Lon Chaney
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Lon Chaney (April 1, 1883 – August 26, 1930), nicknamed "The Man of a Thousand Faces," was an American actor during the age of silent films. He was one of the most versatile and powerful actors of early cinema. He is best remembered for his characterizations of tortured, often grotesque and afflicted characters, and his groundbreaking artistry with film makeup. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lon Chaney, Sr., licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- Born:
- Apr 1, 1883 In Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S.
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 62
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Suspense. 1913-07-06
- Latest Project:
- Movie Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film 2014-08-01
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film | The Phantom / Quasimodo (archive footage) | 2014-08-01 |
| Movie | A Messenger from the Shadows (Notes on Film 06 A/Monologue 01) | 2013-01-01 | |
| Movie | Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films | Himself (archive footage) | 2011-04-03 |
| Movie | Nadie inquietó más | Various Roles (archive footage) | 2008-10-30 |
| Movie | Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman | Self (archive footage) | 2007-05-16 |
| Movie | Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire | Himself (archive footage) | 2007-10-24 |
| Movie | London After Midnight | Professor Edward C. Burke (archive footage) | 2002-11-01 |
| Movie | Universal Horror | (archive footage) | 1998-10-08 |
| Movie | Lon Chaney: Behind the Mask | Self (archive footage) | 1995-01-01 |
| Movie | The Horror of It All | The Phantom (archive footage) | 1983-02-23 |
| Movie | The Horror Show | (archive footage) | 1979-02-06 |
| Movie | The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute | Self (archive footage) | 1974-02-20 |
| Movie | Hollywood Story | The Phantom (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1951-06-01 |
| Movie | The House That Shadows Built | (archive footage) | 1931-07-08 |
| Movie | The Unholy Three | Professor Echo / Grandma O'Grady | 1930-07-12 |
| Movie | Thunder | Grumpy Anderson | 1929-07-08 |
| Movie | Where East Is East | Tiger Haynes | 1929-05-04 |
| Movie | While the City Sleeps | Dan Coghlan | 1928-02-15 |
| Movie | West of Zanzibar | Phroso 'Dead-Legs' | 1928-11-24 |
| Movie | The Big City | Chuck Collins | 1928-03-23 |
| Movie | Mr. Wu | Mr. Wu / Wu's Grandfather | 1927-03-26 |
| Movie | Mockery | Sergei | 1927-08-13 |
| Movie | The Road to Mandalay | Singapore Joe | 1926-06-26 |
| Movie | The Blackbird | Dan - The Blackbird / The Bishop | 1926-02-13 |
| Movie | Tell It to the Marines | Sergeant O'Hara | 1926-12-23 |
| Movie | The Monster | Dr. Ziska | 1925-03-16 |
| Movie | The Unholy Three | Professor Echo / Granny O'Grady | 1925-07-20 |
| Movie | The Tower of Lies | Jan | 1925-10-10 |
| Movie | The Shock | Wilse Dilling | 1923-06-10 |
| Movie | While Paris Sleeps | Henri Santodos | 1923-01-21 |
| Movie | The Hunchback of Notre Dame | Quasimodo | 1923-09-06 |
| Movie | The Trap | Gaspard the Good | 1922-05-08 |
| Movie | The Light in the Dark | Tony Pantelli | 1922-09-03 |
| Movie | Flesh and Blood | David Webster | 1922-08-22 |
| Movie | Oliver Twist | Fagin | 1922-10-30 |
| Movie | Shadows | Yen Sin | 1922-11-10 |
| Movie | A Blind Bargain | Dr. Arthur Lamb / The Ape Man | 1922-12-03 |
| Movie | Outside the Law | Ah Wing / 'Black Mike' Sylva | 1921-01-06 |
| Movie | Voices of the City | O'Rourke | 1921-12-01 |
| Movie | The Ace of Hearts | Farallone | 1921-09-17 |
| Movie | The Gift Supreme | Merney Stagg | 1920-03-30 |
| Movie | The Adventures of Daredevil Jack | Royce Rivers | 1920-06-30 |
| Movie | Treasure Island | Blind Pew / Merry | 1920-01-02 |
| Movie | The Penalty | Blizzard | 1920-08-15 |
| Movie | Nomads of the North | Raoul Challoner | 1920-09-25 |
| Movie | One Week | housebilder | 1920-08-29 |
| Movie | The False Faces | Karl Eckstrom | 1919-02-15 |
| Movie | The Miracle Man | The Frog | 1919-08-26 |
| Movie | Victory | Ricardo | 1919-12-07 |
| Movie | The Wicked Darling | Stoop Connors | 1919-12-25 |
| Movie | When Bearcat Went Dry | Kindard Powers | 1919-11-01 |
| Movie | The Kaiser, the Beast of Berlin | Bethmann-Hollweg | 1918-01-02 |
| Movie | Triumph | Paul Neihoff | 1917-09-02 |
| Movie | The Scarlet Car | Paul Revere Forbes | 1917-12-24 |
| Movie | The Mark of Cain | Dick Temple | 1916-08-06 |
| Movie | Alas and Alack | The Fisherman and Hunchback Fate | 1915-10-10 |
| Movie | The Forbidden Room | John Morris | 1914-06-20 |
| Movie | The Tragedy of Whispering Creek | The Greaser | 1914-05-01 |
| Movie | The Oubliette | Chevalier Bertrand de la Payne | 1914-08-14 |
| Movie | By the Sun's Rays | Frank Lawler, the Clerk | 1914-07-21 |
| Movie | Richelieu | Baradas | 1914-09-26 |
| Movie | Suspense. | A hobo | 1913-07-06 |