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Lon Chaney Jr.

Lon Chaney Jr.

56 movies on Netflix

Biography

Lon Chaney Jr. was an American actor who became one of Universal's horror stars, born Creighton Tull Chaney in Oklahoma City in 1906 as the son of the actor Lon Chaney. His first film work came after his father's death, a minor, uncredited appearance in the 1931 serial The Galloping Ghost, and he then took small roles at RKO. His first major part was Lennie Small in Of Mice and Men (1939). Universal cast him in Man-Made Monster (1941), and the title role in The Wolf Man (1941) typecast him. He went on to play Frankenstein's monster, the Mummy, and Dracula, the only actor to take on all four of the studio's major horror characters, and appeared in the Inner Sanctum series. Supporting work followed in High Noon (1952), Not as a Stranger (1955), and The Defiant Ones (1958), along with later horror films such as The Haunted Palace (1963) and Spider Baby (1967). He died in 1973.

67years old at death

  • Born Oklahoma City
  • Died San Clemente
  • Star sign: AquariusThe sign runs January 20 to February 18
  • Also credited as Creighton Chaney

Movie Career

Films
56
Career span
82 years1932 to 2014

Genres

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  1. A first

    Chaney was the only actor to portray the Wolf Man, Frankenstein's monster, the Mummy, and Count Dracula, all four of Universal's major horror characters.

  2. First role

    Chaney Jr. made just one stage appearance, playing Lennie Small in Of Mice and Men alongside Wallace Ford. He then took that same role in the 1939 film adaptation.

  3. Own stunts

    Chaney did stuntwork early in his career, including bulldogging steers, falling off cliffs, riding horses off precipices into rivers, and driving prairie schooners up and down hills.

Lon Chaney Jr. movies on Netflix

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. The Wolf Man1941 Drama, Horroras Larry Talbot / The Wolf Man

    IMDb rating 7.235K votes

  2. Bud Abbott and Lou Costello meet Frankenstein1948 Comedy, Family, Fantasyas Lawrence Talbot

    IMDb rating 7.321K votes

  3. Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man1943as The Wolf Man - Lawrence Talbot

    IMDb rating 6.411K votes

  4. High Noon1952as Martin Howe

    IMDb rating 7.9117K votes

  5. The Mummy's Tomb1942as The Mummy - Kharis

    IMDb rating 5.54.5K votes

  6. The Mummy's Ghost1944as Kharis

    IMDb rating 5.54.0K votes

  7. Spider Baby or, The Maddest Story Ever Told1967as Bruno

    IMDb rating 6.79.0K votes

  8. Son of Dracula1943as Count Dracula, alias Count Alucard

    IMDb rating 6.07.1K votes

Most often with

Reginald Le Borg directed six of these films, Erle C. Kenton three and George Waggner two. John Carradine appears in eight of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Films together

Box office

What Lon Chaney Jr.'s films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$97.1 million

6 of the 56 films have a worldwide figure.

Of the 56 films: 6 worldwide figure; 3 us gross only; 47 figure not found.

  • 6Worldwide figure
  • 3US gross only
  • 47Figure not found

Highest grossing

The six biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    $76M78.3% of the total
  2. 2
    High Noon1952as Martin Howe
    $8.0M8.2% of the total
  3. 3
    Springfield Rifle1952as Pete Elm
    $4.9M5.0% of the total
  4. 4
    $4.8M5.0% of the total
  5. 5
    The Haunted Palace1963as Simon Orne
    $2.6M2.7% of the total
  6. 6
    Bird of Paradise1932as Thornton(Creighton Chaney)
    $753K0.8% of the total