Lon Chaney Jr.

Biography

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.

Known For

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Rifleman

Wagon Train

Wagon Train

Have Gun, Will Travel

Have Gun, Will Travel

Lawman

Climax!

All Movies (189)

• Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies2025 · as Self - (archive footage)
• Jack Pierce: The Man Who Made the Monsters2015 · as Self (archive footage)
• Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film2014 · as The Wolf Man / Larry Talbot (archive footage)
• Pure in Heart: The Life and Legacy of Lon Chaney, Jr.2010 · as Self (archive footage)
• Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire2007 · as Himself (archive footage)
• Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman2007 · as Self (archive footage)
• Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb2007 · as Hassan (archive footage)
• Terror in the Tropics2006 · as Lyle Talbot (archive footage)
• Monster Movie Trivia Quiz2004
• Heroes of Horror2001 · as (archive footage)
• Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces2000 · as Self (archive footage)
• The American Nightmare2000 · as Self
• Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed2000 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Many Faces of Dracula2000 · as Count Dracula (archive footage)
• Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'1999 · as Self (archive footage)
• Universal Horror1998 · as (archive footage)
• The Wolfman's Cure1998 · as Lawrence Stewart Talbot / The Wolf Man
• Lon Chaney: Son of a Thousand Faces1995 · as (archive footage)
• Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld1994 · as Self (archive footage)
• Dracula in the Movies1992 · as (archive footage)
• Halloween Monster Bash1991 · as Butcher Benton (archive footage)
• Wolfman Chronicles: A Cinematic Scrapbook1991 · as Lawrence Talbot / The Wolf Man (archive footage)
• Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook1991 · as Count Dracula / The Wolf Man (archive footage)
• Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook1991 · as Lawrence Talbot / The Monster (archive footage)
• Abbott and Costello in the Movies1990 · as Outtake
• The Horror Show1979 · as (archive footage)
• Dracula vs. Frankenstein1971 · as Groton
• The Female Bunch1971 · as Monti
• Fireball Jungle1968 · as Sammy
• The Mummy's Ghost1968 · as Kharis, the mummy
• Buckskin1968 · as Sheriff Tangley
• The Movie Orgy1968 · as Self (archive footage)
• Spider Baby1967 · as Bruno
• Pistols 'n' Petticoats1967 · as Chief Eagle Shadow
• Hillbillys in a Haunted House1967 · as Maximillian
• Welcome to Hard Times1967 · as Avery
• Dr. Terror's Gallery of Horrors1967 · as Dr. Mendell
• Johnny Reno1966 · as Sheriff Hodges
• The Wolfman1966 · as Larry Talbot
• Apache Uprising1965 · as Charlie Russell
• Town Tamer1965 · as Charlie Leach
• Black Spurs1965 · as Kile
• Face of the Screaming Werewolf1965 · as The Mummified Werewolf
• House of the Black Death1965 · as Belial Desard
• Stage to Thunder Rock1964 · as Henry Parker(as Lon Chaney)
• Young Fury1964 · as Bartender
• Law of the Lawless1964 · as Tiny
• Witchcraft1964 · as Morgan Whitlock
• The Long Rifle and the Tomahawk1964 · as Chingachcook
• The Haunted Palace1963 · as Simon Orne
• Lizard's Leg and Owlet's Wing1962
• The Devil's Messenger1962 · as Satan
• Rebellion in Cuba1961 · as Gordo
• The Phantom1961 · as Jed
• House of Terror1960 · as The Mummified Werewolf
• The Alligator People1959 · as Manon
• Money, Women and Guns1958 · as Art Birdwell
• The Defiant Ones1958 · as Big Sam
• The Cyclops1957 · as Martin 'Marty' Melville
• Along the Mohawk Trail1957 · as Chingachgook
• Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer1956 · as Blackfish
• Pardners1956 · as Whitey
• The Black Sleep1956 · as Dr. Munroe, aka Mungo
• Indestructible Man1956 · as Charles "Butcher" Benton
• Manfish1956 · as Swede
• The Indian Fighter1955 · as Chivington
• I Died a Thousand Times1955 · as Big Mac
• Not as a Stranger1955 · as Job Marsh
• The Silver Star1955 · as John W. Harmon (as Lon Chaney)
• Big House, U.S.A1955 · as Leonard M. 'Alamo' Smith
• The Black Pirates1954 · as Padre Felipe
• Passion1954 · as Castro (as Lon Chaney)
• The Big Chase1954 · as Henchman Kip (archive footage) (as Lon Chaney)
• Casanova's Big Night1954 · as Emo, the Murderer
• The Boy from Oklahoma1954 · as Crazy Charlie (as Lon Chaney)
• Jivaro1954 · as Pedro Martines
• A Lion Is in the Streets1953 · as Spurge McManamee
• Raiders of the Seven Seas1953 · as Peg Leg (as Lon Chaney)
• Battles of Chief Pontiac1952 · as Chief Pontiac
• The Black Castle1952 · as Gargon
• Springfield Rifle1952 · as Pete Elm
• High Noon1952 · as Martin Howe
• Thief of Damascus1952 · as Sinbad (as Lon Chaney)
