Acting credits
211
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Lon Chaney Jr.
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 179Series: 32
TMDB ID: 4072
IMDb ID: nm0001033
Known for: Acting
Born: February 10, 1906
Died: July 12, 1973
Age: 67
Place of birth: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1922 - 2025
Years active: 104
Average TMDB rating: 6.16
Wikidata: Q318261
Also known as
Creighton Tull Chaney • Creighton Chaney • Lon Chaney • Лон Чейни-мл. • Лон Чейни младший • Лон Чейни мл. • لان چینی جونیور
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Lon Chaney Jr..
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
as Self - (archive footage)
2025 Movie
10.0
Jack Pierce: The Man Who Made the Monsters
as Self (archive footage)
2015 Movie
7.5
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
as The Wolf Man / Larry Talbot (archive footage)
2014 Movie
7.0
Pure in Heart: The Life and Legacy of Lon Chaney, Jr.
as Self (archive footage)
2010 Movie
6.3
Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire
as Himself (archive footage)
2007 Movie
9.0
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
as Self (archive footage)
2007 Movie
Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb
as Hassan (archive footage)
2007 Movie
Terror in the Tropics
as Lyle Talbot (archive footage)
2006 Movie
7.6
Los Angeles Plays Itself
as Charles Benton in The Indestructible Man (archive footage)
2004 Movie
Monster Movie Trivia Quiz
2004 Movie
6.5
Lon Chaney: A thousand faces
as Self (archive footage)
2000 Movie
6.8
The American Nightmare
as Self
2000 Movie
7.0
Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed
as Self (archive footage)
2000 Movie
3.5
The Many Faces of Dracula
as Count Dracula (archive footage)
2000 Movie
6.9
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
as Self (archive footage)
1999 Movie
7.1
Universal Horror
as (archive footage)
1998 Movie
The Wolfman's Cure
as Lawrence Stewart Talbot / The Wolf Man
1998 Movie
9.0
Lon Chaney: Son of a Thousand Faces
as (archive footage)
1995 Movie
7.0
Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld
as Self (archive footage)
1994 Movie
8.0
Wolfman Chronicles: A Cinematic Scrapbook
as Lawrence Talbot / The Wolf Man (archive footage)
1991 Movie
10.0
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
as Count Dracula / The Wolf Man (archive footage)
1991 Movie
Abbott and Costello in the Movies
as Outtake
1990 Movie
3.8
The Horror Show
as (archive footage)
1979 Movie
4.4
Dracula vs. Frankenstein
as Groton
1971 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Lon Chaney Jr..
7.5
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
3 eps
1966 Series
6.5
The Monkees
as Lenny • 1 eps
1966 Series
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self • 1 eps
1962 Series
6.3
Route 66
as Poppa Duplessis • 1 eps
1960 Series
5.0
Surfside 6
1 eps
1960 Series
6.0
Stagecoach West
as Ben Wait • 1 eps
1960 Series
5.7
Adventures in Paradise
as Trader One Arm • 1 eps
1959 Series
5.7
Johnny Ringo
as Ben Rafferty • 1 eps
1959 Series
6.2
Lock-Up
1 eps
1959 Series
6.2
The Deputy
as Tom Arnold • 1 eps
1959 Series
7.2
Rawhide
as Jesse Childress • 1 eps
1959 Series
8.0
13 Demon Street
as Host • 13 eps
1959 Series
6.1
Bat Masterson
as Rance Fletcher • 1 eps
1958 Series
5.6
Lawman
as Jess Bridges • 1 eps
1958 Series
7.1
The Rifleman
as Charlie Gordo • 1 eps
1958 Series
5.5
The Texan
as Wylie Ames • 1 eps
1958 Series
6.8
Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Sheriff Lon Paulson • 1 eps
1958 Series
6.6
Tombstone Territory
as Ex-Marshal Daggett • 1 eps
1957 Series
6.6
Wagon Train
as Louis Roque • 1 eps
1957 Series
7.3
Have Gun, Will Travel
as William Ceilbleu • 1 eps
1957 Series
4.8
Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans
as Chingachgook • 39 eps
1957 Series
6.0
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Michael Peters • 1 eps
1956 Series
6.3
Telephone Time
as Jules Samenian • 1 eps
1956 Series
3.3
Climax!
as Frank Wiggins • 1 eps
1954 Series