Lon Chaney Jr.

Actor Feb 10 (died age 67) Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA 1922–2025 (103 year career)

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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 W…

Known For

Film

High Noon

Martin Howe

Film

The Wolf Man

Larry Talbot / The Wolf Man

Film

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein

The Wolfman

Film

The Defiant Ones

Big Sam

Film

Spider Baby

Bruno

Film

The Haunted Palace

Simon Orne

Film

Of Mice and Men

Lennie Small

Film

Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man

Lawrence 'Larry' Stewart Talbot / The Wolf Man

Filmography

Acting (219)

Movies (186)

Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies

2025

as Self - (archive footage)

Jack Pierce: The Man Who Made the Monsters

2015

as Self (archive footage)

10.0

Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film

2014

as The Wolf Man / Larry Talbot (archive footage)

7.5

Pure in Heart: The Life and Legacy of Lon Chaney, Jr.

2010

as Self (archive footage)

7.0

Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb

2007

as Hassan (archive footage)

Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire

2007

as Himself (archive footage)

6.3

Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman

2007

as Self (archive footage)

9.0

Terror in the Tropics

2006

as Lyle Talbot (archive footage)

Los Angeles Plays Itself

2004

as Charles Benton in The Indestructible Man (archive footage)

7.6

Monster Movie Trivia Quiz

2004

Heroes of Horror

2001

as (archive footage)

9.0

Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed

2000

as Self (archive footage)

7.0

The American Nightmare

2000

as Self

6.7

Lon Chaney: A thousand faces

2000

as Self (archive footage)

6.5

The Many Faces of Dracula

2000

as Count Dracula (archive footage)

3.5

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

1999

as Self (archive footage)

6.9

The Wolfman's Cure

1998

as Lawrence Stewart Talbot / The Wolf Man

Universal Horror

1998

as (archive footage)

7.1

Lon Chaney: Son of a Thousand Faces

1995

as (archive footage)

9.0

Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld

1994

as Self (archive footage)

7.0

Wolfman Chronicles: A Cinematic Scrapbook

1991

as Lawrence Talbot / The Wolf Man (archive footage)

8.0

Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook

1991

as Count Dracula / The Wolf Man (archive footage)

10.0

Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook

1991

as Lawrence Talbot / The Monster (archive footage)

5.7

Abbott and Costello in the Movies

1990

as Outtake

The Horror Show

as (archive footage)

The Female Bunch

as Monti

Dracula vs. Frankenstein

1971

as Groton

4.4

The Movie Orgy

1968

as Self (archive footage)

Buckskin

as Sheriff Tangley

Fireball Jungle

as Sammy

The Mummy's Ghost

as Kharis, the mummy

Dr. Terror's Gallery of Horrors

as Dr. Mendell

Spider Baby

as Bruno

Pistols 'n' Petticoats

1967

as Chief Eagle Shadow

Welcome to Hard Times

1967

as Avery

5.1

Hillbillys in a Haunted House

as Maximillian

Johnny Reno

as Sheriff Hodges

The Wolfman

as Larry Talbot

Black Spurs

1965

as Kile

6.1

Face of the Screaming Werewolf

1965

as The Mummified Werewolf

Town Tamer

as Charlie Leach

Apache Uprising

as Charlie Russell

House of the Black Death

as Belial Desard

Witchcraft

as Morgan Whitlock

Young Fury

as Bartender

The Long Rifle and the Tomahawk

1964

as Chingachcook

Law of the Lawless

1964

as Tiny

6.1

Stage to Thunder Rock

1964

as Henry Parker(as Lon Chaney)

6.0

The Haunted Palace

1963

as Simon Orne

6.7

Lizard's Leg and Owlet's Wing

1962

The Devil's Messenger

1962

as Satan

4.5

The Phantom

1961

as Jed

Rebellion in Cuba

1961

as Gordo

House of Terror

1960

as The Mummified Werewolf

The Alligator People

as Manon

The Defiant Ones

as Big Sam

Money, Women and Guns

1958

as Art Birdwell

5.3

Along the Mohawk Trail

1957

as Chingachgook

The Cyclops

1957

as Martin 'Marty' Melville

4.4

The Black Sleep

1956

as Dr. Munroe, aka Mungo

6.1

Indestructible Man

1956

as Charles "Butcher" Benton

4.3

Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer

as Blackfish

Pardners

as Whitey

Manfish

as Swede

The Silver Star

as John W. Harmon (as Lon Chaney)

