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Lon Chaney
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Leonidas Frank "Lon" Chaney (April 1, 1883 – August 26, 1930) was an American actor and makeup artist. He is regarded as one of the most versatile and powerful actors of cinema, r…
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Leonidas Frank "Lon" Chaney (April 1, 1883 – August 26, 1930) was an American actor and makeup artist. He is regarded as one of the most versatile and powerful actors of cinema, renowned for his characterizations of tortured, often grotesque and afflicted, characters and for his groundbreaking artistry with makeup. Chaney was known for his starring roles in such silent horror films as The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923) and The Phantom of the Opera (1925). His ability to transform himself using makeup techniques that he developed earned him the nickname "The Man of a Thousand Faces". Description above from the Wikipedia article Lon Chaney, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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2022
They Came from the Attic
Movie The Phantom of the Opera (Archival Footage)
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2014
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
Movie The Phantom / Quasimodo (archive footage)
- 2013
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2011
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
Movie Himself (archive footage)
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2008
Nadie inquietó más
Movie Various Roles (archive footage)
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2007
Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire
Movie Himself (archive footage)
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2007
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2002
London After Midnight
Movie Professor Edward C. Burke (archive footage)
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2000
Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2000
The Many Faces of Dracula
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1998
Universal Horror
Movie (archive footage)
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1995
Lon Chaney: Son of a Thousand Faces
Movie (archive footage)
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1995
Lon Chaney: Behind the Mask
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1983
The Horror of It All
Movie The Phantom (archive footage)
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1979
The Horror Show
Movie (archive footage)
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1974
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1953
Yesterday and Today
Movie (archive footage)
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1951
Hollywood Story
Movie The Phantom (archive footage) (uncredited)
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1945
Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1942
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1931
The House That Shadows Built
Movie (archive footage)
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1930
The Unholy Three
Movie Professor Echo / Grandma O'Grady
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1929
The Phantom of the Opera
Movie Erik
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1929
Thunder
Movie Grumpy Anderson
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1929
Where East Is East
Movie Tiger Haynes
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1928
West of Zanzibar
Movie Phroso 'Dead-Legs'
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1928
Laugh, Clown, Laugh
Movie Tito Beppi
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1928
The Big City
Movie Chuck Collins
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1928
While the City Sleeps
Movie Dan Coghlan
- 1928
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1927
London After Midnight
Movie Professor Edward C. Burke/The Man in the Beaver Hat
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1927
Life in Hollywood No. 3
Movie Self
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1927
Mockery
Movie Sergei
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1927
The Unknown
Movie Alonzo
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1927
Mr. Wu
Movie Mr. Wu / Wu's Grandfather
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1927
Life in Hollywood
Movie Self
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1926
Tell It to the Marines
Movie Sergeant O'Hara
- 1926
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1926
The Road to Mandalay
Movie Singapore Joe
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1926
The Blackbird
Movie Dan - The Blackbird / The Bishop
