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Outside the Law (1920) -- Outside the Law
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Overview

Date of Death:
26 August 1930, Hollywood, California, USA more
Mini Biography:
Although his parents were deaf-mutes, Leonidas Chaney became an actor... more
Trivia:
Second of four children: siblings are John, George and Carolin. more
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1 win more

Filmography

Actor:
  1. The Unholy Three (1930) .... Professor Echo / Mrs. 'Grandma' O'Grady

  2. Thunder (1929) .... Grumpy Anderson
  3. Where East Is East (1929) .... Tiger Haynes
  4. West of Zanzibar (1928) .... Phroso 'Dead-Legs'
  5. While the City Sleeps (1928) .... Dan Callahan
  6. Laugh, Clown, Laugh (1928) .... Tito Beppi
  7. The Big City (1928) .... Chuck Collins
  8. London After Midnight (1927) .... Professor Edward C. Burke
    ... aka The Hypnotist (UK)
  9. Mockery (1927) .... Sergei
  10. The Unknown (1927) .... Alonzo the Armless
  11. Mr. Wu (1927) .... Mr. Mandarin Wu - Mr. Wu's Grandfather
  12. Tell It to the Marines (1926) .... Sgt. O'Hara
  13. The Road to Mandalay (1926) .... Singapore Joe
  14. The Blackbird (1926) .... The Blackbird/The Bishop
  15. The Tower of Lies (1925) .... Jan
  16. The Phantom of the Opera (1925) .... Erik, The Phantom
  17. The Unholy Three (1925) .... Professor Echo - The Ventriloquist / Mrs. 'Granny' O'Grady
  18. The Monster (1925) .... Dr. Ziska
  19. He Who Gets Slapped (1924) .... Paul Beaumont/HE
  20. The Next Corner (1924) .... Juan Serafin
  21. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923/I) .... Quasimodo
  22. The Shock (1923) .... Wilse Dilling
  23. While Paris Sleeps (1923) .... Henri Santodos
  24. All the Brothers Were Valiant (1923) .... Mark Shore
  25. A Blind Bargain (1922) .... Dr. Arthur Lamb/The Ape Man
    ... aka The Octave of Claudius (USA)
  26. Quincy Adams Sawyer (1922) .... Obadiah Strout
  27. Shadows (1922/I) .... Yen Sin - 'The Heathen'
  28. Oliver Twist (1922) .... Fagin
  29. The Light in the Dark (1922) .... Tony Pantelli
    ... aka The Light of Faith
  30. Flesh and Blood (1922) .... David Webster
  31. The Trap (1922) .... Gaspard the Good
    ... aka Heart of a Wolf (UK)
  32. Voices of the City (1921) .... O'Rourke
    ... aka The Night Rose
  33. The Ace of Hearts (1921) .... Mr. Farallone
  34. Bits of Life (1921) .... Chin Chow
  35. For Those We Love (1921) .... Trix Ulner
  36. Outside the Law (1920) .... Black Mike Sylva/Ah Wing
  37. Nomads of the North (1920) .... Raoul Challoner
  38. The Penalty (1920/I) .... Blizzard
  39. The Gift Supreme (1920) .... Merney Stagg
  40. Treasure Island (1920) .... Blind Pew / Merry
  41. Daredevil Jack (1920) .... Royce Rivers

