7.6Acting
Lon Chaney Jr.
- Born
- 1906-02-10
- Died
- 1973-07-12
- Birthplace
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
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 Wikipedia article Lon Chaney, Jr., licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
220 titles · Newest first · Cast and crew credits
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
2025 · Movie
Self (archive footage)
Jack Pierce: The Man Who Made the Monsters
2015 · Movie
Self (archive footage)
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
2014 · Movie
The Wolf Man / Larry Talbot (archive footage)
Pure in Heart: The Life and Legacy of Lon Chaney, Jr.
2010 · Movie
Self (archive footage)
Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire
2007 · Movie
Himself (archive footage)
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
2007 · Movie
Self (archive footage)
Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb
2007 · Movie
Hassan (archive footage)
Terror in the Tropics
2006 · Movie
Lyle Talbot (archive footage)
Monster Movie Trivia Quiz
2004 · Movie
Cast
Heroes of Horror
2001 · Movie
(archive footage)
Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces
2000 · Movie
Self (archive footage)
Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed
2000 · Movie
Self (archive footage)
The American Nightmare
2000 · Movie
Self
The Many Faces of Dracula
2000 · Movie
Count Dracula (archive footage)
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
1999 · Movie
Self (archive footage)
Universal Horror
1998 · Movie
(archive footage)
Lon Chaney: Son of a Thousand Faces
1995 · Movie
(archive footage)
Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld
1994 · Movie
Self (archive footage)
Dracula in the Movies
1992 · Movie
(archive footage)
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991 · Movie
Count Dracula / The Wolf Man (archive footage)
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991 · Movie
Lawrence Talbot / The Monster (archive footage)
Halloween Monster Bash
1991 · Movie
Butcher Benton (archive footage)
Wolfman Chronicles: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991 · Movie
Lawrence Talbot / The Wolf Man (archive footage)
Abbott and Costello in the Movies
1990 · Movie
Outtake
The Horror Show
1979 · Movie
(archive footage)
Dracula vs. Frankenstein
1971 · Movie
Groton
The Female Bunch
1971 · Movie
Monti
Buckskin
1968 · Movie
Sheriff Tangley
Fireball Jungle
1968 · Movie
Sammy
The Movie Orgy
1968 · Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Mummy's Ghost
1968 · Movie
Kharis, the mummy
Dr. Terror's Gallery of Horrors
1967 · Movie
Dr. Mendell
Hillbillys in a Haunted House
1967 · Movie
Maximillian
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
1967 · Movie
Chief Eagle Shadow
Spider Baby
1967 · Movie
Bruno
Welcome to Hard Times
1967 · Movie
Avery
Johnny Reno
1966 · Movie
Sheriff Hodges
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
1966 · TV Show
Cast · Chief Eagle Shadow
The Monkees
1966 · TV Show
Lenny
Apache Uprising
1965 · Movie
Charlie Russell
Black Spurs
1965 · Movie
Kile
Face of the Screaming Werewolf
1965 · Movie
The Mummified Werewolf
House of the Black Death
1965 · Movie
Belial Desard
Town Tamer
1965 · Movie
Charlie Leach
Law of the Lawless
1964 · Movie
Tiny
Stage to Thunder Rock
1964 · Movie
Henry Parker(as Lon Chaney)
The Long Rifle and the Tomahawk
1964 · Movie
Chingachcook
Witchcraft
1964 · Movie
Morgan Whitlock
Young Fury
1964 · Movie
Bartender
The Haunted Palace
1963 · Movie
Simon Orne
Lizard's Leg and Owlet's Wing
1962 · Movie
Cast
The Devil's Messenger
1962 · Movie
Satan
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · TV Show
Self
Rebellion in Cuba
1961 · Movie
Gordo
The Phantom
1961 · Movie
Jed
House of Terror
1960 · Movie
The Mummified Werewolf
Route 66
1960 · TV Show
Poppa Duplessis · Colby · Lon Chaney
Stagecoach West
1960 · TV Show
Ben Wait
Surfside 6
1960 · TV Show
Cast
13 Demon Street
1959 · TV Show
Host
Adventures in Paradise
1959 · TV Show
Trader One Arm
Johnny Ringo
1959 · TV Show
Ben Rafferty
Lock-Up
1959 · TV Show
Cast
Rawhide
1959 · TV Show
Jesse Childress · Rock
The Alligator People
1959 · Movie
Manon
The Deputy
1959 · TV Show
Tom Arnold
Bat Masterson
1958 · TV Show
Rance Fletcher
Lawman
1958 · TV Show
Jess Bridges
Money, Women and Guns
1958 · Movie
Art Birdwell
The Defiant Ones
1958 · Movie
Big Sam
The Rifleman
1958 · TV Show
Charlie Gordo
The Texan
1958 · TV Show
Wylie Ames
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958 · TV Show
Sheriff Lon Paulson
Along the Mohawk Trail
1957 · Movie
Chingachgook
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957 · TV Show
William Ceilbleu · O'Connor - Inmate
Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans
1957 · TV Show
Chingachgook
The Cyclops
1957 · Movie
Martin 'Marty' Melville
Tombstone Territory
1957 · TV Show
Ex-Marshal Daggett
Wagon Train
1957 · TV Show
Louis Roque · Carstairs
Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer
1956 · Movie
Blackfish
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956 · TV Show
Michael Peters
Indestructible Man
1956 · Movie
Charles "Butcher" Benton
Manfish
1956 · Movie
Swede
Pardners
1956 · Movie
Whitey
Telephone Time
1956 · TV Show
Jules Samenian
The Black Sleep
1956 · Movie
Dr. Munroe, aka Mungo
Big House, U.S.A
1955 · Movie
Leonard M. 'Alamo' Smith
I Died a Thousand Times
1955 · Movie
Big Mac
Not as a Stranger
1955 · Movie
Job Marsh
The Indian Fighter
1955 · Movie
Chivington
The Silver Star
1955 · Movie
John W. Harmon (as Lon Chaney)
Casanova's Big Night
1954 · Movie
Emo, the Murderer
Climax!
