Lon Chaney Jr.

Lon Chaney Jr.

Known for
Acting
Born
February 10, 1906
Died
July 12, 1973 (aged 67)
Birthplace
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA

Biography

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

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Filmography

2025
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies poster

Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2015
Jack Pierce: The Man Who Made the Monsters poster

Jack Pierce: The Man Who Made the Monsters

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2014
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film poster

Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film

Movie · as The Wolf Man / Larry Talbot (archive footage)

2010
Pure in Heart: The Life and Legacy of Lon Chaney, Jr. poster

Pure in Heart: The Life and Legacy of Lon Chaney, Jr.

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2009
Producing Schlock: The Career of Al Adamson poster

Producing Schlock: The Career of Al Adamson

Movie · as Groton (archive footage)

2007
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman poster

Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2007
Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire poster

Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire

Movie · as Himself (archive footage)

2007
Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb poster

Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb

Movie · as Hassan (archive footage)

2006
Terror in the Tropics poster

Terror in the Tropics

Movie · as Lyle Talbot (archive footage)

2004
Monster Movie Trivia Quiz poster

Monster Movie Trivia Quiz

Movie

2001
Heroes of Horror

Heroes of Horror

Movie · as (archive footage)

2000
The American Nightmare poster

The American Nightmare

Movie · as Self

2000
Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed poster

Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2000
The Many Faces of Dracula poster

The Many Faces of Dracula

Movie · as Count Dracula (archive footage)

2000
Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces poster

Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1999
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man' poster

Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1998
Universal Horror poster

Universal Horror

Movie · as (archive footage)

1995
Lon Chaney: Son of a Thousand Faces poster

Lon Chaney: Son of a Thousand Faces

Movie · as (archive footage)

1994
Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld poster

Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1992
Dracula in the Movies poster

Dracula in the Movies

Movie · as (archive footage)

1991
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook poster

Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook

Movie · as Count Dracula / The Wolf Man (archive footage)

1991
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook

Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook

Movie · as Lawrence Talbot / The Monster (archive footage)

1991
Wolfman Chronicles: A Cinematic Scrapbook poster

Wolfman Chronicles: A Cinematic Scrapbook

Movie · as Lawrence Talbot / The Wolf Man (archive footage)

1991
Halloween Monster Bash poster

Halloween Monster Bash

Movie · as Butcher Benton (archive footage)

1990
Abbott and Costello in the Movies poster

Abbott and Costello in the Movies

Movie · as Outtake

1979
The Horror Show poster

The Horror Show

Movie · as (archive footage)

1971
Dracula vs. Frankenstein poster

Dracula vs. Frankenstein

Movie · as Groton

1971
The Female Bunch poster

The Female Bunch

Movie · as Monti

1968
The Movie Orgy poster

The Movie Orgy

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1968
Buckskin poster

Buckskin

Movie · as Sheriff Tangley

1968
Fireball Jungle poster

Fireball Jungle

Movie · as Sammy

1968
The Mummy's Ghost poster

The Mummy's Ghost

Movie · as Kharis, the mummy

1967
Spider Baby poster

Spider Baby

Movie · as Bruno

1967
Dr. Terror's Gallery of Horrors poster

Dr. Terror's Gallery of Horrors

Movie · as Dr. Mendell

1967
Hillbillys in a Haunted House poster

Hillbillys in a Haunted House

Movie · as Maximillian

1967
Pistols 'n' Petticoats poster

Pistols 'n' Petticoats

Movie · as Chief Eagle Shadow

1967
Welcome to Hard Times poster

Welcome to Hard Times

Movie · as Avery

1966
Johnny Reno poster

Johnny Reno

Movie · as Sheriff Hodges

1966
Pistols 'n' Petticoats poster

Pistols 'n' Petticoats

TV · as Chief Eagle Shadow · 2 eps

1966
The Monkees poster

The Monkees

TV · as Lenny · 1 ep

1965
House of the Black Death poster

House of the Black Death

Movie · as Belial Desard

1965
Face of the Screaming Werewolf poster

Face of the Screaming Werewolf

Movie · as The Mummified Werewolf

1965
Apache Uprising poster

Apache Uprising

Movie · as Charlie Russell

1965
Black Spurs poster

Black Spurs

Movie · as Kile

1965
Town Tamer poster

Town Tamer

Movie · as Charlie Leach

1964
Witchcraft poster

Witchcraft

Movie · as Morgan Whitlock

1964
Young Fury poster

Young Fury

Movie · as Bartender

1964
Stage to Thunder Rock poster

Stage to Thunder Rock

Movie · as Henry Parker(as Lon Chaney)

