Lon Chaney
Department: Acting
Biography
Leonidas Frank "Lon" Chaney (April 1, 1883 – August 26, 1930) was an American actor and makeup artist. He is regarded as one of the most versatile and powerful actors of cinema, renowned for his characterizations of tortured, often grotesque and afflicted, characters and for his groundbreaking artistry with makeup. Chaney was known for his starring roles in such silent horror films as The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923) and The Phantom of the Opera (1925). His ability to transform himself using makeup techniques that he developed earned him the nickname "The Man of a Thousand Faces". Description above from the Wikipedia article Lon Chaney, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
The Phantom of the Opera
1925
The Monster
1925
The Unknown
1927
West of Zanzibar
1928
A Blind Bargain
1922
Laugh, Clown, Laugh
1928
The Unholy Three
1925
The Unholy Three
1930
The Penalty
1920
He Who Gets Slapped
1924
While Paris Sleeps
1923
Damon and Pythias
1914
The Horror Show
1979
The Ace of Hearts
1921
Fast Company
1918
Bondage
1917
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
1974
Yesterday and Today
1953
London After Midnight
1927
Shadows
1922
Discord and Harmony
1914
Poor Jake's Demise
1913
The Stool Pigeon
1915
The End of the Feud
1914
A Ranch Romance
1914
The Oyster Dredger
1915
The Measure of a Man
1915
For Those We Love
1921
A Man's Country
1919
Quincy Adams Sawyer
1922
Life in Hollywood No. 3
1927
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1923
The Road to Mandalay
1926
Mockery
1927
Mr. Wu
1927
Alas and Alack
1915
The Blackbird
1926
The Wicked Darling
1919
The Phantom of the Opera
1929
The Scarlet Car
1917
The Shock
1923
The Light in the Dark
1922
Flesh and Blood
1922
Outside the Law
1921
Where East Is East
1929
The Many Faces of Dracula
2000
While the City Sleeps
1928
When Bearcat Went Dry
1919
Victory
1919
The Oubliette
1914
By the Sun's Rays
1914
The False Faces
1919
Nomads of the North
1920
The Trap
1922
They Came from the Attic
2022
Mabel and Bill Dumphy's visit with Hazel & Lon Chaney
1928
The Restless Spirit
1913
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
2014
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
1942
Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary
1945
The Empty Gun
1917
Tell It to the Marines
1926
The Tower of Lies
1925
The Kaiser, the Beast of Berlin
1918
The House That Shadows Built
1931
The Miracle Man
1919
The Horror of It All
1983
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
2007
The Mark of Cain
1916
The Millionaire Paupers
1915
Oliver Twist
1922
London After Midnight
2002
Lon Chaney: Behind the Mask
1995
Treasure Island
1920
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
2011
Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire
2007
The Gift Supreme
1920
The Forbidden Room
1914
The Tragedy of Whispering Creek
1914
The Adventures of Daredevil Jack
1920
Back to Life
1913
The Big City
1928
Thunder
1929
The Sin of Olga Brandt
1915
A Night of Thrills
1914
Voices of the City
1921
Triumph
1917
A Messenger from the Shadows (Notes on Film 06 A/Monologue 01)
2013
Richelieu
1914
All the Brothers Were Valiant
1923
The Next Corner
1924
Broadway Love
1918
If My Country Should Call
1916
The Place Beyond the Winds
1916
A Mother's Atonement
1915
Lon Chaney: A thousand faces
2000
Hell Morgan's Girl
1917
Anything Once
1917
Fires of Rebellion
1917
Bobbie of the Ballet
1916
The Gilded Spider
1916
The Grasp of Greed
1916
The Piper's Price
1917
The Price of Silence
1916
A Doll's House
1917
A Broadway Scandal
1918
The Flashlight
1917
The Rescue
1917
Danger, Go Slow
1918
The Girl in the Checkered Coat
1917
Pay Me!
1917
The Grand Passion
1918
Lon Chaney: Son of a Thousand Faces
1995
Paid in Advance
1919
Riddle Gawne
1918
Nadie inquietó más
2008
That Devil, Bateese
1918
The Talk of the Town
1918
Bits of Life
1921
The Grip of Jealousy
1916
Tangled Hearts
1916
Universal Horror
1998
Hollywood Story
1951
Dolly's Scoop
1916
The Higher Law
1914
Virtue Its Own Reward
1914
The Lion, the Lamb and the Man
1914
The Fascination of the Fleur de Lis
1915
Stronger Than Death
1915
Father and the Boys
1915
The Honor of the Family
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