5.0

The Indian Fighter

1955

as Chivington

6.2

I Died a Thousand Times

1955

as Big Mac

6.1

Big House, U.S.A

1955

as Leonard M. 'Alamo' Smith

Not as a Stranger

as Job Marsh

The Big Chase

as Henchman Kip (archive footage) (as Lon Chaney)

Jivaro

as Pedro Martines

Passion

as Castro (as Lon Chaney)

5.2

Casanova's Big Night

1954

as Emo, the Murderer

5.9

The Boy from Oklahoma

1954

as Crazy Charlie (as Lon Chaney)

5.2

The Black Pirates

1954

as Padre Felipe

4.4

Raiders of the Seven Seas

1953

as Peg Leg (as Lon Chaney)

5.7

A Lion Is in the Streets

as Spurge McManamee

High Noon

as Martin Howe

Springfield Rifle

as Pete Elm

Thief of Damascus

as Sinbad (as Lon Chaney)

5.8

The Black Castle

1952

as Gargon

6.4

Battles of Chief Pontiac

as Chief Pontiac

Frankenstein

as The Monster

Only the Valiant

as Trooper Kebussyan

Behave Yourself!

as Pinky

Flame of Araby

as Borka Barbarossa

The Bushwhackers

as Artemus Taylor

Bride of the Gorilla

as Commissioner Taro

Inside Straight

as Shocker / Schockovitz Ninkovitch (as Lon Chaney)

4.2

Once a Thief

1950

as Gus (as Lon Chaney)

Captain China

as Red Lynch

Kitchen Mechanics

as Johnson (archive footage)

5.0

Fun on the Run

1949

as Johnson

There's a Girl in My Heart

1949

as Johnny Colton

The Counterfeiters

1948

as Louie Struber

5.6

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein

as The Wolfman

Albuquerque

as Steve Murkill

16 Fathoms Deep

as Mr. Demitri (as Lon Chaney)

My Favorite Brunette

as Willie

Desert Command

as Lt. Armand Corday

The Frozen Ghost

as Alex Gregor, aka Gregor the Great

Here Come the Co-Eds

as Johnson

House of Dracula

as Lawrence Stewart Talbot

5.5

House of Frankenstein

1945

as Lawrence 'Larry' Talbot (aka The Wolf Man)

Pillow of Death

as Wayne Fletcher

Strange Confession

as Jeff Carter

The Daltons Ride Again

as Grat Dalton

Cobra Woman

as Hava

The Mummy's Curse

as Kharis

Weird Woman

as Prof. Norman Reed

Follow the Boys

as Lon Chaney Jr. (uncredited)

Ghost Catchers

as Bear

The Mummy's Ghost

as Kharis

Dead Man's Eyes

as David Stuart

Calling Dr. Death

as Dr. Mark Steel (as Lon Chaney)

6.4

Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man

1943

as Lawrence 'Larry' Stewart Talbot / The Wolf Man

6.2

Son of Dracula

1943

as Count Dracula, alias Count Alucard

5.8

Frontier Badmen

1943

as Chango

Crazy House

1943

as Cameo Appearance

5.0

What We Are Fighting For

1943

as Bill Wallace

The Mummy's Tomb

1942

as The Mummy - Kharis

5.5

The Ghost of Frankenstein

1942

as The Frankenstein Monster

5.8

North to the Klondike

1942

as Nate Carson

6.8

Overland Mail

1942

as Jim Lane

Eyes of the Underworld

as Benny

Billy the Kid

as 'Spike' Hudson

The Wolf Man

as Larry Talbot / The Wolf Man

Badlands of Dakota

as Jack McCall

Too Many Blondes

as Marvin Gimble

Man-Made Monster

1941

as Dan McCormick

6.1

Riders of Death Valley

as Henchman Butch

San Antonio Rose

as Jigsaw Kennedy

One Million B.C.

