---
name: "Lon Chaney"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/lon-chaney"
fi1m_id: "lon-chaney"
imdb_id: "nm0151606"
tmdb_id: 14481
wikidata_id: "Q312656"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "31 March 1883"
died: "26 August 1930"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T06:25:52.272543+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Lon Chaney

## Identity

Lon Chaney

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/lon-chaney
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** lon-chaney
- **IMDb ID:** nm0151606
- **TMDB ID:** 14481
- **Wikidata ID:** Q312656
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lon_Chaney, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q312656, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0151606/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14481

Actor. Born 31 March 1883 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. Died 26 August 1930.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 31 March 1883, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
- **Died:** 26 August 1930
- **Also known as:** Leonidas Frank Chaney, Man of a Thousand Faces, Лон Чейни, Lon Chaney Sr.
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lon_Chaney, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q312656, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0151606/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14481

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*The Unknown*](https://film.one/film/the-unknown.md) (80)

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## Biography

Lon Chaney was an American actor. He played Alonzo in the silent film *The Unknown* (1927).

Chaney appeared in numerous silent films, including *The Penalty* (1920), *The Hunchback of Notre Dame* (1923), *He Who Gets Slapped* (1924), *The Unholy Three* (1925), *The Phantom of the Opera* (1925), *West of Zanzibar* (1928) and *Laugh, Clown, Laugh* (1928). He began his career on stage before moving to film in 1913. Chaney died on 26 August 1930.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, britannica.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Unknown* (1927), Fi1m 80, as Alonzo — [page](https://film.one/film/the-unknown.md)