  42. Victory (1919) .... Ricardo
  43. When Bearcat Went Dry (1919) .... Kindard Powers
  44. Paid in Advance (1919) .... Bateese Le Blanc
  45. The Miracle Man (1919) .... The Frog
  46. A Man's Country (1919) .... 'Three Card' Duncan
  47. The Wicked Darling (1919) .... Stoop Connors
  48. The False Faces (1919) .... Karl Eckstrom
  49. Danger, Go Slow (1918) .... Bud
  50. The Talk of the Town (1918) .... Jack Lanchome
  51. That Devil, Bateese (1918) .... Louis Courteau
  52. Riddle Gawne (1918) .... Hame Bozzam
  53. A Broadway Scandal (1918) .... 'Kink' Colby
  54. Fast Company (1918) .... Dan McCarty
  55. The Kaiser, the Beast of Berlin (1918) .... Bethmann-Hollweg
    ... aka Beast of Berlin
    ... aka The Kaiser
    ... aka The Kaiser, Beast of Berlin
  56. Broadway Love (1918) .... Elmer Watkins
  57. The Grand Passion (1918) .... Paul Argos
  58. The Scarlet Car (1917) .... Paul Revere Forbes
  59. Bondage (1917) (uncredited) .... Seducer
  60. Anything Once (1917) .... Waught Moore
  61. The Empty Gun (1917) .... Frank
  62. Triumph (1917) .... Paul Neihoff
  63. Pay Me! (1917) .... Joe Lawson
    ... aka Pay Day
    ... aka The Vengeance of the West
  64. The Rescue (1917) .... Thomas Holland
  65. Fires of Rebellion (1917) .... Russell Hanlon
  66. A Doll's House (1917) .... Nils Krogstad
  67. The Flashlight (1917) .... Henry Norton/Porter Brixton
    ... aka The Flashlight Girl (USA: alternative title)
  68. The Girl in the Checkered Coat (1917) .... Hector Maitland
  69. The Mask of Love (1917) .... Marino
  70. Hell Morgan's Girl (1917) .... Sleter Noble
  71. The Piper's Price (1917) .... Billy Kilmartin
  72. The Price of Silence (1916) .... Edmond Stafford
  73. Accusing Evidence (1916)
  74. The Place Beyond the Winds (1916) .... Jerry Jo
  75. Felix on the Job (1916) .... Tod
  76. If My Country Should Call (1916) .... Dr. George Ardrath
  77. The Mark of Cain (1916) .... Dick Temple
    ... aka By Fate's Degree
  78. The Grasp of Greed (1916) .... Jimmie
    ... aka Mr. Meeson's Will (UK)
  79. Bobbie of the Ballet (1916) .... Hook Hoover
  80. The Gilded Spider (1916) .... Giovanni
    ... aka The Full Cup (USA: alternative title)
  81. Tangled Hearts (1916/I) .... John Hammond
  82. The Grip of Jealousy (1916) .... Silas Lacey
  83. Dolly's Scoop (1916) .... Dan Fisher
  84. Stronger Than Death (1915) .... Attorney
  85. Father and the Boys (1915) .... Tuck Bartholomew
  86. Under a Shadow (1915) .... DeSerris
  87. The Millionaire Paupers (1915) .... Martin - landlord
  88. Lon of Lone Mountain (1915) .... Lon Moore
  89. A Mother's Atonement (1915) .... Ben Morrison
  90. Alas and Alack (1915) .... The Fisherman and Hunchback Fate
  91. The Fascination of the Fleur de Lis (1915) .... Duke of Safoulrug
  92. The Pine's Revenge (1915) .... Black Scotty
  93. The Chimney's Secret (1915) .... Charles Harding
  94. Quits (1915/I) .... Frenchy
  95. Mountain Justice (1915) .... Jeffrey Kirke
  96. Bound on the Wheel (1915) .... Tom Coulahan
  97. The Trust (1915) .... Jim Mason
  98. The Violin Maker (1915) .... Pedro
  99. Steady Company (1915) .... Jimmy Ford
  100. The Oyster Dredger (1915)
  101. The Stronger Mind (1915) .... The Crook's Pal
  102. An Idyll of the Hills (1915) .... Lafe Jameson
  103. The Stool Pigeon (1915/I)
  104. The Girl of the Night (1915) .... Jerry
    ... aka Her Chance (USA: reissue title)
  105. The Grind (1915) .... Henry Leslie
    ... aka On the Verge of Sin
  106. Maid of the Mist (1915) .... Lin, Paulines father
  107. The Desert Breed (1915) .... Fred
  108. All for Peggy (1915) .... Seth Baldwin
  109. Outside the Gates (1915) .... Perez
  110. Where the Forest Ends (1915) .... Paul Rouchelle
  111. Such Is Life (1915) .... Tod Wilkes
  112. When the Gods Played a Badger Game (1915) .... Joe, the property man
    ... aka The Girl Who Couldn't Go Wrong
  113. The Threads of Fate (1915) .... The Count
  114. The Measure of a Man (1915) .... Lt. Jim Stuart
  115. A Small Town Girl (1915) .... The Procurer
  116. The Star of the Sea (1915) .... Tomasco
  117. The Sin of Olga Brandt (1915) .... Stephen Leslie
  118. Her Escape (1914) .... Pete
  119. A Night of Thrills (1914) .... Visitor
  120. The Lion, the Lamb, the Man (1914) .... Fred Brown
  121. Lights and Shadows (1914) .... Bentley
  122. Damon and Pythias (1914) (unconfirmed) .... Wild man
  123. Her Life's Story (1914) .... Don Valesquez
  124. Virtue Is Its Own Reward (1914) .... Duncan Bronson
  125. The Pipes o' Pan (1914) .... Arthur Farrell
  126. Richelieu (1914/I) .... Baradas
  127. The Higher Law (1914/I) .... Sir Stephen
  128. Her Bounty (1914) .... Fred Howard
  129. A Miner's Romance (1914) .... John Burns
  130. The Oubliette (1914) .... Chevalier Bertrand de la Payne
  131. By the Sun's Rays (1914) .... Frank Lawler
  132. Her Grave Mistake (1914) .... Nunez
  133. A Ranch Romance (1914) .... Raphael Praz
  134. The Hopes of Blind Alley (1914) .... Vendor
  135. The Old Cobbler (1914) .... Wild Bill
  136. The Forbidden Room (1914) .... John Morris
  137. Heart Strings (1914) (unconfirmed)
  138. The Unlawful Trade (1914) .... The Cross Blood
  139. The Tragedy of Whispering Creek (1914) .... The Greaser
  140. The End of the Feud (1914) .... Wood Dawson
  141. The Lamb, the Woman, the Wolf (1914) .... The Wolf
  142. The Embezzler (1914/I) .... J. Roger Dixon
  143. The Menace to Carlotta (1914) .... Giovanni Bartholdi
    ... aka Carlotta, the Bead Stringer (USA: alternative title)
  144. Discord and Harmony (1914) .... The Sculptor
  145. Remember Mary Magdalen (1914) .... The Half-Wit
  146. The Honor of the Mounted (1914) .... Jacques Laquox
  147. The Lie (1914/I) .... Young MacGregor
  148. Bloodhounds of the North (1913) .... Mountie
  149. Red Margaret, Moonshiner (1913) .... Lon
    ... aka Moonshine Blood (USA: reissue title)
  150. Back to Life (1913) .... The Rival
  151. An Elephant on His Hands (1913) .... Eddie
  152. Almost an Actress (1913) .... Cameraman
  153. The Restless Spirit (1913) (uncredited) .... Russian Count
  154. The Trap (1913/I) .... Lon
  155. Shon the Piper (1913) .... Clansman
  156. The Blood Red Tape of Charity (1913) .... Marx, a Gentleman Thief
  157. The Sea Urchin (1913) .... Barnacle Bill
  158. Poor Jake's Demise (1913) .... The Dude
  159. Suspense (1913) (uncredited) (unconfirmed) .... A Hobo
  160. The Ways of Fate (1913)
  161. The Honor of the Family (1912/I) (unconfirmed)
Writer:
  1. The Trap (1922) (story)
    ... aka Heart of a Wolf (UK)

