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Lon Chaney (born Leonidas Frank Chaney) – nicknamed “Man of a Thousand Faces” – was an American Silent screen star. He died after completing his only sound film.

Lon Chaney

Lon Chaney Biography / Wiki

NameLon Chaney
Also KnowLeonidas Frank Chaney, Man of a Thousand Faces, Лон Чейни
GenderMale
Known ForActing
Place of BirthColorado Springs, Colorado, USA
Date of Birth1883-04-01
Age(as in 2022)47
Deathday1930-08-26

Lon Chaney Acting Movies

Movie NameCharacterRelease DateOverview
The Phantom of the OperaErik, The Phantom1925-09-22A grotesquely disfigured composer known as “The Phantom” haunts Paris’ opera house, where he’s secretly grooming Christine Daae to be an opera diva. L…
The MonsterDr. Ziska1925-03-16A general store clerk and aspiring detective investigates a mysterious disappearance that took place quite close to an empty insane asylum….
The UnknownAlonzo the Armless1927-05-29A criminal on the run hides in a circus and seeks to possess the daughter of the ringmaster at any cost….
The Unholy ThreeProfessor Echo / Grandma O’Grady1930-07-12A trio of former sideshow performers double as the “Unholy Three” in a scam to nab some shiny rocks….
The Unholy ThreeProfessor Echo / Granny O’Grady1925-07-20Three sideshow performers form a conspiracy known as “The Unholy Three” – a ventriloquist, midget, and strongman working together to commit a series o…
West of ZanzibarPhroso ‘Dead-Legs’1928-11-24A magician seeks vengeance upon the man who paralyzed him and the illegitimate daughter he sired with the magician’s wife….
Laugh, Clown, LaughTito Beppi1928-04-14A despairing clown suffering a broken heart and a self-indulgent count who uncontrollably laughs learn to help each other with their problems, but bot…
A Blind BargainDr. Arthur Lamb / The Ape Man1922-12-03Chaney plays two roles: mad scientist Arthur Lamb and Lamb’s “experiment”, known only as the Ape Man. This hideous creature was the result of Lamb’s a…
He Who Gets SlappedPaul Beaumont aka HE1924-12-22Story of an inventor who, suffering betrayal in life, makes a career of it by becoming a clown whose act consists of getting slapped by all the other …
While Paris SleepsHenri Santodos1923-01-21Lon Chaney plays a Parisian sculptor who falls in love with his model (Mildred Manning). She, however, cares nothing for him. The film is considered l…
The Ace of HeartsMr. Farallone1921-09-17A romantic rivalry among members of a secret society becomes even more tense when one of the men is assigned to carry out an assassination….
London After MidnightProfessor Edward C. Burke1927-12-03The abandoned Balfour House, which former owner was found dead five years earlier, comes back to life with the arrival of two suspicious sinister-look…
ShadowsYen Sin1922-11-10Yen Sin, a humble Chinese, is washed ashore after a storm and finds himself an outsider in the deeply Christian fishing community of Urkey. Yen Sin el…
The Hunchback of Notre DameQuasimodo1923-09-06In 15th century France, a gypsy girl is framed for murder by the infatuated Chief Justice, and only the deformed bellringer of Notre Dame Cathedral ca…
The Road to MandalaySingapore Joe1926-06-26Joe, a former sea captain whose wife died during the birth of their child at sea, is now a pockmarked, disreputable divekeeper in Singapore where he i…
MockerySergei1927-08-13There is hunger in Siberia during the Russian Civil War. One day while dim-witted peasant Sergei is searching corpses for food, he meets a young woman…
Mr. WuMr. Wu / Wu’s Grandfather1927-03-26When Mandarin Wu’s unmarried daughter becomes pregnant by a young Englishman, he seeks vengeance….
The BlackbirdThe Blackbird / The Bishop1926-01-11Two thieves, the Blackbird and West End Bertie, fall in love with the same girl, a French nightclub performer named Fifi. Each man tries to outdo the …
The ShockWilse Dilling1923-06-10A gang of blackmailers sends a cripple to San Francisco to expose a banker they have been blackmailing. However, the cripple meets and falls in love w…
Flesh and BloodDavid Webster1922-08-22A convict hiding in Chinatown assumes the identity of a cripple to track down a businessman who framed him 15 years previously. He discovers that his …
Where East Is EastTiger Haynes1929-05-04A Chinese wife returns to the American family she left and moves in on her daughter’s (Lupe Velez) beau (Lloyd Hughes)….
While the City SleepsDan Coghlan1928-02-15A tough New York cop is determined to bring down a crook who has always managed to provide an alibi for the crimes he’s been accused of, even though t…
The TrapGaspard the Good1922-05-08A miner’s happiness is destroyed when a rival steals his mine. He becomes obsessed with revenge, and plans a trap for the man who took his mine….
Tell It to the MarinesSergeant O’Hara1926-12-23U.S. Marine Sergeant O’Hara has his hands full training raw recruits, one of whom, ‘Skeets’ Burns, is a particular thorn in his side. If Burns’s lacka…
The Miracle ManThe Frog1919-08-26A gang of crooks evade the police by moving their operations to a small town. There the gang’s leader encounters a faith healer and uses him to scam g…
The Mark of CainDick Temple1916-08-06