## Complete filmography (122)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *They Came from the Attic* (2022), as The Phantom of the Opera (Archival Footage)
- *Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film* (2014), as The Phantom / Quasimodo (archive footage)
- *A Messenger from the Shadows (Notes on Film 06 A/Monologue 01)* (2013), Actor
- *Nadie inquietó más* (2008), as Various Roles (archive footage)
- *London After Midnight* (2002), as Professor Edward C. Burke (archive footage)
- *Universal Horror* (1998), as (archive footage)
- *Lon Chaney: Son of a Thousand Faces* (1995), as (archive footage)
- *The Horror of It All* (1983), as The Phantom (archive footage)
- *The Horror Show* (1979), as (archive footage)
- *Yesterday and Today* (1953), as (archive footage)
- *Hollywood Story* (1951), as The Phantom (archive footage) (uncredited)
- *The House That Shadows Built* (1931), as (archive footage)
- *The Unholy Three* (1930), as Professor Echo / Grandma O'Grady · Makeup Artist
- *The Phantom of the Opera* (1929), as Erik, The Phantom
- *Thunder* (1929), as Grumpy Anderson
- *Where East Is East* (1929), as Tiger Haynes
- *West of Zanzibar* (1928), as Phroso 'Dead-Legs'
- *Laugh, Clown, Laugh* (1928), as Tito Beppi
- *The Big City* (1928), as Chuck Collins
- *While the City Sleeps* (1928), as Dan Coghlan
- *London After Midnight* (1927), as Professor Edward C. Burke/The Man in the Beaver Hat
- *Mockery* (1927), as Sergei
- *The Unknown* (1927), as Alonzo — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/the-unknown.md)
- *Mr. Wu* (1927), as Mr. Wu / Wu's Grandfather
- *Tell It to the Marines* (1926), as Sergeant O'Hara
- *Vårt kronprinspar i Hollywood* (1926), Actor
- *The Road to Mandalay* (1926), as Singapore Joe
- *The Blackbird* (1926), as Dan - The Blackbird / The Bishop
- *The Tower of Lies* (1925), as Jan
- *The Unholy Three* (1925), as Professor Echo / Granny O'Grady
- *The Phantom of the Opera* (1925), as Erik, The Phantom · Makeup Artist
- *The Monster* (1925), as Dr. Ziska
- *He Who Gets Slapped* (1924), as Paul Beaumont
- *The Next Corner* (1924), as Juan Serafin
- *The Hunchback of Notre Dame* (1923), as Quasimodo · Makeup Artist, Co-Director
- *The Shock* (1923), as Wilse Dilling
- *While Paris Sleeps* (1923), as Henri Santodos
- *All the Brothers Were Valiant* (1923), as Mark Shore
- *Quincy Adams Sawyer* (1922), as Obadiah Strout
- *A Blind Bargain* (1922), as Dr. Arthur Lamb / The Ape Man
- *Shadows* (1922), as Yen Sin
- *Oliver Twist* (1922), as Fagin
- *The Light in the Dark* (1922), as Tony Pantelli
- *Flesh and Blood* (1922), as David Webster
- *The Trap* (1922), as Gaspard the Good · Story
- *Voices of the City* (1921), as O'Rourke
- *Bits of Life* (1921), as Chin Chow
- *The Ace of Hearts* (1921), as Farallone
- *For Those We Love* (1921), as Trix Ulner
- *Outside the Law* (1921), as Ah Wing / 'Black Mike' Sylva
- *Nomads of the North* (1920), as Raoul Challoner
- *The Penalty* (1920), as Blizzard
- *The Adventures of Daredevil Jack* (1920), as Royce Rivers
- *The Gift Supreme* (1920), as Merney Stagg
- *Treasure Island* (1920), as Blind Pew / Merry
- *The Wicked Darling* (1919), as Stoop Connors
- *Victory* (1919), as Ricardo
- *When Bearcat Went Dry* (1919), as Kindard Powers
- *Paid in Advance* (1919), as Bateese Le Blanc
- *The Miracle Man* (1919), as The Frog
- *A Man's Country* (1919), as 'Three Card' Duncan
- *The False Faces* (1919), as Karl Eckstrom
- *Danger, Go Slow* (1918), as Bud
- *The Talk of the Town* (1918), as Jack Langhorne
- *That Devil, Bateese* (1918), as Louis Courteau
- *Riddle Gawne* (1918), as Hame Bozzam
- *A Broadway Scandal* (1918), as 'Kink' Colby
- *Fast Company* (1918), as Dan McCarty
- *The Grand Passion* (1918), as Paul Argos
- *Broadway Love* (1918), as Elmer Watkins
- *The Kaiser, the Beast of Berlin* (1918), as Bethmann-Hollweg
- *The Scarlet Car* (1917), as Paul Revere Forbes
- *Bondage* (1917), as Seducer (uncredited)
- *Anything Once* (1917), as Waughnt Moore
- *The Empty Gun* (1917), as Frank
- *Triumph* (1917), as Paul Neihoff
- *Pay Me!* (1917), as Joe Lawson
- *The Rescue* (1917), as Thomas Holland
- *Fires of Rebellion* (1917), as Russell Hanlon
- *A Doll's House* (1917), as Nils Krogstad
- *The Flashlight* (1917), as Henry Norton / Porter Brixton
- *The Girl in the Checkered Coat* (1917), as Hector Maitland
- *Hell Morgan's Girl* (1917), as Sleter Noble
- *The Piper's Price* (1917), as Billy Kilmartin
- *The Price of Silence* (1916), as Edmond Stafford
- *The Place Beyond the Winds* (1916), as Jerry Jo
- *If My Country Should Call* (1916), as Dr. George Ardrath
- *The Mark of Cain* (1916), as Dick Temple
- *The Grasp of Greed* (1916), as Jimmie
- *Bobbie of the Ballet* (1916), as Hook Hoover
- *The Gilded Spider* (1916), as Giovanni
- *Tangled Hearts* (1916), as John Hammond
- *The Grip of Jealousy* (1916), as Silas Lacey
- *Dolly's Scoop* (1916), as Dan Fisher
- *Stronger Than Death* (1915), as Attorney
- *Father and the Boys* (1915), as Tuck Bartholomew
- *Graft* (1915), Makeup Artist
- *The Millionaire Paupers* (1915), as Landlord
- *A Mother's Atonement* (1915), as Ben
- *Alas and Alack* (1915), as The Fisherman and Hunchback Fate
- *The Fascination of the Fleur de Lis* (1915), as The Duke of Safoulrug
- *The Oyster Dredger* (1915), Director, Writer
- *The Stool Pigeon* (1915), Director
- *The Measure of a Man* (1915), as Donald MacDermott
- *The Sin of Olga Brandt* (1915), as Stephen Leslie
- *A Night of Thrills* (1914), as The Visitor
- *The Lion, the Lamb and the Man* (1914), as Fred Brown, the Lion
- *Damon and Pythias* (1914), as Wild Man (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
- *Virtue Its Own Reward* (1914), as Duncan Bronson
- *Richelieu* (1914), as Baradas
- *The Higher Law* (1914), as Sir Stephen Fitz Allen
- *The Oubliette* (1914), as Chevalier Bertrand de la Payne
- *By the Sun's Rays* (1914), as Frank Lawler, the Clerk
- *A Ranch Romance* (1914), as Raphael Praz
- *The Forbidden Room* (1914), as John Morris
- *The Tragedy of Whispering Creek* (1914), as The Greaser · Writer
- *The End of the Feud* (1914), as Wood Dawson
- *Discord and Harmony* (1914), as Lon - the Sculptor
- *Back to Life* (1913), as The Rival
- *The Restless Spirit* (1913), as The Russian Count (uncredited)
- *Poor Jake's Demise* (1913), as The Dude
- *The Honor of the Family* (1912), Actor

