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Known For
Acting
Birthday
March 31, 1883
Died
August 26, 1930
Place of Birth
Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
Also Known As
- Leonidas Frank Chaney
- Man of a Thousand Faces
- Лон Чейни
- Lon Chaney Sr.
Lon Chaney
0.6 Popularity
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". Description above from the Wikipedia article Lon Chaney, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
9.0
The Phantom of the Opera (Archival Footage)
They Came from the Attic
2022
7.5
The Phantom / Quasimodo (archive footage)
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
2014
0.0
A Messenger from the Shadows (Notes on Film 06 A/Monologue 01)
2013
9.0
Himself (archive footage)
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
2011
7.0
Various Roles (archive footage)
Nadie inquietó más
2008
6.3
Himself (archive footage)
Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire
2007
9.0
Self (archive footage)
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
2007
6.9
Professor Edward C. Burke (archive footage)
London After Midnight
2002
6.5
Self (archive footage)
Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces
2000
3.5
Self (archive footage)
The Many Faces of Dracula
2000
Credits
They Came from the Attic
as The Phantom of the Opera (Archival Footage)
2022
9.0
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
as The Phantom / Quasimodo (archive footage)
2014
7.5
A Messenger from the Shadows (Notes on Film 06 A/Monologue 01)
2013
0.0
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
as Himself (archive footage)
2011
9.0
Nadie inquietó más
as Various Roles (archive footage)
2008
7.0
Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire
as Himself (archive footage)
2007
6.3
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
as Self (archive footage)
2007
9.0
London After Midnight
as Professor Edward C. Burke (archive footage)
2002
6.9
Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces
as Self (archive footage)
2000
6.5
The Many Faces of Dracula
as Self (archive footage)
2000
3.5
Universal Horror
as (archive footage)
1998
7.1
Lon Chaney: Son of a Thousand Faces
as (archive footage)
1995
9.0
Lon Chaney: Behind the Mask
as Self (archive footage)
1995
8.0
The Horror of It All
as The Phantom (archive footage)
1983
8.0
The Horror Show
as (archive footage)
1979
3.8
🎬
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
as Self (archive footage)
1974
7.7
Yesterday and Today
as (archive footage)
1953
0.0
Hollywood Story
as The Phantom (archive footage) (uncredited)
1951
6.6
Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary
as Self (archive footage)
1945
0.0
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
as Self (archive footage)
1942
0.0
The House That Shadows Built
as (archive footage)
1931
7.0
The Unholy Three
as Professor Echo / Grandma O'Grady
1930
5.6
The Phantom of the Opera
as Erik
1929
10.0
Thunder
as Grumpy Anderson
1929
0.0
Where East Is East
as Tiger Haynes
1929
5.8
West of Zanzibar
as Phroso 'Dead-Legs'
1928
6.8
Laugh, Clown, Laugh
as Tito Beppi
1928
7.3
The Big City
as Chuck Collins
1928
0.0
While the City Sleeps
as Dan Coghlan
1928
5.9
Mabel and Bill Dumphy's visit with Hazel & Lon Chaney
as Self
1928
0.0
London After Midnight
as Professor Edward C. Burke
1927
6.5
Life in Hollywood No. 3
as Self
1927
0.0
Mockery
as Sergei
1927
6.7
The Unknown
as Alonzo
1927
7.5
Mr. Wu
as Mr. Wu / Wu's Grandfather
1927
5.7
Tell It to the Marines
as Sergeant O'Hara
1926
6.4
The Road to Mandalay
as Singapore Joe
1926
6.1
The Blackbird
as Dan - The Blackbird / The Bishop
1926
6.3
The Tower of Lies
as Jan
1925
0.0
The Unholy Three
as Professor Echo / Granny O'Grady
1925
6.7
The Phantom of the Opera
as Erik, The Phantom
1925
7.1
The Monster
as Dr. Ziska
1925
5.6
He Who Gets Slapped
as Paul Beaumont
1924
7.6
The Next Corner
as Juan Serafin
1924
0.0
