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.

Filmography

• 2022They Came from the Attic — The Phantom of the Opera (Archival Footage)
• 2014Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film — The Phantom / Quasimodo (archive footage)
• 2013A Messenger from the Shadows (Notes on Film 06 A/Monologue 01)
• 2008Nadie inquietó más — Various Roles (archive footage)
• 2002London After Midnight — Professor Edward C. Burke (archive footage)
• 1998Universal Horror — (archive footage)
• 1995Lon Chaney: Son of a Thousand Faces — (archive footage)
• 1983The Horror of It All — The Phantom (archive footage)
• 1979The Horror Show — (archive footage)
• 1953Yesterday and Today — (archive footage)
• 1951Hollywood Story — The Phantom (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 1931The House That Shadows Built — (archive footage)
• 1930The Unholy Three — Professor Echo / Grandma O'Grady, Makeup Artist
• 1929The Phantom of the Opera — Erik, The Phantom
• 1929Thunder — Grumpy Anderson
• 1929Where East Is East — Tiger Haynes
• 1928Laugh, Clown, Laugh — Tito Beppi
• 1928The Big City — Chuck Collins
• 1928West of Zanzibar — Phroso 'Dead-Legs'
• 1928While the City Sleeps — Dan Coghlan
• 1927London After Midnight — Professor Edward C. Burke/The Man in the Beaver Hat
• 1927Mockery — Sergei
• 1927Mr. Wu — Mr. Wu / Wu's Grandfather
• 1927The Unknown — Alonzo
• 1926Tell It to the Marines — Sergeant O'Hara
• 1926The Blackbird — Dan - The Blackbird / The Bishop
• 1926The Road to Mandalay — Singapore Joe
• 1926Vårt kronprinspar i Hollywood
• 1925The Monster — Dr. Ziska
• 1925The Phantom of the Opera — Erik, The Phantom, Makeup Artist
• 1925The Tower of Lies — Jan
• 1925The Unholy Three — Professor Echo / Granny O'Grady
• 1924He Who Gets Slapped — Paul Beaumont
• 1924The Next Corner — Juan Serafin
• 1923All the Brothers Were Valiant — Mark Shore
• 1923The Hunchback of Notre Dame — Quasimodo, Makeup Artist, Co-Director
• 1923The Shock — Wilse Dilling
• 1923While Paris Sleeps — Henri Santodos
• 1922A Blind Bargain — Dr. Arthur Lamb / The Ape Man
• 1922Flesh and Blood — David Webster
• 1922Oliver Twist — Fagin
• 1922Quincy Adams Sawyer — Obadiah Strout
• 1922Shadows — Yen Sin
• 1922The Light in the Dark — Tony Pantelli
• 1922The Trap — Gaspard the Good, Story
• 1921Bits of Life — Chin Chow
• 1921For Those We Love — Trix Ulner
• 1921Outside the Law — Ah Wing / 'Black Mike' Sylva
• 1921The Ace of Hearts — Farallone
• 1921Voices of the City — O'Rourke
• 1920Nomads of the North — Raoul Challoner
• 1920The Adventures of Daredevil Jack — Royce Rivers
• 1920The Gift Supreme — Merney Stagg
• 1920The Penalty — Blizzard
• 1920Treasure Island — Blind Pew / Merry
• 1919A Man's Country — 'Three Card' Duncan
• 1919Paid in Advance — Bateese Le Blanc
• 1919The False Faces — Karl Eckstrom
• 1919The Miracle Man — The Frog
• 1919The Wicked Darling — Stoop Connors
• 1919Victory — Ricardo
• 1919When Bearcat Went Dry — Kindard Powers
• 1918A Broadway Scandal — 'Kink' Colby
• 1918Broadway Love — Elmer Watkins
• 1918Danger, Go Slow — Bud
• 1918Fast Company — Dan McCarty
• 1918Riddle Gawne — Hame Bozzam
• 1918That Devil, Bateese — Louis Courteau
• 1918The Grand Passion — Paul Argos
• 1918The Kaiser, the Beast of Berlin — Bethmann-Hollweg
• 1918The Talk of the Town — Jack Langhorne
• 1917A Doll's House — Nils Krogstad
• 1917Anything Once — Waughnt Moore
• 1917Bondage — Seducer (uncredited)
• 1917Fires of Rebellion — Russell Hanlon
• 1917Hell Morgan's Girl — Sleter Noble
• 1917Pay Me! — Joe Lawson
• 1917The Empty Gun — Frank
• 1917The Flashlight — Henry Norton / Porter Brixton
• 1917The Girl in the Checkered Coat — Hector Maitland
• 1917The Piper's Price — Billy Kilmartin
• 1917The Rescue — Thomas Holland
• 1917The Scarlet Car — Paul Revere Forbes
• 1917Triumph — Paul Neihoff
• 1916Bobbie of the Ballet — Hook Hoover
• 1916Dolly's Scoop — Dan Fisher
• 1916If My Country Should Call — Dr. George Ardrath
• 1916Tangled Hearts — John Hammond
• 1916The Gilded Spider — Giovanni
• 1916The Grasp of Greed — Jimmie
• 1916The Grip of Jealousy — Silas Lacey
• 1916The Mark of Cain — Dick Temple
• 1916The Place Beyond the Winds — Jerry Jo
• 1916The Price of Silence — Edmond Stafford
• 1915A Mother's Atonement — Ben
• 1915Alas and Alack — The Fisherman and Hunchback Fate
• 1915Father and the Boys — Tuck Bartholomew
• 1915Graft — Makeup Artist
• 1915Stronger Than Death — Attorney
• 1915The Fascination of the Fleur de Lis — The Duke of Safoulrug
• 1915The Measure of a Man — Donald MacDermott
• 1915The Millionaire Paupers — Landlord
• 1915The Oyster Dredger — Director, Writer
• 1915The Sin of Olga Brandt — Stephen Leslie
• 1915The Stool Pigeon — Director
• 1914A Night of Thrills — The Visitor
• 1914A Ranch Romance — Raphael Praz
• 1914By the Sun's Rays — Frank Lawler, the Clerk
• 1914Damon and Pythias — Wild Man (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
• 1914Discord and Harmony — Lon - the Sculptor
• 1914Richelieu — Baradas
• 1914The End of the Feud — Wood Dawson
• 1914The Forbidden Room — John Morris
• 1914The Higher Law — Sir Stephen Fitz Allen
• 1914The Lion, the Lamb and the Man — Fred Brown, the Lion
• 1914The Oubliette — Chevalier Bertrand de la Payne
• 1914The Tragedy of Whispering Creek — The Greaser, Writer
• 1914Virtue Its Own Reward — Duncan Bronson
• 1913Back to Life — The Rival
• 1913Poor Jake's Demise — The Dude
• 1913The Restless Spirit — The Russian Count (uncredited)
• 1912The Honor of the Family

Appearances as themselves (12)

• 2011Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films — Himself (archive footage)
• 2007Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire — Himself (archive footage)
• 2007Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman — Self (archive footage)
• 2000Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces — Self (archive footage)
• 2000The Many Faces of Dracula — Self (archive footage)
• 1995Lon Chaney: Behind the Mask — Self (archive footage)
• 1974The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute — Self (archive footage)
• 1945Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary — Self (archive footage)
• 1942Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10) — Self (archive footage)
• 1928Mabel and Bill Dumphy's visit with Hazel & Lon Chaney — Self
• 1927Life in Hollywood — Self
• 1927Life in Hollywood No. 3 — Self