Lon Chaney Jr.
Known for: Acting
Born: February 10, 1906
Died: July 12, 1973
Place of birth: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
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.
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Filmography
189 movies · 33 TV shows, newest first
NR
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
2025
10.0
Jack Pierce: The Man Who Made the Monsters
2015
7.5
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
2014
7.0
Pure in Heart: The Life and Legacy of Lon Chaney, Jr.
2010
6.3
Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire
2007
9.0
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
2007
NR
Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb
2007
NR
Terror in the Tropics
2006
NR
Monster Movie Trivia Quiz
20048.7
Heroes of Horror
2001
6.8
Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces
2000
6.8
The American Nightmare
2000
7.0
Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed
2000
3.5
The Many Faces of Dracula
2000
7.3
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
1999
7.1
Universal Horror
1998
NR
The Wolfman's Cure
1998
9.0
Lon Chaney: Son of a Thousand Faces
1995
8.5
Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld
1994
10.0
Dracula in the Movies
1992
NR
Halloween Monster Bash
1991
9.0
Wolfman Chronicles: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991
9.5
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
19916.3
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991
NR
Abbott and Costello in the Movies
1990
3.4
The Horror Show
1979
4.5
Dracula vs. Frankenstein
1971
4.8
The Female Bunch
1971
6.7
Fireball Jungle
1968
9.0
The Mummy's Ghost
1968
5.5
Buckskin
1968
6.8
The Movie Orgy
1968
6.8
Spider Baby
1967
NR
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
1967
2.8
Hillbillys in a Haunted House
1967
5.3
Welcome to Hard Times
1967
4.5
Dr. Terror's Gallery of Horrors
1967
7.6
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
1966
6.5
The Monkees
1966
6.5
Johnny Reno
1966
7.7
The Wolfman
1966
6.4
Apache Uprising
1965
6.8
Town Tamer
1965
6.3
Black Spurs
1965
4.2
Face of the Screaming Werewolf
1965
4.1
House of the Black Death
1965
6.4
Stage to Thunder Rock
1964
5.6
Young Fury
1964
6.5
Law of the Lawless
1964
6.6
Witchcraft
1964
9.0
The Long Rifle and the Tomahawk
1964
6.7
The Haunted Palace
1963
NR
Lizard's Leg and Owlet's Wing
1962
4.7
The Devil's Messenger
1962
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
9.0
Rebellion in Cuba
1961
9.0
The Phantom
1961
6.7
Route 66
1960
6.3
Surfside 6
1960
6.7
Stagecoach West
1960
6.1
House of Terror
1960
7.7
13 Demon Street
1959
6.1
Adventures in Paradise
1959
5.9
Johnny Ringo
1959
6.4
Lock-Up
1959
6.5
The Deputy
1959
5.6
The Alligator People
1959
7.2
Rawhide
1959
6.4
Bat Masterson
1958
6.0
Lawman
1958
5.8
Money, Women and Guns
1958
7.1
The Rifleman
1958
6.0
The Texan
1958
7.0
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
7.1
The Defiant Ones
1958
6.9
Tombstone Territory
1957
6.6
Wagon Train
1957
7.3
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
4.5
The Cyclops
1957
5.8
Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans
1957
10.0
Along the Mohawk Trail
1957
4.5
Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer
1956
6.2
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
6.7
Pardners
1956
6.2
The Black Sleep
1956
6.5
Telephone Time
1956
4.4
Indestructible Man
1956
4.0
Manfish
1956
6.3
The Indian Fighter
1955
6.2
I Died a Thousand Times
1955
6.2
Not as a Stranger
1955
5.5
The Silver Star
1955
6.6
Big House, U.S.A
1955
4.9
The Black Pirates
1954
3.8
Climax!
1954
5.4
Passion
1954
7.5
Studio 57
1954
NR
The Whistler
1954
4.8
The Big Chase
1954
6.1
Casanova's Big Night
1954
5.7
The Boy from Oklahoma
1954
5.2
Jivaro
1954
5.4
A Lion Is in the Streets
1953
6.1
Raiders of the Seven Seas
1953
6.8
General Electric Theater
1953
5.7
Battles of Chief Pontiac
1952
6.4
The Black Castle
1952
6.4
Springfield Rifle
1952
4.6
Cavalcade of America
1952
7.7
High Noon
1952
6.7
Thief of Damascus
1952
10.0
Frankenstein
1952
6.2
Flame of Araby
1951
5.9
The Bushwhackers
1951
7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
4.8
Bride of the Gorilla
1951
7.4
The Red Skelton Show
1951
6.2
Behave Yourself!