London After MidnightProfessor Edward C. Burke (archive footage)2002-11-01A reconstruction, made from still photographs, of the lost 1927 Tod Browning film London After Midnight (1927) starring Lon Chaney….
Lon Chaney: Behind the MaskHimself1996-01-01A documentary on the life and career of actor Lon Chaney, with clips from his films and interviews with people who knew him….
The Big CityChuck Collins1928-03-23Gangster boss Chuck Collins, despite his ruthlessness, is a basically decent fellow. Collins is plagued by a rival gang, led by deceptively boyish Cur…
ThunderGrumpy Anderson1929-07-08A train operator’s obsession with being on time leads to tragedy for his family….
A Messenger from the Shadows (Notes on Film 06 A/Monologue 01)2013-10-25Thanks to his myriad film roles, Lon Chaney is known as “the man of a thousand faces,” and you could say that the early horror era never beheld a …
The Millionaire PaupersLandlord1915-10-26Mrs. Burne-Smith and Mrs. Winthrop have determined to make a match between their respective children regardless of the fact that the two in question h…
When Bearcat Went DryKindard Powers1919-11-01Bearcat Turner Stacy loves Blossom Fulkerson and promise her to give up drinking. Turner is arrested and he find Blossom in the arms of Jerry Henderso…
By the Sun’s RaysFrank Lawler, the Clerk1914-07-21The earliest surviving film featuring Lon Chaney in a major role, By the Sun’s Ray’s was but one of several 2-reel westerns starring the florid Murdoc…
The False FacesKarl Eckstrom1919-02-15During World War I, a professional thief known as The Lone Wolf is assigned to steal a cylinder with important information from behind the German line…
Nomads of the NorthRaoul Challoner1920-09-25A Canadian Mountie allows an innocent fugitive to escape with the women he loves….
The Tower of LiesJan1925-10-10After his beloved daughter leaves for the city to pay off his debt, an old farmer goes mad when her letters become less frequent and it is suspected s…
The Adventures of Daredevil JackRoyce Rivers1920-06-30Heavyweight boxing champion Jack Dempsey stars in this 15 chapter action serial, of which portions of reels 1, 2, and 4 survive. In the serial he play…
Voices of the CityO’Rourke1921-12-01Voices of the City is a 1921 American silent crime drama film starring Leatrice Joy and Lon Chaney that was directed by Wallace Worsley. It is conside…
TriumphPaul Neihoff1917-09-02This melodrama about an actress in love with a playwright and the stage manager blackmailing her for her affections offers a unique glimpse into Chane…
The Next CornerJuan Serafin1924-02-18While honeymooning in Paris Elsie is rescued from attentions of a man.Her hero is Don Arturo who takes her to Countess Longueval after her husband mus…
A Mother’s AtonementBen1915-10-17A man recalls his earlier days when he was married and his wife cheated on him….
Lon Chaney: A Thousand FacesHimself (archive footage)2000-10-24Lon Chaney, the silent movie star and makeup artist, renowned for his various characterizations and celebrated for his horror films, becomes the subje…
Bobbie of the BalletHook Hoover1916-06-12Wealthy Jack Stimson (Jay Belasco) falls in love with Broadway diva Velma Vrooman (Gretchen Lederer), and for her sake bankrolls the musical productio…
The Gilded SpiderGiovanni1916-05-08An unusual story about the crossing paths of the poor Italian family of the sculptor Giovanni (Lon Chaney) and a reckless American millionaire, Cyrus …
The Grasp of GreedJimmie1916-07-17En route to Australia, beautiful authoress Alice Gordon (Louise Lovely) is shipwrecked on a desert island in the company of wealthy book publisher Joh…
The Grip of JealousySilas Lacey1916-02-28In pre-Civil War days, a woman dies in childbirth. Her sister, believing the child to be illegitimate, leaves the baby in the care of one of her siste…
Life in Hollywood No. 3Self1927-08-25Part of a 7-part series exploring all aspects of Hollywood….
The Empty Gun1917-09-04
The Wicked DarlingStoop Connors1919-12-25A slum girl is forced to steal for a living. After she swipes a rich society’s matron’s necklace, she hides out at the home of a man who turns out to …
The Scarlet CarPaul Revere Forbes1917-12-24Paul Revere Forbes, an ancestor of Paul Revere, is a teller at Cyrus Peabody’s bank. He learns that Cyrus and his son, Ernest, have speculated with $3…
The Light in the DarkTony Pantelli1922-09-03A young girl is struck and seriously injured by a wealthy society matron’s car. The woman brings the girl back to her house. Later, a hardened thief i…
The OublietteChevalier Bertrand de la Payne1914-08-14Francois Villon, vagabond, poet and philosopher, and his friend Colin, leave the vagabond camp and start for Paris. En route to that city, Villon’s he…
Bela Lugosi: The Fallen VampireHimself (archive footage)2007-10-24On Valentines Day, 1931, Universal Pictures released the film Dracula – the first true horror movie. Its worldwide success catapulted the film’s lead …
All the Brothers Were ValiantMark Shore1923-01-15Mark is the captain of a whaling ship and he looks down on brother Joel, who has never gone to sea. But when Mark’s ship arrives in port sans its capt…
The Place Beyond the WindsJerry Jo1916-11-06The story of a young woman living in the wilderness….
