Identité
Genre : homme
Pseudonyme(s) :
- Lon Chaney
- Creighton Chaney
- Creighton Chaney
État civil :
- Creighton Tull Chaney
Fonctions : Acteur
Biographie
Carrière :
Bien moins célèbre que son père, Lon Chaney Jr. se révèle un acteur limité. Son rôle de grande brute stupide dans Of mice and men, Des souris et des hommes (Lewis Milestone, 1939) le sort de l'anonymat. Après une performance convaincante en homme des cavernes dans One million BC , Tumak, fils de la jungle (Hal Roach, 1940), Universal lui propose des rôles de monstres qui font sa réputation et la fortune de la firme. Mordu par Bela Lugosi, il devient à son tour un lycanthrope dans The Wolf Man, Le Loup-garou (George Waggner, 1941). Il se montre à l'aise en Frankenstein, The Ghost of Frankenstein, Le Spectre de Frankenstein , (Erle C. Kenton, 1942), ou en momie (The Mummy's tomb , Henry Young, 1942), un peu moins en Dracula (Son of Dracula, Le Fils de Dracula , Robert Siodmak, 1943). En marge de ce bestiaire, il joue dans d'innombrables westerns de série B. Il trouve quelques bons rôles avec High Noon, Le train sifflera trois fois (Fred Zinneman, 1951) ou Not as a Stranger, Pour que vivent les hommes (Stanley Kramer, 1955).Autres activités :
Lon Chaney Jr. apparait régulirement à la télévision dans les années 1950 et 1960.Filmographie
Courts métrages
Acteur
- 1936 - Prisoners of Atlantis
- 1936 - Revenge of the Volkites
- 1936 - Death in the Air
- 1936 - Ascent to the Upperworld
- 1936 - The Submarine Trap
- 1936 - Flaming Death
- 1936 - Atlantis Destroyed
- 1936 - The Juggernaut Strikes
- 1936 - The Undersea City
- 1936 - Arena of Death
- 1936 - Into the Metal Tower
- 1937 - Cheyenne Rides Again
- 1942 - Keeping Fit
- 1943 - What We Are Fighting for
- 1953 - Bandit Island
Longs métrages
Acteur
- 1931 - The Galloping Ghost
- 1932 - Girl Crazy
- 1932 - The Black Ghost
- 1932 - The Last Frontier
- 1932 - The Bird of Paradise
- 1933 - The Three Musketeers
- 1933 - Son of the border
- 1933 - Scarlet River
- 1933 - Lucky Devils
- 1934 - The Life of Vergie Winters
- 1934 - Sixteen Fathoms Deep
- 1934 - Girl O' My Dreams
- 1935 - Accent on Youth
- 1935 - A scream in the night
- 1935 - Captain Hurricane
- 1935 - The Marriage bargain
- 1935 - The Shadow of Silk Lennox
- 1935 - Hold'em Yale
- 1936 - Rose Bowl
- 1936 - Ace Drummond
- 1936 - The Old Corral
- 1936 - Killer at large
- 1936 - Love Is News
- 1936 - Slave Ship
- 1936 - Life Begins in College
- 1936 - The Singing Cowboy
- 1937 - Born Reckless
- 1937 - The Lady Escapes
- 1937 - Happy Landing
- 1937 - Thin Ice
- 1937 - Second Honeymoon
- 1937 - Charlie Chan on Broadway
- 1937 - That I May Live
- 1937 - Love and Hisses
- 1937 - Checkers
- 1937 - This Is My Affair
- 1937 - Wild and Wooly
- 1937 - Midnight Taxi
- 1937 - One Mile from Heaven
- 1937 - Angel's Holiday
- 1937 - Wife, Doctor and Nurse
- 1937 - Secret Agent X-9
- 1937 - City Girl
- 1938 - Union Pacific
- 1938 - Mr Moto's Gamble
- 1938 - Passport Husband
- 1938 - Straight Place and Show
- 1938 - Road Demon
- 1938 - Josette
- 1938 - Submarine Patrol
- 1938 - Walking down Broadway
- 1938 - Alexander's Ragtime Band
- 1938 - Sally, Irène and Mary
- 1938 - Speed to Burn
- 1939 - Of Mice and Men
- 1939 - Jesse James
- 1939 - Charlie Chan in City in Darkness
- 1939 - Frontier Marshall
- 1940 - North West Mounted Police
