- Geboren am
- Verstorben12. Juli 1973 · San Clemente, Kalifornien, USA (Herzversagen)
- GeburtsnameCreighton Tull Chaney
- Spitznamen
- The Prince of Pain
- The Master of Horror
- Lon Chaney
- Größe1,89 m
- Lon Chaney Jr. wurde am 10 Februar 1906 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA geboren. Er war Schauspieler, bekannt für Der Wolfsmensch (1941), Zwölf Uhr mittags (1952) und Von Mäusen und Menschen (1939). Er war mit Patsy Beck und Dorothy Marie Hinckley verheiratet. Er starb am 12 Juli 1973 in San Clemente, California, USA.
- EhepartnerPatsy Beck(1. Oktober 1937 - 12. Juli 1973) (er verstorben)Dorothy Marie Hinckley(17. April 1926 - 24. Juli 1937) (geschieden, 2 Kinder)
- KinderRonald CreightonLon Ralph
- Eltern
- VerwandteJaclynn Chaney(Great Grandchild)Ron Chaney(Grandchild)Jennifer Chaney(Great Grandchild)
- Deep baritone voice
- Often played hulking monsters or victims of mad scientists
- Often played sympathetic or tormented characters
- Often played the average, everyday man
- Frequently portrayed father figures, particularly in his later years
- His career suffered in his later years due to alcoholism.
- His father told him that he was too tall for a successful career in film.
- Near the end of his life, he made an appearance on "The Tonight Show" with Johnny Carson. He claimed that his weak voice was the result of his playfully growling at children on Halloween; actually, he was suffering from throat cancer.
- His favorite role was that of Lenny Small in Von Mäusen und Menschen (1939). After a few drinks at parties, he would recite scenes from that film.
- He made headlines in the 1960s when he criticized "Fractured Flickers" for desecrating old film classics like his father's film Der Glöckner von Notre Dame (1923).
- My father would be horrified if he knew I was making it in the pictures and that I'm not billed as Creighton Chaney.
- I am most proud of the name Lon Chaney. I am not proud of Lon Chaney Jr., because they had to starve me to make me take this name.
- Nothing is more natural to me than horror.
- All the best of the monsters played for sympathy. That goes for my father, [Lon Chaney], myself and all the others. They all won the audience's sympathy. The Wolf Man didn't want to do all those bad things. He was forced into them.
- The trouble with most of the monster pictures today is that they go after horror for horror's sake. There's no motivation for how monsters behave. There's too much of that science-fiction baloney.
- Gallerie des Grauens (1985) - $1,500
- The Last Frontier (1932) - $200 @week
- Luana (1933) - $200 @week
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