A Doll’s HouseNils Krogstad1917-06-11Nora Helmer has years earlier committed a forgery in order to save the life of her authoritarian husband Torvald. Now she is being blackmailed lives i…
The FlashlightHenry Norton / Porter Brixton1917-05-21Jack Lane (William Stowell) has made an invention for photographing wild animals. It consists of a camera with a trigger — when the trigger is steppe…
The RescueThomas Holland1917-07-23After divorcing her husband Kent, actress Anne Wetherall returns to the stage. Upon receiving a plea for help from childhood chum Nell Jerrold begging…
Hell Morgan’s GirlSleter Noble1917-03-05Roger Curwell (William Stowell) is disowned by his father (Joseph W. Girard) because of his desire to be an artist. But instead of making good as a pa…
Fires of RebellionRussell Hanlon1917-07-02Madge Garvey (Dorothy Phillips) works in a shoe factory. Her father Joe (Richard de la Reno) is a drunk who beats his wife (Alice May Youss), and her …
Danger, Go SlowBud1918-12-16Muggsy Mulane, a waif who wears boy’s clothing, jumps a freight train to the country after Jimmy “the Eel,” the leader of the gang of crooks with whom…
The Grand PassionPaul Argos1918-01-28Dick Evans is the corrupt boss of a rough-and-tumble munitions town called Powderville. He hires his friend, Jack Ripley, to establish a newspaper, in…
The Girl in the Checkered CoatHector Maitland1917-04-23When Mary and Fannie Graham, daughters of a good mother but a father with criminal instincts, are left motherless, Mary flees from her unhappy surroun…
Pay Me!Joe Lawson1917-09-01During a violent disagreement, a miner strangles his partner and accidentally shoots the man’s wife. He then deserts his own wife and son to elope wit…
Paid in AdvanceBateese Le Blanc1919-09-01In the northwestern wilderness of Alaska, an innocent young girl falls into the clutches of a band of evil men of the gold fields….
Riddle GawneHame Bozzam1918-08-03When Gawne finds his brother dying and hears that the killer has run off with his brother’s wife, he swears revenge….
Bits of LifeChin Chow1921-09-26This film combines four short films under the title Bits Of Life. The Bad Samaritan is taken from a story in Popular Magazine in which the son of a Ch…
Tangled HeartsJohn Hammond1916-04-02Montgomery Seaton, one of the idle rich, pays more attention to his friends’ business than to his marital situation….
Poor Jake’s DemiseThe Dude1913-08-16Jake’s wife fears he has made good his suicide threat after he has caught her making love to the Dude in his own home. During the last minute preparat…
The End of the FeudWood Dawson1914-04-12For fifty years the Dawsons and the Putnams have been engaged in a deadly family feud. Old Hen Dawson is now the patriarch of the Dawsons, and Jed Put…
A Ranch RomanceRaphael Praz1914-07-08Raphael Praz kidnaps heroine Kate….
A Man’s Country‘Three Card’ Duncan1919-07-13Dance-hall queen Kate Carewe is the toast of the gold-mining camp of Huxley’s Gulch. One day a minister, Ralph Bowen, arrives to “clean up” the town. …
Quincy Adams SawyerObadiah Strout1922-12-04Quincy Adams Sawyer is a young attorney who one day meets a girl in the park and is immediately smitten with her….
The PenaltyBlizzard1920-08-15Blizzard, deranged from a childhood operation in which both his legs were needlessly amputated after an accident, becomes a vicious criminal, and even…
Alas and AlackThe Fisherman and Hunchback Fate1915-10-10A fishwife tells her young daughter a fairy story about a princess imprisoned by a hunchback in a seashell, a story that parallels her own life….
Outside the LawAh Wing / ‘Black Mike’ Sylva1921-01-06Silent Madden and his daughter Molly have left the criminal underworld of San Francisco thanks to the wise teachings of Chang Low, a Confucian master….
VictoryRicardo1919-12-07Adaptation of Joseph Conrad novel about lust and violence on a South Seas Island….
The Forbidden RoomJohn Morris1914-06-20Fulfilling a promise made to his mother on her deathbed, Dr. James Gibson finds his sister Pauline who has run away after giving birth to an illegitim…
The Tragedy of Whispering CreekThe Greaser1914-05-01American silent short movie….
The Kaiser, the Beast of BerlinBethmann-Hollweg1918-01-02A propagandistic view of the First World War, showing the political greed of the German Kaiser Wilhelm, the resistance of some of his own soldiers, an…
If My Country Should CallDr. George Ardrath1916-09-25A doctor is called to the home of a young man who wants to enlist in the Army….
The Piper’s PriceBilly Kilmartin1917-01-08After divorcing his first wife and marrying a more gentle natured woman, Ralph Hadley finds himself again attracted to his ex-wife, a shrewd business …
The Price of SilenceEdmond Stafford1916-12-11A woman gives up her illegitimate child, and then marries without telling her new husband about the child….
A Broadway Scandal‘Kink’ Colby1918-06-01Having been misinformed that all French girls are morally suspect, American soldier David Kendall (Edwin August) is in for quite a shock when he’s shi…
That Devil, BateeseLouis Courteau1918-09-02After her romance with Martin Stuart shatters, Kathleen St. John leaves Montreal for the little village of Montrouge, where she plans to teach school….
