Lon Chaney
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1883-03-31
Place of Birth
Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
Lon Chaney
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.
Also Known For
The Phantom of the Opera
Jun 29, 1925
The Unknown
May 29, 1927
The Monster
Mar 16, 1925
Laugh, Clown, Laugh
Apr 14, 1928
A Blind Bargain
Dec 03, 1922
The Penalty
Aug 15, 1920
The Unholy Three
Jul 20, 1925
West of Zanzibar
Nov 24, 1928
He Who Gets Slapped
Dec 22, 1924
The Unholy Three
Jul 12, 1930
While Paris Sleeps
Jan 21, 1923
Damon and Pythias
Nov 23, 1914
The Horror Show
Feb 06, 1979
The Ace of Hearts
Sep 17, 1921
Fast Company
Apr 01, 1918
Bondage
Oct 17, 1917
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
Feb 20, 1974
Yesterday and Today
Dec 02, 1953
London After Midnight
Dec 03, 1927
Shadows
Nov 10, 1922
Poor Jake's Demise
Aug 16, 1913
Discord and Harmony
Mar 16, 1914
The End of the Feud
Apr 12, 1914
A Ranch Romance
Jul 08, 1914
The Stool Pigeon
Apr 19, 1915
The Measure of a Man
Jan 28, 1915
The Oyster Dredger
Jun 14, 1915
For Those We Love
Sep 01, 1921
A Man's Country
Jul 13, 1919
Quincy Adams Sawyer
Dec 04, 1922
Life in Hollywood No. 3
Aug 25, 1927
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Sep 06, 1923
The Road to Mandalay
Jun 26, 1926
Mockery
Aug 13, 1927
Mr. Wu
Mar 26, 1927
Alas and Alack
Oct 10, 1915
The Blackbird
Feb 13, 1926
The Wicked Darling
Dec 25, 1919
The Phantom of the Opera
Nov 27, 1929
The Scarlet Car
Dec 24, 1917
The Shock
Jun 10, 1923
The Light in the Dark
Sep 03, 1922
Outside the Law
Jan 06, 1921
Flesh and Blood
Aug 22, 1922
Where East Is East
May 04, 1929
The Many Faces of Dracula
Jan 01, 2000
While the City Sleeps
Feb 15, 1928
When Bearcat Went Dry
Nov 01, 1919
Victory
Dec 07, 1919
The Oubliette
Aug 14, 1914
By the Sun's Rays
Jul 21, 1914
The False Faces
Feb 15, 1919
Nomads of the North
Sep 25, 1920
The Trap
May 08, 1922
They Came from the Attic
May 10, 2022
Mabel and Bill Dumphy's visit with Hazel & Lon Chaney
Jan 01, 1928
The Restless Spirit
Oct 27, 1913
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
Aug 01, 2014
Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary
Sep 06, 1945
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
Jan 01, 1942
The Empty Gun
Sep 04, 1917
Tell It to the Marines
Dec 23, 1926
The Tower of Lies
Oct 10, 1925
The Kaiser, the Beast of Berlin
Jan 02, 1918
The House That Shadows Built
Jul 08, 1931
The Miracle Man
Aug 26, 1919
The Horror of It All
Feb 23, 1983
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
May 16, 2007
The Mark of Cain
Aug 06, 1916
The Millionaire Paupers
Oct 26, 1915
Oliver Twist
Oct 30, 1922
London After Midnight
Nov 01, 2002
Lon Chaney: Behind the Mask
Jan 01, 1995
Treasure Island
Jan 02, 1920
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
Apr 03, 2011
Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire
Oct 24, 2007
The Gift Supreme
Mar 30, 1920
The Forbidden Room
Jun 20, 1914
The Tragedy of Whispering Creek
May 01, 1914
The Adventures of Daredevil Jack
Jun 30, 1920
Back to Life
Nov 24, 1913
The Big City
Mar 23, 1928
Thunder
Jul 08, 1929
A Night of Thrills
Dec 13, 1914
The Sin of Olga Brandt
Jan 03, 1915
Voices of the City
Dec 01, 1921
Triumph
Sep 02, 1917
A Messenger from the Shadows (Notes on Film 06 A/Monologue 01)
Jan 01, 2013
Richelieu
Sep 26, 1914
All the Brothers Were Valiant
Jan 15, 1923
The Next Corner
Feb 18, 1924
Broadway Love
Jan 21, 1918
If My Country Should Call
Sep 25, 1916
The Place Beyond the Winds
Nov 06, 1916
A Mother's Atonement
Oct 17, 1915
Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces
Oct 24, 2000
Hell Morgan's Girl
Mar 05, 1917
Anything Once
Oct 08, 1917
Fires of Rebellion
Jul 02, 1917
Bobbie of the Ballet
Jun 12, 1916
The Piper's Price
Jan 08, 1917
The Grasp of Greed
Jul 17, 1916
The Gilded Spider
May 08, 1916
The Price of Silence
Dec 11, 1916
A Doll's House
Jun 11, 1917
A Broadway Scandal
Jun 01, 1918
The Rescue
Jul 23, 1917
The Flashlight
May 21, 1917
Danger, Go Slow
Dec 16, 1918
The Grand Passion
Jan 28, 1918
Pay Me!
Sep 01, 1917
The Girl in the Checkered Coat
Apr 23, 1917
Lon Chaney: Son of a Thousand Faces
Oct 25, 1995
Riddle Gawne
Aug 03, 1918
Paid in Advance
Sep 01, 1919
Nadie inquietó más
Oct 30, 2008
That Devil, Bateese
Sep 02, 1918
The Talk of the Town
Sep 28, 1918
Bits of Life
Sep 26, 1921
Tangled Hearts
Apr 02, 1916
The Grip of Jealousy
Feb 28, 1916
Universal Horror
Oct 08, 1998
Hollywood Story
Jun 01, 1951
Dolly's Scoop
Feb 20, 1916
The Higher Law
Sep 19, 1914
Virtue Its Own Reward
Oct 11, 1914
The Lion, the Lamb and the Man
Dec 06, 1914
The Fascination of the Fleur de Lis
Sep 26, 1915
Stronger Than Death
Dec 26, 1915
Father and the Boys
Dec 20, 1915