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
as Quasimodo
1923
6.5
The Shock
as Wilse Dilling
1923
5.1
While Paris Sleeps
as Henri Santodos
1923
0.0
All the Brothers Were Valiant
as Mark Shore
1923
0.0
Quincy Adams Sawyer
as Obadiah Strout
1922
0.0
A Blind Bargain
as Dr. Arthur Lamb / The Ape Man
1922
6.0
Shadows
as Yen Sin
1922
6.2
Oliver Twist
as Fagin
1922
6.3
The Light in the Dark
as Tony Pantelli
1922
5.5
Flesh and Blood
as David Webster
1922
5.9
The Trap
as Gaspard the Good
1922
5.2
Voices of the City
as O'Rourke
1921
0.0
Bits of Life
as Chin Chow
1921
0.0
The Ace of Hearts
as Farallone
1921
6.5
For Those We Love
as Trix Ulner
1921
0.0
Outside the Law
as Ah Wing / 'Black Mike' Sylva
1921
5.9
Nomads of the North
as Raoul Challoner
1920
5.5
The Penalty
as Blizzard
1920
6.9
The Adventures of Daredevil Jack
as Royce Rivers
1920
0.0
The Gift Supreme
as Merney Stagg
1920
0.0
Treasure Island
as Blind Pew / Merry
1920
0.0
The Wicked Darling
as Stoop Connors
1919
5.2
Victory
as Ricardo
1919
5.8
When Bearcat Went Dry
as Kindard Powers
1919
0.0
Paid in Advance
as Bateese Le Blanc
1919
0.0
The Miracle Man
as The Frog
1919
4.5
A Man's Country
as 'Three Card' Duncan
1919
0.0
The False Faces
as Karl Eckstrom
1919
5.0
Danger, Go Slow
as Bud
1918
0.0
The Talk of the Town
as Jack Langhorne
1918
1.0
That Devil, Bateese
as Louis Courteau
1918
0.0
Riddle Gawne
as Hame Bozzam
1918
0.0
A Broadway Scandal
as 'Kink' Colby
1918
0.0
Fast Company
as Dan McCarty
1918
0.0
The Grand Passion
as Paul Argos
1918
1.0
Broadway Love
as Elmer Watkins
1918
5.1
The Kaiser, the Beast of Berlin
as Bethmann-Hollweg
1918
0.0
The Scarlet Car
as Paul Revere Forbes
1917
4.5
Bondage
as Seducer (uncredited)
1917
0.0
Anything Once
as Waughnt Moore
1917
0.0
🎬
The Empty Gun
as Frank
1917
0.0
Triumph
as Paul Neihoff
1917
0.0
Pay Me!
as Joe Lawson
1917
0.0
The Rescue
as Thomas Holland
1917
0.0
Fires of Rebellion
as Russell Hanlon
1917
0.0
A Doll's House
as Nils Krogstad
1917
0.0
🎬
The Flashlight
as Henry Norton / Porter Brixton
1917
0.0
The Girl in the Checkered Coat
as Hector Maitland
1917
0.0
Hell Morgan's Girl
as Sleter Noble
1917
0.0
The Piper's Price
as Billy Kilmartin
1917
0.0
The Price of Silence
as Edmond Stafford
1916
0.0
The Place Beyond the Winds
as Jerry Jo
1916
6.0
If My Country Should Call
as Dr. George Ardrath
1916
6.5
The Mark of Cain
as Dick Temple
1916
0.0
The Grasp of Greed
as Jimmie
1916
0.0
Bobbie of the Ballet
as Hook Hoover
1916
0.0
The Gilded Spider
as Giovanni
1916
9.5
Tangled Hearts
as John Hammond
1916
0.0
The Grip of Jealousy
as Silas Lacey
1916
0.0
Dolly's Scoop
as Dan Fisher
1916
0.0
🎬
Stronger Than Death
as Attorney
1915
0.0
Father and the Boys
as Tuck Bartholomew
1915
0.0
The Millionaire Paupers
as Landlord
1915
0.0
A Mother's Atonement
as Ben
1915
5.5
Alas and Alack
as The Fisherman and Hunchback Fate
1915
5.4
The Fascination of the Fleur de Lis
as The Duke of Safoulrug
1915
0.0
The Oyster Dredger
1915
0.0
🎬
The Stool Pigeon
1915
0.0
🎬
The Measure of a Man
as Donald MacDermott
1915
0.0
🎬
The Sin of Olga Brandt
as Stephen Leslie
1915
0.0
🎬
A Night of Thrills
as The Visitor
1914
0.0
The Lion, the Lamb and the Man
as Fred Brown, the Lion
1914
0.0
Damon and Pythias
as Wild Man (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
1914
5.0
Virtue Its Own Reward
as Duncan Bronson
1914
0.0
Richelieu
as Baradas
1914
0.0
🎬
The Higher Law
as Sir Stephen Fitz Allen
1914
0.0
The Oubliette
as Chevalier Bertrand de la Payne
1914
3.3
By the Sun's Rays
as Frank Lawler, the Clerk
1914
4.8
🎬
A Ranch Romance
as Raphael Praz
1914
0.0
The Forbidden Room
as John Morris
1914
0.0
The Tragedy of Whispering Creek
as The Greaser
1914
0.0
🎬
The End of the Feud
as Wood Dawson
1914
0.0
Discord and Harmony
as Lon - the Sculptor
1914
0.0
Back to Life
as The Rival
1913
0.0
The Restless Spirit
as The Russian Count (uncredited)
1913
0.0
Poor Jake's Demise
as The Dude
1913
0.0
🎬
The Honor of the Family
N/A
0.0