Born in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA — Mar 31 1883• Died Aug 26 1930

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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Elmer Watkins

Erik, The Phantom

Quasimodo

The Phantom (archive footage) (uncredited)

Self (archive footage)

Alonzo

Self (archive footage)

Tito Beppi

(archive footage)

Baradas
Self (archive footage)

(archive footage)

Blizzard

Wilse Dilling

Yen Sin

Dan - The Blackbird / The Bishop

Professor Edward C. Burke

Dan Coghlan

Paul Neihoff

Paul Revere Forbes

Himself (archive footage)

Gaspard the Good

Sergei

Singapore Joe

Dr. Ziska

(archive footage)

The Phantom / Quasimodo (archive footage)

Waughnt Moore

Self (archive footage)

Fagin

'Three Card' Duncan

Costume & Make-Up

Sergeant O'Hara

(archive footage)

Jan

Bud

Self (archive footage)

Jimmie

Chevalier Bertrand de la Payne

Self (archive footage)

Professor Echo / Grandma O'Grady

The Phantom (archive footage)

(archive footage)

Paul Beaumont

Merney Stagg

The Phantom of the Opera (Archival Footage)

Farallone

Professor Edward C. Burke (archive footage)

Royce Rivers

Phroso 'Dead-Legs'

Chuck Collins

O'Rourke

Chin Chow
Frank

David Webster

The Frog

Ricardo

Dr. Arthur Lamb / The Ape Man

Himself (archive footage)

Professor Echo / Granny O'Grady

Ah Wing / 'Black Mike' Sylva

Seducer (uncredited)

Joe Lawson

Mark Shore

Mr. Wu / Wu's Grandfather

Thomas Holland

Landlord

Grumpy Anderson

The Russian Count (uncredited)

Blind Pew / Merry

Obadiah Strout

'Kink' Colby

Russell Hanlon

Tony Pantelli

Nils Krogstad

Tiger Haynes

Karl Eckstrom

Hame Bozzam

Wild Man (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
Sir Stephen Fitz Allen

Giovanni

Frank Lawler, the Clerk

Hector Maitland

Various Roles (archive footage)
Henry Norton / Porter Brixton

Billy Kilmartin

Bateese Le Blanc

Fred Brown, the Lion

Erik

Jack Langhorne
Donald MacDermott

Louis Courteau

The Greaser


The Duke of Safoulrug

John Morris

Dr. George Ardrath

Edmond Stafford

Juan Serafin

Dan Fisher

Hook Hoover

Duncan Bronson

Stoop Connors

Sleter Noble

The Fisherman and Hunchback Fate

Tuck Bartholomew

Lon - the Sculptor

John Hammond

Self

Trix Ulner

Henri Santodos

The Dude

Paul Argos

Raoul Challoner
Raphael Praz

Dan McCarty

The Rival

Silas Lacey
Wood Dawson
The Visitor

Jerry Jo

Self


Dick Temple

Self (archive footage)

Ben

Bethmann-Hollweg
Stephen Leslie
Attorney

Kindard Powers