Lon Chaney Jr.

Deceased · Born: Feb 10, 1906 · Died: Jul 12, 1973

Personal Details

Height 6' 2"

Born Feb 10, 1906 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA

Spouse

Patsy Beck
( Oct 1, 1937 to Jul 12, 1973 )
Dorothy Marie Hinckley
( Apr 17, 1926 to Jul 24, 1937 )

Parents

Lon Chaney
Frances Chaney

Biography

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.

Career

acting

2014

Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film

Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film as The Wolf Man and Larry Talbot

2007

Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb

Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb

2006

Terror in the Tropics

Terror in the Tropics as Lyle Talbot (archive footage)

2004

Monster Movie Trivia Quiz

Monster Movie Trivia Quiz

2001

Heroes of Horror

Heroes of Horror as Various Roles (Archive Footage)

2000

The Many Faces of Dracula

The Many Faces of Dracula as Count Dracula (archive footage)

1994

Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld

Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld

1991

Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook

Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook as Lawrence Talbot and The Monster

Wolfman Chronicles

Wolfman Chronicles as Lawrence Talbot and The Wolf Man

1982

Coming Soon as edited from 'THe Wolfman'

1971

The Female Bunch

The Female Bunch as Monti

Dracula vs. Frankenstein

Dracula vs. Frankenstein as Groton

1968

Fireball Jungle

Fireball Jungle as Sammy

Buckskin as Sheriff Tangley

1967

Spider Baby or, the Maddest Story Ever Told

Spider Baby or, the Maddest Story Ever Told as Bruno

Hillbillys in a Haunted House

Hillbillys in a Haunted House as Maximillian

Gallery of Horror

Gallery of Horror as Dr. Mendell

1966

Johnny Reno as Sheriff Hodges

The Monkees as Lenny

1965

Young Fury as Bartender

Apache Uprising

Apache Uprising as Charlie Russell

Town Tamer as Charlie Leach

House of the Black Death

House of the Black Death as Belial Desard

Black Spurs as Kile

1964

Law of the Lawless

Law of the Lawless as Tiny

Face of the Screaming Werewolf

Face of the Screaming Werewolf as The Mummified Werewolf

The Long Rifle and the Tomahawk

The Long Rifle and the Tomahawk as Chingachcook

Stage to Thunder Rock

Stage to Thunder Rock as Henry Parker(as Lon Chaney)

Witchcraft as Morgan Whitlock

1963

The Haunted Palace

The Haunted Palace as Simon Orne

1961

The Devil's Messenger

The Devil's Messenger as Satan

Lawman as Jess Bridges

The Rifleman as Charlie Gordo

1960

The Deputy as Tom Arnold

1959

The Alligator People

The Alligator People as Manon

Rawhide as Jesse Childress

Johnny Ringo as Ben Rafferty

Wanted: Dead or Alive

Wanted: Dead or Alive as Sheriff Lon Paulson

1958

The Defiant Ones

The Defiant Ones as Big Sam

Money, Women and Guns

Money, Women and Guns as Art Birdwell

1957

The Cyclops as Martin 'Marty' Melville

Along the Mohawk Trail

Along the Mohawk Trail as Chingachgook

Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans

Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans as Chingachgook

1956

The Black Sleep

The Black Sleep as Dr. Munroe, aka Mungo

Indestructible Man

Indestructible Man as Charles "Butcher" Benton

Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer

Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer as Blackfish

Pardners as Whitey

Manfish as Swede

1955

I Died a Thousand Times

I Died a Thousand Times as Big Mac

The Silver Star

The Silver Star as John W. Harmon (as Lon Chaney)

Not as a Stranger

Not as a Stranger as Job Marsh

The Indian Fighter

The Indian Fighter as Chivington (as Lon Chaney)

Big House, U.S.A.

Big House, U.S.A. as Leonard M. 'Alamo' Smith (as Lon Chaney)

Climax! as Frank Wiggins

1954

Jivaro as Pedro Martines

The Big Chase as Henchman Kip (archive footage) (as Lon Chaney)

Passion as Castro (as Lon Chaney)

The Black Pirates

The Black Pirates as Padre Felipe

The Boy from Oklahoma

The Boy from Oklahoma as Crazy Charlie (as Lon Chaney)

1953

Raiders of the Seven Seas

Raiders of the Seven Seas as Peg Leg (as Lon Chaney)

A Lion Is in the Streets

A Lion Is in the Streets as Spurge McManamee

1952

Battles of Chief Pontiac

Battles of Chief Pontiac as Chief Pontiac

Springfield Rifle

Springfield Rifle as Pete Elm (as Lon Chaney)

The Bushwhackers

The Bushwhackers as Artemus Taylor

Thief of Damascus

Thief of Damascus as Sinbad (as Lon Chaney)

The Black Castle

The Black Castle as Gargon

High Noon as Martin Howe

1951

Bride of the Gorilla

Bride of the Gorilla as Commissioner Taro

Flame of Araby as Borka Barbarossa

Only the Valiant

Only the Valiant as Trooper Kebussyan

Inside Straight

Inside Straight as Shocker / Schockovitz Ninkovitch (as Lon Chaney)

Behave Yourself!