1954 · TV Show
Frank Wiggins · Old Man Hawley
Jivaro
1954 · Movie
Pedro Martines
Passion
1954 · Movie
Castro (as Lon Chaney)
Studio 57
1954 · TV Show
Jubal Pickett
The Big Chase
1954 · Movie
Henchman Kip (archive footage) (as Lon Chaney)
The Black Pirates
1954 · Movie
Padre Felipe
The Boy from Oklahoma
1954 · Movie
Crazy Charlie (as Lon Chaney)
The Whistler
1954 · TV Show
Cast
A Lion Is in the Streets
1953 · Movie
Spurge McManamee
General Electric Theater
1953 · TV Show
Bucknell
Raiders of the Seven Seas
1953 · Movie
Peg Leg (as Lon Chaney)
Battles of Chief Pontiac
1952 · Movie
Chief Pontiac
Cavalcade of America
1952 · TV Show
Old Jeff Harris · Zeke Wells
Frankenstein
1952 · Movie
The Monster
High Noon
1952 · Movie
Martin Howe
Springfield Rifle
1952 · Movie
Pete Elm
The Black Castle
1952 · Movie
Gargon
Thief of Damascus
1952 · Movie
Sinbad (as Lon Chaney)
Behave Yourself!
1951 · Movie
Pinky
Bride of the Gorilla
1951 · Movie
Commissioner Taro
Flame of Araby
1951 · Movie
Borka Barbarossa
Inside Straight
1951 · Movie
Shocker / Schockovitz Ninkovitch (as Lon Chaney)
Only the Valiant
1951 · Movie
Trooper Kebussyan
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951 · TV Show
Alaskan Trapper
Tales of Tomorrow
1951 · TV Show
Cast
The Bushwhackers
1951 · Movie
Artemus Taylor
The Red Skelton Show
1951 · TV Show
Sgt. Williams · Ug · George · Mad Scientist · Lon Chaney
Captain China
1950 · Movie
Red Lynch
Once a Thief
1950 · Movie
Gus (as Lon Chaney)
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950 · TV Show
Self - Frankenstein Monster
Fun on the Run
1949 · Movie
Johnson
Kitchen Mechanics
1949 · Movie
Johnson (archive footage)
There's a Girl in My Heart
1949 · Movie
Johnny Colton
16 Fathoms Deep
1948 · Movie
Mr. Demitri (as Lon Chaney)
Albuquerque
1948 · Movie
Steve Murkill
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
1948 · Movie
The Wolfman
Oysters and Muscles
1948 · Movie
Strangler Johnson
The Counterfeiters
1948 · Movie
Louie Struber
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · TV Show
Self
My Favorite Brunette
1947 · Movie
Willie
Desert Command
1946 · Movie
Lt. Armand Corday
Here Come the Co-Eds
1945 · Movie
Johnson
House of Dracula
1945 · Movie
Lawrence Stewart Talbot
Pillow of Death
1945 · Movie
Wayne Fletcher
Strange Confession
1945 · Movie
Jeff Carter
The Daltons Ride Again
1945 · Movie
Grat Dalton
The Frozen Ghost
1945 · Movie
Alex Gregor, aka Gregor the Great
Cobra Woman
1944 · Movie
Hava
Dead Man's Eyes
1944 · Movie
David Stuart
Follow the Boys
1944 · Movie
Lon Chaney Jr. (uncredited)
Ghost Catchers
1944 · Movie
Bear
House of Frankenstein
1944 · Movie
Lawrence 'Larry' Talbot (aka The Wolf Man)
The Mummy's Curse
1944 · Movie
Kharis
The Mummy's Ghost
1944 · Movie
Kharis
Weird Woman
1944 · Movie
Prof. Norman Reed
Calling Dr. Death
1943 · Movie
Dr. Mark Steel
Crazy House
1943 · Movie
Cameo Appearance
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
1943 · Movie
Lawrence 'Larry' Stewart Talbot / The Wolf Man
Frontier Badmen
1943 · Movie
Chango
Son of Dracula
1943 · Movie
Count Dracula, alias Count Alucard
What We Are Fighting For
1943 · Movie
Bill Wallace
Eyes of the Underworld
1942 · Movie
Benny
North to the Klondike
1942 · Movie
Nate Carson
Overland Mail
1942 · Movie
Jim Lane
The Ghost of Frankenstein
1942 · Movie
The Frankenstein Monster
The Mummy's Tomb
1942 · Movie
The Mummy - Kharis
Badlands of Dakota
1941 · Movie
Jack McCall
Billy the Kid
1941 · Movie
'Spike' Hudson
Man-Made Monster
1941 · Movie
Dan McCormick
Riders of Death Valley
1941 · Movie
Henchman Butch
San Antonio Rose
1941 · Movie
Jigsaw Kennedy
The Wolf Man
1941 · Movie
Larry Talbot / The Wolf Man
Too Many Blondes
1941 · Movie
Marvin Gimble
North West Mounted Police
1940 · Movie
Shorty
One Million B.C.
