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Lon Chaney Jr. Acting Filmography (188)

Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies

2025·Self - (archive footage)

Jack Pierce: The Man Who Made the Monsters

2015·Self (archive footage)

Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film

2014·The Wolf Man / Larry Talbot (archive footage)

Pure in Heart: The Life and Legacy of Lon Chaney, Jr.

2010·Self (archive footage)

Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman

2007·Self (archive footage)

Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire

2007·Himself (archive footage)

Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb

2007·Hassan (archive footage)

Terror in the Tropics

2006·Lyle Talbot (archive footage)

Monster Movie Trivia Quiz

Los Angeles Plays Itself

2004·Charles Benton in The Indestructible Man (archive footage)

Heroes of Horror

2001·(archive footage)

The American Nightmare

Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed

2000·Self (archive footage)

The Many Faces of Dracula

2000·Count Dracula (archive footage)

Lon Chaney: A thousand faces

2000·Self (archive footage)

Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'

1999·Self (archive footage)

The Wolfman's Cure

1998·Lawrence Stewart Talbot / The Wolf Man

Universal Horror

1998·(archive footage)

Lon Chaney: Son of a Thousand Faces

1995·(archive footage)

Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld

1994·Self (archive footage)

Dracula in the Movies

Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook

1991·Count Dracula / The Wolf Man (archive footage)

Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook

1991·Lawrence Talbot / The Monster (archive footage)

Wolfman Chronicles: A Cinematic Scrapbook

1991·Lawrence Talbot / The Wolf Man (archive footage)

Halloween Monster Bash

1991·Butcher Benton (archive footage)

Abbott and Costello in the Movies

The Horror Show

1979·(archive footage)

Dracula vs. Frankenstein

The Female Bunch

1968·Self (archive footage)

1968·Sheriff Tangley

Fireball Jungle

The Mummy's Ghost

1968·Kharis, the mummy

Dr. Terror's Gallery of Horrors

1967·Dr. Mendell

Hillbillys in a Haunted House

1967·Maximillian

Pistols 'n' Petticoats

1967·Chief Eagle Shadow

Welcome to Hard Times

1966·Sheriff Hodges

1966·Larry Talbot

House of the Black Death

1965·Belial Desard

Face of the Screaming Werewolf

1965·The Mummified Werewolf

Apache Uprising

1965·Charlie Russell

1965·Charlie Leach

1964·Morgan Whitlock

1964·Bartender

Stage to Thunder Rock

1964·Henry Parker(as Lon Chaney)

Law of the Lawless

The Long Rifle and the Tomahawk

1964·Chingachcook

The Haunted Palace

1963·Simon Orne

The Devil's Messenger

Lizard's Leg and Owlet's Wing

Rebellion in Cuba

House of Terror

1960·The Mummified Werewolf

The Alligator People

The Defiant Ones

Money, Women and Guns

1958·Art Birdwell

1957·Martin 'Marty' Melville

Along the Mohawk Trail

1957·Chingachgook

The Black Sleep

1956·Dr. Munroe, aka Mungo

Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer

1956·Blackfish

Indestructible Man

1956·Charles "Butcher" Benton

I Died a Thousand Times

Big House, U.S.A

1955·Leonard M. 'Alamo' Smith

Not as a Stranger

1955·Job Marsh

The Indian Fighter

1955·Chivington

The Silver Star

1955·John W. Harmon (as Lon Chaney)

Casanova's Big Night

1954·Emo, the Murderer

1954·Henchman Kip (archive footage) (as Lon Chaney)

1954·Castro (as Lon Chaney)

1954·Pedro Martines

The Boy from Oklahoma

1954·Crazy Charlie (as Lon Chaney)

The Black Pirates

1954·Padre Felipe

A Lion Is in the Streets

1953·Spurge McManamee

Raiders of the Seven Seas

1953·Peg Leg (as Lon Chaney)

1952·Martin Howe

The Black Castle

Springfield Rifle

Thief of Damascus

1952·Sinbad (as Lon Chaney)

Battles of Chief Pontiac

1952·Chief Pontiac

1952·The Monster

Bride of the Gorilla

1951·Commissioner Taro

Only the Valiant

1951·Trooper Kebussyan

Behave Yourself!