  2. The Chimney's Secret (1915) (writer)
  3. The Oyster Dredger (1915) (writer)
  4. Her Escape (1914) (writer)
  5. The Tragedy of Whispering Creek (1914) (writer)
  6. The Menace to Carlotta (1914) (writer)
    ... aka Carlotta, the Bead Stringer (USA: alternative title)
Make-Up Department:
  1. The Unholy Three (1930) (makeup artist) (uncredited)

  2. London After Midnight (1927) (makeup artist) (uncredited)
    ... aka The Hypnotist (UK)
  3. The Phantom of the Opera (1925) (makeup artist) (uncredited)
  4. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923/I) (makeup artist) (uncredited)
Soundtrack:
  1. The Unholy Three (1930) ("Sweet Rosie O'Grady" (uncredited))
Miscellaneous Crew:
  1. The Phantom of the Opera (1925) (mask maker: his own mask) (uncredited)
Self:
  1. 1925 Studio Tour (1925) .... Himself
Archive Footage:
  1. "Close-up"
        - Bela Lugosi: Dracula's Dubbelganger (2007) TV episode .... Himself
  2. Le vampire déchu (2007) (TV) .... Himself
  3. Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman (2007) .... Himself
  4. Badness: Live and Not Plugged In (2005) (V) .... Himself
  5. London After Midnight (2002) (TV)
  6. AFI's 100 Years... 100 Thrills: America's Most Heart-Pounding Movies (2001) (TV) .... Himself
  7. Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces (2000) (TV) .... Himself
  8. The Opera Ghost: A Phantom Unmasked (2000) (V)
  9. Tod Browning and Lon Chaney (2000) (TV) .... Himself
  10. Lon Chaney: the Faces (1997) (TV) .... Himself
  11. Lon Chaney: Behind the Mask (1996) .... Himself
  12. 100 Years of Horror (1996) (V)
  13. "Biography"
        - Lon Chaney Jr.: Son of a Thousand Faces (1995) TV episode .... Himself
  14. "Muppet Babies"
        - Sing a Song of Superheroes (1990) TV episode .... The Phantom
        - Muppetland (1987) TV episode .... The Phantom
  15. Scream Greats, Vol. 1: Tom Savini, Master of Horror Effects (1986) (V) (uncredited)
  16. "Hollywood" (1980)
  17. The Horror Show (1979)
  18. "Wayne and Shuster Take an Affectionate Look At..."
        - The Monsters (1965) TV episode .... Various
  19. "Hollywood and the Stars"
        - Monsters We've Known and Loved (1964) TV episode .... Hunchback of Notre Dame segment
  20. "Fractured Flickers"
        - Episode #1.5 (1963) TV episode .... Dinky Dunstan
  21. "The Whistler"
        - Backfire (1954) TV episode
  22. Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Stars to Remember (1954) .... Himself
  23. Hollywood Story (1951) (uncredited) .... The Phantom (clips from 'The Phantom of the Opera')
  24. Screen Snapshots Series 25, No. 1: 25th Anniversary (1945) .... Himself
  25. Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 12 (1939) .... Himself
  26. Personality Parade (1938) (uncredited) .... Himself
  27. Movie Memories (1935)
  28. The House That Shadows Built (1931)


Additional Details

Other Works:
Wrote entry on motion picture make-up in the 1929 edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica. more
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3 Biographical Movies | 4 Print Biographies | 3 Articles | 1 Magazine Cover Photo more
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