Lon Chaney
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Works
- They Came from the AtticThe Phantom of the Opera (Archival Footage)2022
- Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror FilmThe Phantom / Quasimodo (archive footage)2014
- Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost FilmsHimself (archive footage)2011
- Nadie inquietó másVarious Roles (archive footage)2008
- Bela Lugosi: The Fallen VampireHimself (archive footage)2007
- Famous Monster: Forrest J AckermanSelf (archive footage)2007
- London After MidnightProfessor Edward C. Burke (archive footage)2002
- Lon Chaney: A Thousand FacesSelf (archive footage)2000
- The Many Faces of DraculaSelf (archive footage)2000
- Universal Horror(archive footage)1998
- Lon Chaney: Son of a Thousand Faces(archive footage)1995
- Lon Chaney: Behind the MaskSelf (archive footage)1995
- The Horror of It AllThe Phantom (archive footage)1983
- The Horror Show(archive footage)1979
- The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster SaluteSelf (archive footage)1974
- Yesterday and Today(archive footage)1953
- Hollywood StoryThe Phantom (archive footage) (uncredited)1951
- Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th AnniversarySelf (archive footage)1945
- Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)Self (archive footage)1942
- The House That Shadows Built(archive footage)1931
- The Unholy ThreeProfessor Echo / Grandma O'Grady1930
- 1929
- ThunderGrumpy Anderson1929
- Where East Is EastTiger Haynes1929
- West of ZanzibarPhroso 'Dead-Legs'1928
- Laugh, Clown, LaughTito Beppi1928
- The Big CityChuck Collins1928
- While the City SleepsDan Coghlan1928
- London After MidnightProfessor Edward C. Burke1927
- 1927
- MockerySergei1927
- The UnknownAlonzo1927
- Mr. WuMr. Wu / Wu's Grandfather1927
- Tell It to the MarinesSergeant O'Hara1926
- The Road to MandalaySingapore Joe1926
- The BlackbirdDan - The Blackbird / The Bishop1926
- 1925
- The Phantom of the OperaErik, The Phantom1925
- The Unholy ThreeProfessor Echo / Granny O'Grady1925
- The MonsterDr. Ziska1925
- He Who Gets SlappedPaul Beaumont1924
- The Next CornerJuan Serafin1924
- The Hunchback of Notre DameQuasimodo1923
- The ShockWilse Dilling1923
- While Paris SleepsHenri Santodos1923
- All the Brothers Were ValiantMark Shore1923
- Quincy Adams SawyerObadiah Strout1922
- A Blind BargainDr. Arthur Lamb / The Ape Man1922
- ShadowsYen Sin1922
- Oliver TwistFagin1922
- The Light in the DarkTony Pantelli1922
- Flesh and BloodDavid Webster1922
- The TrapGaspard the Good1922
- Voices of the CityO'Rourke1921
- Bits of LifeChin Chow1921
- The Ace of HeartsFarallone1921
- For Those We LoveTrix Ulner1921
- Outside the LawAh Wing / 'Black Mike' Sylva1921
- Nomads of the NorthRaoul Challoner1920
- The PenaltyBlizzard1920
- The Adventures of Daredevil JackRoyce Rivers1920
- The Gift SupremeMerney Stagg1920
- Treasure IslandBlind Pew / Merry1920
- The Wicked DarlingStoop Connors1919
- VictoryRicardo1919
- When Bearcat Went DryKindard Powers1919
- Paid in AdvanceBateese Le Blanc1919
- The Miracle ManThe Frog1919
- A Man's Country'Three Card' Duncan1919
- The False FacesKarl Eckstrom1919
- 1918
- The Talk of the TownJack Langhorne1918
- That Devil, BateeseLouis Courteau1918
- Riddle GawneHame Bozzam1918
- A Broadway Scandal'Kink' Colby1918
- Fast CompanyDan McCarty1918
- The Grand PassionPaul Argos1918
- Broadway LoveElmer Watkins1918
- The Kaiser, the Beast of BerlinBethmann-Hollweg1918
- The Scarlet CarPaul Revere Forbes1917
- BondageSeducer (uncredited)1917
- Anything OnceWaughnt Moore1917
- The Empty GunFrank1917
- TriumphPaul Neihoff1917
- Pay Me!Joe Lawson1917
- The RescueThomas Holland1917
- Fires of RebellionRussell Hanlon1917
- A Doll's HouseNils Krogstad1917
- The FlashlightHenry Norton / Porter Brixton1917
- The Girl in the Checkered CoatHector Maitland1917
- Hell Morgan's GirlSleter Noble1917
- The Piper's PriceBilly Kilmartin1917
- The Price of SilenceEdmond Stafford1916
- The Place Beyond the WindsJerry Jo1916
- If My Country Should CallDr. George Ardrath1916
- The Mark of CainDick Temple1916
- The Grasp of GreedJimmie1916
- Bobbie of the BalletHook Hoover1916
- The Gilded SpiderGiovanni1916
- Tangled HeartsJohn Hammond1916
- The Grip of JealousySilas Lacey1916
- Dolly's ScoopDan Fisher1916
- The Millionaire PaupersLandlord1915
- 1915
- Alas and AlackThe Fisherman and Hunchback Fate1915
- The Fascination of the Fleur de LisThe Duke of Safoulrug1915
- 1915
- The Measure of a ManDonald MacDermott1915
- The Sin of Olga BrandtStephen Leslie1915
- A Night of ThrillsThe Visitor1914
- The Lion, the Lamb and the ManFred Brown, the Lion1914
- Damon and PythiasWild Man (uncredited) (unconfirmed)1914
- Virtue Its Own RewardDuncan Bronson1914
- RichelieuBaradas1914
- The Higher LawSir Stephen Fitz Allen1914
- The OublietteChevalier Bertrand de la Payne1914
- By the Sun's RaysFrank Lawler, the Clerk1914
- A Ranch RomanceRaphael Praz1914
- The Forbidden RoomJohn Morris1914
- The Tragedy of Whispering CreekThe Greaser1914
- The End of the FeudWood Dawson1914
- Discord and HarmonyLon - the Sculptor1914
- Back to LifeThe Rival1913
- The Restless SpiritThe Russian Count (uncredited)1913
- Poor Jake's DemiseThe Dude1913
Personal details
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- Alternative names
- Leonidas Frank Chaney
- Man of a Thousand Faces
- Лон Чейни
- BornMarch 31, 1883Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
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