Lon Chaney Jr.

Known for: Acting

Born: 1906-02-10 – 1973-07-12 (aged 67)

From: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA

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.

Filmography (222)

MOVIE
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
2025
as Self - (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 10.0
Jack Pierce: The Man Who Made the Monsters
2015
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 7.5
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
2014
as The Wolf Man / Larry Talbot (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 7.0
Pure in Heart: The Life and Legacy of Lon Chaney, Jr.
2010
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 6.3
Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire
2007
as Himself (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 9.0
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
2007
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE
Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb
2007
as Hassan (archive footage)
MOVIE
Terror in the Tropics
2006
as Lyle Talbot (archive footage)
MOVIE
Monster Movie Trivia Quiz
2004
MOVIE★ 8.7
Heroes of Horror
2001
as (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 6.8
Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces
2000
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 6.8
The American Nightmare
2000
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.0
Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed
2000
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 3.5
The Many Faces of Dracula
2000
as Count Dracula (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 7.3
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
1999
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 7.1
Universal Horror
1998
as (archive footage)
MOVIE
The Wolfman's Cure
1998
as Lawrence Stewart Talbot / The Wolf Man
MOVIE★ 9.0
Lon Chaney: Son of a Thousand Faces
1995
as (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 8.5
Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld
1994
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 10.0
Dracula in the Movies
1992
as (archive footage)
MOVIE
Halloween Monster Bash
1991
as Butcher Benton (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 9.0
Wolfman Chronicles: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991
as Lawrence Talbot / The Wolf Man (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 9.5
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991
as Count Dracula / The Wolf Man (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 6.3
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991
as Lawrence Talbot / The Monster (archive footage)
MOVIE
Abbott and Costello in the Movies
1990
as Outtake
MOVIE★ 3.4
The Horror Show
1979
as (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 4.5
Dracula vs. Frankenstein
1971
as Groton
MOVIE★ 5.0
The Female Bunch
1971
as Monti
MOVIE★ 6.7
Fireball Jungle
1968
as Sammy
MOVIE★ 9.0
The Mummy's Ghost
1968
as Kharis, the mummy
MOVIE★ 5.5
Buckskin
1968
as Sheriff Tangley
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Movie Orgy
1968
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 6.9
Spider Baby
1967
as Bruno
MOVIE
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
1967
as Chief Eagle Shadow
MOVIE★ 2.8
Hillbillys in a Haunted House
1967
as Maximillian
MOVIE★ 5.3
Welcome to Hard Times
1967
as Avery
MOVIE★ 4.5
Dr. Terror's Gallery of Horrors
1967
as Dr. Mendell
TV★ 7.6
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
1966
TV★ 6.6
The Monkees
1966
as Lenny
MOVIE★ 6.5
Johnny Reno
1966
as Sheriff Hodges
MOVIE★ 7.7
The Wolfman
1966
as Larry Talbot
MOVIE★ 6.4
Apache Uprising
1965
as Charlie Russell
MOVIE★ 6.8
Town Tamer
1965
as Charlie Leach
MOVIE★ 6.3
Black Spurs
1965
as Kile
MOVIE★ 4.2
Face of the Screaming Werewolf
