Lon Chaney

from Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA

Artwork for The Miracle ManImage of Lon Chaney

Biography

Lon Chaney (born Leonidas Frank Chaney) - nicknamed "Man of a Thousand Faces" - was an American Silent screen star. He died after completing his only sound film.

Timeline

2022Aged 139

  • Poster for They Came from the Attic

    The Phantom of the Opera (Archival Footage)

2014Aged 131

  • Poster for Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film

    The Phantom / Quasimodo (archive footage)

2013Aged 130

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

    (Unknown)

2011Aged 128

  • Poster for Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films

    Himself (archive footage)

2008Aged 125

  • Poster for Nadie inquietó más

    Various Roles (archive footage)

2007Aged 124

  • Poster for Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire

    Himself (archive footage)

2002Aged 119

  • Poster for London After Midnight

    Professor Edward C. Burke (archive footage)

2000Aged 117

  • Poster for The Many Faces of Dracula

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces

    Self (archive footage)

1998Aged 115

  • Poster for Universal Horror

    (archive footage)

1995Aged 112

  • Poster for Lon Chaney: Behind the Mask

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Lon Chaney: Son of a Thousand Faces

    (archive footage)

1983Aged 100

  • Poster for The Horror of It All

    The Phantom (archive footage)

1979Aged 96

  • Poster for The Horror Show

    (archive footage)

1974Aged 91

1953Aged 70

  • Poster for Yesterday and Today

    (archive footage)

1951Aged 68

  • Poster for Hollywood Story

    The Phantom (archive footage) (uncredited)

1945Aged 62

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

    Self (archive footage)

1942Aged 59

  • Poster for Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)

    Self (archive footage)

1931Aged 48

  • Poster for The House That Shadows Built

    (archive footage)

1930Aged 47

  • Poster for The Unholy Three

    Professor Echo / Grandma O'Grady

1929Aged 46

  • Poster for Where East Is East

    Tiger Haynes

  • Poster for Thunder

    Grumpy Anderson

  • Poster for The Phantom of the Opera

    Erik

1928Aged 45

  • Poster for Mabel and Bill Dumphy's visit with Hazel & Lon Chaney

    Self

  • Poster for While the City Sleeps

    Dan Coghlan

  • Poster for The Big City

    Chuck Collins

  • Poster for Laugh, Clown, Laugh

    Tito Beppi

  • Poster for West of Zanzibar

    Phroso 'Dead-Legs'

1927Aged 44

  • Poster for Mr. Wu

    Mr. Wu / Wu's Grandfather

  • Poster for The Unknown

    Alonzo

  • Poster for Mockery

    Sergei

  • Poster for Life in Hollywood No. 3

    Self

  • Poster for London After Midnight

    Professor Edward C. Burke/The Man in the Beaver Hat

1926Aged 43

  • Poster for The Blackbird

    Dan - The Blackbird / The Bishop

  • Poster for The Road to Mandalay

    Singapore Joe

  • Poster for Tell It to the Marines

    Sergeant O'Hara

1925Aged 42

  • Poster for The Monster

    Dr. Ziska

  • Poster for The Phantom of the Opera

    Erik, The Phantom

  • Poster for The Unholy Three

    Professor Echo / Granny O'Grady

  • Poster for The Tower of Lies

    Jan

1924Aged 41

  • Poster for The Next Corner

    Juan Serafin

  • Poster for He Who Gets Slapped

    Paul Beaumont

1923Aged 40

  • Poster for All the Brothers Were Valiant

    Mark Shore

  • Poster for While Paris Sleeps

    Henri Santodos

  • Poster for The Shock

    Wilse Dilling

  • Poster for The Hunchback of Notre Dame

    Quasimodo

1922Aged 39

  • Poster for The Trap

    Gaspard the Good

  • Poster for Flesh and Blood

    David Webster

  • Poster for The Light in the Dark

    Tony Pantelli

  • Poster for Oliver Twist

    Fagin

  • Poster for Shadows

    Yen Sin

  • Poster for A Blind Bargain

    Dr. Arthur Lamb / The Ape Man

  • Poster for Quincy Adams Sawyer

    Obadiah Strout

1921Aged 38

  • Poster for Outside the Law

    Ah Wing / 'Black Mike' Sylva

  • Poster for For Those We Love

    Trix Ulner

  • Poster for The Ace of Hearts

    Farallone

  • Poster for Bits of Life

    Chin Chow

  • Poster for Voices of the City

    O'Rourke

1920Aged 37

  • Poster for Treasure Island

    Blind Pew / Merry

  • Poster for The Gift Supreme

    Merney Stagg

  • Poster for The Adventures of Daredevil Jack

    Royce Rivers

  • Poster for The Penalty

    Blizzard

  • Poster for Nomads of the North

    Raoul Challoner

1919Aged 36

  • Poster for The False Faces

    Karl Eckstrom

  • Poster for A Man's Country

    'Three Card' Duncan

  • Poster for The Miracle Man

    The Frog

  • Poster for Paid in Advance

    Bateese Le Blanc

  • Poster for When Bearcat Went Dry

    Kindard Powers

  • Poster for Victory

    Ricardo

  • Poster for The Wicked Darling

    Stoop Connors

1918Aged 35

  • Poster for The Kaiser, the Beast of Berlin

    Bethmann-Hollweg

  • Poster for Broadway Love

    Elmer Watkins

  • Poster for The Grand Passion

    Paul Argos

  • Poster for Fast Company

    Dan McCarty

  • Poster for A Broadway Scandal

    'Kink' Colby

  • Poster for Riddle Gawne

    Hame Bozzam

  • Poster for That Devil, Bateese

    Louis Courteau

  • Poster for The Talk of the Town

    Jack Langhorne

  • Poster for Danger, Go Slow

    Bud

1917Aged 34

  • Poster for The Piper's Price

    Billy Kilmartin

  • Poster for Hell Morgan's Girl

    Sleter Noble

  • Poster for The Girl in the Checkered Coat

    Hector Maitland

  • The Flashlight

    Henry Norton / Porter Brixton

  • Poster for A Doll's House

    Nils Krogstad

  • Poster for Fires of Rebellion

    Russell Hanlon

  • Poster for The Rescue

    Thomas Holland

  • Poster for Pay Me!

    Joe Lawson

  • Poster for Triumph

    Paul Neihoff

  • The Empty Gun

    Frank

  • Poster for Anything Once

    Waughnt Moore

  • Poster for Bondage

    Seducer (uncredited)

  • Poster for The Scarlet Car

    Paul Revere Forbes

1916Aged 33

  • Poster for Dolly's Scoop

    Dan Fisher

  • Poster for The Grip of Jealousy

    Silas Lacey

  • Poster for Tangled Hearts

    John Hammond

  • Poster for The Gilded Spider

    Giovanni

  • Poster for Bobbie of the Ballet

    Hook Hoover

  • Poster for The Grasp of Greed

    Jimmie

  • Poster for The Mark of Cain

    Dick Temple

  • Poster for If My Country Should Call

    Dr. George Ardrath

  • Poster for The Place Beyond the Winds

    Jerry Jo

  • Poster for The Price of Silence

    Edmond Stafford

1915Aged 32

1914Aged 31

1913Aged 30

  • Poster for Poor Jake's Demise

    The Dude

  • Poster for The Restless Spirit

    The Russian Count (uncredited)

  • Poster for Back to Life

    The Rival

1912Aged 29

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