Acting credits
120
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Lon Chaney
Acting
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Movies: 121Series: 0Crew credits: 7
TMDB ID: 14481
IMDb ID: nm0151606
Known for: Acting
Born: March 31, 1883
Died: August 26, 1930
Age: 47
Place of birth: Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1913 - 2022
Years active: 110
Average TMDB rating: 6.61
Wikidata: Q312656
Also known as
Leonidas Frank Chaney • Man of a Thousand Faces • Лон Чейни • Lon Chaney Sr.
Other jobs
Makeup Artist (4)Director (1)Story (1)Writer (1)
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".
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Movie credits linked with Lon Chaney.
9.0
They Came from the Attic
as The Phantom of the Opera (Archival Footage)
2022 Movie
7.5
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
as The Phantom / Quasimodo (archive footage)
2014 Movie
A Messenger from the Shadows (Notes on Film 06 A/Monologue 01)
2013 Movie
9.0
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
as Himself (archive footage)
2011 Movie
7.0
Nadie inquietó más
as Various Roles (archive footage)
2008 Movie
6.3
Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire
as Himself (archive footage)
2007 Movie
9.0
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
as Self (archive footage)
2007 Movie
6.9
London After Midnight
as Professor Edward C. Burke (archive footage)
2002 Movie
6.5
Lon Chaney: A thousand faces
as Self (archive footage)
2000 Movie
3.5
The Many Faces of Dracula
as Self (archive footage)
2000 Movie
7.1
Universal Horror
as (archive footage)
1998 Movie
9.0
Lon Chaney: Son of a Thousand Faces
as (archive footage)
1995 Movie
8.0
Lon Chaney: Behind the Mask
as Self (archive footage)
1995 Movie
8.0
The Horror of It All
as The Phantom (archive footage)
1983 Movie
3.8
The Horror Show
as (archive footage)
1979 Movie
Yesterday and Today
as (archive footage)
1953 Movie
6.6
Hollywood Story
as The Phantom (archive footage) (uncredited)
1951 Movie
Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary
as Self (archive footage)
1945 Movie
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
as Self (archive footage)
1942 Movie
7.0
The House That Shadows Built
as (archive footage)
1931 Movie
5.6
The Unholy Three
as Professor Echo / Grandma O'Grady
1930 Movie
10.0
The Phantom of the Opera
as Erik
1929 Movie
Thunder
as Grumpy Anderson
1929 Movie
5.8
Where East Is East
as Tiger Haynes
1929 Movie