1964
Law of the Lawless poster

Law of the Lawless

Movie · as Tiny

1964
The Long Rifle and the Tomahawk poster

The Long Rifle and the Tomahawk

Movie · as Chingachcook

1963
The Haunted Palace poster

The Haunted Palace

Movie · as Simon Orne

1962
The Devil's Messenger poster

The Devil's Messenger

Movie · as Satan

1962
Lizard's Leg and Owlet's Wing poster

Lizard's Leg and Owlet's Wing

Movie

1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson poster

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1961
The Phantom poster

The Phantom

Movie · as Jed

1961
Rebellion in Cuba poster

Rebellion in Cuba

Movie · as Gordo

1960
House of Terror poster

House of Terror

Movie · as The Mummified Werewolf

1960
Route 66 poster

Route 66

TV · as Poppa Duplessis, Colby, Lon Chaney · 1 ep

1960
Surfside 6 poster

Surfside 6

TV · 1 ep

1960
Stagecoach West poster

Stagecoach West

TV · as Ben Wait · 1 ep

1959
The Alligator People poster

The Alligator People

Movie · as Manon

1959
Rawhide poster

Rawhide

TV · as Jesse Childress, Rock · 1 ep

1959
Adventures in Paradise poster

Adventures in Paradise

TV · as Trader One Arm · 1 ep

1959
Lock-Up poster

Lock-Up

TV · 1 ep

1959
Johnny Ringo poster

Johnny Ringo

TV · as Ben Rafferty · 1 ep

1959
13 Demon Street poster

13 Demon Street

TV · as Host · 13 eps

1959
The Deputy poster

The Deputy

TV · as Tom Arnold · 1 ep

1958
The Defiant Ones poster

The Defiant Ones

Movie · as Big Sam

1958
Money, Women and Guns poster

Money, Women and Guns

Movie · as Art Birdwell

1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive poster

Wanted: Dead or Alive

TV · as Sheriff Lon Paulson · 1 ep

1958
Bat Masterson poster

Bat Masterson

TV · as Rance Fletcher · 1 ep

1958
The Texan poster

The Texan

TV · as Wylie Ames · 1 ep

1958
The Rifleman poster

The Rifleman

TV · as Charlie Gordo · 1 ep

1958
Lawman poster

Lawman

TV · as Jess Bridges · 1 ep

1957
The Cyclops poster

The Cyclops

Movie · as Martin 'Marty' Melville

1957
Along the Mohawk Trail poster

Along the Mohawk Trail

Movie · as Chingachgook

1957
The Pathfinder and the Mohican

The Pathfinder and the Mohican

Movie · as Chingachgook

1957
The Redmen and the Renegades

The Redmen and the Renegades

Movie · as Chingachgook

1957
Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans poster

Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans

TV · as Chingachgook · 39 eps

1957
Tombstone Territory poster

Tombstone Territory

TV · as Ex-Marshal Daggett · 1 ep

1957
Wagon Train poster

Wagon Train

TV · as Louis Roque, Carstairs · 1 ep

1957
Have Gun, Will Travel poster

Have Gun, Will Travel

TV · as William Ceilbleu, O'Connor - Inmate · 1 ep

1956
Pardners poster

Pardners

Movie · as Whitey

1956
The Black Sleep poster

The Black Sleep

Movie · as Dr. Munroe, aka Mungo

1956
Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer poster

Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer

Movie · as Blackfish

1956
Indestructible Man poster

Indestructible Man

Movie · as Charles "Butcher" Benton

1956
Manfish poster

Manfish

Movie · as Swede

1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre poster

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

TV · as Michael Peters · 1 ep

1956
Telephone Time poster

Telephone Time

TV · as Jules Samenian · 1 ep

1955
I Died a Thousand Times poster

I Died a Thousand Times

Movie · as Big Mac

1955
Big House, U.S.A poster

Big House, U.S.A

Movie · as Leonard M. 'Alamo' Smith

1955
Not as a Stranger poster

Not as a Stranger

Movie · as Job Marsh

1955
The Indian Fighter poster

The Indian Fighter

Movie · as Chivington

1955
The Silver Star poster

The Silver Star

Movie · as John W. Harmon (as Lon Chaney)

