Lon Chaney Jr.
Acting·February 10, 1906·† July 12, 1973 — 67 years old·Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
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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.
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Known For
High Noon
1952·7.7
The Wolf Man
1941·7.0
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
1948·7.1
The Defiant Ones
1958·7.1
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
1943·6.2
The Haunted Palace
1963·6.7
House of Frankenstein
1944·6.0
Spider Baby
1967·6.9
The Ghost of Frankenstein
1942·5.8
House of Dracula
1945·5.5
Son of Dracula
1943·5.8
Jesse James
1939·6.5
Filmography · 222
2025Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror MoviesSelf - (archive footage)2015Jack Pierce: The Man Who Made the MonstersSelf (archive footage)2014Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror FilmThe Wolf Man / Larry Talbot (archive footage)2010Pure in Heart: The Life and Legacy of Lon Chaney, Jr.Self (archive footage)2007Bela Lugosi: The Fallen VampireHimself (archive footage)2007Famous Monster: Forrest J AckermanSelf (archive footage)2007Terror in the Pharaoh's TombHassan (archive footage)2006Terror in the TropicsLyle Talbot (archive footage)2004Monster Movie Trivia Quiz2001Heroes of Horror(archive footage)2000Lon Chaney: A Thousand FacesSelf (archive footage)2000The American NightmareSelf2000Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition UnearthedSelf (archive footage)2000The Many Faces of DraculaCount Dracula (archive footage)1999Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'Self (archive footage)1998Universal Horror(archive footage)1998The Wolfman's CureLawrence Stewart Talbot / The Wolf Man1995Lon Chaney: Son of a Thousand Faces(archive footage)1994Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry SeinfeldSelf (archive footage)1992Dracula in the Movies(archive footage)1991Halloween Monster BashButcher Benton (archive footage)1991Wolfman Chronicles: A Cinematic ScrapbookLawrence Talbot / The Wolf Man (archive footage)1991Dracula: A Cinematic ScrapbookCount Dracula / The Wolf Man (archive footage)1991Frankenstein: A Cinematic ScrapbookLawrence Talbot / The Monster (archive footage)1990Abbott and Costello in the MoviesOuttake1979The Horror Show(archive footage)1971Dracula vs. FrankensteinGroton1971The Female BunchMonti1968Fireball JungleSammy1968The Mummy's GhostKharis, the mummy1968BuckskinSheriff Tangley1968The Movie OrgySelf (archive footage)1967Spider BabyBruno1967Pistols 'n' PetticoatsChief Eagle Shadow1967Hillbillys in a Haunted HouseMaximillian1967Welcome to Hard TimesAvery1967Dr. Terror's Gallery of HorrorsDr. Mendell1966Pistols 'n' PetticoatsTV1966The MonkeesTVLenny1966Johnny RenoSheriff Hodges1966The WolfmanLarry Talbot1965Apache UprisingCharlie Russell1965Town TamerCharlie Leach1965Black SpursKile1965Face of the Screaming WerewolfThe Mummified Werewolf1965House of the Black DeathBelial Desard1964Stage to Thunder RockHenry Parker(as Lon Chaney)1964Young FuryBartender1964Law of the LawlessTiny1964WitchcraftMorgan Whitlock1964The Long Rifle and the TomahawkChingachcook1963The Haunted PalaceSimon Orne1962Lizard's Leg and Owlet's Wing1962The Devil's MessengerSatan1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonTVSelf1961Rebellion in CubaGordo1961The PhantomJed1960Route 66TVPoppa Duplessis · Colby · Lon Chaney1960Surfside 6TV1960Stagecoach WestTVBen Wait1960House of TerrorThe Mummified Werewolf195913 Demon StreetTVHost1959Adventures in ParadiseTVTrader One Arm1959Johnny RingoTVBen Rafferty1959Lock-UpTV1959The DeputyTVTom Arnold1959The Alligator PeopleManon1959RawhideTVJesse Childress · Rock1958Bat MastersonTVRance Fletcher1958LawmanTVJess Bridges1958Money, Women and GunsArt Birdwell1958The RiflemanTVCharlie Gordo1958The TexanTVWylie Ames1958Wanted: Dead or AliveTVSheriff Lon Paulson1958The Defiant OnesBig Sam1957Tombstone TerritoryTVEx-Marshal Daggett1957Wagon TrainTVLouis Roque · Carstairs1957Have Gun, Will TravelTVWilliam Ceilbleu · O'Connor - Inmate1957The CyclopsMartin 'Marty' Melville1957Hawkeye and the Last of the MohicansTVChingachgook1957Along the Mohawk TrailChingachgook1956Daniel Boone, Trail BlazerBlackfish1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreTVMichael Peters1956PardnersWhitey1956The Black SleepDr. Munroe, aka Mungo1956Telephone TimeTVJules Samenian1956Indestructible ManCharles "Butcher" Benton1956ManfishSwede1955The Indian FighterChivington1955I Died a Thousand TimesBig Mac1955Not as a StrangerJob Marsh1955The Silver StarJohn W. Harmon (as Lon Chaney)1955Big House, U.S.ALeonard M. 