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Lon Chaney (1883–1930)

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Although his parents were deaf-mutes, Leonidas Chaney became an actor and also owner of a theatre company (together with his brother John). He made his debut at the movies in 1912, and his filmography is vast. Lon Chaney was especially famous for his horror parts in movies like e.g. Quasimodo in The Hunchback of Notre Dame... See full bio »

Born:

Leonidas Frank Chaney
in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA

Died:

(age 47) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
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1930 The Unholy Three
Echo
 
1929 Thunder
Grumpy Anderson
 
1929 Where East Is East
Tiger Haynes
 
1928 West of Zanzibar
Phroso
 
1928 While the City Sleeps
Dan Coghlan
 
1928 Laugh, Clown, Laugh
Tito
 
1928 The Big City
Chuck Collins
 
1927 London After Midnight
Professor Edward C. Burke
 
1927 Mockery
Sergei
 
1927 The Unknown
Alonzo
 
1927 Mr. Wu
Mr. Wu/Wu's Grandfather
 
1926 Tell It to the Marines
Sergeant O'Hara
 
1926 The Road to Mandalay
Singapore Joe
 
1926 The Blackbird
The Blackbird/The Bishop
 
1925 The Tower of Lies
Jan
 
1925 The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom
 
1925 The Unholy Three
Echo - The Ventriloquist
 
1925 The Monster
Dr. Ziska
 
1924 He Who Gets Slapped
Paul Beaumont / HE
 
1924 The Next Corner
Juan Serafin
 
1923/I The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Quasimodo
 
1923 The Shock
Wilse Dilling
 
1923 While Paris Sleeps
Henri Santodos
 
1923 All the Brothers Were Valiant
Mark Shore
 
1922 A Blind Bargain
Dr. Arthur Lamb/The Ape Man
 
1922 Quincy Adams Sawyer
Obadiah Strout
 
1922 Shadows
Yen Sin - 'The Heathen'
 
1922/I Oliver Twist
Fagin
 
1922 The Light in the Dark (short)
Tony Pantelli
 
1922 Flesh and Blood
David Webster
 
1922 The Trap
Gaspard the Good
 
1921 Voices of the City
O'Rourke
 
1921 The Ace of Hearts
Farallone
 
1921 Bits of Life
Chin Chow
 
1921 For Those We Love
Trix Ulner
 
1920 Outside the Law
Black Mike Sylva/Ah Wing
 
1920 Nomads of the North
Raoul Challoner
 
1920 The Penalty
Blizzard
 
1920 The Gift Supreme
Merney Stagg
 
1920 Treasure Island
Blind Pew / Merry
 
1920 Daredevil Jack
Royce Rivers
 
1919 Victory
Ricardo
 
1919 When Bearcat Went Dry
Kindard Powers
 
1919 Paid in Advance
Bateese Le Blanc
 
1919 The Miracle Man
The Frog
 
1919 A Man's Country
'Three Card' Duncan
 
1919 The Wicked Darling
Stoop Connors
 
1919 The False Faces
Karl Eckstrom
 
1918 Danger, Go Slow
Bud
 
1918 The Talk of the Town
Jack Lanchome
 
1918 That Devil, Bateese
Louis Courteau
 
1918 Riddle Gawne
Hame Bozzam
 
1918 A Broadway Scandal
'Kink' Colby
 
1918 Fast Company
Dan McCarty
 
1918 The Kaiser, the Beast of Berlin
Bethmann-Hollweg
 
1918 Broadway Love
Elmer Watkins
 
1918 The Grand Passion
Paul Argos
 
1917 The Scarlet Car
Paul Revere Forbes
 
1917 Bondage
Seducer (uncredited)
 
1917 Anything Once
Waught Moore
 
1917 The Empty Gun (short)
Frank
 
1917 Triumph
Paul Neihoff
 
1917 Pay Me!
Joe Lawson
 
1917 The Rescue
Thomas Holland
 
1917 Fires of Rebellion
Russell Hanlon
 
1917 A Doll's House
Nils Krogstad
 
1917 The Flashlight
Henry Norton/Porter Brixton
 
1917 The Girl in the Checkered Coat
Hector Maitland
 
1917 The Mask of Love (short)
Marino
 
1917 Hell Morgan's Girl
Sleter Noble
 
1917 The Piper's Price
Billy Kilmartin
 
1916 The Price of Silence
Edmond Stafford
 
1916 Accusing Evidence (short)
 
1916 The Place Beyond the Winds
Jerry Jo
 
1916 Felix on the Job (short)
Tod
 
1916 If My Country Should Call
Dr. George Ardrath
 
1916 The Mark of Cain
Dick Temple
 
1916 The Grasp of Greed
Jimmie
 
1916 Bobbie of the Ballet
Hook Hoover
 
1916 The Gilded Spider
Giovanni
 
1916/I Tangled Hearts
John Hammond
 
1916 The Grip of Jealousy
Silas Lacey
 
1916 Dolly's Scoop (short)
