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Lon Chaney

Lon Chaney

Birthday: 1883-03-31 | Place of Birth: Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA

Leonidas Frank "Lon" Chaney (April 1, 1883 – August 26, 1930) was an American actor and makeup artist. He is regarded as one of the most versatile and powerful actors of cinema, renowned for his characterizations of tortured, often grotesque and afflicted, characters and for his groundbreaking artistry with makeup. Chaney was known for his starring roles in such silent horror films as The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923) and The Phantom of the Opera (1925). His ability to transform himself using makeup techniques that he developed earned him the nickname "The Man of a Thousand Faces". Description above from the Wikipedia article Lon Chaney, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2022
They Came from the Attic

as    The Phantom of the Opera (Archival Footage)

2014
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film

as    The Phantom / Quasimodo (archive footage)

2011
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films

as    Himself (archive footage)

2007
Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire

as    Himself (archive footage)

2007
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman

as    Self (archive footage)

2002
London After Midnight

as    Professor Edward C. Burke (archive footage)

2000
Lon Chaney: A thousand faces

as    Self (archive footage)

2000
The Many Faces of Dracula

as    Self (archive footage)

1995
Lon Chaney: Behind the Mask

as    Self (archive footage)

1953
Yesterday and Today

as    (archive footage)

1945
1931
The House That Shadows Built

as    (archive footage)

1930
The Unholy Three

as    Professor Echo / Grandma O'Grady

1929
The Phantom of the Opera

as    Erik

1929
Thunder

as    Grumpy Anderson

1929
Where East Is East

as    Tiger Haynes

1928
The Big City

as    Chuck Collins

1928
While the City Sleeps

as    Dan Coghlan

1928
West of Zanzibar

as    Phroso 'Dead-Legs'

1928
Laugh, Clown, Laugh

as    Tito Beppi

1927
The Unknown

as    Alonzo

1927
Mr. Wu

as    Mr. Wu / Wu's Grandfather

1927
London After Midnight

as    Professor Edward C. Burke

1927
Mockery

as    Sergei