1965
as The Mummified Werewolf
MOVIE★ 4.1
House of the Black Death
1965
as Belial Desard
MOVIE★ 6.4
Stage to Thunder Rock
1964
as Henry Parker(as Lon Chaney)
MOVIE★ 5.6
Young Fury
1964
as Bartender
MOVIE★ 6.5
Law of the Lawless
1964
as Tiny
MOVIE★ 6.7
Witchcraft
1964
as Morgan Whitlock
MOVIE★ 9.0
The Long Rifle and the Tomahawk
1964
as Chingachcook
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Haunted Palace
1963
as Simon Orne
MOVIE
Lizard's Leg and Owlet's Wing
1962
MOVIE★ 4.7
The Devil's Messenger
1962
as Satan
TV★ 7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
MOVIE★ 9.0
Rebellion in Cuba
1961
as Gordo
MOVIE★ 9.0
The Phantom
1961
as Jed
TV★ 6.7
Route 66
1960
as Poppa Duplessis
TV★ 6.3
Surfside 6
1960
TV★ 6.7
Stagecoach West
1960
as Ben Wait
MOVIE★ 6.1
House of Terror
1960
as The Mummified Werewolf
TV★ 7.7
13 Demon Street
1959
as Host
TV★ 6.1
Adventures in Paradise
1959
as Trader One Arm
TV★ 5.9
Johnny Ringo
1959
as Ben Rafferty
TV★ 6.4
Lock-Up
1959
TV★ 6.5
The Deputy
1959
as Tom Arnold
MOVIE★ 5.6
The Alligator People
1959
as Manon
TV★ 7.2
Rawhide
1959
as Jesse Childress
TV★ 6.1
Bat Masterson
1958
as Rance Fletcher
TV★ 5.8
Lawman
1958
as Jess Bridges
MOVIE★ 5.8
Money, Women and Guns
1958
as Art Birdwell
TV★ 7.1
The Rifleman
1958
as Charlie Gordo
TV★ 6.0
The Texan
1958
as Wylie Ames
TV★ 7.0
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
as Sheriff Lon Paulson
MOVIE★ 7.1
The Defiant Ones
1958
as Big Sam
TV★ 6.8
Tombstone Territory
1957
as Ex-Marshal Daggett
TV★ 6.6
Wagon Train
1957
as Louis Roque
TV★ 7.3
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
as William Ceilbleu
MOVIE★ 4.5
The Cyclops
1957
as Martin 'Marty' Melville
TV★ 5.8
Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans
1957
as Chingachgook
MOVIE★ 10.0
Along the Mohawk Trail
1957
as Chingachgook
MOVIE★ 4.5
Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer
1956
as Blackfish
TV★ 6.2
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Michael Peters
MOVIE★ 6.7
Pardners
1956
as Whitey
MOVIE★ 6.2
The Black Sleep
1956
as Dr. Munroe, aka Mungo
TV★ 6.5
Telephone Time
1956
as Jules Samenian
MOVIE★ 4.4
Indestructible Man
1956
as Charles "Butcher" Benton
MOVIE★ 4.0
Manfish
1956
as Swede
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Indian Fighter
1955
as Chivington
MOVIE★ 6.2
I Died a Thousand Times
1955
as Big Mac
MOVIE★ 6.2
Not as a Stranger
1955
as Job Marsh
MOVIE★ 5.5
The Silver Star
1955
as John W. Harmon (as Lon Chaney)
MOVIE★ 6.6
Big House, U.S.A
1955
as Leonard M. 'Alamo' Smith
MOVIE★ 4.9
The Black Pirates
1954
as Padre Felipe
TV★ 3.8
Climax!
1954
as Frank Wiggins
MOVIE★ 5.4
Passion
1954
as Castro (as Lon Chaney)
TV★ 7.5
Studio 57
1954
as Jubal Pickett
TV
The Whistler
1954
MOVIE★ 4.8
The Big Chase
1954
as Henchman Kip (archive footage) (as Lon Chaney)
MOVIE★ 6.1
Casanova's Big Night
1954
as Emo, the Murderer
MOVIE★ 5.7
The Boy from Oklahoma
1954
as Crazy Charlie (as Lon Chaney)
MOVIE★ 5.2
Jivaro
1954
as Pedro Martines
MOVIE★ 5.4
A Lion Is in the Streets
1953
as Spurge McManamee
MOVIE★ 6.1
Raiders of the Seven Seas
1953
as Peg Leg (as Lon Chaney)
TV★ 6.8
General Electric Theater
1953
as Bucknell
MOVIE★ 5.7
Battles of Chief Pontiac
1952
as Chief Pontiac
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Black Castle
1952
as Gargon
MOVIE★ 6.4
Springfield Rifle
1952
as Pete Elm
TV★ 4.6
Cavalcade of America
1952
as Old Jeff Harris
MOVIE★ 7.7
High Noon
1952
as Martin Howe
MOVIE★ 6.7
Thief of Damascus
1952
as Sinbad (as Lon Chaney)
MOVIE★ 10.0
Frankenstein
1952
as The Monster
MOVIE★ 6.2
Flame of Araby
1951
as Borka Barbarossa
MOVIE★ 5.9
The Bushwhackers
1951
as Artemus Taylor
TV★ 7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Alaskan Trapper
MOVIE★ 4.8
Bride of the Gorilla
1951
as Commissioner Taro
TV★ 7.4
The Red Skelton Show
1951
as Sgt. Williams
MOVIE★ 6.2
Behave Yourself!
