Lon Chaney Jr.
Acting
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Acting Credits
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 W...
Known For
Filmography
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
2025
as Self - (archive footage)
Jack Pierce: The Man Who Made the Monsters
2015
as Self (archive footage)
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
2014
as The Wolf Man / Larry Talbot (archive footage)
Pure in Heart: The Life and Legacy of Lon Chaney, Jr.
2010
as Self (archive footage)
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
2007
as Self (archive footage)
Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire
2007
as Himself (archive footage)
Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb
2007
as Hassan (archive footage)
Terror in the Tropics
2006
as Lyle Talbot (archive footage)
Monster Movie Trivia Quiz
2004
Heroes of Horror
2001
as (archive footage)
The American Nightmare
2000
as Self
Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed
2000
as Self (archive footage)
The Many Faces of Dracula
2000
as Count Dracula (archive footage)
Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces
2000
as Self (archive footage)
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
1999
as Self (archive footage)
Universal Horror
1998
as (archive footage)
Lon Chaney: Son of a Thousand Faces
1995
as (archive footage)
Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld
1994
as Self (archive footage)
Dracula in the Movies
1992
as (archive footage)
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991
as Count Dracula / The Wolf Man (archive footage)
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991
as Lawrence Talbot / The Monster (archive footage)
Wolfman Chronicles: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991
as Lawrence Talbot / The Wolf Man (archive footage)
Halloween Monster Bash
1991
as Butcher Benton (archive footage)
Abbott and Costello in the Movies
1990
as Outtake
The Horror Show
1979
as (archive footage)
Dracula vs. Frankenstein
1971
as Groton
The Female Bunch
1971
as Monti
The Movie Orgy
1968
as Self (archive footage)
Buckskin
1968
as Sheriff Tangley
Fireball Jungle
1968
as Sammy
The Mummy's Ghost
1968
as Kharis, the mummy
Spider Baby
1967
as Bruno
Dr. Terror's Gallery of Horrors
1967
as Dr. Mendell
Hillbillys in a Haunted House
1967
as Maximillian
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
1967
as Chief Eagle Shadow
Welcome to Hard Times
1967
as Avery
Johnny Reno
1966
as Sheriff Hodges
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
1966
The Monkees
1966
as Lenny
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
1966
as Chief Eagle Shadow
House of the Black Death
1965
as Belial Desard
Face of the Screaming Werewolf
1965
as The Mummified Werewolf
Apache Uprising
1965
as Charlie Russell
Black Spurs
1965
as Kile
Town Tamer
1965
as Charlie Leach
Witchcraft
1964
as Morgan Whitlock
Young Fury
1964
as Bartender
Stage to Thunder Rock
1964
as Henry Parker(as Lon Chaney)
Law of the Lawless
1964
as Tiny
The Long Rifle and the Tomahawk
1964
as Chingachcook
The Haunted Palace
1963
as Simon Orne
The Devil's Messenger
1962
as Satan
Lizard's Leg and Owlet's Wing
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
The Phantom
1961
as Jed
Rebellion in Cuba
1961
as Gordo
House of Terror
1960
as The Mummified Werewolf
Route 66
1960
as Poppa Duplessis
Surfside 6
1960
Stagecoach West
1960
as Ben Wait
Route 66
1960
as Colby
Route 66
1960
as Lon Chaney
The Alligator People
1959
as Manon
Rawhide
1959
as Jesse Childress
Adventures in Paradise
1959
as Trader One Arm
Lock-Up
1959
Johnny Ringo
1959
as Ben Rafferty
13 Demon Street
1959
as Host
The Deputy
1959
as Tom Arnold
Rawhide
1959
as Rock
The Defiant Ones
1958
as Big Sam
Money, Women and Guns
1958
as Art Birdwell
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
as Sheriff Lon Paulson
Bat Masterson
1958
as Rance Fletcher
The Texan
1958
as Wylie Ames
The Rifleman
1958
as Charlie Gordo
Lawman
1958
as Jess Bridges
The Cyclops
1957
as Martin 'Marty' Melville
Along the Mohawk Trail
1957
as Chingachgook
Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans
1957
as Chingachgook
Tombstone Territory
1957
as Ex-Marshal Daggett
Wagon Train