Dan Fisher
 
1915 Stronger Than Death (short)
Attorney
 
1915 Father and the Boys
Tuck Bartholomew
 
1915 Under a Shadow (short)
DeSerris
 
1915 The Millionaire Paupers (short)
Martin - landlord
 
1915 Lon of Lone Mountain (short)
Lon Moore
 
1915 A Mother's Atonement (short)
Ben Morrison
 
1915 Alas and Alack (short)
The Fisherman and Hunchback Fate
 
1915 The Fascination of the Fleur de Lis (short)
Duke of Safoulrug
 
1915 The Pine's Revenge (short)
Black Scotty
 
1915 The Chimney's Secret (short)
Charles Harding
 
1915/I Quits (short)
Frenchy
 
1915 Mountain Justice (short)
Jeffrey Kirke
 
1915 Bound on the Wheel
Tom Coulahan
 
1915 The Trust (short)
Jim Mason
 
1915 The Violin Maker (short)
Pedro - the Violin Maker
 
1915 Steady Company (short)
Jimmy Ford
 
1915 The Oyster Dredger (short)
 
1915 The Stronger Mind (short)
The Crook's Pal
 
1915 An Idyll of the Hills (short)
Lafe Jameson
 
1915/I The Stool Pigeon (short)
 
1915 The Girl of the Night (short)
Jerry
 
1915 The Grind (short)
Henry Leslie
 
1915 Maid of the Mist (short)
Lin, Paulines father
 
1915 The Desert Breed (short)
Fred
 
1915 All for Peggy (short)
Seth Baldwin
 
1915 Outside the Gates (short)
Perez
 
1915 Where the Forest Ends (short)
Paul Rouchelle
 
1915 Such Is Life (short)
Tod Wilkes
 
1915 When the Gods Played a Badger Game (short)
Joe, the property man
 
1915 The Threads of Fate (short)
The Count
 
1915 The Measure of a Man (short)
Lt. Jim Stuart
 
1915 A Small Town Girl (short)
The Procurer
 
1915 The Star of the Sea (short)
Tomasco
 
1915 The Sin of Olga Brandt (short)
Stephen Leslie
 
1914 Her Escape (short)
Pete - Pauline's Brother
 
1914 A Night of Thrills (short)
The Visitor
 
1914 The Lion, the Lamb, the Man (short)
Fred Brown
 
1914 Lights and Shadows (short)
Bentley
 
1914 Damon and Pythias
Wild man (unconfirmed)
 
1914 Her Life's Story (short)
Don Valesquez
 
1914 Virtue Is Its Own Reward (short)
Duncan Bronson
 
1914 The Pipes o' Pan (short)
Arthur Farrell
 
1914 Richelieu
Baradas
 
1914/I The Higher Law (short)
Sir Stephen
 
1914 Her Bounty (short)
Fred Howard
 
1914 A Miner's Romance (short)
John Burns
 
1914 The Oubliette (short)
Chevalier Bertrand de la Payne
 
1914 The Trey o' Hearts
One of Judith's Henchmen (uncredited)
 
1914 By the Sun's Rays (short)
Frank Lawler, the Clerk
 
1914 Her Grave Mistake (short)
Nunez
 
1914 A Ranch Romance (short)
Raphael Praz
 
1914 The Hopes of Blind Alley (short)
Vendor
 
1914 The Old Cobbler (short)
Wild Bill
 
1914 The Forbidden Room (short)
John Morris
 
1914 Heart Strings (short) (unconfirmed)
 
1914 The Unlawful Trade (short)
The Cross Blood
 
1914 The Tragedy of Whispering Creek (short)
The Greaser
 
1914 The End of the Feud (short)
Wood Dawson
 
1914 The Lamb, the Woman, the Wolf (short)
The Wolf
 
1914/I The Embezzler (short)
J. Roger Dixon
 
1914 The Menace to Carlotta (short)
Giovanni Bartholdi
 
1914 Discord and Harmony (short)
Lon - the Sculptor
 
1914 Remember Mary Magdalen (short)
The Half-Wit
 
1914 The Honor of the Mounted (short)
Jacques Laquox
 
1914/I The Lie (short)
Young MacGregor
 
1913 Bloodhounds of the North (short)
Mountie Lieutenant
 
1913 Red Margaret, Moonshiner (short)
Lon
 
1913/I Back to Life (short)
The Rival
 
1913 An Elephant on His Hands (short)
Eddie's Uncle
 
1913 Almost an Actress (short)
Cameraman
 
1913 The Restless Spirit (short)
The Russian Count (uncredited)
 
1913/I The Trap (short)
Lon
 
1913 Shon the Piper (short)
Clansman
 
1913 The Blood Red Tape of Charity (short)
Marx, a Gentleman Thief
 
1913 The Sea Urchin (short)
Barnacle Bill
 
1913 Poor Jake's Demise (short)
The Dude
 
1913 Suspense. (short)
A Hobo (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
 
1913 The Ways of Fate (short)
 
1912 The Honor of the Family (short) (unconfirmed)
 
Show ShowDirector (7 titles)
1925 The Phantom of the Opera (uncredited)
 
