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Lon Chaney Jr.

Born 1906-02-10

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

High Noon 1952 · 7.9 The Wolf Man 1941 · 7.2 Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein 1948 · 7.3 The Defiant Ones 1958 · 7.6 The Haunted Palace 1963 · 6.7 Spider Baby or, The Maddest Story Ever Told 1967 · 6.7 House of Frankenstein 1944 · 6.2 The Ghost of Frankenstein 1942 · 6.1 Of Mice and Men 1939 · 7.8 Son of Dracula 1943 · 6.1 The Mummy's Tomb 1942 · 5.5 My Favorite Brunette 1947 · 6.7 The Mummy's Curse 1944 · 5.4 The Mummy's Ghost 1944 · 5.5 Los Angeles Plays Itself 2004 · 7.8 The Indian Fighter 1955 · 6.3 Springfield Rifle 1952 · 6.6 The Black Sleep 1956 · 6.0 Man Made Monster 1941 · 6.1 Bird of Paradise 1932 · 6.0 Witchcraft 1964 · 6.1 Hillbillys in a Haunted House 1967 · 2.8 Here Come the Co-eds 1945 · 6.6 Calling Dr. Death 1943 · 6.1 The Frozen Ghost 1945 · 5.8 Weird Woman 1944 · 6.2 Big House, U.S.A. 1955 · 6.6 Frontier Marshal 1939 · 6.6 A Lion Is in the Streets 1953 · 6.1 Gallery of Horror 1967 · 3.4 Pillow of Death 1945 · 6.0 Strange Confession 1945 · 6.5 Johnny Reno 1966 · 5.7 Apache Uprising 1965 · 5.7 Badlands of Dakota 1941 · 6.0 The Trap 1922 · 6.0