The Measure of a ManDonald MacDermott1915-01-28Helen MacDermott, daughter of the Factor at Bear Lake, has been carefully and religiously brought up by her widowed father. Bob Brandt, a dashing youn…
The Stool Pigeon1915-04-19Walter Jason, a young man from the country, comes to the big city to find a position, but fails to do so. Oswald Trumble, so known to society, though …
The Oyster Dredger1915-06-14Vera, an heiress, while on a trip to the seaside, sees and admires Jack, an oyster dredger. She takes a fancy to his mode of living and through her la…
The Ways of Fate1913-04-19Two men playing cards, the argument, flash of a revolver, and one lay dead….
Famous Monster: Forrest J AckermanHimself (archive footage)2007-05-16Famous Monster takes a fast-paced, colorful look at the life of science fiction’s greatest fan – Forrest J. Ackerman, whose 85 year love affair with t…
Treasure IslandBlind Pew / Merry1920-01-02Young Jim Hawkins is caught up with the pirate Long John Silver in search of the buried treasure of the buccaneer Captain Flint, in this adaptation of…
Broadway LoveElmer Watkins1918-01-21A small-town girl who goes to New York hoping to become a Broadway star falls in with a fast crowd….
The Talk of the TownJack Langhorne1918-09-28Her strict upbringing is driving Genevra French (Dorothy Phillips) crazy, so when she gets her hand on a book called “How to Attract the Opposite Sex,…
Discord and HarmonyLon – the Sculptor1914-03-16Joy reigns in a colony of struggling artists because Old Felix, a composer, has at last sold one of his symphonies. The night of its initial hearing a…
The Gift SupremeMerney Stagg1920-03-30
The Restless SpiritThe Russian Count (uncredited)1913-10-27The Dreamer is unhappy with his marriage and runs away. He collapses and is found by The Desert Flower, who convince him to return to his family. In v…
RichelieuBaradas1914-09-26Based on a play by Edward Bulwer-Lytton. Originally released in six reels, but later cut to four due to poor reviews. A lost film….
Anything OnceWaughnt Moore1917-10-08Playboy Franklyn Farnum inherits a Western ranch on the condition that he shall run it properly for 6 months. A villain (none other than Lon Chaney) m…
Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th AnniversarySelf (archive footage)1945-09-06A look back at 25 years of Columbia’s series of newsreels chronicling the film industry and the lives of Hollywood stars. Clips from earlier films in …
The House That Shadows Built(archive footage)1931-07-08The House That Shadows Built (1931) is a short feature, roughly 48 minutes long, from Paramount Pictures made to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the…
Oliver TwistFagin1922-10-30Oliver’s mother, a penniless outcast, died giving birth to him. As a young boy Oliver is brought up in a workhouse, later apprenticed to an uncaring u…
BondageSeducer (uncredited)1917-10-17Dorothy Phillips was starred as Elinor Crawford, a small-town girl who becomes a reporter on a big-city newspaper — and immediately plunges into the …
They Came from the AtticThe Phantom of the Opera (Archival Footage)2022-05-10A teenage boy is home alone for the weekend but when nocturnal creatures living in his attic escape, he must survive….
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost FilmsHimself (archive footage)2011-04-03Among the pieces featured in Fragments are the final reel of John Ford’s The Village Blacksmith (1922) and a glimpse at Emil Jannings in The Way of Al…
Yesterday and Today(archive footage)1953-12-02A compilation of early-day silent films that serves as a glimpse back to the formative days of the movie industry as a salute to Hollywood’s Golden Ye…
For Those We LoveTrix Ulner1921-09-01Berenice Arnold spends her time trying to keep her family happy. This is easier said than done — her brother, Jimmy, is a gambler and he steals 80 do…
Lon Chaney: Son of a Thousand Faces(archive footage)1995-10-25Born Creighton Chaney, this is a biographical documentary on Lon Chaney Jr, the only star to play all four of the classic monsters: the Mummy, the Wol…
Damon and PythiasWild Man (uncredited) (unconfirmed)1914-11-23The friendship of Damon, the senator, and Pythias, the soldier, is famous in Ancient Syracuse….
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)Self (archive footage)1942-01-01The edition of Screen Snapshots celebrates 25 years of production. It looks at the content of edition #1, then a tribute to movie people who have died…
The Horror of It AllThe Phantom (archive footage)1983-02-23A collection of film clips from horror movies and interviews with the actors and directors who made them….
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute(archive footage)1974-02-20In this made-for-TV production, Vincent Price and his hunchback sidekick (Billy Van) host a pun-filled salute to the horror film genre from its earlie…
Universal Horror(archive footage)1998-10-08A documentary about the era of classic monster movies that were made at Universal Studios during the 1930s and 1940s….
Nadie inquietó másVarious Roles (archive footage)2008-10-30A peculiar, meticulous, vocationally archeological account of the professional life of the actor, Spanish by birth, Argentinean by adoption, Narciso I…