1951
as Pinky
TV★ 6.4
Tales of Tomorrow
1951
MOVIE★ 6.5
Only the Valiant
1951
as Trooper Kebussyan
MOVIE★ 4.9
Inside Straight
1951
as Shocker / Schockovitz Ninkovitch (as Lon Chaney)
TV★ 6.9
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
as Self - Frankenstein Monster
MOVIE★ 5.3
Once a Thief
1950
as Gus (as Lon Chaney)
MOVIE★ 5.5
Captain China
1950
as Red Lynch
MOVIE★ 7.0
There's a Girl in My Heart
1949
as Johnny Colton
MOVIE★ 7.5
Kitchen Mechanics
1949
as Johnson (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 8.0
Fun on the Run
1949
as Johnson
MOVIE★ 5.6
16 Fathoms Deep
1948
as Mr. Demitri (as Lon Chaney)
TV★ 6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.1
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
1948
as The Wolfman
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Counterfeiters
1948
as Louie Struber
MOVIE★ 6.8
Albuquerque
1948
as Steve Murkill
MOVIE
Oysters and Muscles
1948
as Strangler Johnson
MOVIE★ 6.6
My Favorite Brunette
1947
as Willie
MOVIE★ 4.2
Desert Command
1946
as Lt. Armand Corday
MOVIE★ 6.7
Pillow of Death
1945
as Wayne Fletcher
MOVIE★ 5.5
House of Dracula
1945
as Lawrence Stewart Talbot
MOVIE★ 5.0
The Daltons Ride Again
1945
as Grat Dalton
MOVIE★ 6.9
Strange Confession
1945
as Jeff Carter
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Frozen Ghost
1945
as Alex Gregor, aka Gregor the Great
MOVIE★ 5.8
Here Come the Co-Eds
1945
as Johnson
MOVIE★ 5.5
The Mummy's Curse
1944
as Kharis
MOVIE★ 6.0
House of Frankenstein
1944
as Lawrence 'Larry' Talbot (aka The Wolf Man)
MOVIE★ 6.6
Dead Man's Eyes
1944
as David Stuart
MOVIE★ 5.6
The Mummy's Ghost
1944
as Kharis
MOVIE★ 6.1
Ghost Catchers
1944
as Bear
MOVIE★ 5.4
Cobra Woman
1944
as Hava
MOVIE★ 5.7
Follow the Boys
1944
as Lon Chaney Jr. (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.0
Weird Woman
1944
as Prof. Norman Reed
MOVIE★ 6.4
Calling Dr. Death
1943
as Dr. Mark Steel
MOVIE★ 5.8
Son of Dracula
1943
as Count Dracula, alias Count Alucard
MOVIE★ 6.0
Crazy House
1943
as Cameo Appearance
MOVIE★ 7.0
Frontier Badmen
1943
as Chango
MOVIE★ 6.2
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
1943
as Lawrence 'Larry' Stewart Talbot / The Wolf Man
MOVIE★ 10.0
What We Are Fighting For
1943
as Bill Wallace
MOVIE★ 5.5
The Mummy's Tomb
1942
as The Mummy - Kharis
MOVIE★ 5.6
Eyes of the Underworld
1942
as Benny
MOVIE★ 10.0
Overland Mail
1942
as Jim Lane
MOVIE★ 5.8
The Ghost of Frankenstein
1942
as The Frankenstein Monster
MOVIE★ 7.1
North to the Klondike
1942
as Nate Carson
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Wolf Man
1941
as Larry Talbot / The Wolf Man
MOVIE★ 6.0
Badlands of Dakota
1941
as Jack McCall
MOVIE★ 8.0
Too Many Blondes
1941
as Marvin Gimble
MOVIE★ 6.8
Riders of Death Valley
1941
as Henchman Butch
MOVIE★ 7.0
San Antonio Rose
1941
as Jigsaw Kennedy
MOVIE★ 5.3
Billy the Kid
1941
as 'Spike' Hudson
MOVIE★ 6.2
Man-Made Monster
1941
as Dan McCormick
MOVIE★ 6.4
North West Mounted Police
1940
as Shorty
MOVIE★ 5.9
One Million B.C.