1951
6.4
Tales of Tomorrow
1951
6.5
Only the Valiant
1951
4.9
Inside Straight
1951
6.9
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
5.3
Once a Thief
1950
5.5
Captain China
1950
7.0
There's a Girl in My Heart
1949
7.5
Kitchen Mechanics
19498.0
Fun on the Run
1949
5.6
16 Fathoms Deep
1948
6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
7.1
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
1948
6.3
The Counterfeiters
1948
6.8
Albuquerque
1948NR
Oysters and Muscles
1948
6.7
My Favorite Brunette
1947
4.2
Desert Command
1946
6.6
Pillow of Death
1945
5.5
House of Dracula
1945
5.0
The Daltons Ride Again
1945
6.8
Strange Confession
1945
6.3
The Frozen Ghost
1945
5.9
Here Come the Co-Eds
1945
5.5
The Mummy's Curse
1944
6.1
House of Frankenstein
1944
6.6
Dead Man's Eyes
1944
5.6
The Mummy's Ghost
1944
6.1
Ghost Catchers
1944
5.4
Cobra Woman
1944
5.7
Follow the Boys
1944
6.0
Weird Woman
1944
6.4
Calling Dr. Death
1943
5.8
Son of Dracula
1943
6.0
Crazy House
1943
7.0
Frontier Badmen
1943
6.2
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
194310.0
What We Are Fighting For
1943
5.5
The Mummy's Tomb
1942
5.6
Eyes of the Underworld
1942
10.0
Overland Mail
1942
5.8
The Ghost of Frankenstein
1942
7.1
North to the Klondike
1942
7.0
The Wolf Man
1941
6.0
Badlands of Dakota
19418.0
Too Many Blondes
1941
6.8
Riders of Death Valley
1941
7.0
San Antonio Rose
1941
5.3
Billy the Kid
1941
6.1
Man-Made Monster
1941
6.4
North West Mounted Police
1940
5.8
One Million B.C.
1940
7.3
Of Mice and Men
1939
6.5
City in Darkness
1939
6.3
Frontier Marshal
1939
6.7
Union Pacific
1939
6.5
Jesse James
193910.0
Road Demon
1938
6.7
Submarine Patrol
1938
7.0
Straight, Place and Show
1938
7.0
Passport Husband
1938
7.5
Speed to Burn
1938
7.2
Josette
1938
6.8
Alexander's Ragtime Band
1938
6.4
Mr. Moto's Gamble
1938
6.8
Walking Down Broadway
1938
6.8
Sally, Irene and Mary
1938
6.5
City Girl
1938
10.0
Love and Hisses
1937
8.0
Life Begins in College
1937
7.1
Charlie Chan on Broadway
1937
7.0
Wife, Doctor and Nurse
1937
6.6
One Mile from Heaven
1937
7.0
The Lady Escapes
1937
10.0
Wild and Woolly
1937
5.4
Born Reckless
1937
5.1
Slave Ship
1937
6.0
Angel's Holiday
1937
7.3
This Is My Affair
1937
7.3
Secret Agent X-9
1937
6.2
Midnight Taxi
1937
6.0
Cheyenne Rides Again
1937
7.5
The Old Corral
1936
7.0
Rose Bowl
1936
8.0
Killer at Large
1936
7.0
Ace Drummond
1936
4.4
Sharad of Atlantis
1936
4.5
The Singing Cowboy
1936
5.6
The Shadow of Silk Lennox
1935
6.7
Accent on Youth
1935
5.0
A Scream in the Night
1935
6.0
Captain Hurricane
19358.0
The Marriage Bargain
1935
4.8
Girl o' My Dreams
1934
5.7
The Life of Vergie Winters
1934
4.0
Sixteen Fathoms Deep
1934
7.3
Son of the Border
1933
5.7
The Three Musketeers
1933
5.6
Scarlet River
1933
6.4
Lucky Devils
1933
7.0
The Last Frontier
1932
5.1
Bird of Paradise
1932
4.7
The Galloping Ghost
1931
NR
Mabel and Bill Dumphy's visit with Hazel & Lon Chaney
1928
5.8
The Trap
1922