Lon Chaney Jr. Overview:

Legendary character actor, Lon Chaney Jr., was born Creighton Tull Chaney on Feb 10, 1906 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Chaney Jr. died at the age of 67 on Jul 12, 1973 in San Clemente, CA .

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American actor, the son of Lon Chaney. A star in horror films, but a supporting player elsewhere, he was always best as simple-minded brutes unable to cope when dramatic events overtook them - whether they took the shape of men turning into werewolves or worse, or, in the best performance of his career, the pitiable Lenny in Of Mice and Men. Died from cancer. His son Lon Ralph Chaney was killed in a car crash in 1992.

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Chaney Jr. was immortalized on a US postal stamp in 1997. Chaney Jr. was never nominated for an Academy Award.

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Lon Chaney Jr. Quotes:

Pete Elm, Leader of Non-military Raiders: [Rousing the Jayhawkers and Rebels] C'm'on, Rebs, stir up! This ain't no cotillion! C'm'on, boys, pack and saddle up! We're headin' south! Money in the sock, boys!
[Laughs]


Larry Talbot: [gives Wilbur a key] Lock me in, and no matter what you hear or what you might think, don't let me out!


Larry Talbot: I just got a line on Dracula and the Monster. A certain Dr. Lajos has been receiving a lot of electrical equipment - just the type necessary to revive the Monster.
Wilbur Grey: So what? I'm way out on an island. I got my own problems.
Larry Talbot: Yes, but listen... I believe you're in the house of Dracula right now!


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Grandfather of Ron Chaney.

From his father he developed skills as a makeup artist. He was not able to make much use of these skills due to strict union rules.

His last film might have been in Woody Allen's Every Thing You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask (1972). In "Conversations With Woody Allen" by Eric Lax, Allen recalls feeling like a fan, "sitting across from the Wolf Man!" as he interviewed Chaney for a role. Chaney did not appear in the final cut, and died the year after it was released.

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