Lon Chaney Jr.

Acting · Born 1906-02-10 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA

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 Wikipedia article Lon Chaney, Jr., licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

• High Noon as Martin Howe
• Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein as The Wolfman
• The Defiant Ones as Big Sam
• The Wolf Man as Larry Talbot / The Wolf Man
• The Ghost of Frankenstein as The Frankenstein Monster
• Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man as Lawrence 'Larry' Stewart Talbot / The Wolf Man
• House of Frankenstein as Lawrence 'Larry' Talbot (aka The Wolf Man)
• Dracula vs. Frankenstein as Groton
• The Movie Orgy as Self (archive footage)
• One Million B.C. as Akhoba

TV

• The Colgate Comedy Hour as Self - Frankenstein Monster
• Route 66 as Poppa Duplessis
• Surfside 6
• General Electric Theater as Bucknell
• The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
• Pistols 'n' Petticoats
• The Monkees as Lenny
• Rawhide as Jesse Childress
• Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Alaskan Trapper
• Climax! as Frank Wiggins