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Lon Chaney Jr. 1906 - 1973

Lon Chaney, Jr. was born as Creighton Chaney on 10 February, 1906 in Oklahoma City. His father was the silent film star Lon Chaney. The senior Chaney discouraged his son following in his footsteps but after his death in 1930, the young Crighton was free to pursue a career in film. He did try his hand at son writing for a few years but the draw of Hollywood soon became too much and in 1932 Crightan made his debut in the film "Girl Crazy". Four years later he changed his screen name to Lon Chaney, Jr. and finally in 1941, the fame he sought was realized from the breakout role of Larry Talbot, the tortured man who becomes a werewolf "when the wolfbane blooms". He played in Universal's classic horror cycle to the bitter end and the late 40's the demand for him waned dramatically. He ended up playing parts in low budget films with High Noon in 1952 being a huge exception. He also appeared as a guest in many television series including Route 66 and The Monkees. His last film was Dracula vs. Frankenstein in 1971. He died in 1973 in San Clemente after years of various illnesses and chronic alcoholism.

	Dracula Vs. Frankenstein (1971) (as Lon Chaney) .... Groton ... aka They're Coming to Get You (1971) Female Bunch, The (1969) .... Monti ... aka Time to Run, A (1969) Fireball Jungle (1969) .... Sammy ... aka Jungle Terror (1969) (USA) Stranger in Town, A (1969) Buckskin (1968) .... Sheriff Tangley ... aka Frontiersman, The (1968) Far Out West, The (1967) Hillbillys in a Haunted House (1967) .... Maximillian Welcome to Hard Times (1967) (as Lon Chaney) .... Avery, Saloonkeeper ... aka Killer on a Horse (1967) (UK) "Pistols 'n' Petticoats" (1966) TV Series .... Chief Eagle Shadow (1966-67) Dr. Terror's Gallery of Horrors (1966) (as Lon Chaney) .... Dr. Mendell ... aka Gallery of Horrors (1966) (USA) ... aka Witch's Clock, The (1966) (video title) Sharad of Atlantis (1966) (TV) .... Hakur Johnny Reno (1966) .... Sheriff Hodges Apache Uprising (1966) .... Charlie Russell House of the Black Death (1965) .... Belial Dessard ... aka Blood of the Man Beast (1965) (USA) Town Tamer (1965) .... Mayor Charlie Leach Black Spurs (1965) .... Kile Young Fury (1965) .... Ace, the bartender Face of the Screaming Werewolf (1964) .... The Mummified Werewolf Spider Baby, or The Maddest Story Ever Told (1964) .... Bruno, The Chauffeur ... aka Spider Baby (1964) (USA: short title) Witchcraft (1964) .... Morgan Whitlock Stage to Thunder Rock (1964) .... Henry Parker Law of the Lawless (1964) .... Tiny ... aka Invitation to a Hanging (1964) Haunted Palace, The (1963) .... Simon Orne ... aka Edgar Allan Poe's The Haunted Palace (1963) (USA: promotional title) Devil's Messenger (1961) .... Satan Phantom, The (1961) (TV) .... Jed Rebellion in Cuba (1961) .... Gordo Casa del terror, La (1960) .... The Werewolf ... aka House of Terror (1960) "13 Demon Street" (1959) TV Series .... Host Alligator People, The (1959) .... Manon Money, Women and Guns (1959) .... Art Birdwell Defiant Ones, The (1958) (as Lon Chaney) .... Big Sam Along the Mohawk Trail (1957) .... Chingachgook Pathfinder and the Mohican, The (1957) .... Chingachgook Redmen and the Renegades, The (1957) .... Chingachgook Cyclops, The (1957) .... Martin Melville "Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans" (1957) TV Series .... Chingachgook Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer (1956) .... Black Fish Pardners (1956) .... Whitey Black Sleep, The (1956) .... Dr. Munroe, called 'Mungo' ... aka Dr. Cadman's Secret (1962) (USA: reissue title) Indestructible Man (1956) .... Charles 'Butcher' Benton Manfish (1956) .... Swede Indian Fighter, The (1955) (as Lon Chaney) .... Chivington I Died a Thousand Times (1955) .... Big Mac Not as a Stranger (1955) .... Job Marsh, Lucas' Father Silver Star, The (1955) .... John W. Harmon ... aka Sheriff, The (1955) (USA) Big House, U.S.A. (1955) (as Lon Chaney) .... Leonard M. 