Lon Chaney Jr.
Born
10 February 1906 (120)
Place of Birth
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
Also known as
Creighton Tull Chaney, Creighton 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 W...
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.
Filmography (40)
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
2025
Jack Pierce: The Man Who Made the Monsters
2015
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
2014
Pure in Heart: The Life and Legacy of Lon Chaney, Jr.
2010
Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire
2007
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
2007
Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb
2007
Terror in the Tropics
2006
Los Angeles Plays Itself
2004
Monster Movie Trivia Quiz
2004
Heroes of Horror
2001
Lon Chaney: A thousand faces
2000
The American Nightmare
2000
Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed
2000
The Many Faces of Dracula
2000
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
1999
Universal Horror
1998
The Wolfman's Cure
1998
Lon Chaney: Son of a Thousand Faces
1995
Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld
1994
Dracula in the Movies
1992
Wolfman Chronicles: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991
Abbott and Costello in the Movies
1990
The Horror Show
1979
Dracula vs. Frankenstein
1971
The Female Bunch
1971
Fireball Jungle
1968
The Mummy's Ghost
1968
Buckskin
1968
The Movie Orgy
1968
Spider Baby
1967
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
1967
Hillbillys in a Haunted House
1967
Welcome to Hard Times
1967
Dr. Terror's Gallery of Horrors
1967
Johnny Reno
1966
The Wolfman
1966
Apache Uprising
1965