Lon Chaney

Acting

Lon Chaney

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
Other
Birthday
Mar 31, 1883 (142 years old)
Death date
Aug 26, 1930

Lon Chaney

Known For

They Came from the Attic
37min
DOLBY
Movie 2022

They Came from the Attic

A teenage boy is home alone for the weekend but...

Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
1h 19m
DOLBY
Movie 2014

Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film

Join foremost experts discussing true Horror Classics - Frankenstein, Dracula,...

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1h
DOLBY
Movie 2013

A Messenger from the Shadows (Notes on Film 06 A/Monologue 01)

Thanks to his myriad film roles, Lon Chaney is known...

Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
1h 50m
DOLBY
Movie 2011

Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films

Among the pieces featured in Fragments are the final reel...

Nadie inquietó más
1h 47m
DOLBY
Movie 2008

Nadie inquietó más

A peculiar, meticulous, vocationally archeological account of the professional life...

Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire
52min
DOLBY
Movie 2007

Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire

On Valentines Day, 1931, Universal Pictures released the film Dracula...

Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
48min
DOLBY
Movie 2007

Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman

Famous Monster takes a fast-paced, colorful look at the life...

London After Midnight
47min
DOLBY
Movie 2002

London After Midnight

A reconstruction, made from still photographs, of the lost 1927...

Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces
1h 25m
DOLBY
Movie 2000

Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces

Lon Chaney, the silent movie star and makeup artist, renowned...

The Many Faces of Dracula
49min
DOLBY
Movie 2000

The Many Faces of Dracula

Hosted by Christopher Lee, this documentary examines the different actors...

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.