Lon Chaney(1883-1930)
- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Although his parents were deaf, 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 (1923).
Due to his special make-up effects he carried the characterization to
be "the man with the thousand faces." He only filmed one movie with
sound: The remake of one of his earlier films
The Unholy Three (1930). His
son, Lon Chaney Jr., became a famous
actor of the horror genre.
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