1915 The Chimney's Secret (short)
 
1915 The Trust (short)
 
1915 The Violin Maker (short)
 
1915 The Oyster Dredger (short)
 
1915 For Cash (short)
 
1915/I The Stool Pigeon (short)
 
Show ShowWriter (6 titles)
1922 The Trap (story)
 
1915 The Chimney's Secret (short)
 
1915 The Oyster Dredger (short)
 
1914 Her Escape (short)
 
1914 The Tragedy of Whispering Creek (short)
 
1914 The Menace to Carlotta (short)
 
Show ShowMake-Up Department (4 titles)
1930 The Unholy Three (makeup artist - uncredited)
 
1927 London After Midnight (makeup artist - uncredited)
 
1925 The Phantom of the Opera (makeup artist - uncredited)
 
1923/I The Hunchback of Notre Dame (makeup artist - uncredited)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (1 title)
1930 The Unholy Three (performer: "Sweet Rosie O'Grady" 1896 - uncredited)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (1 title)
1925 The Phantom of the Opera (mask maker: his own mask - uncredited)
 
Show ShowThanks (2 titles)
2010 The Last Circus (thanks)
 
2010 Werebitches (short) (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (2 titles)
1925 1925 Studio Tour (documentary short)
Himself
 
1922 Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 10 (documentary short)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (37 titles)
2011 Chicken with Plums
Erik, The Phantom (uncredited)
 
2011 Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2010 A History of Horror with Mark Gatiss (TV series documentary)
 
2008 Blue Skies Beyond the Looking Glass (short)
 
2007 Close-up (TV series documentary)
 
2007 The Fallen Vampire (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman (documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Badness: Live and Not Plugged In (video short)
Himself
 
2002 London After Midnight (TV movie)
 
2001 AFI's 100 Years... 100 Thrills: America's Most Heart-Pounding Movies (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
2000 Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2000 Tod Browning and Lon Chaney (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1998 Universal Horror (TV documentary)
 
1997 Lon Chaney: the Faces (TV documentary short)
Himself
 
1996 100 Years of Horror: Phantoms (video documentary short)
Himself
 
1996 Lon Chaney: Behind the Mask (documentary)
Himself
 
1996 100 Years of Horror (video documentary)
 
1995 Biography (TV series documentary)
 
1987-1990 Muppet Babies (TV series)
 
1986 Scream Greats, Vol. 1: Tom Savini, Master of Horror Effects (video documentary)
(uncredited)
 
1983 Historia del cine: Epoca muda (video documentary)
Various roles
 
1980 Hollywood (TV mini-series documentary)
 
1979 The Horror Show (documentary)
 
1965 Wayne and Shuster Take an Affectionate Look At... (TV series documentary)
 
1964 Hollywood and the Stars (TV series)
 
1963 Fractured Flickers (TV series)
 
1954 The Whistler (TV series)
 
1954 Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Stars to Remember (short)
Himself
 
1953 Yesterday and Today
 
1951 Hollywood Story
The Phantom (uncredited)
 
1947 Flicker Flashbacks No. 2, Series 5 (documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1945 Screen Snapshots Series 25, No. 1: 25th Anniversary (documentary short)
Himself
 
1939 Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 12 (documentary short)
Himself
 
1938 Personality Parade (documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1934 Movie Memories (documentary short)
Himself
 
1934 Movie Memories #2 (documentary short)
 
1931 The House That Shadows Built (documentary)
 

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Personal Details

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(1929) Wrote entry on motion picture make-up in the 1929 edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica. See more »

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3 Biographical Movies  | 4 Print Biographies  | 5 Articles  | 1 Magazine Cover Photo  | See more »

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Height:

5' 10" (1.78 m)
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Personal Quote:

There's nothing funny about a clown in the moonlight. See more »

Trivia:

Before turning to films, he was mainly known for his stage work. See more »

Trademark:

Macabre, menacing characters who nonetheless always have an undercurrent of pathos and melancholy See more »

Nickname:

Man of a Thousand Faces See more »

Star Sign:

Aries