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Lon Chaney, Jr. is a Actor American born on 10 february 1906 at Oklahoma City (USA)

Lon Chaney, Jr.

Lon Chaney, Jr.
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Birth name Creighton Tull Chaney
Nationality USA
Birth 10 february 1906 at Oklahoma City (USA)
Death 12 july 1973 (at 67 years) at San Clemente (USA)

Creighton Tull Chaney (February 10, 1906 – July 12, 1973), known by his stage name Lon Chaney, Jr., was an American actor known for playing Larry Talbot in the 1941 film The Wolf Man and its various crossovers, as well as portraying other monsters such as The Mummy, Frankenstein's Monster, and Count Alucard (son of Dracula) in numerous horror films produced by Universal Studios. He also portrayed Lennie Small in Of Mice and Men (1939). Originally referenced in films as Creighton Chaney, he was later credited as "Lon Chaney, Jr." in 1935, and after 1941's Man Made Monster, beginning as early as The Wolf Man later that same year, he was almost always billed under his more famous father's name as Lon Chaney. Chaney had English, French and Irish ancestry, and his career in movies and television spanned four decades, from 1931 to 1971.

Biography

Lon Chaney JR, Horror Film Star, 1906–1973 (1996) ISBN 0-7864-1813-3

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Filmography of Lon Chaney, Jr. (144 films)

