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".
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The roles that explain the career.
49 credits across 1 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Nadie inquietó más | Various Roles (archive footage) | Film |
| 2007 | Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire | Himself (archive footage) | Film |
| 2002 | London After Midnight | Professor Edward C. Burke (archive footage) | Film |
| 2000 | Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces | Self (archive footage) | Film |
| 1998 | Universal Horror | (archive footage) | Film |
| 1995 | Lon Chaney: Son of a Thousand Faces | (archive footage) | Film |
| 1995 | Lon Chaney: Behind the Mask | Self (archive footage) | Film |
| 1983 | The Horror of It All | The Phantom (archive footage) | Film |
| 1974 | The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute | Self (archive footage) | Film |
| 1930 | The Unholy Three | Professor Echo / Grandma O'Grady | Film |
| 1929 | Where East Is East | Tiger Haynes | Film |
| 1928 | Laugh, Clown, Laugh | Tito Beppi | Film |
| 1928 | The Big City | Chuck Collins | Film |
| 1928 | While the City Sleeps | Dan Coghlan | Film |
| 1928 | West of Zanzibar | Phroso 'Dead-Legs' | Film |
| 1927 | Mr. Wu | Mr. Wu / Wu's Grandfather | Film |
| 1927 | The Unknown | Alonzo | Film |
| 1927 | London After Midnight | Professor Edward C. Burke/The Man in the Beaver Hat | Film |
| 1927 | Mockery | Sergei | Film |
| 1927 | Life in Hollywood | Self | Film |
| 1926 | The Road to Mandalay | Singapore Joe | Film |
| 1926 | The Blackbird | Dan - The Blackbird / The Bishop | Film |
| 1926 | Tell It to the Marines | Sergeant O'Hara | Film |
| 1925 | The Unholy Three | Professor Echo / Granny O'Grady | Film |
| 1925 | The Monster | Dr. Ziska | Film |
| 1925 | The Phantom of the Opera | Erik, The Phantom | Film |
| 1924 | He Who Gets Slapped | Paul Beaumont | Film |
| 1923 | While Paris Sleeps | Henri Santodos | Film |
| 1923 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame | Quasimodo | Film |
| 1923 | The Shock | Wilse Dilling | Film |
| 1922 | Shadows | Yen Sin | Film |
| 1922 | Oliver Twist | Fagin | Film |
| 1922 | A Blind Bargain | Dr. Arthur Lamb / The Ape Man | Film |
| 1922 | Quincy Adams Sawyer | Obadiah Strout | Film |
| 1922 | The Light in the Dark | Tony Pantelli | Film |
| 1922 | Flesh and Blood | David Webster | Film |
| 1922 | The Trap | Gaspard the Good | Film |
| 1921 | The Ace of Hearts | Farallone | Film |
| 1921 | Outside the Law | Ah Wing / 'Black Mike' Sylva | Film |
| 1920 | The Penalty | Blizzard | Film |
| 1920 | Nomads of the North | Raoul Challoner | Film |
| 1919 | Victory | Ricardo | Film |
| 1919 | The Wicked Darling | Stoop Connors | Film |
| 1919 | The False Faces | Karl Eckstrom | Film |
| 1919 | When Bearcat Went Dry | Kindard Powers | Film |
| 1917 | The Scarlet Car | Paul Revere Forbes | Film |
| 1915 | Alas and Alack | The Fisherman and Hunchback Fate | Film |
| 1914 | The Oubliette | Chevalier Bertrand de la Payne | Film |
| 1914 | By the Sun's Rays | Frank Lawler, the Clerk | Film |
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