1957
as Louis Roque
Wagon Train
1957
as Carstairs
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
as William Ceilbleu
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
as O'Connor - Inmate
Pardners
1956
as Whitey
The Black Sleep
1956
as Dr. Munroe, aka Mungo
Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer
1956
as Blackfish
Indestructible Man
1956
as Charles "Butcher" Benton
Manfish
1956
as Swede
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Michael Peters
Telephone Time
1956
as Jules Samenian
I Died a Thousand Times
1955
as Big Mac
Big House, U.S.A
1955
as Leonard M. 'Alamo' Smith
Not as a Stranger
1955
as Job Marsh
The Indian Fighter
1955
as Chivington
The Silver Star
1955
as John W. Harmon (as Lon Chaney)
Casanova's Big Night
1954
as Emo, the Murderer
The Big Chase
1954
as Henchman Kip (archive footage) (as Lon Chaney)
Passion
1954
as Castro (as Lon Chaney)
Jivaro
1954
as Pedro Martines
The Boy from Oklahoma
1954
as Crazy Charlie (as Lon Chaney)
The Black Pirates
1954
as Padre Felipe
Climax!
1954
as Frank Wiggins
The Whistler
1954
Climax!
1954
as Old Man Hawley
Studio 57
1954
as Jubal Pickett
A Lion Is in the Streets
1953
as Spurge McManamee
Raiders of the Seven Seas
1953
as Peg Leg (as Lon Chaney)
General Electric Theater
1953
as Bucknell
High Noon
1952
as Martin Howe
The Black Castle
1952
as Gargon
Springfield Rifle
1952
as Pete Elm
Thief of Damascus
1952
as Sinbad (as Lon Chaney)
Battles of Chief Pontiac
1952
as Chief Pontiac
Frankenstein
1952
as The Monster
Cavalcade of America
1952
as Old Jeff Harris
Cavalcade of America
1952
as Zeke Wells
Bride of the Gorilla
1951
as Commissioner Taro
Only the Valiant
1951
as Trooper Kebussyan
Behave Yourself!
1951
as Pinky
Inside Straight
1951
as Shocker / Schockovitz Ninkovitch (as Lon Chaney)
The Bushwhackers
1951
as Artemus Taylor
Flame of Araby
1951
as Borka Barbarossa
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Alaskan Trapper
Tales of Tomorrow
1951
The Red Skelton Show
1951
as Sgt. Williams
The Red Skelton Show
1951
as George
The Red Skelton Show
1951
as Lon Chaney
The Red Skelton Show
1951
as Mad Scientist
The Red Skelton Show
1951
as Ug
Once a Thief
1950
as Gus (as Lon Chaney)
Captain China
1950
as Red Lynch
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
as Self - Frankenstein Monster
Kitchen Mechanics
1949
as Johnson (archive footage)
Fun on the Run
1949
as Johnson
There's a Girl in My Heart
1949
as Johnny Colton
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
1948
as The Wolfman
Albuquerque
1948
as Steve Murkill
16 Fathoms Deep
1948
as Mr. Demitri (as Lon Chaney)
The Counterfeiters
1948
as Louie Struber
Oysters and Muscles
1948
as Strangler Johnson
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
My Favorite Brunette
1947
as Willie
Desert Command
1946
as Lt. Armand Corday
House of Dracula
1945
as Lawrence Stewart Talbot
Here Come the Co-Eds
1945
as Johnson
Strange Confession
1945
as Jeff Carter
Pillow of Death
1945
as Wayne Fletcher
The Frozen Ghost
1945
as Alex Gregor, aka Gregor the Great
The Daltons Ride Again
1945
as Grat Dalton
House of Frankenstein
1944
as Lawrence 'Larry' Talbot (aka The Wolf Man)
Follow the Boys
1944
as Lon Chaney Jr. (uncredited)
The Mummy's Curse
1944
as Kharis
The Mummy's Ghost
1944
as Kharis
Weird Woman
1944
as Prof. Norman Reed
Dead Man's Eyes
1944
as David Stuart
Cobra Woman
1944
as Hava
Ghost Catchers
1944
as Bear
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
1943
as Lawrence 'Larry' Stewart Talbot / The Wolf Man
Son of Dracula
1943
as Count Dracula, alias Count Alucard
Crazy House
1943
as Cameo Appearance
Calling Dr. Death
1943
as Dr. Mark Steel
Frontier Badmen
1943
as Chango
What We Are Fighting For
1943
as Bill Wallace
The Ghost of Frankenstein
1942
as The Frankenstein Monster
The Mummy's Tomb
1942
as The Mummy - Kharis
Eyes of the Underworld
1942
as Benny
North to the Klondike
1942
as Nate Carson
Overland Mail
1942
as Jim Lane
The Wolf Man
1941
as Larry Talbot / The Wolf Man
Man-Made Monster
1941
as Dan McCormick
Badlands of Dakota
1941
as Jack McCall
San Antonio Rose
1941
as Jigsaw Kennedy
Billy the Kid
1941
as 'Spike' Hudson
Riders of Death Valley
1941
as Henchman Butch
Too Many Blondes
1941
as Marvin Gimble
One Million B.C.
