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