• Frankenstein1952 · as The Monster
• Flame of Araby1951 · as Borka Barbarossa
• The Bushwhackers1951 · as Artemus Taylor
• Bride of the Gorilla1951 · as Commissioner Taro
• Behave Yourself!1951 · as Pinky
• Only the Valiant1951 · as Trooper Kebussyan
• Inside Straight1951 · as Shocker / Schockovitz Ninkovitch (as Lon Chaney)
• Once a Thief1950 · as Gus (as Lon Chaney)
• Captain China1950 · as Red Lynch
• There's a Girl in My Heart1949 · as Johnny Colton
• Kitchen Mechanics1949 · as Johnson (archive footage)
• Fun on the Run1949 · as Johnson
• 16 Fathoms Deep1948 · as Mr. Demitri (as Lon Chaney)
• Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein1948 · as The Wolfman
• The Counterfeiters1948 · as Louie Struber
• Albuquerque1948 · as Steve Murkill
• Oysters and Muscles1948 · as Strangler Johnson
• My Favorite Brunette1947 · as Willie
• Desert Command1946 · as Lt. Armand Corday
• Pillow of Death1945 · as Wayne Fletcher
• House of Dracula1945 · as Lawrence Stewart Talbot
• The Daltons Ride Again1945 · as Grat Dalton
• Strange Confession1945 · as Jeff Carter
• The Frozen Ghost1945 · as Alex Gregor, aka Gregor the Great
• Here Come the Co-Eds1945 · as Johnson
• The Mummy's Curse1944 · as Kharis
• House of Frankenstein1944 · as Lawrence 'Larry' Talbot (aka The Wolf Man)
• Dead Man's Eyes1944 · as David Stuart
• The Mummy's Ghost1944 · as Kharis
• Ghost Catchers1944 · as Bear
• Cobra Woman1944 · as Hava
• Follow the Boys1944 · as Lon Chaney Jr. (uncredited)
• Weird Woman1944 · as Prof. Norman Reed
• Calling Dr. Death1943 · as Dr. Mark Steel
• Son of Dracula1943 · as Count Dracula, alias Count Alucard
• Crazy House1943 · as Cameo Appearance
• Frontier Badmen1943 · as Chango
• Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man1943 · as Lawrence 'Larry' Stewart Talbot / The Wolf Man
• What We Are Fighting For1943 · as Bill Wallace
• The Mummy's Tomb1942 · as The Mummy - Kharis
• Eyes of the Underworld1942 · as Benny
• Overland Mail1942 · as Jim Lane
• The Ghost of Frankenstein1942 · as The Frankenstein Monster
• North to the Klondike1942 · as Nate Carson
• The Wolf Man1941 · as Larry Talbot / The Wolf Man
• Badlands of Dakota1941 · as Jack McCall
• Too Many Blondes1941 · as Marvin Gimble
• Riders of Death Valley1941 · as Henchman Butch
• San Antonio Rose1941 · as Jigsaw Kennedy
• Billy the Kid1941 · as 'Spike' Hudson
• Man-Made Monster1941 · as Dan McCormick
• North West Mounted Police1940 · as Shorty
• One Million B.C.1940 · as Akhoba
• Of Mice and Men1939 · as Lennie Small
• City in Darkness1939 · as Pierre
• Frontier Marshal1939 · as Pringle
• Union Pacific1939 · as Dollarhide
• Jesse James1939 · as One Of James Gang
• Road Demon1938 · as Bud Casey
• Submarine Patrol1938 · as Marine Sentry
• Straight, Place and Show1938 · as Martin
• Passport Husband1938 · as Bull
• Speed to Burn1938 · as Racetrack Mug
• Josette1938 · as Boatman
• Alexander's Ragtime Band1938 · as Photographer
• Mr. Moto's Gamble1938 · as Joey
• Walking Down Broadway1938 · as Delivery Man
• Sally, Irene and Mary1938 · as Policeman
• City Girl1938 · as Gangster (uncredited)
• Love and Hisses1937 · as Attendant
• Life Begins in College1937 · as Gilks
• Charlie Chan on Broadway1937 · as Desk Reporter
• Wife, Doctor and Nurse1937 · as Scott, the Chauffeur
• One Mile from Heaven1937 · as Policeman
• The Lady Escapes1937 · as Reporter (uncredited)
• Wild and Woolly1937 · as Dutch
• Born Reckless1937 · as Garage Mechanic
• Slave Ship1937 · as Laborer Killed at Launching
• Angel's Holiday1937 · as Eddie
• This Is My Affair1937 · as Federal Agent in Baltimore Bank
• Secret Agent X-91937 · as Maroni
• Midnight Taxi1937 · as Detective Erickson
• Cheyenne Rides Again1937 · as Girard
• The Old Corral1936 · as Garland - Simms partner
• Rose Bowl1936 · as Sierra Football Player
• Killer at Large1936 · as Second Coffin Man
• Ace Drummond1936 · as Henchman Ivan
• Sharad of Atlantis1936 · as Capt. Hakur
• The Singing Cowboy1936 · as Martin
• The Shadow of Silk Lennox1935 · as John Arthur 'Silk' Lennox
• Accent on Youth1935 · as Chuck
• A Scream in the Night1935 · as Jack Wilson / Butch Curtain
• Captain Hurricane1935 · as Dave
• The Marriage Bargain1935 · as Bob Gordon
• Girl o' My Dreams1934 · as Don Cooper
• The Life of Vergie Winters1934 · as Hugo McQueen
• Sixteen Fathoms Deep1934 · as Joe Bethel
• Son of the Border1933 · as Jack Breen
• The Three Musketeers1933 · as Lt. Armand Corday
• Scarlet River1933 · as Jeff Todd (as Creighton Chaney)
• Lucky Devils1933 · as Frankie
• The Last Frontier1932 · as Tom Kirby, aka The Black Ghost
• Bird of Paradise1932 · as Thornton
• The Galloping Ghost1931 · as Henchman
• Mabel and Bill Dumphy's visit with Hazel & Lon Chaney1928 · as Self
• The Trap1922 · as Boy in Crowd Behind Gaspard (uncredited)

