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Eighty two years ago, Lon Chaney Jr. was the face of Universal's horror movies.He soon became known for being the only actor to bring to life all four of the "big four" monsters: the Mummy, the Wolf Man, Frankenstein and Dracula. (Chaney portrayed these first three characters in several films throughout the 1940s and '50s, and earned his ...
Jul 14, 1973 · SAN CLEMENTE, Calif., July 13 (AP)—Lon Chaney Jr., the film actor, died yesterday at the age of 67. A long series of illnesses had put Mr. Chaney in and out of hospitals for the last year.
Welcome to the oldest and largest web site for legendary silent actor Lon Chaney, Sr., "The Man of a Thousand Faces." This site went on line in 1996 and was previously maintained on an AOL server. In September, 2008 it was moved to its new home at lonchaney.org, and in November of 2017 moved to a new hosting domain.
Lon Chaney Jr was born Creighton Tull Chaney on the 10th of February, 1906 in Oklahoma City. It’s a scene that could itself have come from a horror movie. On a freezing winter night, a man rushes from a tiny wooden cabin outside Oklahoma City, his face wracked with panic – yet also determination, an unshakable resolve to save the tiny ...
Jan 31, 1995 · Lon Chaney [biography] Dates: 1927-1995 Birth Date: Jan 27, 1927 Death Date: Jan 31, 1995. Place of Birth: South Carolina Place of Death: Bronx, NY. Lon Chaney, the rhythm tap dancer hailed as the "King of the Paddle and Roll," was born Isaiah Chaneyfield in South Carolina. Trained as a boxer, he became interested in tap dance when he moved to ...
Lon’s father Frank Chaney was born in on April 3, 1852 in Carroll, Ohio. He lost his hearing after contracting typhoid fever at the age of four. Lon’s mother, Emma Kennedy was born on October 13, 1855 in Lawrence, Kansas, and had hearing loss since birth.
Lon Chaney. Highest Rated: 100% Outside the Law (1920) Lowest Rated: 50% A Blind Bargain (1922) Birthday: Apr 1, 1883. Birthplace: Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. Lon Chaney was an American actor ...
