Lon Chaney

★ Acting #7,555

1883 - 1930 (age 47) • Acting

Born: 3/31/1883 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA

Died: 8/26/1930 (age 47)

Known for: Acting

Lon Chaney

★ Acting #7,555

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".

Known For

The Phantom of the Opera

71%

Erik, The Phantom

1925

The Unknown

76%

Alonzo

1927

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

65%

Quasimodo

1923

He Who Gets Slapped

76%

Paul Beaumont

1924

The Unholy Three

67%

Professor Echo / Granny O'Grady

1925

The Penalty

69%

Blizzard

1920

West of Zanzibar

69%

Phroso 'Dead-Legs'

1928

Laugh, Clown, Laugh

74%

Tito Beppi

1928

They Came from the Attic

90%

The Phantom of the Opera (Archival Footage)

2022

Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film

75%

The Phantom / Quasimodo (archive footage)

2014

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

1951

Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary

100%

Self (archive footage)

1945

Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)

Self (archive footage)

1942

The House That Shadows Built

85%

(archive footage)

1931

The Unholy Three

59%

Professor Echo / Grandma O'Grady

1930

The Unholy Three

59%

Makeup Artist

1930

The Phantom of the Opera

80%

Erik

1929

Thunder

90%

Grumpy Anderson

1929

Where East Is East

61%

Tiger Haynes

1929

West of Zanzibar

69%

Phroso 'Dead-Legs'

1928

Laugh, Clown, Laugh

74%

Tito Beppi

1928