Lon Chaney
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Film
The Phantom of the Opera
Erik, The Phantom
1925
Film
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Quasimodo
1923
Film
He Who Gets Slapped
Paul Beaumont
1924
Film
The Unknown
Alonzo
1927
Film
Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces
Self (archive footage)
2000
Film
Hollywood Story
The Phantom (archive footage) (uncredited)
1951
Film
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
Himself (archive footage)
2011
Film
The Unholy Three
Professor Echo / Granny O'Grady
1925
Film
Laugh, Clown, Laugh
Tito Beppi
1928
Film
The Horror Show
(archive footage)
1979
Film
London After Midnight
Professor Edward C. Burke/The Man in the Beaver Hat
1927
Film
The Ace of Hearts
Farallone
1921
Film
Treasure Island
Blind Pew / Merry
1920
Film
The Penalty
Blizzard
1920
Film
The House That Shadows Built
(archive footage)
1931
Film
Universal Horror
(archive footage)
1998
Film
The Horror of It All
The Phantom (archive footage)
1983
Film
West of Zanzibar
Phroso 'Dead-Legs'
1928
Film
Tell It to the Marines
Sergeant O'Hara
1926
Vårt kronprinspar i Hollywood
1926
Film
The Many Faces of Dracula
Self (archive footage)
2000
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
Self (archive footage)
1974
Film
Mr. Wu
Mr. Wu / Wu's Grandfather
1927
Film
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
Self (archive footage)
2007
Film
For Those We Love
Trix Ulner
1921
Film
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
Self (archive footage)
1942
Film
Nomads of the North
Raoul Challoner
1920
Film
Outside the Law
Ah Wing / 'Black Mike' Sylva
1921
Film
The Blackbird
Dan - The Blackbird / The Bishop
1926
Film
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
The Phantom / Quasimodo (archive footage)
2014
Film
Where East Is East
Tiger Haynes
1929
Film
The Trap
Gaspard the Good
1922
Film
The Adventures of Daredevil Jack
Royce Rivers
1920
Film
Victory
Ricardo
1919
Film
Hell Morgan's Girl
Sleter Noble
1917
Film
Shadows
Yen Sin
1922
Film
Riddle Gawne
Hame Bozzam
1918
Film
A Doll's House
Nils Krogstad
1917
Film
Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire
Himself (archive footage)
2007
Film
Voices of the City
O'Rourke
1921
Film
The Girl in the Checkered Coat
Hector Maitland
1917
Film
The Mark of Cain
Dick Temple
1916
Film
The Road to Mandalay
Singapore Joe
1926
Film
London After Midnight
Professor Edward C. Burke (archive footage)
2002
Film
The Unholy Three
Professor Echo / Grandma O'Grady
1930
Film
They Came from the Attic
The Phantom of the Opera (Archival Footage)
2022
Film
Lon Chaney: Son of a Thousand Faces
(archive footage)
1995
Film
Oliver Twist
Fagin
1922
Film
Bobbie of the Ballet
Hook Hoover
1916
Film
Pay Me!