as Akhoba

North West Mounted Police

as Shorty

Jesse James

as One Of James Gang

City in Darkness

as Pierre

Of Mice and Men

as Lennie Small

Frontier Marshal

as Pringle

Union Pacific

as Dollarhide

Speed to Burn

as Racetrack Mug

Alexander's Ragtime Band

as Photographer

Passport Husband

as Bull

Submarine Patrol

as Marine Sentry

Straight, Place and Show

as Martin

Mr. Moto's Gamble

as Joey

Sally, Irene and Mary

as Policeman

Josette

as Boatman

Walking Down Broadway

1938

as Delivery Man

5.7

Road Demon

1938

as Bud Casey

Secret Agent X-9

1937

as Maroni

6.7

The Lady Escapes

1937

as Reporter (uncredited)

Charlie Chan on Broadway

1937

as Desk Reporter

7.0

Love and Hisses

1937

as Attendant

One Mile from Heaven

1937

as Policeman

6.7

This Is My Affair

1937

as Federal Agent in Baltimore Bank

7.3

Wild and Woolly

1937

as Dutch

Born Reckless

1937

as Garage Mechanic

5.1

Wife, Doctor and Nurse

1937

as Scott, the Chauffeur

6.0

Midnight Taxi

1937

as Detective Erickson

5.0

Slave Ship

1937

as Laborer Killed at Launching

4.5

Life Begins in College

1937

as Gilks

Angel's Holiday

as Eddie

Cheyenne Rides Again

as Girard

Sharad of Atlantis

as Capt. Hakur

The Singing Cowboy

as Martin

Ace Drummond

as Henchman Ivan

The Old Corral

as Garland - Simms partner

6.7

Rose Bowl

1936

as Sierra Football Player

6.0

Killer at Large

1936

as Second Coffin Man

6.0

A Scream in the Night

1935

as Jack Wilson / Butch Curtain

Captain Hurricane

as Dave

Accent on Youth

as Chuck

The Marriage Bargain

as Bob Gordon

The Shadow of Silk Lennox

1935

as John Arthur 'Silk' Lennox

5.0

The Life of Vergie Winters

as Hugo McQueen

Sixteen Fathoms Deep

as Joe Bethel

Girl o' My Dreams

as Don Cooper

Lucky Devils

as Frankie

The Three Musketeers

as Lt. Armand Corday

Son of the Border

as Jack Breen

Scarlet River

as Jeff Todd (as Creighton Chaney)

Bird of Paradise

as Thornton

The Last Frontier

as Tom Kirby, aka The Black Ghost

6.0

The Galloping Ghost

1931

as Henchman

2.0

Mabel and Bill Dumphy's visit with Hazel & Lon Chaney

1928

as Self

The Trap

1922

as Boy in Crowd Behind Gaspard (uncredited)

5.2

Television (33)

The Monkees

1966

as Lenny

6.5

Pistols 'n' Petticoats

1966

7.5

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self

Route 66

as Colby

Surfside 6

Stagecoach West

as Ben Wait

Rawhide

as Jesse Childress

Adventures in Paradise

as Trader One Arm

Lock-Up

Johnny Ringo

as Ben Rafferty

The Deputy

as Tom Arnold

13 Demon Street

as Host

The Rifleman

as Charlie Gordo

Bat Masterson

as Rance Fletcher

Lawman

as Jess Bridges

Wanted: Dead or Alive

1958

as Sheriff Lon Paulson

6.8

The Texan

1958

as Wylie Ames

5.5

Have Gun, Will Travel

as William Ceilbleu

Wagon Train

as Louis Roque

Tombstone Territory

as Ex-Marshal Daggett

6.6

Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans

1957

as Chingachgook

4.8

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

as Michael Peters

Telephone Time

as Jules Samenian

Climax!

as Frank Wiggins

Studio 57

as Jubal Pickett

The Whistler

1954

General Electric Theater

as Bucknell

Cavalcade of America

as Old Jeff Harris

The Red Skelton Show

as Lon Chaney

Tales of Tomorrow

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

1951

as Alaskan Trapper

7.2

The Colgate Comedy Hour

1950

as Self - Frankenstein Monster

6.8

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948

as Self

6.8