Birthday
1883/03/31
Day of death
1930/08/26 (47 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
Also know as
Leonidas Frank Chaney, Man of a Thousand Faces, Лон Чейни, Lon Chaney Sr.
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 m...Read more
(1925) The Phantom of the Opera
as Erik, The Phantom
(1925) The Monster
as Dr. Ziska
(1927) The Unknown
as Alonzo
(1928) West of Zanzibar
as Phroso 'Dead-Legs'
(1922) A Blind Bargain
as Dr. Arthur Lamb / The Ape Man
(1928) Laugh, Clown, Laugh
as Tito Beppi
(1925) The Unholy Three
as Professor Echo / Granny O'Grady
(1930) The Unholy Three
as Professor Echo / Grandma O'Grady
(1920) The Penalty
as Blizzard
(1924) He Who Gets Slapped
as Paul Beaumont
(1923) While Paris Sleeps
as Henri Santodos
(1914) Damon and Pythias
as Wild Man (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
(1979) The Horror Show
as (archive footage)
(1921) The Ace of Hearts
as Farallone
(1918) Fast Company
as Dan McCarty
(1917) Bondage
as Seducer (uncredited)
(1974) The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
as Self (archive footage)
(1953) Yesterday and Today
as (archive footage)
(1927) London After Midnight
as Professor Edward C. Burke
(1922) Shadows
as Yen Sin
(1914) Discord and Harmony
as Lon - the Sculptor
(1913) Poor Jake's Demise
as The Dude
(1915) The Stool Pigeon
as ---
(1914) The End of the Feud
as Wood Dawson
(1914) A Ranch Romance
as Raphael Praz
(1915) The Oyster Dredger
as ---
(1915) The Measure of a Man
as Donald MacDermott
(1921) For Those We Love
as Trix Ulner
(1919) A Man's Country
as 'Three Card' Duncan
(1922) Quincy Adams Sawyer
as Obadiah Strout
(1927) Life in Hollywood No. 3
as Self
(1923) The Hunchback of Notre Dame
as Quasimodo
(1926) The Road to Mandalay
as Singapore Joe
(1927) Mockery
as Sergei
(1913) The Ways of Fate
as ---
(1927) Mr. Wu
as Mr. Wu / Wu's Grandfather
(1915) Alas and Alack
as The Fisherman and Hunchback Fate
(1926) The Blackbird
as Dan - The Blackbird / The Bishop
(1919) The Wicked Darling
as Stoop Connors
(1929) The Phantom of the Opera
as Erik
(1917) The Scarlet Car
as Paul Revere Forbes
(1923) The Shock
as Wilse Dilling
(1922) The Light in the Dark
as Tony Pantelli
(1922) Flesh and Blood
as David Webster
(1921) Outside the Law
as Ah Wing / 'Black Mike' Sylva
(1929) Where East Is East
as Tiger Haynes
(2000) The Many Faces of Dracula
as Self (archive footage)
(1928) While the City Sleeps
as Dan Coghlan
(1919) When Bearcat Went Dry
as Kindard Powers
(1919) Victory
as Ricardo
(1914) The Oubliette
as Chevalier Bertrand de la Payne
(1914) By the Sun's Rays
as Frank Lawler, the Clerk
(1919) The False Faces
as Karl Eckstrom
(1920) Nomads of the North
as Raoul Challoner
(1922) The Trap
as Gaspard the Good
(2022) They Came from the Attic
as The Phantom of the Opera (Archival Footage)
(1928) Mabel and Bill Dumphy's visit with Hazel & Lon Chaney
as Self
(1913) The Restless Spirit
as The Russian Count (uncredited)
(2014) Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
as The Phantom / Quasimodo (archive footage)
(1942) Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
as Self (archive footage)
(1945) Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary
as Self (archive footage)
(1917) The Empty Gun
as Frank
(1926) Tell It to the Marines
as Sergeant O'Hara
(1925) The Tower of Lies
as Jan
(1918) The Kaiser, the Beast of Berlin
as Bethmann-Hollweg
(1931) The House That Shadows Built
as (archive footage)
(1919) The Miracle Man
as The Frog
(1983) The Horror of It All
as The Phantom (archive footage)
(2007) Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
as Self (archive footage)
(1916) The Mark of Cain
as Dick Temple
(1915) The Millionaire Paupers
as Landlord
(1922) Oliver Twist
as Fagin
(2002) London After Midnight
as Professor Edward C. Burke (archive footage)
(1995) Lon Chaney: Behind the Mask
as Self (archive footage)
(1920) Treasure Island
as Blind Pew / Merry
(2011) Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
as Himself (archive footage)
(2007) Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire
as Himself (archive footage)
(1920) The Gift Supreme
as Merney Stagg
(1914) The Forbidden Room
as John Morris
(1914) The Tragedy of Whispering Creek
as The Greaser
(1920) The Adventures of Daredevil Jack
as Royce Rivers
(1913) Back to Life
as The Rival
(1928) The Big City
as Chuck Collins
(1929) Thunder
as Grumpy Anderson
(1915) The Sin of Olga Brandt
as Stephen Leslie
(1914) A Night of Thrills
as The Visitor
(1921) Voices of the City
as O'Rourke
(1917) Triumph
as Paul Neihoff
(2013) A Messenger from the Shadows (Notes on Film 06 A/Monologue 01)
as ---
(1914) Richelieu
as Baradas
(1923) All the Brothers Were Valiant
as Mark Shore
(1924) The Next Corner
as Juan Serafin
(1918) Broadway Love
as Elmer Watkins
(1916) If My Country Should Call
as Dr. George Ardrath
(1916) The Place Beyond the Winds
as Jerry Jo
(1915) A Mother's Atonement
as Ben
(2000) Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces
as Self (archive footage)
(1917) Hell Morgan's Girl
as Sleter Noble
(1917) Anything Once
as Waughnt Moore
(1917) Fires of Rebellion
as Russell Hanlon
(1916) Bobbie of the Ballet
as Hook Hoover
(1916) The Gilded Spider
as Giovanni
(1916) The Grasp of Greed
as Jimmie
(1917) The Piper's Price
as Billy Kilmartin
(1916) The Price of Silence
as Edmond Stafford
(1917) A Doll's House
as Nils Krogstad
(1918) A Broadway Scandal
as 'Kink' Colby
(1917) The Flashlight
as Henry Norton / Porter Brixton
(1917) The Rescue
as Thomas Holland
(1918) Danger, Go Slow
as Bud
(1917) The Girl in the Checkered Coat
as Hector Maitland
(1917) Pay Me!
as Joe Lawson
(1918) The Grand Passion
as Paul Argos
(1995) Lon Chaney: Son of a Thousand Faces
as (archive footage)
(1919) Paid in Advance
as Bateese Le Blanc
(1918) Riddle Gawne
as Hame Bozzam
(2008) Nadie inquietó más
as Various Roles (archive footage)
(1918) That Devil, Bateese
as Louis Courteau
(1918) The Talk of the Town
as Jack Langhorne
(1921) Bits of Life
as Chin Chow
(1916) The Grip of Jealousy
as Silas Lacey
(1916) Tangled Hearts
as John Hammond
(1998) Universal Horror
as (archive footage)
(1951) Hollywood Story
as The Phantom (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1916) Dolly's Scoop
as Dan Fisher