## Gallery

- ![Scan of still of Lon Chaney in The Phantom of the Opera (1925)](https://film.one/media/person/3850467/gallery-27cfeb183840.jpg) Scan of still of Lon Chaney in The Phantom of the Opera (1925) — Movie still scan, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/ChaneyPhantomoftheOpera.jpg/1280px-ChaneyPhantomoftheOpera.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Actor Lon Chaney. Subjects: actors, motion pictures (1920)](https://film.one/media/person/3850467/gallery-e5dd28667a7f.jpg) Actor Lon Chaney. Subjects: actors, motion pictures (1920) — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Actor_Lon_Chaney_%28SAYRE_21194%29.jpg/1280px-Actor_Lon_Chaney_%28SAYRE_21194%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Frank Austin (left) & Lon Chaney in The Monster - publicity still (cropped) (1925)](https://film.one/media/person/3850467/gallery-7a6673b71420.jpg) Frank Austin (left) & Lon Chaney in The Monster - publicity still (cropped) (1925) — unknown (MGM), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/81/Frank_Austin-Lon_Chaney_in_The_Monster.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Lon Chaney](https://film.one/media/person/3850467/gallery-e22507062abb.jpg) Lon Chaney — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0b/Lon_Chaney%2C_Sr._The_Miracle_Man.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Lon Chaney](https://film.one/media/person/3850467/gallery-6e805937a695.jpg) Lon Chaney — Image via TMDB
- ![Lon Chaney](https://film.one/media/person/3850467/gallery-2224293de55a.jpg) Lon Chaney — Image via TMDB
- ![Lon Chaney](https://film.one/media/person/3850467/gallery-3ac51bed4780.jpg) Lon Chaney — Image via TMDB
- ![Photo of Edith Roberts and Lon Chaney, from the American drama film Flesh and Blood (1922). Subjects: actresses, actors](https://film.one/media/person/3850467/gallery-9d722c50be37.jpg) Photo of Edith Roberts and Lon Chaney, from the American drama film Flesh and Blood (1922). Subjects: actresses, actors — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Photo_of_Edith_Roberts_and_Lon_Chaney_%28SAYRE_14232%29.jpg/1280px-Photo_of_Edith_Roberts_and_Lon_Chaney_%28SAYRE_14232%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Lon Chaney](https://film.one/media/person/3850467/gallery-1d845e064089.jpg) Lon Chaney — Image via TMDB

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