Lon Chaney Jr.
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Lon Chaney, Jr. (February 10, 1906 – July 12, 1973), born Creighton Tull Chaney, was an American character actor. He was best known for his roles in monster movies and as the son of famous silent film actor, Lon Chaney. He is notable for playing Larry Talbot in The Wolf Man movies. Originally credited in films as Creighton Chaney, he was first credited as "Lon Chaney, Jr." in 1935. Chaney had English, French and Irish ancestry. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lon Chaney, Jr., licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Credits
High Noon (1952)
as Martin Howe
The Wolf Man (1941)
as Larry Talbot / The Wolf Man
The Haunted Palace (1963)
as Simon Orne
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
as The Wolfman
House of Dracula (1945)
as Lawrence Stewart Talbot
The Defiant Ones (1958)
as Big Sam
Jesse James (1939)
as One Of James Gang
Only the Valiant (1951)
as Trooper Kebussyan
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943)
as Lawrence 'Larry' Stewart Talbot / The Wolf Man
House of Frankenstein (1944)
as Lawrence 'Larry' Talbot (aka The Wolf Man)
The Mummy's Tomb (1942)
as The Mummy - Kharis
I Died a Thousand Times (1955)
as Big Mac
The Cyclops (1957)
as Martin 'Marty' Melville
Union Pacific (1939)
as Dollarhide
The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942)
as The Frankenstein Monster
The Movie Orgy (1968)
as Self (archive footage)
The Black Sleep (1956)
as Dr. Munroe, aka Mungo
The Mummy's Curse (1944)
as Kharis
Son of Dracula (1943)
as Count Dracula, alias Count Alucard
Young Fury (1964)
as Bartender
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook (1991)
as Lawrence Talbot / The Monster (archive footage)
Casanova's Big Night (1954)
as Emo, the Murderer
The Black Castle (1952)
as Gargon
Spider Baby (1967)
as Bruno
The Indian Fighter (1955)
as Chivington
Cobra Woman (1944)
as Hava
Dracula vs. Frankenstein (1971)
as Groton
Big House, U.S.A (1955)
as Leonard M. 'Alamo' Smith
Apache Uprising (1965)
as Charlie Russell
Man-Made Monster (1941)
as Dan McCormick
One Million B.C. (1940)
as Akhoba
Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)
as Photographer
Not as a Stranger (1955)
as Job Marsh
Pardners (1956)
as Whitey
Johnny Reno (1966)
as Sheriff Hodges
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man' (1999)
as Self (archive footage)
My Favorite Brunette (1947)
as Willie
Welcome to Hard Times (1967)
as Avery
The Phantom (1961)
as Jed
Of Mice and Men (1939)
as Lennie Small
Town Tamer (1965)
as Charlie Leach
The Mummy's Ghost (1944)
as Kharis
Captain Hurricane (1935)
as Dave
The Trap (1922)
as Boy in Crowd Behind Gaspard (uncredited)
Sharad of Atlantis (1936)
as Capt. Hakur
The Alligator People (1959)
as Manon
The American Nightmare (2000)
as Self
Here Come the Co-Eds (1945)
as Johnson
Hillbillys in a Haunted House (1967)
as Maximillian
The Horror Show (1979)
as (archive footage)
Buckskin (1968)
as Sheriff Tangley
Eyes of the Underworld (1942)
as Benny
Law of the Lawless (1964)
as Tiny
Witchcraft (1964)
as Morgan Whitlock
Springfield Rifle (1952)
as Pete Elm
Flame of Araby (1951)
as Borka Barbarossa
Billy the Kid (1941)
as 'Spike' Hudson
Crazy House (1943)
as Cameo Appearance
Follow the Boys (1944)
as Lon Chaney Jr. (uncredited)
Raiders of the Seven Seas (1953)
as Peg Leg (as Lon Chaney)
The Wolfman (1966)
as Larry Talbot
City Girl (1938)
as Gangster (uncredited)
Passion (1954)
as Castro (as Lon Chaney)
Captain China (1950)
as Red Lynch
North West Mounted Police (1940)
as Shorty
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook (1991)
as Count Dracula / The Wolf Man (archive footage)
Indestructible Man (1956)
as Charles "Butcher" Benton
The Galloping Ghost (1931)
as Henchman
Black Spurs (1965)
as Kile
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies (2025)
as Self - (archive footage)
Jivaro (1954)
as Pedro Martines
Slave Ship (1937)
as Laborer Killed at Launching
Charlie Chan on Broadway (1937)
as Desk Reporter
Lucky Devils (1933)
as Frankie
Manfish (1956)
as Swede
Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces (2000)
as Self (archive footage)
Dracula in the Movies (1992)
as (archive footage)
Love and Hisses (1937)
as Attendant
City in Darkness (1939)
as Pierre
Mr. Moto's Gamble (1938)
as Joey
The Big Chase (1954)
as Henchman Kip (archive footage) (as Lon Chaney)
This Is My Affair (1937)
as Federal Agent in Baltimore Bank
Thief of Damascus (1952)
as Sinbad (as Lon Chaney)
Frontier Marshal (1939)
as Pringle
The Three Musketeers (1933)
as Lt. Armand Corday
Sally, Irene and Mary (1938)
as Policeman
Universal Horror (1998)
as (archive footage)
Weird Woman (1944)
as Prof. Norman Reed
Son of the Border (1933)
as Jack Breen
A Lion Is in the Streets (1953)
as Spurge McManamee
Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer (1956)
