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