Joe Lawson
1917
Film
A Man's Country
'Three Card' Duncan
1919
Film
The Grip of Jealousy
Silas Lacey
1916
Film
Triumph
Paul Neihoff
1917
Film
All the Brothers Were Valiant
Mark Shore
1923
Film
Yesterday and Today
(archive footage)
1953
Film
The Tower of Lies
Jan
1925
Film
The Scarlet Car
Paul Revere Forbes
1917
Film
Paid in Advance
Bateese Le Blanc
1919
The Stool Pigeon
1915
Film
The Talk of the Town
Jack Langhorne
1918
Film
A Mother's Atonement
Ben
1915
Film
Poor Jake's Demise
The Dude
1913
Film
The Shock
Wilse Dilling
1923
Film
While the City Sleeps
Dan Coghlan
1928
Film
A Broadway Scandal
'Kink' Colby
1918
Film
The Price of Silence
Edmond Stafford
1916
Film
The Kaiser, the Beast of Berlin
Bethmann-Hollweg
1918
Film
By the Sun's Rays
Frank Lawler, the Clerk
1914
Film
The Wicked Darling
Stoop Connors
1919
Film
The Piper's Price
Billy Kilmartin
1917
Film
Danger, Go Slow
Bud
1918
Film
Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary
Self (archive footage)
1945
Film
The Monster
Dr. Ziska
1925
Film
Lon Chaney: Behind the Mask
Self (archive footage)
1995
Film
Bits of Life
Chin Chow
1921
Film
Life in Hollywood
Self
1927
Film
The Light in the Dark
Tony Pantelli
1922
Film
Anything Once
Waughnt Moore
1917
Film
That Devil, Bateese
Louis Courteau
1918
Film
Richelieu
Baradas
1914
Film
The Place Beyond the Winds
Jerry Jo
1916
Film
The Phantom of the Opera
Erik, The Phantom
1929
Film
Bondage
Seducer (uncredited)
1917
Film
Virtue Its Own Reward
Duncan Bronson
1914
Film
The Lion, the Lamb and the Man
Fred Brown, the Lion
1914
Film
The Grasp of Greed
Jimmie
1916
Film
Mockery
Sergei
1927
Film
Father and the Boys
Tuck Bartholomew
1915
Film
The Tragedy of Whispering Creek
The Greaser
1914
Film
If My Country Should Call
Dr. George Ardrath
1916
Film
Damon and Pythias
Wild Man (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
1914
The Higher Law
Sir Stephen Fitz Allen
1914
Film
Flesh and Blood
David Webster
1922
Film
Mabel and Bill Dumphy's visit with Hazel & Lon Chaney
Self
1928
Film
The Millionaire Paupers
Landlord
1915
Film
Quincy Adams Sawyer
Obadiah Strout
1922
Film
The Miracle Man
The Frog
1919
Film
Tangled Hearts
John Hammond
1916
Film
Dolly's Scoop
Dan Fisher
1916
Film
Life in Hollywood No. 3
Self
1927
Film
A Blind Bargain
Dr. Arthur Lamb / The Ape Man
1922
Film
The Gift Supreme
Merney Stagg
1920
Film
The Oubliette
Chevalier Bertrand de la Payne
1914
The Empty Gun
Frank
1917
Film
The Fascination of the Fleur de Lis
The Duke of Safoulrug
1915
Film
The Next Corner
Juan Serafin
1924
The Measure of a Man
Donald MacDermott
1915
Film
The Grand Passion
Paul Argos
1918
The End of the Feud
Wood Dawson
1914
Film
Discord and Harmony
Lon - the Sculptor
1914
Film
The Restless Spirit
The Russian Count (uncredited)
1913
Film
When Bearcat Went Dry
Kindard Powers
1919
Film
The False Faces
Karl Eckstrom
1919
Film
Nadie inquietó más
Various Roles (archive footage)
2008
The Flashlight
Henry Norton / Porter Brixton
1917
Stronger Than Death
Attorney
1915
The Sin of Olga Brandt
Stephen Leslie
1915
Film
The Gilded Spider
Giovanni
1916
Film
Back to Life
The Rival
1913
Film
Broadway Love
Elmer Watkins
1918
Film
Fires of Rebellion
Russell Hanlon
1917
A Night of Thrills
The Visitor
1914
Film
Thunder
Grumpy Anderson
1929
Film
The Rescue
Thomas Holland
1917
Film
The Forbidden Room
John Morris
1914
Film
A Messenger from the Shadows (Notes on Film 06 A/Monologue 01)
2013
Film
Alas and Alack
The Fisherman and Hunchback Fate
1915
Film
While Paris Sleeps
Henri Santodos
1923
Film
Fast Company
Dan McCarty
1918
Film
The Oyster Dredger
1915
The Honor of the Family
1912
Film
The Big City
Chuck Collins
1928
A Ranch Romance
Raphael Praz
1914