As Actor
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
2014
7.5
Lon Chaney
Acting
Birth date
March 31, 1883
Birth place
Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
Death date
August 26, 1930
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.
Featured in
As Actor
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
2007
9.0
As Actor
London After Midnight
2002
6.9
As Actor
Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces
2000
6.5
As Actor
The Many Faces of Dracula
2000
3.5
As Actor
Lon Chaney: Behind the Mask
1995
8.0
As Actor
The Phantom of the Opera
1929
10.0
As Actor
Where East Is East
1929
5.7
As Actor
West of Zanzibar
1928
7.0
As Actor
The Unknown
1927
7.5
As Actor
Mr. Wu
1927
5.7
As Actor
The Blackbird
1926
6.3
As Actor
The Unholy Three
1925
6.7
As Actor
The Phantom of the Opera
1925
7.1
As Actor
The Monster
1925
5.7
As Actor
He Who Gets Slapped
1924
7.6
As Actor
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1923
6.5
As Actor
The Shock
1923
5.1
As Actor
Shadows
1922
6.2
As Actor
Oliver Twist
1922
6.3