1940
as Akhoba
MOVIE★ 7.3
Of Mice and Men
1939
as Lennie Small
MOVIE★ 6.5
City in Darkness
1939
as Pierre
MOVIE★ 6.3
Frontier Marshal
1939
as Pringle
MOVIE★ 6.7
Union Pacific
1939
as Dollarhide
MOVIE★ 6.5
Jesse James
1939
as One Of James Gang
MOVIE★ 10.0
Road Demon
1938
as Bud Casey
MOVIE★ 6.7
Submarine Patrol
1938
as Marine Sentry
MOVIE★ 7.0
Straight, Place and Show
1938
as Martin
MOVIE★ 7.0
Passport Husband
1938
as Bull
MOVIE★ 7.5
Speed to Burn
1938
as Racetrack Mug
MOVIE★ 7.2
Josette
1938
as Boatman
MOVIE★ 6.8
Alexander's Ragtime Band
1938
as Photographer
MOVIE★ 6.4
Mr. Moto's Gamble
1938
as Joey
MOVIE★ 6.8
Walking Down Broadway
1938
as Delivery Man
MOVIE★ 6.8
Sally, Irene and Mary
1938
as Policeman
MOVIE★ 6.5
City Girl
1938
as Gangster (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 10.0
Love and Hisses
1937
as Attendant
MOVIE★ 8.0
Life Begins in College
1937
as Gilks
MOVIE★ 7.1
Charlie Chan on Broadway
1937
as Desk Reporter
MOVIE★ 7.0
Wife, Doctor and Nurse
1937
as Scott, the Chauffeur
MOVIE★ 6.6
One Mile from Heaven
1937
as Policeman
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Lady Escapes
1937
as Reporter (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 10.0
Wild and Woolly
1937
as Dutch
MOVIE★ 5.4
Born Reckless
1937
as Garage Mechanic
MOVIE★ 5.1
Slave Ship
1937
as Laborer Killed at Launching
MOVIE★ 6.0
Angel's Holiday
1937
as Eddie
MOVIE★ 7.3
This Is My Affair
1937
as Federal Agent in Baltimore Bank
MOVIE★ 7.3
Secret Agent X-9
1937
as Maroni
MOVIE★ 6.2
Midnight Taxi
1937
as Detective Erickson
MOVIE★ 6.0
Cheyenne Rides Again
1937
as Girard
MOVIE★ 7.5
The Old Corral
1936
as Garland - Simms partner
MOVIE★ 7.0
Rose Bowl
1936
as Sierra Football Player
MOVIE★ 8.0
Killer at Large
1936
as Second Coffin Man
MOVIE★ 7.0
Ace Drummond
1936
as Henchman Ivan
MOVIE★ 4.5
Sharad of Atlantis
1936
as Capt. Hakur
MOVIE★ 4.5
The Singing Cowboy
1936
as Martin
MOVIE★ 5.6
The Shadow of Silk Lennox
1935
as John Arthur 'Silk' Lennox
MOVIE★ 6.7
Accent on Youth
1935
as Chuck
MOVIE★ 5.0
A Scream in the Night
1935
as Jack Wilson / Butch Curtain
MOVIE★ 6.0
Captain Hurricane
1935
as Dave
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Marriage Bargain
1935
as Bob Gordon
MOVIE★ 4.8
Girl o' My Dreams
1934
as Don Cooper
MOVIE★ 5.7
The Life of Vergie Winters
1934
as Hugo McQueen
MOVIE★ 4.0
Sixteen Fathoms Deep
1934
as Joe Bethel
MOVIE★ 7.3
Son of the Border
1933
as Jack Breen
MOVIE★ 5.7
The Three Musketeers
1933
as Lt. Armand Corday
MOVIE★ 5.6
Scarlet River
1933
as Jeff Todd (as Creighton Chaney)
MOVIE★ 6.4
Lucky Devils
1933
as Frankie
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Last Frontier
1932
as Tom Kirby, aka The Black Ghost
MOVIE★ 5.0
Bird of Paradise
1932
as Thornton
MOVIE★ 4.7
The Galloping Ghost
1931
as Henchman
MOVIE
Mabel and Bill Dumphy's visit with Hazel & Lon Chaney
1928
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.8
The Trap
1922
as Boy in Crowd Behind Gaspard (uncredited)