Inside Straight

1951·Shocker / Schockovitz Ninkovitch (as Lon Chaney)

The Bushwhackers

1951·Artemus Taylor

1951·Borka Barbarossa

1950·Gus (as Lon Chaney)

1950·Red Lynch

Kitchen Mechanics

1949·Johnson (archive footage)

There's a Girl in My Heart

1949·Johnny Colton

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein

1948·The Wolfman

1948·Steve Murkill

16 Fathoms Deep

1948·Mr. Demitri (as Lon Chaney)

The Counterfeiters

1948·Louie Struber

My Favorite Brunette

1946·Lt. Armand Corday

House of Dracula

1945·Lawrence Stewart Talbot

Here Come the Co-Eds

Strange Confession

1945·Jeff Carter

Pillow of Death

1945·Wayne Fletcher

The Frozen Ghost

1945·Alex Gregor, aka Gregor the Great

The Daltons Ride Again

1945·Grat Dalton

House of Frankenstein

1944·Lawrence 'Larry' Talbot (aka The Wolf Man)

Follow the Boys

1944·Lon Chaney Jr. (uncredited)

The Mummy's Curse

The Mummy's Ghost

1944·Prof. Norman Reed

Dead Man's Eyes

1944·David Stuart

Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man

1943·Lawrence 'Larry' Stewart Talbot / The Wolf Man

1943·Count Dracula, alias Count Alucard

1943·Cameo Appearance

Calling Dr. Death

1943·Dr. Mark Steel

Frontier Badmen

What We Are Fighting For

1943·Bill Wallace

The Ghost of Frankenstein

1942·The Frankenstein Monster

The Mummy's Tomb

1942·The Mummy - Kharis

Eyes of the Underworld

North to the Klondike

1942·Nate Carson

1941·Larry Talbot / The Wolf Man

Man-Made Monster

1941·Dan McCormick

Badlands of Dakota

1941·Jack McCall

San Antonio Rose

1941·Jigsaw Kennedy

1941·'Spike' Hudson

Riders of Death Valley

1941·Henchman Butch

Too Many Blondes

1941·Marvin Gimble

One Million B.C.

North West Mounted Police

City in Darkness

Of Mice and Men

1939·Lennie Small

Frontier Marshal

1939·One Of James Gang

1939·Dollarhide

Alexander's Ragtime Band

1938·Photographer

Sally, Irene and Mary

1938·Policeman

Passport Husband

1938·Bud Casey

Submarine Patrol

1938·Marine Sentry

Walking Down Broadway

1938·Delivery Man

Straight, Place and Show

1938·Racetrack Mug

Mr. Moto's Gamble

Angel's Holiday

Charlie Chan on Broadway

1937·Desk Reporter

Secret Agent X-9

Wife, Doctor and Nurse

1937·Scott, the Chauffeur

1937·Detective Erickson

Love and Hisses

1937·Attendant

The Lady Escapes

1937·Reporter (uncredited)

Life Begins in College

This Is My Affair

1937·Federal Agent in Baltimore Bank

Cheyenne Rides Again

One Mile from Heaven

1937·Policeman

1937·Garage Mechanic

1937·Laborer Killed at Launching

Wild and Woolly

1936·Garland - Simms partner

The Singing Cowboy

1936·Henchman Ivan

1936·Sierra Football Player

Sharad of Atlantis

1936·Capt. Hakur

Killer at Large

1936·Second Coffin Man

The Shadow of Silk Lennox

1935·John Arthur 'Silk' Lennox

A Scream in the Night

1935·Jack Wilson / Butch Curtain

Captain Hurricane

Accent on Youth

The Marriage Bargain

1935·Bob Gordon

Sixteen Fathoms Deep

1934·Joe Bethel

Girl o' My Dreams

1934·Don Cooper

The Life of Vergie Winters

1934·Hugo McQueen

Son of the Border

1933·Jack Breen

The Three Musketeers

1933·Lt. Armand Corday

1933·Jeff Todd (as Creighton Chaney)

Bird of Paradise

The Last Frontier

1932·Tom Kirby, aka The Black Ghost

The Galloping Ghost

Mabel and Bill Dumphy's visit with Hazel & Lon Chaney

1922·Boy in Crowd Behind Gaspard (uncredited)