Person
Lon Chaney
Acting · 1883–1930 · Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
Biography
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 "The Man of a Thousand Faces". Description above from the Wikipedia article Lon Chaney, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Victory
Ricardo
The Phantom of the Opera
Erik, The Phantom
Treasure Island
Blind Pew / Merry
The Horror Show
(archive footage)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Quasimodo
Hollywood Story
The Phantom (archive footage) (uncredited)
Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces
Self (archive footage)
The Trap
Gaspard the Good
Laugh, Clown, Laugh
Tito Beppi
Danger, Go Slow
Bud
Filmography
- 2022They Came from the AtticThe Phantom of the Opera (Archival Footage)
- 2014Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror FilmThe Phantom / Quasimodo (archive footage)
- 2013A Messenger from the Shadows (Notes on Film 06 A/Monologue 01)
- 2011Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost FilmsHimself (archive footage)
- 2008Nadie inquietó másVarious Roles (archive footage)
- 2007Bela Lugosi: The Fallen VampireHimself (archive footage)
- 2007Famous Monster: Forrest J AckermanSelf (archive footage)
- 2002London After MidnightProfessor Edward C. Burke (archive footage)
- 2000Lon Chaney: A Thousand FacesSelf (archive footage)
- 2000The Many Faces of DraculaSelf (archive footage)
- 1998Universal Horror(archive footage)
- 1995Lon Chaney: Son of a Thousand Faces(archive footage)
- 1995Lon Chaney: Behind the MaskSelf (archive footage)
- 1983The Horror of It AllThe Phantom (archive footage)
- 1979The Horror Show(archive footage)
- 1974The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster SaluteSelf (archive footage)
- 1953Yesterday and Today(archive footage)
- 1951Hollywood StoryThe Phantom (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1945Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th AnniversarySelf (archive footage)
- 1942Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)Self (archive footage)
- 1931The House That Shadows Built(archive footage)
- 1930The Unholy ThreeProfessor Echo / Grandma O'Grady
- 1929The Phantom of the OperaErik
- 1929ThunderGrumpy Anderson
- 1929Where East Is EastTiger Haynes
- 1928West of ZanzibarPhroso 'Dead-Legs'
- 1928Laugh, Clown, LaughTito Beppi
- 1928The Big CityChuck Collins
- 1928While the City SleepsDan Coghlan
- 1928Mabel and Bill Dumphy's visit with Hazel & Lon ChaneySelf
- 1927London After MidnightProfessor Edward C. Burke/The Man in the Beaver Hat
- 1927Life in Hollywood No. 3Self
- 1927MockerySergei
- 1927The UnknownAlonzo
- 1927Mr. WuMr. Wu / Wu's Grandfather
- 1927Life in HollywoodSelf
- 1926Tell It to the MarinesSergeant O'Hara
- 1926The Road to MandalaySingapore Joe
- 1926The BlackbirdDan - The Blackbird / The Bishop
- 1925The Tower of LiesJan
- 1925The Unholy ThreeProfessor Echo / Granny O'Grady
- 1925The Phantom of the OperaErik, The Phantom
- 1925The MonsterDr. Ziska
- 1924He Who Gets SlappedPaul Beaumont
- 1924The Next CornerJuan Serafin
- 1923The Hunchback of Notre DameQuasimodo
- 1923The ShockWilse Dilling
- 1923While Paris SleepsHenri Santodos
- 1923All the Brothers Were ValiantMark Shore
- 1922Quincy Adams SawyerObadiah Strout
- 1922A Blind BargainDr. Arthur Lamb / The Ape Man
- 1922ShadowsYen Sin
- 1922Oliver TwistFagin
- 1922The Light in the DarkTony Pantelli
- 1922Flesh and BloodDavid Webster
- 1922The TrapGaspard the Good
- 1921Voices of the CityO'Rourke
- 1921Bits of LifeChin Chow
- 1921The Ace of HeartsFarallone
- 1921For Those We LoveTrix Ulner
- 1921Outside the LawAh Wing / 'Black Mike' Sylva
- 1920Nomads of the NorthRaoul Challoner
- 1920The PenaltyBlizzard
- 1920The Adventures of Daredevil JackRoyce Rivers
- 1920The Gift SupremeMerney Stagg
- 1920Treasure IslandBlind Pew / Merry
- 1919The Wicked DarlingStoop Connors
- 1919VictoryRicardo
- 1919When Bearcat Went DryKindard Powers
- 1919Paid in AdvanceBateese Le Blanc
- 1919The Miracle ManThe Frog
- 1919A Man's Country'Three Card' Duncan
- 1919The False FacesKarl Eckstrom
- 1918Danger, Go SlowBud
- 1918The Talk of the TownJack Langhorne
- 1918That Devil, BateeseLouis Courteau
- 1918Riddle GawneHame Bozzam
- 1918A Broadway Scandal'Kink' Colby
- 1918Fast CompanyDan McCarty
- 1918The Grand PassionPaul Argos
- 1918Broadway LoveElmer Watkins
- 1918The Kaiser, the Beast of BerlinBethmann-Hollweg
- 1917The Scarlet CarPaul Revere Forbes
- 1917BondageSeducer (uncredited)
- 1917Anything OnceWaughnt Moore
- 1917The Empty GunFrank
- 1917TriumphPaul Neihoff
- 1917Pay Me!Joe Lawson
- 1917The RescueThomas Holland
- 1917Fires of RebellionRussell Hanlon
- 1917A Doll's HouseNils Krogstad
- 1917The FlashlightHenry Norton / Porter Brixton
- 1917The Girl in the Checkered CoatHector Maitland
- 1917Hell Morgan's GirlSleter Noble
- 1917The Piper's PriceBilly Kilmartin
- 1916The Price of SilenceEdmond Stafford
- 1916The Place Beyond the WindsJerry Jo
- 1916If My Country Should CallDr. George Ardrath
- 1916The Mark of CainDick Temple
- 1916The Grasp of GreedJimmie
- 1916Bobbie of the BalletHook Hoover
- 1916The Gilded SpiderGiovanni
- 1916Tangled HeartsJohn Hammond
- 1916The Grip of JealousySilas Lacey
- 1916Dolly's ScoopDan Fisher
- 1915Stronger Than DeathAttorney
- 1915Father and the BoysTuck Bartholomew
- 1915GraftMakeup Artist
- 1915The Millionaire PaupersLandlord
- 1915A Mother's AtonementBen
- 1915Alas and AlackThe Fisherman and Hunchback Fate
- 1915The Fascination of the Fleur de LisThe Duke of Safoulrug
- 1915The Oyster Dredger
- 1915The Stool Pigeon
- 1915The Measure of a ManDonald MacDermott
- 1915The Sin of Olga BrandtStephen Leslie
- 1914A Night of ThrillsThe Visitor
- 1914The Lion, the Lamb and the ManFred Brown, the Lion
- 1914Damon and PythiasWild Man (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
- 1914Virtue Its Own RewardDuncan Bronson
- 1914RichelieuBaradas
- 1914The Higher LawSir Stephen Fitz Allen
- 1914The OublietteChevalier Bertrand de la Payne
- 1914By the Sun's RaysFrank Lawler, the Clerk
- 1914A Ranch RomanceRaphael Praz
- 1914The Forbidden RoomJohn Morris
- 1914The Tragedy of Whispering CreekThe Greaser
- 1914The End of the FeudWood Dawson
- 1914Discord and HarmonyLon - the Sculptor
- 1913Back to LifeThe Rival
- 1913The Restless SpiritThe Russian Count (uncredited)
- 1913Poor Jake's DemiseThe Dude
- 1912The Honor of the Family
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