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name: "Lon Chaney Jr."
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born: "10 February 1906"
died: "12 July 1973"
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updated: "2026-09-16T12:38:05.368831+00:00"
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# Lon Chaney Jr.

Actor. Born 10 February 1906 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA. Died 12 July 1973.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 10 February 1906, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
- **Died:** 12 July 1973
- **Also known as:** Creighton Tull Chaney, Creighton Chaney, Lon Chaney, Лон Чейни-мл., Лон Чейни младший, Лон Чейни мл., لان چینی جونیور

## Biography

Lon Chaney Jr., born Creighton Tull Chaney, was an American character actor. The son of silent film star Lon Chaney, he began his career in the early 1930s, initially credited under his birth name before adopting Lon Chaney Jr. in 1935 at a producer's insistence.

He is known for his portrayal of Larry Talbot, the Wolf Man, in several Universal horror films, including *The Wolf Man* (1941), *Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man* (1943), *House of Frankenstein* (1944) and *House of Dracula* (1945). Other notable roles include Lennie Small in *Of Mice and Men* (1939) and Martin Howe in *High Noon* (1952). He also appeared in *The Defiant Ones* (1958) and numerous Westerns and other genre films through the 1960s.

Chaney continued working in film and television until 1971. He died in 1973.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, catalog.afi.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *High Noon* (1952), Fi1m 88, as Martin Howe — [page](https://film.one/film/high-noon.md)

## Also known for

- *The Wolf Man* (1941), Larry Talbot / The Wolf Man
- *Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein* (1948), The Wolfman
- *The Defiant Ones* (1958), Big Sam
- *Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man* (1943), Lawrence 'Larry' Stewart Talbot / The Wolf Man
- *The Haunted Palace* (1963), Simon Orne
- *House of Frankenstein* (1944), Lawrence 'Larry' Talbot (aka The Wolf Man)
- *Spider Baby* (1967), Bruno
- *The Ghost of Frankenstein* (1942), The Frankenstein Monster

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