Lon Chaney
Acting
Born: 1883-03-31 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
Biography
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.
Known For
The Phantom of the Opera
Erik, The Phantom
All the Brothers Were Valiant
Mark Shore
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Quasimodo
Victory
Ricardo
Bondage
Seducer (uncredited)
The Unknown
Alonzo
Treasure Island
Blind Pew / Merry
The Trap
Gaspard the Good
Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire
Himself (archive footage)
Riddle Gawne
Hame Bozzam
Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces
Self (archive footage)
He Who Gets Slapped
Paul Beaumont
The House That Shadows Built
(archive footage)
Bits of Life
Chin Chow
Oliver Twist
Fagin
Hollywood Story
The Phantom (archive footage) (uncredited)
Universal Horror
(archive footage)
The Unholy Three
Professor Echo / Granny O'Grady
Laugh, Clown, Laugh
Tito Beppi
Anything Once
Waughnt Moore
Shadows
Yen Sin
Danger, Go Slow
Bud
Vårt kronprinspar i Hollywood
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
Himself (archive footage)
The Horror Show
(archive footage)
Virtue Its Own Reward
Duncan Bronson
Richelieu
Baradas
London After Midnight
Professor Edward C. Burke/The Man in the Beaver Hat
For Those We Love
Trix Ulner
Life in Hollywood
Self
The Restless Spirit
The Russian Count (uncredited)
The Penalty
Blizzard
The Lion, the Lamb and the Man
Fred Brown, the Lion
A Mother's Atonement
Ben
The Road to Mandalay
Singapore Joe
Hell Morgan's Girl
Sleter Noble
Bobbie of the Ballet
Hook Hoover
The Many Faces of Dracula
Self (archive footage)