Acting credits
121
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Lon Chaney
Acting
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Movies: 122Series: 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: 6.68
Wikidata: Q312656
Also known as
Leonidas Frank Chaney • Man of a Thousand Faces • Лон Чейни • Lon Chaney Sr.
Other jobs
Makeup Artist (4)Writer (2)Story (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.
as The Phantom of the Opera (Archival Footage)
They Came from the Attic
2022 • Movie
as The Phantom / Quasimodo (archive footage)
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
2014 • Movie
A Messenger from the Shadows (Notes on Film 06 A/Monologue 01)
2013 • Movie
as Himself (archive footage)
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
2011 • Movie
as Various Roles (archive footage)
Nadie inquietó más
2008 • Movie
as Himself (archive footage)
Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire
2007 • Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
2007 • Movie
as Professor Edward C. Burke (archive footage)
London After Midnight
2002 • Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces
2000 • Movie
as Self (archive footage)
The Many Faces of Dracula
2000 • Movie
as (archive footage)
Universal Horror
1998 • Movie
as (archive footage)
Lon Chaney: Son of a Thousand Faces
1995 • Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Lon Chaney: Behind the Mask
1995 • Movie
as The Phantom (archive footage)
The Horror of It All
1983 • Movie
as (archive footage)
The Horror Show
1979 • Movie
as (archive footage)
Yesterday and Today
1953 • Movie
as The Phantom (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood Story
1951 • Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary
1945 • Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
1942 • Movie
as (archive footage)
The House That Shadows Built
1931 • Movie
as Professor Echo / Grandma O'Grady
The Unholy Three
1930 • Movie
as Erik
The Phantom of the Opera
1929 • Movie
as Grumpy Anderson
Thunder
1929 • Movie
as Tiger Haynes
Where East Is East
1929 • Movie