'Alamo' Smith Black Pirates, The (1954) .... Padre Felipe Passion (1954) .... Castro Big Chase, The (1954) (as Lon Chaney) .... Henchman Casanova's Big Night (1954) (as Lon Chaney) .... Emo the Murderer ... aka Mr. Casanova (1954) (USA) Boy from Oklahoma, The (1954) .... Crazy Charlie Jivaro (1954) (as Lon Chaney) .... Pedro Martines Bandit Island (1953) .... Kip Lion Is in the Streets, A (1953) .... Spurge Raiders of the Seven Seas (1953) (as Lon Chaney) .... Peg Leg Battles of Chief Pontiac (1952) (as Lon Chaney) .... Chief Pontiac Black Castle, The (1952) .... Gargon Springfield Rifle (1952) .... Pete Elm, Leader of Non-military Raiders High Noon (1952) (as Lon Chaney) .... Martin Howe, Kane's Mentor Thief of Damascus (1952) .... Sinbad Bushwhackers, The (1952) (as Lon Chaney) .... Artemus Taylor Bride of the Gorilla (1951) (as Lon Chaney) .... Commissioner Taro Inside Straight (1951) (as Lon Chaney) .... Shocker Flame of Araby (1951) (as Lon Chaney) .... Borka Barbarossa ... aka Flame of the Desert (1951) (USA) Behave Yourself! (1951) (as Lon Chaney) .... Pinky "Tales of Tomorrow" (1951) TV Series Only the Valiant (1951) (as Lon Chaney) .... Trooper Kebussyan Once a Thief (1950) (as Lon Chaney) .... Gus Captain China (1949) .... Red Lynch There's a Girl in My Heart (1949) .... John Colton 16 Fathoms Deep (1948) (as Lon Chaney) .... Mr. Demitri Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) (as Lon Chaney) .... Lawrence Talbot, aka The Wolfman/The Monster (uncredited, in One Scene) Counterfeiters, The (1948) .... Louie Struber Albuquerque (1948) (as Lon Chaney) .... Steve Murkill Laguna U.S.A. (1947) .... Lennie My Favorite Brunette (1947) (as Lon Chaney) .... Willie Desert Command (1946) .... Lt. Armand Corday Pillow of Death (1945) .... Wayne Fletcher House of Dracula (1945) .... Lawrence Talbot ... aka Wolf Man's Cure, The (1945) Daltons Ride Again, The (1945) .... Grat Dalton Strange Confession (1945) .... Jeff Carter Frozen Ghost, The (1945) .... Alex Gregor (Gregor the Great) Here Come the Co-eds (1945) .... Johnson, Bixby Caretaker Mummy's Curse, The (1944) (as Lon Chaney) .... Kharis House of Frankenstein (1944) (as Lon Chaney) .... Lawrence Talbot Dead Man's Eyes (1944) (as Lon Chaney) .... David Stewart Mummy's Ghost, The (1944) (as Lon Chaney) .... Kharis Ghost Catchers (1944) (as Lon Chaney) .... Horsehead Cobra Woman (1944) (as Lon Chaney) .... Hava Weird Woman (1944) (as Lon Chaney) .... Prof. Norman Reed Calling Dr. Death (1943) (as Lon Chaney) .... Dr. Mark Steel Son of Dracula (1943) (as Lon Chaney) .... Count Anthony Alucard Crazy House (1943) (uncredited) .... Cameo Appearance Frontier Badmen (1943) (as Lon Chaney) .... Henchman Chango What We Are Fighting For (1943) .... Bill Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943) (as Lon Chaney) .... The Wolf Man/Lawrence Stewart 'Larry' Talbot Eyes of the Underworld (1943) .... Benny ... aka Criminals of the Underworld (1951) (USA: reissue title) Mummy's Tomb, The (1942) (as Lon Chaney) .... Kharis, the mummy Overland Mail (1942) .... Jim Lane Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1942) (uncredited) .... Gavin, Murdered Man Ghost of Frankenstein, The (1942) .... The Frankenstein Monster North to the Klondike (1942) .... Nate Carson Wolf Man, The (1941) (as Lon Chaney) .... Larry Talbot/Wolf Man Badlands of Dakota (1941) .... Jack McCall Riders of Death Valley (1941) .... Butch San Antonio Rose (1941) .... Jigsaw Kennedy Billy the Kid (1941) .... 