1940
as Akhoba
North West Mounted Police
1940
as Shorty
City in Darkness
1939
as Pierre
Of Mice and Men
1939
as Lennie Small
Frontier Marshal
1939
as Pringle
Jesse James
1939
as One Of James Gang
Union Pacific
1939
as Dollarhide
Alexander's Ragtime Band
1938
as Photographer
Sally, Irene and Mary
1938
as Policeman
Passport Husband
1938
as Bull
Josette
1938
as Boatman
Road Demon
1938
as Bud Casey
Submarine Patrol
1938
as Marine Sentry
Walking Down Broadway
1938
as Delivery Man
Straight, Place and Show
1938
as Martin
Speed to Burn
1938
as Racetrack Mug
Mr. Moto's Gamble
1938
as Joey
City Girl
1938
as Gangster (uncredited)
Angel's Holiday
1937
as Eddie
Charlie Chan on Broadway
1937
as Desk Reporter
Secret Agent X-9
1937
as Maroni
Wife, Doctor and Nurse
1937
as Scott, the Chauffeur
Midnight Taxi
1937
as Detective Erickson
Love and Hisses
1937
as Attendant
The Lady Escapes
1937
as Reporter (uncredited)
Life Begins in College
1937
as Gilks
This Is My Affair
1937
as Federal Agent in Baltimore Bank
Cheyenne Rides Again
1937
as Girard
One Mile from Heaven
1937
as Policeman
Born Reckless
1937
as Garage Mechanic
Slave Ship
1937
as Laborer Killed at Launching
Wild and Woolly
1937
as Dutch
The Old Corral
1936
as Garland - Simms partner
The Singing Cowboy
1936
as Martin
Ace Drummond
1936
as Henchman Ivan
Rose Bowl
1936
as Sierra Football Player
Sharad of Atlantis
1936
as Capt. Hakur
Killer at Large
1936
as Second Coffin Man
The Shadow of Silk Lennox
1935
as John Arthur 'Silk' Lennox
A Scream in the Night
1935
as Jack Wilson / Butch Curtain
Captain Hurricane
1935
as Dave
Accent on Youth
1935
as Chuck
The Marriage Bargain
1935
as Bob Gordon
Sixteen Fathoms Deep
1934
as Joe Bethel
Girl o' My Dreams
1934
as Don Cooper
The Life of Vergie Winters
1934
as Hugo McQueen
Son of the Border
1933
as Jack Breen
The Three Musketeers
1933
as Lt. Armand Corday
Scarlet River
1933
as Jeff Todd (as Creighton Chaney)
Lucky Devils
1933
as Frankie
Bird of Paradise
1932
as Thornton
The Last Frontier
1932
as Tom Kirby, aka The Black Ghost
The Galloping Ghost
1931
as Henchman
Mabel and Bill Dumphy's visit with Hazel & Lon Chaney
1928
as Self
The Trap
1922
as Boy in Crowd Behind Gaspard (uncredited)