Cast & creator
Lon Chaney
Best known for The Hunchback of Notre Dame, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, The Hunchback of Notre Dame
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.
Also known as: Leonidas Frank Chaney, Man of a Thousand Faces, Лон Чейни, Lon Chaney Sr.
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1912–2022 · acting roles
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Filmography (143)
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Quasimodo
1923The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Makeup Artist
1923The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Co-Director
1923
The Phantom of the Opera
Erik, The Phantom
1925The Phantom of the Opera
Makeup Artist
1925
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
Self (archive footage)
2007The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
Self (archive footage)
1974
He Who Gets Slapped
Paul Beaumont
1924
Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces
Self (archive footage)
2000
Treasure Island
Blind Pew / Merry
1920
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
Self (archive footage)
1942
The Many Faces of Dracula
Self (archive footage)
2000
The House That Shadows Built
(archive footage)
1931
The Unknown
Alonzo
1927Vårt kronprinspar i Hollywood
1926
While the City Sleeps
Dan Coghlan
1928
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
The Phantom / Quasimodo (archive footage)
2014
The Unholy Three
Professor Echo / Granny O'Grady
1925
The Trap
Gaspard the Good
1922The Trap
Story
1922
The Horror Show
(archive footage)
1979
Laugh, Clown, Laugh
Tito Beppi
1928
Tell It to the Marines
Sergeant O'Hara
1926
Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary
Self (archive footage)
1945
Where East Is East
Tiger Haynes
1929
Hollywood Story
The Phantom (archive footage) (uncredited)
1951
They Came from the Attic
The Phantom of the Opera (Archival Footage)
2022
Lon Chaney: Son of a Thousand Faces
(archive footage)
1995
Riddle Gawne
Hame Bozzam
1918
The Talk of the Town
Jack Langhorne
1918
The Blackbird
Dan - The Blackbird / The Bishop
1926
The Horror of It All
The Phantom (archive footage)
1983
For Those We Love
Trix Ulner
1921
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
Himself (archive footage)
2011The Stool Pigeon
1915The Stool Pigeon
Director
1915
The Ace of Hearts
Farallone
1921
The Road to Mandalay
Singapore Joe
1926
All the Brothers Were Valiant
Mark Shore
1923
West of Zanzibar
Phroso 'Dead-Legs'
1928
Universal Horror
(archive footage)
1998
The Penalty
Blizzard
1920
Bondage
Seducer (uncredited)
1917
The Unholy Three
Professor Echo / Grandma O'Grady
1930The Unholy Three
Makeup Artist
1930
The Grasp of Greed
Jimmie
1916
Victory
Ricardo
1919
A Doll's House
Nils Krogstad
1917
A Man's Country
'Three Card' Duncan
1919
When Bearcat Went Dry
Kindard Powers
1919
The Kaiser, the Beast of Berlin
Bethmann-Hollweg
1918
Voices of the City
O'Rourke
1921
Shadows
Yen Sin
1922
The Tower of Lies
Jan
1925
The Adventures of Daredevil Jack
Royce Rivers
1920
Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire
Himself (archive footage)
2007
London After Midnight
Professor Edward C. Burke/The Man in the Beaver Hat
1927
Quincy Adams Sawyer
Obadiah Strout
1922
The Miracle Man
The Frog
1919
Father and the Boys
Tuck Bartholomew
1915
Bobbie of the Ballet
Hook Hoover
1916
The Piper's Price
Billy Kilmartin
1917
Nomads of the North
Raoul Challoner
1920
By the Sun's Rays
Frank Lawler, the Clerk
1914
A Mother's Atonement
Ben
1915
If My Country Should Call
Dr. George Ardrath
1916
Outside the Law
Ah Wing / 'Black Mike' Sylva
1921
The Gift Supreme
Merney Stagg
1920
Life in Hollywood No. 3
Self
1927
The Mark of Cain
Dick Temple
1916
The Monster
Dr. Ziska
1925
Thunder
Grumpy Anderson
1929
The Scarlet Car
Paul Revere Forbes
1917
Yesterday and Today
(archive footage)
1953
The Price of Silence
Edmond Stafford
1916
Poor Jake's Demise
The Dude
1913
The Tragedy of Whispering Creek
The Greaser
1914The Tragedy of Whispering Creek
Writer
1914
The Lion, the Lamb and the Man
Fred Brown, the Lion
1914
Bits of Life
Chin Chow
1921
Hell Morgan's Girl
Sleter Noble
1917
Nadie inquietó más
Various Roles (archive footage)
2008
The Grip of Jealousy
Silas Lacey
1916
The Fascination of the Fleur de Lis
The Duke of Safoulrug
1915
Lon Chaney: Behind the Mask
Self (archive footage)
1995
Virtue Its Own Reward
Duncan Bronson
1914
Mr. Wu
Mr. Wu / Wu's Grandfather
1927
Graft
Makeup Artist
1915
Danger, Go Slow
Bud
1918
That Devil, Bateese
Louis Courteau
1918
The Light in the Dark
Tony Pantelli
1922
The Next Corner
Juan Serafin
1924The Measure of a Man
Donald MacDermott
1915
Richelieu
Baradas
1914
Triumph
Paul Neihoff
1917
The Girl in the Checkered Coat
Hector Maitland
1917
Life in Hollywood
Self
1927
A Blind Bargain
Dr. Arthur Lamb / The Ape Man
1922The Empty Gun
Frank
1917
Discord and Harmony
Lon - the Sculptor
1914
Mabel and Bill Dumphy's visit with Hazel & Lon Chaney
Self
1928
The Phantom of the Opera
Erik, The Phantom
1929
The Place Beyond the Winds
Jerry Jo
1916
Paid in Advance
Bateese Le Blanc
1919
Oliver Twist
Fagin
1922A Night of Thrills
The Visitor
1914
Dolly's Scoop
Dan Fisher
1916The End of the Feud
Wood Dawson
1914
Mockery
Sergei
1927The Sin of Olga Brandt
Stephen Leslie
1915
The Rescue
Thomas Holland
1917
The Shock
Wilse Dilling
1923
Damon and Pythias
Wild Man (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
1914
Flesh and Blood
David Webster
1922
Anything Once
Waughnt Moore
1917
Pay Me!
Joe Lawson
1917
London After Midnight
Professor Edward C. Burke (archive footage)
2002
The Millionaire Paupers
Landlord
1915
The Restless Spirit
The Russian Count (uncredited)
1913
The Forbidden Room
John Morris
1914The Higher Law
Sir Stephen Fitz Allen
1914
The Gilded Spider
Giovanni
1916
Alas and Alack
The Fisherman and Hunchback Fate
1915
The Wicked Darling
Stoop Connors
1919
Tangled Hearts
John Hammond
1916
The False Faces
Karl Eckstrom
1919
The Oubliette
Chevalier Bertrand de la Payne
1914
Fires of Rebellion
Russell Hanlon
1917
The Big City
Chuck Collins
1928
Fast Company
Dan McCarty
1918
A Broadway Scandal
'Kink' Colby
1918
The Oyster Dredger
1915The Oyster Dredger
Writer
1915The Oyster Dredger
Director
1915
Broadway Love
Elmer Watkins
1918
While Paris Sleeps
Henri Santodos
1923A Ranch Romance
Raphael Praz
1914The Honor of the Family
1912
The Grand Passion
Paul Argos
1918The Flashlight
Henry Norton / Porter Brixton
1917Stronger Than Death
Attorney
1915
A Messenger from the Shadows (Notes on Film 06 A/Monologue 01)
2013
Back to Life
The Rival
1913