1954
Casanova's Big Night poster

Casanova's Big Night

Movie · as Emo, the Murderer

1954
The Big Chase poster

The Big Chase

Movie · as Henchman Kip (archive footage) (as Lon Chaney)

1954
Passion poster

Passion

Movie · as Castro (as Lon Chaney)

1954
Jivaro poster

Jivaro

Movie · as Pedro Martines

1954
The Boy from Oklahoma poster

The Boy from Oklahoma

Movie · as Crazy Charlie (as Lon Chaney)

1954
The Black Pirates poster

The Black Pirates

Movie · as Padre Felipe

1954
Climax! poster

Climax!

TV · as Frank Wiggins, Old Man Hawley · 1 ep

1954
The Whistler poster

The Whistler

TV · 1 ep

1954
Studio 57 poster

Studio 57

TV · as Jubal Pickett · 1 ep

1953
A Lion Is in the Streets poster

A Lion Is in the Streets

Movie · as Spurge McManamee

1953
Raiders of the Seven Seas poster

Raiders of the Seven Seas

Movie · as Peg Leg (as Lon Chaney)

1953
General Electric Theater poster

General Electric Theater

TV · as Bucknell · 1 ep

1952
High Noon poster

High Noon

Movie · as Martin Howe

1952
The Black Castle poster

The Black Castle

Movie · as Gargon

1952
Springfield Rifle poster

Springfield Rifle

Movie · as Pete Elm

1952
Thief of Damascus poster

Thief of Damascus

Movie · as Sinbad (as Lon Chaney)

1952
Battles of Chief Pontiac poster

Battles of Chief Pontiac

Movie · as Chief Pontiac

1952
Frankenstein poster

Frankenstein

Movie · as The Monster

1952
Cavalcade of America poster

Cavalcade of America

TV · as Old Jeff Harris, Zeke Wells · 1 ep

1951
Bride of the Gorilla poster

Bride of the Gorilla

Movie · as Commissioner Taro

1951
Only the Valiant poster

Only the Valiant

Movie · as Trooper Kebussyan

1951
Behave Yourself! poster

Behave Yourself!

Movie · as Pinky

1951
Inside Straight poster

Inside Straight

Movie · as Shocker / Schockovitz Ninkovitch (as Lon Chaney)

1951
The Bushwhackers poster

The Bushwhackers

Movie · as Artemus Taylor

1951
Flame of Araby poster

Flame of Araby

Movie · as Borka Barbarossa

1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars poster

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

TV · as Alaskan Trapper · 1 ep

1951
Tales of Tomorrow poster

Tales of Tomorrow

TV · 1 ep

1951
The Red Skelton Show poster

The Red Skelton Show

TV · as Sgt. Williams, George, Lon Chaney, Mad Scientist, Ug · 1 ep

1950
Once a Thief poster

Once a Thief

Movie · as Gus (as Lon Chaney)

1950
Captain China poster

Captain China

Movie · as Red Lynch

1950
The Colgate Comedy Hour poster

The Colgate Comedy Hour

TV · as Self - Frankenstein Monster · 1 ep

1949
Kitchen Mechanics poster

Kitchen Mechanics

Movie · as Johnson (archive footage)

1949
Fun on the Run

Fun on the Run

Movie · as Johnson

1949
There's a Girl in My Heart poster

There's a Girl in My Heart

Movie · as Johnny Colton

1948
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein poster

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein

Movie · as Larry Talbot / The Wolf Man

1948
Albuquerque poster

Albuquerque

Movie · as Steve Murkill

1948
16 Fathoms Deep poster

16 Fathoms Deep

Movie · as Mr. Demitri (as Lon Chaney)

1948
The Counterfeiters poster

The Counterfeiters

Movie · as Louie Struber

1948
Oysters and Muscles

Oysters and Muscles

Movie · as Strangler Johnson

1948
The Ed Sullivan Show poster

The Ed Sullivan Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1947
My Favorite Brunette poster

