Lon Chaney

Leonidas Frank Chaney, mais conhecido como Lon Chaney (Colorado Springs, 1 de abril de 1883 - Hollywood, 26 de agosto de 1930), foi um actor norte-americano, filho de pais surdos.

Lon Chaney
Lon Chaney Lon Chaney em The Miracle Man (1919).
Nome completo	Leonidas Frank Chaney
Nascimento	1 de abril de 1883 Colorado Springs
Nacionalidade	Estados Unidos
Morte	26 de agosto de 1930 (47 anos) Los Angeles, California
Ocupação	Ator Diretor Escritor
Atividade	1902 – 1930
Cônjuge	Cleva Creighton (1906-1915) Hazel Hastings (1915-1930)

Este ator especializou-se em representar personagens monstruosos, atormentados e grotescos, extremamente bem caracterizados, tendo ele próprio inventado uma técnica de maquiagem. Ficou sendo chamado pelos críticos de cinema da época de " O homem das mil faces ".

Em 1957, foi retratado no filme The Man of a Thousand Faces, pelo ator James Cagney.

É pai do ator Lon Chaney Jr..

Lon Chaney em O Fantasma da Ópera (1925) como Erik, O Fantasma, o primeiro Fantasma da Ópera, e em seguida, cronologicamente o primeiro dos monstros dos filmes da Universal Pictures.

Filmografia

• The Honor of the Family (1912) (não creditado)
• The Ways of Fate (1913)
• Shon the Piper (1913)
• The Blood Red Tape of Charity (1913)
• The Restless Spirit (1913) (não creditado)
• Poor Jake's Demise (1913)
• The Sea Urchin (1913)
• The Trap (1913)
• Almost an Actress (1913)
• An Elephant on His Hands (1913)
• Back to Life (1913)
• Red Margaret, Moonshiner (1913)
• Bloodhounds of the North (1913)
• The Lie (1914)
• The Honor of the Mounted (1914)
• Remember Mary Magdalen (1914)
• Discord and Harmony (1914)
• The Menace to Carlotta (1914)
• The Embezzler (1914)
• The Lamb, the Woman, the Wolf (1914)
• The End of the Feud (1914)
• The Tragedy of Whispering Creek (1914)
• The Unlawful Trade (1914)
• Heartstrings (1914)
• The Forbidden Room (1914)
• The Old Cobbler (1914)
• The Hopes of Blind Alley (1914)
• A Ranch Romance (1914)
• Her Grave Mistake (1914)
• By the Sun's Rays (1914)
• The Oubliette (1914)
• A Miner's Romance (1914)
• Her Bounty (1914)
• The Higher Law (1914)
• Richelieu (1914)
• The Pipes o' Pan (1914)
• Virtue Is Its Own Reward (1914)
• Her Life's Story (1914)
• Lights and Shadows (1914)
• The Lion, the Lamb, the Man (1914)
• A Night of Thrills (1914)
• Her Escape (1914)
• The Sin of Olga Brandt (1915)
• The Star of the Sea (1915)
• A Small Town Girl (1915)
• The Measure of a Man (1915)
• The Threads of Fate (1915)
• When the Gods Played a Badger Game (1915)
• Such Is Life (1915)
• Where the Forest Ends (1915)
• Outside the Gates (1915)
• All for Peggy (1915)
• The Desert Breed (1915)
• Maid of the Mist (1915)
• The Grind (1915)
• The Girl of the Night (1915)
• The Stool Pigeon (1915)
• For Cash (1915)
• An Idyll of the Hills (1915)
• The Stronger Mind (1915)
• The Oyster Dredger (1915)
• Steady Company (1915)
• The Violin Maker (1915)
• The Trust (1915)
• Bound on the Wheel (1915)
• Mountain Justice (1915)
• Quits (1915)
• The Chimney's Secret (1915)
• The Pine's Revenge (1915)
• The Fascination of the Fleur de Lis (1915)
• Alas and Alack (1915)
• A Mother's Atonement (1915)
• Lon of Lone Mountain (1915)
• The Millionaire Paupers (1915)
• Under a Shadow (1915)
• Father and the Boys (1915)
• Stronger Than Death (1915)
• Dolly's Scoop (1916)
• The Grip of Jealousy (1916)
• Tangled Hearts (1916)
• The Gilded Spider (1916)
• Bobbie of the Ballet (1916)
• The Grasp of Greed (1916)
• The Mark of Cain (1916)
• If My Country Should Call (1916)
• Felix on the Job (1916)
• The Place Beyond the Winds (1916)
• Accusing Evidence (1916)
• The Price of Silence (1916)
• The Piper's Price (1917)
• Hell Morgan's Girl (1917)
• The Mask of Love (1917)
• The Girl in the Checkered Coat (1917)
• The Flashlight (1917)
• A Doll's House (1917)
• Fires of Rebellion (1917)
• The Rescue (1917)
• Pay Me! (1917)
• Triumph (1917)
• The Empty Gun (1917)
• Anything Once (1917)
• The Scarlet Car (1917)
• The Grand Passion (1918)
• Broadway Love (1918)
• The Kaiser, the Beast of Berlin (1918)
• Fast Company (1918)
• A Broadway Scandal (1918)
• Riddle Gawne (1918)
• That Devil, Bateese (1918)
• The Talk of the Tow (1918)
• Danger, Go Slow (1918)
• The Wicked Darling (1919)
• The False Faces (1919)
• A Man's Country (1919)
• Paid in Advance (1919)
• The Miracle Man (1919)
• When Bearcat Went Dry (1919)
• Victory (1919)
• Daredevil Jack (1920)
• Treasure Island (1920)
• The Gift Supreme (1920)
• Nomads of the North (1920)
• The Penalty (1920)
• Outside the Law (1921)
• For Those We Love (1921)
• Bits of Life (1921)
• The Ace of Hearts (1921)
• The Trap (1922)
• Voices of the City (1922)
• Flesh and Blood (1922)
• The Light in the Dark (1922)
• Oliver Twist (1922) (1922)
• Shadows (1922)
• Quincy Adams Sawyer (1922)
• A Blind Bargain (1922)
• All the Brothers Were Valiant (1923)
• While Paris Sleeps (1923)
• The Shock (1923)
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923)
• The Next Corner (1924)
• He Who Gets Slapped (1924)
• The Monster (1925)
• The Unholy Three (1925)
• The Phantom of the Opera (1925) (1925)
• The Tower of Lies (1925)
• The Blackbird (1926)
• The Road to Mandalay (1926)
• Tell It to the Marines (1926)
• Mr. Wu (1927)
• The Unknown (1927)
• Mockery (1927)
• London After Midnigh (1927)
• The Big City (1928)
• Laugh, Clown, Laugh (1928)
• While the City Sleeps (1928)
• West of Zanzibar (1928)
• Where East is East (1929)
• Thunder (1929)
• The Unholy Three (1930)

Ligações externas

• Lon Chaney. no IMDb.