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Terror in the Aisles, 1h24
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Fantastic, Documentary, Anthology film, Horror
Themes Films about films, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry, Documentary films about films
Actors Donald Pleasence, Nancy Allen, Bud Abbott, Michael Ironside, Fred Asparagus, Brooke Adams
Roles Larry Talbot (archive footage) (uncredited)
Rating62% 3.147833.147833.147833.147833.14783
Director Andrew J. Kuehn has excerpted brief segments of terror and suspense in a wide variety of suspenseful (including humorously so, ex. Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein, Saturday the 14th) films and strung them together with added commentary, as well as some enacted narrative, to create a compilation of fright-inducing effects. Halloween actor Donald Pleasence and Dressed to Kill star Nancy Allen provide the commentary on topics such as "sex and terror" (Dressed to Kill, Klute, Ms. 45, The Seduction, When a Stranger Calls), loathsome villains (Dracula, Frankenstein, Friday the 13 1 and/or 2, Halloween I and II, Marathon Man, Nighthawks, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Touch of Evil, Vice Squad, Wait Until Dark, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?), "natural terror" (Alligator, The Birds, Frogs, Jaws 1 and 2, Nightwing) and the occult (An American Werewolf in London, Rosemary's Baby, The Exorcist, The Omen, Carrie, The Shining). In one segment of the anthology, legendary filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock presents his concepts of how to create suspense in a clip from Alfred Hitchcock: Men Who Made The Movies.
The Female Bunch, 1h26
Directed by Al Adamson
Genres Drama, Action, Crime, Western
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Sexploitation films
Actors Russ Tamblyn, Lon Chaney, Jr., Regina Carrol, John Cardos
Roles Monti
Rating43% 2.188372.188372.188372.188372.18837
After a string of bad times with men, Sandy tries to kill herself. Co-waitress Libby saves her and takes her to meet some female friends of hers who live on a ranch in the desert. Grace, the leader of the gang, puts Sandy through her initiation and they get on with the real job of running drugs across the Mexican border, hassling poor farmers, taking any man they please, and generally raising a little hell. Soon Sandy becomes unsure if this is the life for her, but it may be too late to get out.
Dracula vs. Frankenstein, 1h30
Directed by Al Adamson
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Themes Films about computing, Films about magic and magicians, Films based on science fiction novels, Dracula films, Frankenstein films, Vampires in film, Cyberpunk films
Actors J. Carrol Naish, Lon Chaney, Jr., Anthony Eisley, Regina Carrol, Forrest J Ackerman, Greydon Clark
Roles Groton
Rating35% 1.768221.768221.768221.768221.76822
A mad scientist (J. Carrol Naish) descended from the original Dr. Frankenstein takes to murdering young women for experimentation in hopes of reviving his ancestor's creation, with help from his mute assistant Groton (Lon Chaney, Jr.). Dracula (played by Roger Engel under the pseudonym "Zandor Vorkov") comes to the scientist promising to revive Frankenstein's monster in return for a serum which will grant him immortality.
Buckskin
Buckskin (1968)
, 1h37
Directed by Michael D. Moore
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Barry Sullivan, Joan Caulfield, Leo Gordon, Wendell Corey, Lon Chaney, Jr., John Russell
Roles Sheriff Tangley
Rating54% 2.722772.722772.722772.722772.72277
Fireball Jungle, 1h34
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors John Russell, Lon Chaney, Jr.
Roles Sammy
Rating53% 2.664382.664382.664382.664382.66438
Gallery of Horror
Origin USA
Genres Horror
Actors John Carradine, Lon Chaney, Jr., Rochelle Hudson
Roles Dr. Mendell
Rating34% 1.7413251.7413251.7413251.7413251.741325
Hillbillys in a Haunted House, 1h28
Directed by Jean Yarbrough
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Horror comedy, Horror, Musical
Themes Ghost films, Musical films, Comedy horror films
Actors Joi Lansing, Lon Chaney, Jr., John Carradine, Basil Rathbone, George Barrows
Roles Maximillian
Rating27% 1.370491.370491.370491.370491.37049
Country singers are headed to Nashville. Their car breaks down and they stop overnight at an abandoned house, which turns out to be haunted. A ring of international spies (Lon Chaney, Jr., Basil Rathbone and John Carradine) who live in the house are seeking a top-secret formula for rocket fuel. While it is never revealed for whom they are spying, they carry out their activities under the cover of a supposed haunted house, which comes complete with a gorilla in the basement.
Spider Baby, 1h26
Directed by Jack Hill
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Horror comedy, Horror
Themes Films about families, Films about sexuality, Comedy horror films
Actors Lon Chaney, Jr., Sid Haig, Jill Banner, Carol Ohmart, Beverly Washburn, Quinn K. Redeker
Roles Bruno
Rating68% 3.400053.400053.400053.400053.40005
Three children of the Merrye family live in a decaying rural mansion with their guardian and chauffeur, Bruno (Chaney). The children suffer from "Merrye Syndrome", a genetic affliction unique to members of their family, which causes them to mentally, socially, and physically regress down the evolutionary ladder, starting in late childhood. Two distant relatives arrive with their lawyer and his secretary in order to examine and claim the property as rightful heirs. Bruno's shaky control over the children deteriorates; murder, chaos and insanity ensue.
Welcome to Hard Times, 1h43
Directed by Burt Kennedy
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Henry Fonda, Janice Rule, Keenan Wynn, Janis Paige, John Anderson, Aldo Ray
Roles Avery
Rating57% 2.898012.898012.898012.898012.89801
A vicious stranger, the "Man from Bodie" (Aldo Ray), terrorizes the small settlement of Hard Times. (In Doctorow's book, the town is in the Dakota territory. In the movie, it is assumed to be in western Nevada.) He kills the only men who stand up to him, town founder Mr. Fee (Paul Birch) and town undertaker Mr. Hanson (Elisha Cook, Jr.), as well as raping and killing Fee's girlfriend Flo (Ann McCrea). Before he leaves, he burns down the handful of buildings.
Johnny Reno, 1h23
Directed by R. G. Springsteen
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Actors Dana Andrews, Jane Russell, Lon Chaney, Jr., John Agar, Lyle Bettger, Tom Drake
Roles Sheriff Hodges
Rating57% 2.8593552.8593552.8593552.8593552.859355
The film features Dana Andrews, Jane Russell, and Lon Chaney, Jr., and involves a frontier marshal (Andrews) who finds himself desperately trying to stop a man he had brought to jail from being lynched by the furious townspeople.
House of the Black Death, 1h29
Directed by Reginald Le Borg, Jerry Warren
Origin USA
Genres Horror
Actors Lon Chaney, Jr., John Carradine, Andrea King, Tom Drake, Dolores Faith, Sabrina
Roles Belial Desard
Rating34% 1.7136451.7136451.7136451.7136451.713645
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Apache Uprising, 1h30
Directed by R. G. Springsteen
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Rory Calhoun, Corinne Calvet, John Russell, Arthur Hunnicutt, Lon Chaney, Jr., Gene Evans
Roles Charlie Russell
Rating57% 2.859132.859132.859132.859132.85913
En traversant l'Arizona dans les années 1880, deux hommes — Jim Walkers et Bill Gibson — se font attaquer par des Apaches mais sont sauvés par l'arrivée d'une cavalerie. Les deux hommes essayent de prévenir les habitants de la ville la plus proche, Apache Wells, d'une révolte prochaine des apaches. Arrivés à Apache Wells, ils proposent leur escorte à une diligence se préparant pour transporter une importante somme d'argent vers une autre ville...
Black Spurs, 1h21
Directed by R. G. Springsteen
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Rory Calhoun, Linda Darnell, Terry Moore, Scott Brady, Lon Chaney, Jr., Richard Arlen
Roles Kile
Rating58% 2.906262.906262.906262.906262.90626
Santee becomes a bounty hunter to earn enough to marry Anna, the woman he loves. But when he returns to their Kansas town, she has married the sheriff instead.
Town Tamer
Town Tamer (1965)
, 1h29
Directed by Lesley Selander
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Actors Dana Andrews, Terry Moore, Pat O'Brien, Lon Chaney, Jr., Bruce Cabot, Lyle Bettger
Roles Charlie Leach
Rating58% 2.91122.91122.91122.91122.9112
En 1879, Condor, patron des tripots, engage un tueur pour éliminer Tom Rosser, shérif d'une petite ville du Kansas. Mais l'assassin rate sa cible et tue la femme de Rosser. Bien décidé à prendre sa revanche, le shérif démissionne de ses fonctions et part à la recherche de Condor. Mais au même moment, le maire et le médecin lui demandent de débarrasser la ville des hors-la-loi...