My Favorite Brunette

Movie · as Willie

1946
Desert Command poster

Desert Command

Movie · as Lt. Armand Corday

1945
House of Dracula poster

House of Dracula

Movie · as Larry Talbot / The Wolf Man

1945
Here Come the Co-Eds poster

Here Come the Co-Eds

Movie · as Johnson

1945
Strange Confession poster

Strange Confession

Movie · as Jeff Carter

1945
Pillow of Death poster

Pillow of Death

Movie · as Wayne Fletcher

1945
The Frozen Ghost poster

The Frozen Ghost

Movie · as Alex Gregor, aka Gregor the Great

1945
The Daltons Ride Again poster

The Daltons Ride Again

Movie · as Grat Dalton

1944
House of Frankenstein poster

House of Frankenstein

Movie · as Larry Talbot / The Wolf Man

1944
Follow the Boys poster

Follow the Boys

Movie · as Lon Chaney Jr. (uncredited)

1944
The Mummy's Curse poster

The Mummy's Curse

Movie · as Kharis

1944
The Mummy's Ghost poster

The Mummy's Ghost

Movie · as Kharis

1944
Dead Man's Eyes poster

Dead Man's Eyes

Movie · as David Stuart

1944
Weird Woman poster

Weird Woman

Movie · as Prof. Norman Reed

1944
Cobra Woman poster

Cobra Woman

Movie · as Hava

1944
Ghost Catchers poster

Ghost Catchers

Movie · as Bear

1943
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man poster

Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man

Movie · as Larry Talbot / The Wolf Man

1943
Son of Dracula poster

Son of Dracula

Movie · as Count Dracula, alias Count Alucard

1943
Crazy House poster

Crazy House

Movie · as Cameo Appearance

1943
Calling Dr. Death poster

Calling Dr. Death

Movie · as Dr. Mark Steel

1943
Frontier Badmen poster

Frontier Badmen

Movie · as Chango

1943
What We Are Fighting For

What We Are Fighting For

Movie · as Bill Wallace

1942
The Ghost of Frankenstein poster

The Ghost of Frankenstein

Movie · as The Frankenstein Monster

1942
The Mummy's Tomb poster

The Mummy's Tomb

Movie · as The Mummy - Kharis

1942
Eyes of the Underworld poster

Eyes of the Underworld

Movie · as Benny

1942
North to the Klondike poster

North to the Klondike

Movie · as Nate Carson

1942
Overland Mail poster

Overland Mail

Movie · as Jim Lane

1941
The Wolf Man poster

The Wolf Man

Movie · as Larry Talbot / The Wolf Man

1941
Man-Made Monster poster

Man-Made Monster

Movie · as Dan McCormick

1941
Badlands of Dakota poster

Badlands of Dakota

Movie · as Jack McCall

1941
San Antonio Rose poster

San Antonio Rose

Movie · as Jigsaw Kennedy

1941
Billy the Kid poster

Billy the Kid

Movie · as 'Spike' Hudson

1941
Riders of Death Valley poster

Riders of Death Valley

Movie · as Henchman Butch

1941
Too Many Blondes

Too Many Blondes

Movie · as Marvin Gimble

1940
One Million B.C. poster

One Million B.C.

Movie · as Akhoba

1940
North West Mounted Police poster

North West Mounted Police

Movie · as Shorty

1939
City in Darkness poster

City in Darkness

Movie · as Pierre

1939
Of Mice and Men poster

Of Mice and Men

Movie · as Lennie Small

1939
Frontier Marshal poster

Frontier Marshal

Movie · as Pringle

1939
Jesse James poster

Jesse James

Movie · as One Of James Gang

1939
Union Pacific poster

Union Pacific

Movie · as Dollarhide

1938
Alexander's Ragtime Band poster

Alexander's Ragtime Band

Movie · as Photographer

1938
Sally, Irene and Mary poster

Sally, Irene and Mary

Movie · as Policeman

1938
Passport Husband poster

Passport Husband

Movie · as Bull

1938
Josette poster

Josette

Movie · as Boatman

1938
Road Demon

Road Demon

Movie · as Bud Casey

1938
Submarine Patrol poster

Submarine Patrol

Movie · as Marine Sentry

1938
Walking Down Broadway poster

Walking Down Broadway

Movie · as Delivery Man

1938
Straight, Place and Show poster

Straight, Place and Show

Movie · as Martin

1938
Speed to Burn poster

Speed to Burn

Movie · as Racetrack Mug

1938
Mr. Moto's Gamble poster

Mr. Moto's Gamble

Movie · as Joey

1938
City Girl poster

City Girl

Movie · as Gangster (uncredited)

