Lon Chaney
March 31, 1883
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 artis…
Known For
8 titles
The Phantom of the Opera
A mad, disfigured composer seeks love with a lovely young opera singer.
The Unknown
A criminal on the run hides in a circus and seeks to possess the daughter of the ringmaster at any cost.
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
In 15th-century Paris, the brother of the archdeacon plots with the gypsy king to foment a peasant revolt. Meanwhile, a freakish hunchback falls in love with a gypsy dancer.
He Who Gets Slapped
A bitter clown endeavors to rescue the young woman he loves from the lecherous baron who once betrayed him.
The Penalty
A deformed criminal mastermind plans to loot the city of San Francisco as well as revenge himself on the doctor who mistakenly amputated his legs.
Outside the Law
In this early collaboration with director Tod Browning (Dracula, Freaks), Chaney delivers a dual performance of dramatic intensity, starring as Ah Wing, a kind-hearted student of Confucian philosophy, and Black Mike Sylva, a murde...
The Trap
A miner's happiness is destroyed when a rival steals his mine. He becomes obsessed with revenge, and plans a trap for the man who took his mine.
Broadway Love
A small-town girl goes to New York hoping to become a star on Broadway, but the best she can do are roles as chorus girls. She falls in with a "fast" crowd, notably a "party girl" named Cherry Blow, and finds herself involved with...