Lon Chaney

Actor

Born: March 31, 1883 (47 years old)

Died: August 26, 1930

Place of birth: Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA

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.

Filmography (39)

• The Phantom of the Opera (1925, ★ 7.1)
• The Unknown (1927, ★ 7.5)
• Universal Horror (1998, ★ 7.1)
• The Unholy Three (1930, ★ 5.8)
• The Unholy Three (1925, ★ 6.7)
• West of Zanzibar (1928, ★ 6.8)
• Laugh, Clown, Laugh (1928, ★ 7.3)
• The Penalty (1920, ★ 6.9)
• He Who Gets Slapped (1924, ★ 7.5)
• The Horror of It All (1983, ★ 8)
• The Ace of Hearts (1921, ★ 6.5)
• London After Midnight (1927, ★ 6.5)
• Shadows (1922, ★ 6.2)
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923, ★ 6.5)
• The Road to Mandalay (1926, ★ 6.1)
• Mockery (1927, ★ 6.7)
• Mr. Wu (1927, ★ 5.7)
• The Blackbird (1926, ★ 6.3)
• Flesh and Blood (1922, ★ 5.9)
• Outside the Law (1921, ★ 6)
• Where East Is East (1929, ★ 5.8)
• While the City Sleeps (1928, ★ 5.9)
• Victory (1919, ★ 5.8)
• Tell It to the Marines (1926, ★ 6.4)
• Oliver Twist (1922, ★ 6.3)
• London After Midnight (2002, ★ 6.9)
• Lon Chaney: A thousand faces (2000, ★ 6.5)
• Hollywood Story (1951, ★ 6.6)
• The Monster (1925, ★ 5.6)
• Alas and Alack (1915, ★ 5.4)