1937
Angel's Holiday poster

Angel's Holiday

Movie · as Eddie

1937
Charlie Chan on Broadway poster

Charlie Chan on Broadway

Movie · as Desk Reporter

1937
Secret Agent X-9 poster

Secret Agent X-9

Movie · as Maroni

1937
Wife, Doctor and Nurse poster

Wife, Doctor and Nurse

Movie · as Scott, the Chauffeur

1937
Midnight Taxi poster

Midnight Taxi

Movie · as Detective Erickson

1937
Love and Hisses poster

Love and Hisses

Movie · as Attendant

1937
The Lady Escapes poster

The Lady Escapes

Movie · as Reporter (uncredited)

1937
Life Begins in College poster

Life Begins in College

Movie · as Gilks

1937
This Is My Affair poster

This Is My Affair

Movie · as Federal Agent in Baltimore Bank

1937
Cheyenne Rides Again poster

Cheyenne Rides Again

Movie · as Girard

1937
One Mile from Heaven poster

One Mile from Heaven

Movie · as Policeman

1937
Born Reckless poster

Born Reckless

Movie · as Garage Mechanic

1937
Slave Ship poster

Slave Ship

Movie · as Laborer Killed at Launching

1937
Wild and Woolly poster

Wild and Woolly

Movie · as Dutch

1936
The Old Corral poster

The Old Corral

Movie · as Garland - Simms partner

1936
The Singing Cowboy poster

The Singing Cowboy

Movie · as Martin

1936
Ace Drummond poster

Ace Drummond

Movie · as Henchman Ivan

1936
Rose Bowl poster

Rose Bowl

Movie · as Sierra Football Player

1936
Sharad of Atlantis poster

Sharad of Atlantis

Movie · as Capt. Hakur

1936
Killer at Large poster

Killer at Large

Movie · as Second Coffin Man

1935
The Shadow of Silk Lennox poster

The Shadow of Silk Lennox

Movie · as John Arthur 'Silk' Lennox

1935
A Scream in the Night poster

A Scream in the Night

Movie · as Jack Wilson / Butch Curtain

1935
Captain Hurricane poster

Captain Hurricane

Movie · as Dave

1935
Accent on Youth poster

Accent on Youth

Movie · as Chuck

1935
The Marriage Bargain

The Marriage Bargain

Movie · as Bob Gordon

1934
Sixteen Fathoms Deep poster

Sixteen Fathoms Deep

Movie · as Joe Bethel

1934
Girl o' My Dreams poster

Girl o' My Dreams

Movie · as Don Cooper

1934
The Life of Vergie Winters poster

The Life of Vergie Winters

Movie · as Hugo McQueen

1933
Son of the Border poster

Son of the Border

Movie · as Jack Breen

1933
The Three Musketeers poster

The Three Musketeers

Movie · as Lt. Armand Corday

1933
Scarlet River poster

Scarlet River

Movie · as Jeff Todd (as Creighton Chaney)

1933
Lucky Devils poster

Lucky Devils

Movie · as Frankie

1932
Bird of Paradise poster

Bird of Paradise

Movie · as Thornton

1932
The Last Frontier poster

The Last Frontier

Movie · as Tom Kirby, aka The Black Ghost

1932
The Black Ghost

The Black Ghost

Movie · as Tom Kirby, alias 'The Black Ghost'

1931
The Galloping Ghost poster

The Galloping Ghost

Movie · as Henchman

1928
Mabel and Bill Dumphy's visit with Hazel & Lon Chaney poster

Mabel and Bill Dumphy's visit with Hazel & Lon Chaney

Movie · as Self

1922
The Trap poster

The Trap

Movie · as Boy in Crowd Behind Gaspard (uncredited)