'Spike' Hudson Too Many Blondes (1941) .... Marvin Gimble Man Made Monster (1941) .... Dan McCormick ... aka Atomic Monster (1953) (USA: reissue title) North West Mounted Police (1940) .... Shorty ... aka Scarlet Riders, The (1940) One Million B.C. (1940) .... Akhoba ... aka Cave Man (1952) (USA: reissue title) Of Mice and Men (1939) .... Lennie Small Charlie Chan in City in Darkness (1939) .... Pierre Frontier Marshal (1939) .... Pringle Union Pacific (1939) .... Dollarhide Jesse James (1939) .... One of the James Gang Road Demon (1938) .... Race Racketeer Straight, Place and Show (1938) (uncredited) .... Chauffeur ... aka They're Off (1938) (UK) Walking Down Broadway (1938) (uncredited) .... Bit Submarine Patrol (1938) (uncredited) .... Marine Sentry Josette (1938) .... Boatman Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938) .... Photographer ... aka Irving Berlin's Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938) (USA: promotional title) Passport Husband (1938) .... Bull Speed to Burn (1938) .... Racetrack Mug Mr. Moto's Gamble (1938) .... Joey Sally, Irene and Mary (1938) (uncredited) .... Policeman Happy Landing (1938) (uncredited) .... Newspaper Reporter Angel's Holiday (1937) .... Eddie City Girl (1937) (uncredited) .... Gangster Lady Escapes, The (1937) .... Reporter Life Begins in College (1937) .... Gilks ... aka Life Begins at College (1937) (USA: TV title) Love and Hisses (1937) (uncredited) .... Attendant One Mile From Heaven (1937) (uncredited) .... Policeman Checkers (1937) (uncredited) .... Man at Racetrack Second Honeymoon (1937) (uncredited) .... Reporter Charlie Chan on Broadway (1937) .... Desk man Wife, Doctor and Nurse (1937) .... Chauffeur Slave Ship (1937) (uncredited) .... Laborer Thin Ice (1937) (uncredited) .... American Reporter Wild and Woolly (1937) .... Dutch Born Reckless (1937) (uncredited) .... Garage Mechanic This Is My Affair (1937) (uncredited) .... Federal Agent in Baltimore Bank That I May Live (1937) .... Engineer Secret Agent X-9 (1937) .... Maroni, primary henchman Midnight Taxi (1937) .... Erickson Love Is News (1937) (uncredited) .... Newsman Cheyenne Rides Again (1937) (as Creighton Chaney) .... Girard Ace Drummond (1936) .... Ivan Old Corral, The (1936/I) .... Garland ... aka Texas Serenade (1936) (UK) Rose Bowl (1936) .... Football Player ... aka O'Riley's Luck (1936) (UK) Killer at Large (1936) (uncredited) .... Mr. Zero's henchman Undersea Kingdom (1936) .... Hakur Singing Cowboy (1936) .... Martin Scream in the Night, A (1935) .... Det. Jack Wilson/Frank 'Butch' Curtain Shadow of Silk Lennox, The (1935) (as Creighton Chaney) .... John Arthur 'Silk' Lennox Accent on Youth (1935) .... Chuck Hold 'Em Yale (1935) (uncredited) .... Football Player Captain Hurricane (1935) .... Dave (Abbie's newlywed brother) Marriage Bargain, The (1935) (as Creighton Chaney) .... Bob Gordon ... aka Within the Rock (1935) (USA: TV title) Girl o' My Dreams (1934) (as Creighton Chaney) .... Don Cooper ... aka Love Race (1934) Life of Vergie Winters, The (1934) (as Creighton Chaney) .... Hugo McQueen Sixteen Fathoms Deep (1934) (as Creighton Chaney) .... Joe Bethel Son of the Border (1933) (as Creighton Chaney) .... Jack Breen Three Musketeers, The (1933/I) (as Creighton Chaney) .... Armand Corday Scarlet River (1933) (as Creighton Chaney) .... Jeff Todd Lucky Devils (1933) (as Creighton Chaney) .... Frankie Wilde Black Ghost, The (1932) (as Creighton Chaney) .... Tom Kirby Most Dangerous Game, The (1932) (unconfirmed) ... aka Hounds of Zaroff, The (1932) (UK) Last Frontier, The (1932) .... Tom Kirby Bird of Paradise (1932) (as Creighton Chaney) .... Thornton Roadhouse Murder, The (1932) (unconfirmed) Girl Crazy (1932) (uncredited) .... Chorus Dancer

01 May 03