- 1940 - One Million BC
- 1940 - Man Made Monster
- 1941 - Riders of Death Valley
- 1941 - San Antonio Rose
- 1941 - Billy the Kid
- 1941 - The Ghost of Frankenstein
- 1941 - Badlands of Dakota
- 1941 - The Wolf Man
- 1941 - Too Many Blondes
- 1942 - Overland Mail
- 1942 - Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman
- 1942 - Eyes of the underworld
- 1942 - The Mummy's Tomb
- 1943 - Son of Dracula
- 1943 - The Mummy's Ghost
- 1943 - Crazy House
- 1943 - Cobra Woman
- 1943 - Frontier Badmen
- 1943 - Calling Dr. Death
- 1943 - Weird Woman
- 1944 - Here Come the Co-eds
- 1944 - The Frozen Ghost
- 1944 - Ghost Catchers
- 1944 - The Mummy's Curse
- 1944 - House of Frankenstein
- 1944 - Dead Man's Eyes
- 1944 - The Mummy's Ghost
- 1945 - Pillow of Death
- 1945 - House of Dracula
- 1945 - Strange Confession
- 1945 - The Daltons Ride Again
- 1947 - My Favorite Brunette
- 1947 - The Counterfeiters
- 1948 - Albuquerque
- 1948 - Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
- 1948 - Sixteen Fathoms Deep
- 1949 - There's a Girl in My Heart
- 1949 - Once a Thief
- 1949 - Captain China
- 1950 - Only the Valiant
- 1951 - Flame of Araby
- 1951 - Behave Yourself!
- 1951 - High Noon
- 1951 - Bride of the Gorilla
- 1951 - Inside Straight
- 1951 - The Bushwhackers
- 1952 - Thief of Damascus
- 1952 - Raiders of the Seven Seas
- 1952 - Battles of Chief Pontiac
- 1952 - Springfield Rifle
- 1952 - The Black Castle
- 1953 - The Boy from Oklahoma
- 1953 - Casanova's Big Night
- 1953 - Jivaro
- 1953 - A Lion Is in the Streets
- 1954 - The Big chase
- 1954 - The Black Pirates
- 1954 - Indestructible Man
- 1954 - Passion
- 1955 - The Silver Star
- 1955 - Daniel Boone, trail blazer
- 1955 - Manfish
- 1955 - Not As a Stranger
- 1955 - Pardners
- 1955 - Big house, U.S.A.
- 1955 - I Died a Thousand Times
- 1955 - The Indian Fighter
- 1956 - The Black Sleep
- 1957 - The Cyclops
- 1958 - Money, Women and Guns
- 1959 - The Alligator People
- 1960 - La Casa del terror
- 1960 - Rebellion in Cuba
- 1961 - The Devil's Messenger
- 1963 - Law of the Lawless
- 1963 - The Haunted Palace
- 1964 - Witchcraft
- 1964 - Stage to Thunder Rock
- 1964 - Young fury
- 1964 - Spider Baby or the Maddest Story Ever Told
- 1964 - Black Spurs
- 1964 - Face of the Screaming Werewolf
- 1965 - Johnny Reno
- 1965 - House of the Black Death
- 1965 - Apache Uprising
- 1965 - Town Tamer
- 1966 - Dr. Terror's Gallery of Horrors
- 1966 - Welcome to Hard Times
- 1967 - Buckskin
- 1967 - Hillbillys in a Haunted House
- 1968 - Fireball Jungle
- 1969 - Dracula vs. Frankenstein
- 1969 - The Female Bunch
- 1969 - A Stranger in Town
Bibliographie éditoriale
- Ouvrage : Lon Chaney, Jr. : horror film star, 1906-1973 / Don G. Smith. - Jefferson, North Carolina ; London : McFarland, 1996.
- Périodique : Classic Images n°316, octobre 2001. "Lon Chaney Jr. and Sr. unmasked: an interview with Ron Chaney" / Laura Waskin
- Périodique : Classic Images n°329, novembre 2002. "Lon Chaney, Jr.: gentle monster" / Neil Doyle.
- Périodique : Classic Images n°352, octobre 2004. "Karloff, Lanchester & Chaney, Jr. at the castle of Frankensteins" / Burns, Bob
- Périodique : Films in Review, vol 24 n° 9, novembre 1973
- Périodique : Lon Chaney Jr.
- Site Internet : Interview du producteur Herman Cohen
- Site Internet : The Official Chaney Website