnt Moore
Pay Me! as Joe Lawson
The Piper's Price as Billy Kilmartin
Hell Morgan's Girl as Sleter Noble
The Girl in the Checkered Coat as Hector Maitland
The Rescue as Thomas Holland

1916

Bobbie of the Ballet as Hook Hoover
The Grasp of Greed as Jimmie
The Price of Silence as Edmond Stafford
The Grip of Jealousy as Silas Lacey
The Gilded Spider as Giovanni
If My Country Should Call as Dr. George Ardrath
The Place Beyond the Winds as Jerry Jo
The Mark of Cain as Dick Temple
Tangled Hearts as John Hammond
Dolly's Scoop as Dan Fisher

1915

Graft ... (Makeup Artist)
The Millionaire Paupers as Landlord
Father and the Boys as Tuck Bartholomew
A Mother's Atonement as Ben
The Fascination of the Fleur de Lis as The Duke of Safoulrug
The Stool Pigeon
The Sin of Olga Brandt as Stephen Leslie
The Oyster Dredger
Alas and Alack as The Fisherman and Hunchback Fate
Stronger Than Death as Attorney
The Measure of a Man as Donald MacDermott

1914

Richelieu as Baradas
Virtue Its Own Reward as Duncan Bronson
The Lion, the Lamb and the Man as Fred Brown, the Lion
The Tragedy of Whispering Creek as The Greaser
The Forbidden Room as John Morris
Discord and Harmony as Lon - the Sculptor
The Oubliette as Chevalier Bertrand de la Payne
A Night of Thrills as The Visitor
By the Sun's Rays as Frank Lawler, the Clerk
The End of the Feud as Wood Dawson
Damon and Pythias as Wild Man (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
The Higher Law as Sir Stephen Fitz Allen
A Ranch Romance as Raphael Praz

1913

The Restless Spirit as The Russian Count (uncredited)
Poor Jake's Demise as The Dude
Back to Life as The Rival

1912

The Honor of the Family