Lon Chaney
Born in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA — Mar 31 1883• Died Aug 26 1930
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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 "…
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Broadway Love
Elmer Watkins
The Phantom of the Opera
Erik, The Phantom
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Quasimodo
Hollywood Story
The Phantom (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Many Faces of Dracula
Self (archive footage)
The Unknown
Alonzo
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
Self (archive footage)
Laugh, Clown, Laugh
Tito Beppi
Yesterday and Today
(archive footage)
Richelieu
Baradas
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
Self (archive footage)
The House That Shadows Built
(archive footage)
The Penalty
Blizzard
The Shock
Wilse Dilling
Shadows
Yen Sin
The Blackbird
Dan - The Blackbird / The Bishop
London After Midnight
Professor Edward C. Burke
While the City Sleeps
Dan Coghlan
Triumph
Paul Neihoff
The Scarlet Car
Paul Revere Forbes
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
Himself (archive footage)
The Trap
Gaspard the Good
Mockery
Sergei
The Road to Mandalay
Singapore Joe
The Monster
Dr. Ziska
Universal Horror
(archive footage)
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
The Phantom / Quasimodo (archive footage)
Anything Once
Waughnt Moore
Lon Chaney: A thousand faces
Self (archive footage)
Oliver Twist
Fagin
A Man's Country
'Three Card' Duncan
Graft
Costume & Make-Up
Tell It to the Marines
Sergeant O'Hara
The Horror Show
(archive footage)
The Tower of Lies
Jan
Danger, Go Slow
Bud
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
Self (archive footage)
The Grasp of Greed
Jimmie
The Oubliette
Chevalier Bertrand de la Payne
Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary
Self (archive footage)
The Unholy Three
Professor Echo / Grandma O'Grady
The Horror of It All
The Phantom (archive footage)
Lon Chaney: Son of a Thousand Faces
(archive footage)
He Who Gets Slapped
Paul Beaumont
The Gift Supreme
Merney Stagg
They Came from the Attic
The Phantom of the Opera (Archival Footage)
The Ace of Hearts
Farallone
London After Midnight
Professor Edward C. Burke (archive footage)
The Adventures of Daredevil Jack
Royce Rivers
West of Zanzibar
Phroso 'Dead-Legs'
The Big City
Chuck Collins
Voices of the City
O'Rourke
Bits of Life
Chin Chow
The Empty Gun
Frank
Flesh and Blood
David Webster
The Miracle Man
The Frog
Victory
Ricardo
A Blind Bargain
Dr. Arthur Lamb / The Ape Man
Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire
Himself (archive footage)
The Unholy Three
Professor Echo / Granny O'Grady
Outside the Law
Ah Wing / 'Black Mike' Sylva
Bondage
Seducer (uncredited)
Pay Me!
Joe Lawson
All the Brothers Were Valiant
Mark Shore
Mr. Wu
Mr. Wu / Wu's Grandfather
The Rescue
Thomas Holland
The Millionaire Paupers
Landlord
Thunder
Grumpy Anderson
The Restless Spirit
The Russian Count (uncredited)
Treasure Island
Blind Pew / Merry
Quincy Adams Sawyer
Obadiah Strout
A Broadway Scandal
'Kink' Colby
Fires of Rebellion
Russell Hanlon
The Light in the Dark
Tony Pantelli
A Doll's House
Nils Krogstad
Where East Is East
Tiger Haynes
The False Faces
Karl Eckstrom
Riddle Gawne
Hame Bozzam
Damon and Pythias
Wild Man (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
The Higher Law
Sir Stephen Fitz Allen
The Gilded Spider
Giovanni
By the Sun's Rays
Frank Lawler, the Clerk
The Girl in the Checkered Coat
Hector Maitland
Nadie inquietó más
Various Roles (archive footage)
The Flashlight
Henry Norton / Porter Brixton
The Piper's Price
Billy Kilmartin
Paid in Advance
Bateese Le Blanc
The Lion, the Lamb and the Man
Fred Brown, the Lion
The Phantom of the Opera
Erik
The Talk of the Town
Jack Langhorne
The Measure of a Man
Donald MacDermott
That Devil, Bateese
Louis Courteau
The Stool Pigeon
The Tragedy of Whispering Creek
The Greaser
The Oyster Dredger
The Fascination of the Fleur de Lis
The Duke of Safoulrug
The Forbidden Room
John Morris
If My Country Should Call
Dr. George Ardrath
The Price of Silence
Edmond Stafford
The Next Corner
Juan Serafin
Dolly's Scoop
Dan Fisher
Bobbie of the Ballet
Hook Hoover
Virtue Its Own Reward
Duncan Bronson
The Wicked Darling
Stoop Connors
Hell Morgan's Girl
Sleter Noble
Alas and Alack
The Fisherman and Hunchback Fate
Father and the Boys
Tuck Bartholomew
Discord and Harmony
Lon - the Sculptor
The Honor of the Family
Tangled Hearts
John Hammond
Life in Hollywood No. 3
Self
For Those We Love
Trix Ulner
While Paris Sleeps
Henri Santodos
Poor Jake's Demise
The Dude
The Grand Passion
Paul Argos
Nomads of the North
Raoul Challoner
A Ranch Romance
Raphael Praz
Fast Company
Dan McCarty
Back to Life
The Rival
The Grip of Jealousy
Silas Lacey
The End of the Feud
Wood Dawson
A Night of Thrills
The Visitor
The Place Beyond the Winds
Jerry Jo
Mabel and Bill Dumphy's visit with Hazel & Lon Chaney
Self
A Messenger from the Shadows (Notes on Film 06 A/Monologue 01)
The Mark of Cain
Dick Temple
Lon Chaney: Behind the Mask
Self (archive footage)
A Mother's Atonement
Ben
The Kaiser, the Beast of Berlin
Bethmann-Hollweg
The Sin of Olga Brandt
Stephen Leslie
Stronger Than Death
Attorney
When Bearcat Went Dry
Kindard Powers