Actor

Lon Chaney

Birthday: March 31, 1883

Born in: 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.

Movie Credits

They Came from the Attic (2022) as The Phantom of the Opera (Archival Footage)
Age: 139
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film (2014) as The Phantom / Quasimodo (archive footage)
Age: 131
A Messenger from the Shadows (Notes on Film 06 A/Monologue 01) (2013)
Age: 129
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films (2011) as Himself (archive footage)
Age: 128
Nadie inquietó más (2008) as Various Roles (archive footage)
Age: 125
Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire (2007) as Himself (archive footage)
Age: 124
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman (2007) as Self (archive footage)
Age: 124
London After Midnight (2002) as Professor Edward C. Burke (archive footage)
Age: 119
Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces (2000) as Self (archive footage)
Age: 117
The Many Faces of Dracula (2000) as Self (archive footage)
Age: 116
Universal Horror (1998) as (archive footage)
Age: 115
Lon Chaney: Son of a Thousand Faces (1995) as (archive footage)
Age: 112
Lon Chaney: Behind the Mask (1995) as Self (archive footage)
Age: 111
The Horror of It All (1983) as The Phantom (archive footage)
Age: 99
The Horror Show (1979) as (archive footage)
Age: 95
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute (1974) as Self (archive footage)
Age: 90
The Honor of the Family (Unknown)
Age: Unknown
Yesterday and Today (1953) as (archive footage)
Age: 70
Hollywood Story (1951) as The Phantom (archive footage) (uncredited)
Age: 68
Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary (1945) as Self (archive footage)
Age: 62
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10) (1942) as Self (archive footage)
Age: 58
The House That Shadows Built (1931) as (archive footage)
Age: 48
The Unholy Three (1930) as Professor Echo / Grandma O'Grady
Age: 47
The Phantom of the Opera (1929) as Erik
Age: 46
Thunder (1929) as Grumpy Anderson
Age: 46
Where East Is East (1929) as Tiger Haynes
Age: 46
West of Zanzibar (1928) as Phroso 'Dead-Legs'
Age: 45
Laugh, Clown, Laugh (1928) as Tito Beppi
Age: 45
The Big City (1928) as Chuck Collins
Age: 44
While the City Sleeps (1928) as Dan Coghlan
Age: 44
Mabel and Bill Dumphy's visit with Hazel & Lon Chaney (1928) as Self
Age: 44
London After Midnight (1927) as Professor Edward C. Burke
Age: 44
Life in Hollywood No. 3 (1927) as Self
Age: 44
Mockery (1927) as Sergei
Age: 44
The Unknown (1927) as Alonzo
Age: 44
Mr. Wu (1927) as Mr. Wu / Wu's Grandfather
Age: 43
Tell It to the Marines (1926) as Sergeant O'Hara
Age: 43
The Road to Mandalay (1926) as Singapore Joe
Age: 43
The Blackbird (1926) as Dan - The Blackbird / The Bishop
Age: 42
The Tower of Lies (1925) as Jan
Age: 42
The Unholy Three (1925) as Professor Echo / Granny O'Grady
Age: 42
The Phantom of the Opera (1925) as Erik, The Phantom
Age: 42
The Monster (1925) as Dr. Ziska
Age: 41
He Who Gets Slapped (1924) as Paul Beaumont
Age: 41
The Next Corner (1924) as Juan Serafin
Age: 40
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923) as Quasimodo
Age: 40
The Shock (1923) as Wilse Dilling
Age: 40
While Paris Sleeps (1923) as Henri Santodos
Age: 39
All the Brothers Were Valiant (1923) as Mark Shore
Age: 39
Quincy Adams Sawyer (1922) as Obadiah Strout
Age: 39
A Blind Bargain (1922) as Dr. Arthur Lamb / The Ape Man
Age: 39
Shadows (1922) as Yen Sin
Age: 39
Oliver Twist (1922) as Fagin
Age: 39
The Light in the Dark (1922) as Tony Pantelli
Age: 39
Flesh and Blood (1922) as David Webster
Age: 39
The Trap (1922) as Gaspard the Good
Age: 39
Voices of the City (1921) as O'Rourke
Age: 38
Bits of Life (1921) as Chin Chow
Age: 38
