Lon Chaney Jr.

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.

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 CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
1952 Springfield Rifle. Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. 93 min. 35mm Color sound
1952 The Black Castle. Universal Pictures Co. Inc. 81 min. 35mm B&W sound
1952 Thief Of Damascus. Columbia Pictures Corp. 78 min. 35mm Color sound
1953 Raiders Of The Seven Seas. Global Productions Inc. 88 min. 35mm Color sound
1953 The Boy From Oklahoma. Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. 88 min. 35mm Color sound
1955 The Silver Star. Intercontinental Pictures Inc. 74 min. 35mm B&W sound
1956 Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer. Republic Pictures Corp 9 reels 35mm Color sound
1956 Indestructible Man. C. G. K. Productions Inc. 70 min. 35mm B&W sound
1956 Manfish W. Lee Wilder 76 min
1958 Money, Women And Guns. Universal Pictures Co. Inc. 9 reels 35mm Color sound
1959 The Alligator People. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp 74 min. 35mm B&W sound
1964 Face of the Screaming Werewolf 3 Directors 60 min B&W
1964 Witchcraft Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp 35mm B&W sound
1964 Young Fury Paramount Pictures Corp. & A. C. Lyles Productions Inc. 80 min 35mm Color sound
1965 JOHNNY RENO R. G. Springsteen 83 min 16mm sound
1965 Town tamer. Paramount Pictures Corp. & A. C. Lyles Productions Inc. 89 min 35mm Color sound
1967 Hillbillys in a Haunted House Jean Yarbrough 86 min
1969 The Female Bunch Al Adamson
1971 Dracula vs. Frankenstein Al Adamson 91 min Color
Murder in Morocco 7 reels 16mm Sound