Lon Chaney Directing Movies

Movie NameJobRelease DateOverview
The Stool PigeonDirector1915-04-19Walter Jason, a young man from the country, comes to the big city to find a position, but fails to do so. Oswald Trumble, so known to society, though …
The Oyster DredgerDirector1915-06-14Vera, an heiress, while on a trip to the seaside, sees and admires Jack, an oyster dredger. She takes a fancy to his mode of living and through her la…

Writing

Movie NameJobRelease DateOverview
The Tragedy of Whispering CreekWriter1914-05-01American silent short movie….
The TrapStory1922-05-08A miner’s happiness is destroyed when a rival steals his mine. He becomes obsessed with revenge, and plans a trap for the man who took his mine….
The Oyster DredgerWriter1915-06-14Vera, an heiress, while on a trip to the seaside, sees and admires Jack, an oyster dredger. She takes a fancy to his mode of living and through her la…

Other Info

Movie NameJobRelease DateOverview
The Phantom of the OperaMakeup Artist1925-09-22A grotesquely disfigured composer known as “The Phantom” haunts Paris’ opera house, where he’s secretly grooming Christine Daae to be an opera diva. L…
The Unholy ThreeMakeup Artist1930-07-12A trio of former sideshow performers double as the “Unholy Three” in a scam to nab some shiny rocks….
The Hunchback of Notre DameMakeup Artist1923-09-06In 15th century France, a gypsy girl is framed for murder by the infatuated Chief Justice, and only the deformed bellringer of Notre Dame Cathedral ca…

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