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Lon Chaney Jr.
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Lon Chaney, Jr. (February 10, 1906 – July 12, 1973), born Creighton Tull Chaney, was an American character actor. He was best known for his roles in monster movies and as the son of famous silent film actor, Lon Chaney. He is notable for playing Larry Talbot in The Wolf Man movies. Originally credited in films as Creighton Chaney, he was first credited as "Lon Chaney, Jr." in 1935. Chaney had English, French and Irish ancestry.
Known For
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
High Noon
1952
The Ghost of Frankenstein
1942
The Mummy's Curse
1944
The Defiant Ones
1958
The Wolf Man
1941
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
1948
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
1943
My Favorite Brunette
1947
Jesse James
1939
House of Frankenstein
1944
Pardners
1956
Los Angeles Plays Itself
2004
House of Dracula
1945
The Indian Fighter
1955
Union Pacific
1939
The Alligator People
1959
The Haunted Palace
1963
Son of Dracula
1943
Spider Baby
1967
The Mummy's Ghost
1944
Indestructible Man
1956
The Mummy's Tomb
1942
Of Mice and Men
1939
Dracula vs. Frankenstein
1971
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