All TV Shows (44)

• Pistols 'n' Petticoats1966
• The Monkees1966 · as Lenny
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962 · as Self
• Route 661960 · as Poppa Duplessis
• Route 661960 · as Colby
• Route 661960 · as Lon Chaney
• Surfside 61960
• Stagecoach West1960 · as Ben Wait
• Adventures in Paradise1959 · as Trader One Arm
• Johnny Ringo1959 · as Ben Rafferty
• Lock-Up1959
• The Deputy1959 · as Tom Arnold
• Rawhide1959 · as Jesse Childress
• Rawhide1959 · as Rock
• 13 Demon Street1959 · as Host
• Bat Masterson1958 · as Rance Fletcher
• Lawman1958 · as Jess Bridges
• The Rifleman1958 · as Charlie Gordo
• The Texan1958 · as Wylie Ames
• Wanted: Dead or Alive1958 · as Sheriff Lon Paulson
• Tombstone Territory1957 · as Ex-Marshal Daggett
• Wagon Train1957 · as Louis Roque
• Wagon Train1957 · as Carstairs
• Have Gun, Will Travel1957 · as William Ceilbleu
• Have Gun, Will Travel1957 · as O'Connor - Inmate
• Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans1957 · as Chingachgook
• Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre1956 · as Michael Peters
• Telephone Time1956 · as Jules Samenian
• Climax!1954 · as Frank Wiggins
• Climax!1954 · as Old Man Hawley
• Studio 571954 · as Jubal Pickett
• The Whistler1954
• General Electric Theater1953 · as Bucknell
• Cavalcade of America1952 · as Old Jeff Harris
• Cavalcade of America1952 · as Zeke Wells
• Schlitz Playhouse of Stars1951 · as Alaskan Trapper
• The Red Skelton Show1951 · as Sgt. Williams
• The Red Skelton Show1951 · as Ug
• The Red Skelton Show1951 · as George
• The Red Skelton Show1951 · as Mad Scientist
• The Red Skelton Show1951 · as Lon Chaney
• Tales of Tomorrow1951
• The Colgate Comedy Hour1950 · as Self - Frankenstein Monster
• The Ed Sullivan Show1948 · as Self