1940 · Movie
Akhoba
City in Darkness
1939 · Movie
Pierre
Frontier Marshal
1939 · Movie
Pringle
Jesse James
1939 · Movie
One Of James Gang
Of Mice and Men
1939 · Movie
Lennie Small
Union Pacific
1939 · Movie
Dollarhide
Alexander's Ragtime Band
1938 · Movie
Photographer
City Girl
1938 · Movie
Gangster (uncredited)
Josette
1938 · Movie
Boatman
Mr. Moto's Gamble
1938 · Movie
Joey
Passport Husband
1938 · Movie
Bull
Road Demon
1938 · Movie
Bud Casey
Sally, Irene and Mary
1938 · Movie
Policeman
Speed to Burn
1938 · Movie
Racetrack Mug
Straight, Place and Show
1938 · Movie
Martin
Submarine Patrol
1938 · Movie
Marine Sentry
Walking Down Broadway
1938 · Movie
Delivery Man
Angel's Holiday
1937 · Movie
Eddie
Born Reckless
1937 · Movie
Garage Mechanic
Charlie Chan on Broadway
1937 · Movie
Desk Reporter
Cheyenne Rides Again
1937 · Movie
Girard
Life Begins in College
1937 · Movie
Gilks
Love and Hisses
1937 · Movie
Attendant
Midnight Taxi
1937 · Movie
Detective Erickson
One Mile from Heaven
1937 · Movie
Policeman
Secret Agent X-9
1937 · Movie
Maroni
Slave Ship
1937 · Movie
Laborer Killed at Launching
The Lady Escapes
1937 · Movie
Reporter (uncredited)
This Is My Affair
1937 · Movie
Federal Agent in Baltimore Bank
Wife, Doctor and Nurse
1937 · Movie
Scott, the Chauffeur
Wild and Woolly
1937 · Movie
Dutch
Ace Drummond
1936 · Movie
Henchman Ivan
Killer at Large
1936 · Movie
Second Coffin Man
Rose Bowl
1936 · Movie
Sierra Football Player
Sharad of Atlantis
1936 · Movie
Capt. Hakur
The Old Corral
1936 · Movie
Garland - Simms partner
The Singing Cowboy
1936 · Movie
Martin
A Scream in the Night
1935 · Movie
Jack Wilson / Butch Curtain
Accent on Youth
1935 · Movie
Chuck
Captain Hurricane
1935 · Movie
Dave
The Marriage Bargain
1935 · Movie
Bob Gordon
The Shadow of Silk Lennox
1935 · Movie
John Arthur 'Silk' Lennox
Girl o' My Dreams
1934 · Movie
Don Cooper
Sixteen Fathoms Deep
1934 · Movie
Joe Bethel
The Life of Vergie Winters
1934 · Movie
Hugo McQueen
Lucky Devils
1933 · Movie
Frankie
Scarlet River
1933 · Movie
Jeff Todd (as Creighton Chaney)
Son of the Border
1933 · Movie
Jack Breen
The Three Musketeers
1933 · Movie
Lt. Armand Corday
Bird of Paradise
1932 · Movie
Thornton
The Last Frontier
1932 · Movie
Tom Kirby, aka The Black Ghost
The Galloping Ghost
1931 · Movie
Henchman
Mabel and Bill Dumphy's visit with Hazel & Lon Chaney
1928 · Movie
Self
The Trap
1922 · Movie
Boy in Crowd Behind Gaspard (uncredited)