as Blackfish
Dead Man's Eyes (1944)
as David Stuart
Passport Husband (1938)
as Bull
The Bushwhackers (1951)
as Artemus Taylor
Pistols 'n' Petticoats (1967)
as Chief Eagle Shadow
Bird of Paradise (1932)
as Thornton
Scarlet River (1933)
as Jeff Todd (as Creighton Chaney)
The Old Corral (1936)
as Garland - Simms partner
Battles of Chief Pontiac (1952)
as Chief Pontiac
Badlands of Dakota (1941)
as Jack McCall
Born Reckless (1937)
as Garage Mechanic
The Devil's Messenger (1962)
as Satan
Submarine Patrol (1938)
as Marine Sentry
Straight, Place and Show (1938)
as Martin
Josette (1938)
as Boatman
The Life of Vergie Winters (1934)
as Hugo McQueen
Calling Dr. Death (1943)
as Dr. Mark Steel
The Boy from Oklahoma (1954)
as Crazy Charlie (as Lon Chaney)
Bride of the Gorilla (1951)
as Commissioner Taro
Ace Drummond (1936)
as Henchman Ivan
Strange Confession (1945)
as Jeff Carter
Behave Yourself! (1951)
as Pinky
Stage to Thunder Rock (1964)
as Henry Parker(as Lon Chaney)
A Scream in the Night (1935)
as Jack Wilson / Butch Curtain
Once a Thief (1950)
as Gus (as Lon Chaney)
The Black Pirates (1954)
as Padre Felipe
Wild and Woolly (1937)
as Dutch
What We Are Fighting For (1943)
as Bill Wallace
Overland Mail (1942)
as Jim Lane
Speed to Burn (1938)
as Racetrack Mug
Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld (1994)
as Self (archive footage)
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film (2014)
as The Wolf Man / Larry Talbot (archive footage)
The Many Faces of Dracula (2000)
as Count Dracula (archive footage)
Desert Command (1946)
as Lt. Armand Corday
Heroes of Horror (2001)
as (archive footage)
Money, Women and Guns (1958)
as Art Birdwell
Pillow of Death (1945)
as Wayne Fletcher
Too Many Blondes (1941)
as Marvin Gimble
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman (2007)
as Self (archive footage)
Pure in Heart: The Life and Legacy of Lon Chaney, Jr. (2010)
as Self (archive footage)
Along the Mohawk Trail (1957)
as Chingachgook
Kitchen Mechanics (1949)
as Johnson (archive footage)
Albuquerque (1948)
as Steve Murkill
Dr. Terror's Gallery of Horrors (1967)
as Dr. Mendell
Midnight Taxi (1937)
as Detective Erickson
Face of the Screaming Werewolf (1965)
as The Mummified Werewolf
Cheyenne Rides Again (1937)
as Girard
Riders of Death Valley (1941)
as Henchman Butch
Accent on Youth (1935)
as Chuck
Ghost Catchers (1944)
as Bear
North to the Klondike (1942)
as Nate Carson
House of Terror (1960)
as The Mummified Werewolf
There's a Girl in My Heart (1949)
as Johnny Colton
Wife, Doctor and Nurse (1937)
as Scott, the Chauffeur
The Lady Escapes (1937)
as Reporter (uncredited)
Abbott and Costello in the Movies (1990)
as Outtake
The Counterfeiters (1948)
as Louie Struber
Halloween Monster Bash (1991)
as Butcher Benton (archive footage)
Girl o' My Dreams (1934)
as Don Cooper
Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire (2007)
as Himself (archive footage)
Walking Down Broadway (1938)
as Delivery Man
Angel's Holiday (1937)
as Eddie
San Antonio Rose (1941)
as Jigsaw Kennedy
The Shadow of Silk Lennox (1935)
as John Arthur 'Silk' Lennox
The Frozen Ghost (1945)
as Alex Gregor, aka Gregor the Great
Life Begins in College (1937)
as Gilks
Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed (2000)
as Self (archive footage)
The Silver Star (1955)
as John W. Harmon (as Lon Chaney)
The Female Bunch (1971)
as Monti
16 Fathoms Deep (1948)
as Mr. Demitri (as Lon Chaney)
Secret Agent X-9 (1937)
as Maroni
The Daltons Ride Again (1945)
as Grat Dalton
Rose Bowl (1936)
as Sierra Football Player
Rebellion in Cuba (1961)
as Gordo
Sixteen Fathoms Deep (1934)
as Joe Bethel
Inside Straight (1951)
as Shocker / Schockovitz Ninkovitch (as Lon Chaney)
The Long Rifle and the Tomahawk (1964)
as Chingachcook
Frontier Badmen (1943)
as Chango
Killer at Large (1936)
as Second Coffin Man
Lizard's Leg and Owlet's Wing (1962)
Actor
Lon Chaney: Son of a Thousand Faces (1995)
as (archive footage)
The Marriage Bargain (1935)
as Bob Gordon
One Mile from Heaven (1937)
as Policeman
The Last Frontier (1932)
as Tom Kirby, aka The Black Ghost
House of the Black Death (1965)
as Belial Desard
The Wolfman's Cure (1998)
as Lawrence Stewart Talbot / The Wolf Man
The Singing Cowboy (1936)
as Martin
Oysters and Muscles (1948)
as Strangler Johnson
Frankenstein (1952)
as The Monster
Fireball Jungle (1968)
as Sammy
Road Demon (1938)
as Bud Casey
Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb (2007)
as Hassan (archive footage)
Terror in the Tropics (2006)
as Lyle Talbot (archive footage)
Monster Movie Trivia Quiz (2004)
Actor
Wolfman Chronicles: A Cinematic Scrapbook (1991)
as Lawrence Talbot / The Wolf Man (archive footage)
Fun on the Run (1949)
as Johnson
Mabel and Bill Dumphy's visit with Hazel & Lon Chaney (1928)
as Self
The Mummy's Ghost (1968)
as Kharis, the mummy
Jack Pierce: The Man Who Made the Monsters (2015)
as Self (archive footage)