Behave Yourself! as Pinky

1950

Captain China as Red Lynch

Once a Thief as Gus (as Lon Chaney)

1948

16 Fathoms Deep

16 Fathoms Deep as Mr. Demitri (as Lon Chaney)

Albuquerque as Steve Murkill

The Counterfeiters

The Counterfeiters as Louie Struber

Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein

Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein as Larry Talbot/The Wolf Man

1947

My Favorite Brunette

My Favorite Brunette as Willie

1946

Desert Command as Lt. Armand Corday

1945

Here Come the Co-eds

Here Come the Co-eds as Johnson

The Daltons Ride Again

The Daltons Ride Again as Grat Dalton (as Lon Chaney)

House of Dracula

House of Dracula as Lawrence Stewart Talbot

Pillow of Death

Pillow of Death as Wayne Fletcher

Strange Confession

Strange Confession as Jeff Carter

The Frozen Ghost

The Frozen Ghost as Alex Gregor, aka Gregor the Great

1944

The Mummy's Ghost

The Mummy's Ghost as Kharis

Ghost Catchers as Bear

Cobra Woman as Hava

Weird Woman as Prof. Norman Reed

Dead Man's Eyes

Dead Man's Eyes as David Stuart

House of Frankenstein

House of Frankenstein as Lawrence 'Larry' Talbot (aka The Wolf Man)

The Mummy's Curse

The Mummy's Curse as Kharis

1943

Son of Dracula as Count Dracula, alias Count Alucard

Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man

Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man as Lawrence 'Larry' Stewart Talbot / The Wolf Man

Calling Dr. Death

Calling Dr. Death as Dr. Mark Steel (as Lon Chaney)

Frontier Badmen

Frontier Badmen as Chango

1942

Eyes of the Underworld

Eyes of the Underworld as Benny (as Lon Chaney)

The Ghost of Frankenstein

The Ghost of Frankenstein as The Frankenstein Monster

The Mummy's Tomb

The Mummy's Tomb as The Mummy - Kharis

Overland Mail as Jim Lane

North to the Klondike

North to the Klondike as Nate Carson

1941

Riders of Death Valley

Riders of Death Valley as Henchman Butch

The Wolf Man as Larry Talbot / The Wolf Man

Man Made Monster

Man Made Monster as Dan McCormick

Billy the Kid as 'Spike' Hudson

Badlands of Dakota

Badlands of Dakota as Jack McCall

San Antonio Rose

San Antonio Rose as Jigsaw Kennedy

1940

North West Mounted Police

North West Mounted Police as Shorty

One Million B.C.

One Million B.C. as Akhoba

1939

Of Mice and Men

Of Mice and Men as Lennie

Frontier Marshal

Frontier Marshal as Pringle

1938

Passport Husband

Passport Husband as Bull

1937

Midnight Taxi as Detective Erickson

Angel's Holiday

Angel's Holiday as Eddie

Secret Agent X-9

Secret Agent X-9 as Maroni

Wife, Doctor and Nurse

Wife, Doctor and Nurse as Scott, the Chauffeur

1936

The Singing Cowboy

The Singing Cowboy as Martin

The Old Corral as Garland - Simms partner

Ace Drummond as Henchman Ivan

1935

Accent on Youth

Accent on Youth as Chuck

The Shadow of Silk Lennox

The Shadow of Silk Lennox as John Arthur 'Silk' Lennox

A Scream in the Night

A Scream in the Night as Jack Wilson / Butch Curtain

1934

The Life of Vergie Winters

The Life of Vergie Winters as Hugo McQueen

Girl O' My Dreams

Girl O' My Dreams as Don Cooper

Sixteen Fathoms Deep

Sixteen Fathoms Deep as Joe Bethel

1933

Scarlet River as Jeff Todd (as Creighton Chaney)

The Three Musketeers

The Three Musketeers as Lt. Armand Corday

Son of the Border

Son of the Border as Jack Breen

Lucky Devils as Frankie

1932

Bird of Paradise

Bird of Paradise as Thornton

The Last Frontier

The Last Frontier as Tom Kirby, aka The Black Ghost

1922

The Trap as Boy in Crowd Behind Gaspard (uncredited)

appearances

2015

Jack Pierce, the Maker of Monsters

Jack Pierce, the Maker of Monsters

2007

The Fallen Vampire

The Fallen Vampire

Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman

Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman

2000

Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces

Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces

1999

Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'

Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'

1995

1992

Dracula in the Movies

Dracula in the Movies

1988

Monsters & Maniacs

Monsters & Maniacs