The Ace of Hearts (1921) as Farallone
Age: 38
For Those We Love (1921) as Trix Ulner
Age: 38
Outside the Law (1921) as Ah Wing / 'Black Mike' Sylva
Age: 37
Nomads of the North (1920) as Raoul Challoner
Age: 37
The Penalty (1920) as Blizzard
Age: 37
The Adventures of Daredevil Jack (1920) as Royce Rivers
Age: 37
The Gift Supreme (1920) as Merney Stagg
Age: 36
Treasure Island (1920) as Blind Pew / Merry
Age: 36
The Wicked Darling (1919) as Stoop Connors
Age: 36
Victory (1919) as Ricardo
Age: 36
When Bearcat Went Dry (1919) as Kindard Powers
Age: 36
Paid in Advance (1919) as Bateese Le Blanc
Age: 36
The Miracle Man (1919) as The Frog
Age: 36
A Man's Country (1919) as 'Three Card' Duncan
Age: 36
The False Faces (1919) as Karl Eckstrom
Age: 35
Danger, Go Slow (1918) as Bud
Age: 35
The Talk of the Town (1918) as Jack Langhorne
Age: 35
That Devil, Bateese (1918) as Louis Courteau
Age: 35
Riddle Gawne (1918) as Hame Bozzam
Age: 35
A Broadway Scandal (1918) as 'Kink' Colby
Age: 35
Fast Company (1918) as Dan McCarty
Age: 35
The Grand Passion (1918) as Paul Argos
Age: 34
Broadway Love (1918) as Elmer Watkins
Age: 34
The Kaiser, the Beast of Berlin (1918) as Bethmann-Hollweg
Age: 34
The Scarlet Car (1917) as Paul Revere Forbes
Age: 34
Bondage (1917) as Seducer (uncredited)
Age: 34
Anything Once (1917) as Waughnt Moore
Age: 34
The Empty Gun (1917) as Frank
Age: 34
Triumph (1917) as Paul Neihoff
Age: 34
Pay Me! (1917) as Joe Lawson
Age: 34
The Rescue (1917) as Thomas Holland
Age: 34
Fires of Rebellion (1917) as Russell Hanlon
Age: 34
A Doll's House (1917) as Nils Krogstad
Age: 34
The Flashlight (1917) as Henry Norton / Porter Brixton
Age: 34
The Girl in the Checkered Coat (1917) as Hector Maitland
Age: 34
Hell Morgan's Girl (1917) as Sleter Noble
Age: 33
The Piper's Price (1917) as Billy Kilmartin
Age: 33
The Price of Silence (1916) as Edmond Stafford
Age: 33
The Place Beyond the Winds (1916) as Jerry Jo
Age: 33
If My Country Should Call (1916) as Dr. George Ardrath
Age: 33
The Mark of Cain (1916) as Dick Temple
Age: 33
The Grasp of Greed (1916) as Jimmie
Age: 33
Bobbie of the Ballet (1916) as Hook Hoover
Age: 33
The Gilded Spider (1916) as Giovanni
Age: 33
Tangled Hearts (1916) as John Hammond
Age: 33
The Grip of Jealousy (1916) as Silas Lacey
Age: 32
Dolly's Scoop (1916) as Dan Fisher
Age: 32
Stronger Than Death (1915) as Attorney
Age: 32
Father and the Boys (1915) as Tuck Bartholomew
Age: 32
The Millionaire Paupers (1915) as Landlord
Age: 32
A Mother's Atonement (1915) as Ben
Age: 32
Alas and Alack (1915) as The Fisherman and Hunchback Fate
Age: 32
The Fascination of the Fleur de Lis (1915) as The Duke of Safoulrug
Age: 32
The Oyster Dredger (1915)
Age: 32
The Stool Pigeon (1915)
Age: 32
The Measure of a Man (1915) as Donald MacDermott
Age: 31
The Sin of Olga Brandt (1915) as Stephen Leslie
Age: 31
A Night of Thrills (1914) as The Visitor
Age: 31
The Lion, the Lamb and the Man (1914) as Fred Brown, the Lion
Age: 31
Damon and Pythias (1914) as Wild Man (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
Age: 31
Virtue Its Own Reward (1914) as Duncan Bronson
Age: 31
Richelieu (1914) as Baradas
Age: 31
The Higher Law (1914) as Sir Stephen Fitz Allen
Age: 31
The Oubliette (1914) as Chevalier Bertrand de la Payne
Age: 31
By the Sun's Rays (1914) as Frank Lawler, the Clerk
Age: 31
A Ranch Romance (1914) as Raphael Praz
Age: 31
The Forbidden Room (1914) as John Morris
Age: 31
The Tragedy of Whispering Creek (1914) as The Greaser
Age: 31
The End of the Feud (1914) as Wood Dawson
Age: 31
Discord and Harmony (1914) as Lon - the Sculptor
Age: 30
Back to Life (1913) as The Rival
Age: 30
The Restless Spirit (1913) as The Russian Count (uncredited)
Age: 30
Poor Jake's Demise (1913) as The Dude
Age: 30