Lon Chaney Jr.

American actor (1906–1974)

Creighton Tull Chaney, known by his stage name Lon Chaney Jr., was an American actor known for playing Larry Talbot in the film The Wolf Man (1941) and its various crossovers, Count Alucard in Son of Dracula, Frankenstein's monster in The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942), the Mummy in three pictures, and various other roles in many Universal horror films, including six films in their 1940s Inner Sanctum series, making him a horror icon. He also portrayed Lennie Small in Of Mice and Men (1939) and played supporting parts in dozens of mainstream movies, including High Noon (1952), The Defiant Ones (1958), and numerous Westerns, musicals, comedies and dramas.

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Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 70 films (1934–1971) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 34 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▲	Title	Creator	Length	Format	Color	Sound
1934	THE LIFE OF VERGIE WINTERS.	RKO Radio Pictures Inc.	9 reels		B&W
1936	ACE DRUMMOND.	Universal Productions Inc.	2 reels		B&W
1936	The old corral.	Republic Pictures Corp	6 reels	16mm	B&W	sound
1936	Undersea Kingdom	B. Reeves Eason, Joseph Kane	12:00		B&W
1936	UNDERSEA KINGDOM.	Republic Pictures Corp	2 reels		B&W
1937	LOVE AND HISSES.	Fox Film Corp	2 reels		B&W
1937	SECRET AGENT X-9.	Universal Pictures Co. Inc.	2 reels		B&W
1937	WIFE, DOCTOR, AND NURSE.	Fox Film Corp	21 min	16mm	B&W	Sound
1937	WILD AND WOOLLY.	Fox Film Corp	5 reels		B&W
1938	Alexander's Ragtime Band	Zanuck Darryl F	108 min	16mm	B&W	sound
1938	ALEXANDER'S RAGTIME BAND.	Fox Film Corp	1 reel		B&W
1938	JOSETTE.	Fox Film Corp	73 min		B&W
1938	SALLY, IRENE AND MARY	Fox Film Corp	6 reels	16mm	B&W	sound
1938	STRAIGHT, PLACE, AND SHOW.	Fox Film Corp			B&W
1938	SUBMARINE PATROL.	Fox Film Corp	95 min		B&W
1939	OF MICE AND MEN	Lewis Milestone	106 min		B&W
1939	Union Pacific	Paramount Pictures Inc.	2:16:00	16mm	B&W	sound
1940	Of Mice And Men.	Lewis Milestone	11 reels.
1940	One Million B.C.	Hal Roach, Jr., Hal Roach	79 min		B&W
1941	Man Made Monster.	George Waggner	7 reels
1941	Riders Of Death Valley.	Ford Beebe, Ray Taylor	2 reels		B&W
1941	San Antonio rose.	Minoco Productions	1:00	16mm	B&W	sound
1941	The Wolf Man.	Fox Film Corp	8 reels	16mm	B&W	sound
1941	The Wolfman (excerpts)	Universal Pictures ; original screenplay, Curt Siodmak ; produced and directed by George Waggner.	4	16mm	B&W	sound
1941	Too Many Blondes.	Thornton Freeland	7 reels	16mm	B&W	Sound
1942	Frankenstein Meets The Wolf Man.	Roy William Neill	8 reels		B&W
1942	Ghost Of Frankenstein.	Erle C. Kenton	67 min.
1942	KEEPING FIT	Arthur Lubin
1942	North to the klondike.	Universal Pictures	1900	16mm	B&W	sound
1942	The Mummy's Tomb.	Harold Young	6 reels		B&W
1943	CALLING DR. DEATH	Universal Pictures Co. Inc.	7 reels		B&W
1943	Cobra Woman.	Robert Siodmak	8 reels		Color
1943	KEEPING FIT	Office of War Information	10 min	16mm		Sound
1943	Son Of Dracula.	Robert Siodmak	9 reels		B&W
1944	Dead Man's Eyes.	Reginald Le Borg	7 reels		B&W
1944	House Of Frankenstein.	Erle C. Kenton	7 reels		B&W
1944	The Frozen Ghost.	Harold Young	6 reels		B&W
1944	Weird Woman.	Reginald LeBorg	7 reels		B&W
1945	Pillow Of Death.	Wallace Fox	7 reels		B&W
1945	Strange Confession.	John Hoffman	7 reels
1945	The Daltons Ride Again.	Universal-International	8 reels	16mm	B&W	sound
1947	My Favorite Brunette	Dist By Aims Media	87 min.	16mm	B&W	sound
1948	Abbott and Costello meet Frankenstein	SWANK	82	16mm	B&W	sound
1948	Abbott and Costello meet Frankenstein	Castle Films	1600		B&W
1949	Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein	Universal Pictures Co. Inc.	83 min.	16mm	B&W	sound
1950	Captain China.	Paramount Pictures Corp.	98 min.	35mm	B&W	sound
1951	Bride Of The Gorilla.	Jack Broder Productions Inc.	65 min.	35mm	B&W	sound
1951	Flame Of Araby.	Universal Pictures Co. Inc.	77 min.	35mm	Color	sound
1952	High noon	telefilm	84	16mm	B&W	sound
1952	High Noon	Fred Zinnemann	85 min	16mm	B&W