'Alamo' Smith1954The Black PiratesPadre Felipe1954Climax!TVFrank Wiggins · Old Man Hawley1954PassionCastro (as Lon Chaney)1954Studio 57TVJubal Pickett1954The WhistlerTV1954The Big ChaseHenchman Kip (archive footage) (as Lon Chaney)1954Casanova's Big NightEmo, the Murderer1954The Boy from OklahomaCrazy Charlie (as Lon Chaney)1954JivaroPedro Martines1953A Lion Is in the StreetsSpurge McManamee1953Raiders of the Seven SeasPeg Leg (as Lon Chaney)1953General Electric TheaterTVBucknell1952Battles of Chief PontiacChief Pontiac1952The Black CastleGargon1952Springfield RiflePete Elm1952Cavalcade of AmericaTVOld Jeff Harris · Zeke Wells1952High NoonMartin Howe1952Thief of DamascusSinbad (as Lon Chaney)1952FrankensteinThe Monster1951Flame of ArabyBorka Barbarossa1951The BushwhackersArtemus Taylor1951Schlitz Playhouse of StarsTVAlaskan Trapper1951Bride of the GorillaCommissioner Taro1951The Red Skelton ShowTVSgt. Williams · Ug · George · Mad Scientist · Lon Chaney1951Behave Yourself!Pinky1951Tales of TomorrowTV1951Only the ValiantTrooper Kebussyan1951Inside StraightShocker / Schockovitz Ninkovitch (as Lon Chaney)1950The Colgate Comedy HourTVSelf - Frankenstein Monster1950Once a ThiefGus (as Lon Chaney)1950Captain ChinaRed Lynch1949There's a Girl in My HeartJohnny Colton1949Kitchen MechanicsJohnson (archive footage)1949Fun on the RunJohnson194816 Fathoms DeepMr. Demitri (as Lon Chaney)1948The Ed Sullivan ShowTVSelf1948Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet FrankensteinThe Wolfman1948The CounterfeitersLouie Struber1948AlbuquerqueSteve Murkill1948Oysters and MusclesStrangler Johnson1947My Favorite BrunetteWillie1946Desert CommandLt. Armand Corday1945Pillow of DeathWayne Fletcher1945House of DraculaLawrence Stewart Talbot1945The Daltons Ride AgainGrat Dalton1945Strange ConfessionJeff Carter1945The Frozen GhostAlex Gregor, aka Gregor the Great1945Here Come the Co-EdsJohnson1944The Mummy's CurseKharis1944House of FrankensteinLawrence 'Larry' Talbot (aka The Wolf Man)1944Dead Man's EyesDavid Stuart1944The Mummy's GhostKharis1944Ghost CatchersBear1944Cobra WomanHava1944Follow the BoysLon Chaney Jr. (uncredited)1944Weird WomanProf. Norman Reed1943Calling Dr. DeathDr. Mark Steel1943Son of DraculaCount Dracula, alias Count Alucard1943Crazy HouseCameo Appearance1943Frontier BadmenChango1943Frankenstein Meets the Wolf ManLawrence 'Larry' Stewart Talbot / The Wolf Man1943What We Are Fighting ForBill Wallace1942The Mummy's TombThe Mummy - Kharis1942Eyes of the UnderworldBenny1942Overland MailJim Lane1942The Ghost of FrankensteinThe Frankenstein Monster1942North to the KlondikeNate Carson1941The Wolf ManLarry Talbot / The Wolf Man1941Badlands of DakotaJack McCall1941Too Many BlondesMarvin Gimble1941Riders of Death ValleyHenchman Butch1941San Antonio RoseJigsaw Kennedy1941Billy the Kid'Spike' Hudson1941Man-Made MonsterDan McCormick1940North West Mounted PoliceShorty1940One Million B.C.Akhoba1939Of Mice and MenLennie Small1939City in DarknessPierre1939Frontier MarshalPringle1939Union PacificDollarhide1939Jesse JamesOne Of James Gang1938Road DemonBud Casey1938Submarine PatrolMarine Sentry1938Straight, Place and ShowMartin1938Passport HusbandBull1938Speed to BurnRacetrack Mug1938JosetteBoatman1938Alexander's Ragtime BandPhotographer1938Mr. Moto's GambleJoey1938Walking Down BroadwayDelivery Man1938Sally, Irene and MaryPoliceman1938City GirlGangster (uncredited)1937Love and HissesAttendant1937Life Begins in CollegeGilks1937Charlie Chan on BroadwayDesk Reporter1937Wife, Doctor and NurseScott, the Chauffeur1937One Mile from HeavenPoliceman1937The Lady EscapesReporter (uncredited)1937Wild and WoollyDutch1937Born RecklessGarage Mechanic1937Slave ShipLaborer Killed at Launching1937Angel's HolidayEddie1937This Is My AffairFederal Agent in Baltimore Bank1937Secret Agent X-9Maroni1937Midnight TaxiDetective Erickson1937Cheyenne Rides AgainGirard1936The Old CorralGarland - Simms partner1936Rose BowlSierra Football Player1936Killer at LargeSecond Coffin Man1936Ace DrummondHenchman Ivan1936Sharad of AtlantisCapt. Hakur1936The Singing CowboyMartin1935The Shadow of Silk LennoxJohn Arthur 'Silk' Lennox1935Accent on YouthChuck1935A Scream in the NightJack Wilson / Butch Curtain1935Captain HurricaneDave1935The Marriage BargainBob Gordon1934Girl o' My DreamsDon Cooper1934The Life of Vergie WintersHugo McQueen1934Sixteen Fathoms DeepJoe Bethel1933Son of the BorderJack Breen1933The Three MusketeersLt. Armand Corday1933Scarlet RiverJeff Todd (as Creighton Chaney)1933Lucky DevilsFrankie1932The Last FrontierTom Kirby, aka The Black Ghost1932Bird of ParadiseThornton1931The Galloping GhostHenchman1928Mabel and Bill Dumphy's visit with Hazel & Lon ChaneySelf1922The TrapBoy in Crowd Behind Gaspard (uncredited)