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{{short description|American actor (1906–1974)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Lon Chaney Jr.
| image = Lon Chaney Jr. in 1950.jpg
| alt = Black and white photograph of Lon Chaney Jr.
| caption = Chaney Jr. in 1950
| birth_name = Creighton Tull Chaney
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1906|02|10}}
| birth_place = [[Oklahoma City]], [[Oklahoma Territory]], U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1973|07|12|1906|02|10}}
| death_place = [[San Clemente, California]], U.S.
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 1931–1971
| spouse = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|Dorothy Hinckley|1928|1936|reason=divorced}}
* {{marriage|Patsy Beck|1937}}
}}
| children = 2
| father = [[Lon Chaney]]
| website = {{URL|http://lonchaney.com/lon-chaney-jr/}}
}}
'''Creighton Tull Chaney''' (February{{nbsp}}10, 1906 – July{{nbsp}}12, 1973), known by his [[stage name]] '''Lon Chaney Jr.''', was an American actor known for playing [[Larry Talbot]] in the film ''[[The Wolf Man (1941 film)|The Wolf Man]]'' (1941) and its various [[fictional crossover|crossovers]], Count Alucard (Dracula spelled backward) in ''[[Son of Dracula (1943 film)|Son of Dracula]]'', [[Frankenstein's monster]] in ''[[The Ghost of Frankenstein]]'' (1942), the Mummy in three pictures, and various other roles in [[Universal Monsters|many Universal horror films]], including six films in their 1940s ''Inner Sanctum'' series, making him a horror icon.<ref name=obit/> He also portrayed Lennie Small in ''[[Of Mice and Men (1939 film)|Of Mice and Men]]'' (1939) and played supporting parts in dozens of mainstream movies, including ''[[High Noon]]'' (1952), ''[[The Defiant Ones]]'' (1958), and numerous Westerns, musicals, comedies and dramas.
Originally referred to in films as '''Creighton Chaney''', he was later credited as "Lon Chaney, Jr." in 1935, and after ''[[Man Made Monster]]'' (1941), beginning as early as ''The Wolf Man'' later that same year, he was almost always billed under the name of his more famous father, the deceased cinema giant [[Lon Chaney]], at the studio's insistence. Chaney had English, French, and Irish ancestry, and his career in movies and television spanned four decades, from 1931 to 1971.
==Early life==
Creighton Tull Chaney was born on February 10, 1906, in Oklahoma City, the son of then-stage performer [[Lon Chaney]] and Frances Cleveland Creighton, a singing stage performer who traveled in road shows across the country with Chaney. In a 1965 interview, Chaney Jr. revealed that he was a stillborn baby. "I was all black and not breathing when I was born," he shared. "My father ran out of the house with me and broke a hole in the ice in a nearby lake, and dunked me in time after time until he revived me".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Rogers |first1=Ricky |title='Wolf Man' actor tells Nashville readers he was born 'dead' |url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/2015/04/16/nashville-then-lon-chaney-march-of-dimes-1965/25584979/ |website=The Tennessean}}</ref> His parents' troubled marriage ended in divorce in 1913 following his mother's scandalous public [[suicide attempt]] in Los Angeles. Many articles and biographies over the years report that Creighton was led to believe his mother had died while he was a boy, and he only learned that she was still alive after his father's death. Creighton always maintained he had a tough childhood.
Young Creighton lived in various homes and [[boarding school]]s until 1916, when his father (now employed in the film industry) married Hazel Hastings and could provide a stable home.
From an early age, he worked hard to avoid his famous father's shadow. In young adulthood, his father discouraged him from show business, and he attended business college and became successful in a Los Angeles appliance corporation. Creighton, who had begun working for a plumbing company, married Dorothy Hinckley, the daughter of his employer Ralph Hinckley. They had two sons: Lon Ralph Chaney and Ronald Creighton Chaney.
Creighton's life changed when his father was diagnosed with throat cancer and died on August 26, 1930, at the age of 47.
==Career==
===As Creighton Chaney===
[[File:Gigi Parrish and Lon Chaney Jr., in Girl o' My Dreams (1934).jpg|right|thumb|[[Gigi Parrish]] and Chaney in ''[[Girl o' My Dreams]]'' (1934)]]
It was only after his father's death that Chaney began to act in films, billed under his own name. He began with an uncredited [[bit part]] in the serial ''[[The Galloping Ghost (serial)|The Galloping Ghost]]'' (1931) and signed a contract with [[RKO]] where he was given small roles in a number of films, including ''[[Girl Crazy (1932 film)|Girl Crazy]]'' (1932), ''[[Bird of Paradise (1932 film)|Bird of Paradise]]'' (1932), and ''[[The Most Dangerous Game (film)|The Most Dangerous Game]]'' (1932) (from which Chaney's few scenes were edited out before the film was released).<ref name="Smith, Don G. 1996 Pg. 201">Smith, Don G. (1996). "Lon Chaney Jr.". [[McFarland & Company]]. Inc. Pg. 201. ISBN 0-7864-0120-6.</ref>
RKO gave him the starring role in a serial, ''[[The Last Frontier (serial)|The Last Frontier]]'' (1932). He got bigger film roles in ''[[Lucky Devils (1933 film)|Lucky Devils]]'' (1933), ''[[Son of the Border]]'' (1933), ''[[Scarlet River]]'' (1933), and ''[[The Life of Vergie Winters]]'' (1934). Over at [[Mascot Pictures]] he supported [[John Wayne]] in a serial, ''[[The Three Musketeers (1933 serial)|The Three Musketeers]]'' (1933), which was later re-edited into a film entitled ''Desert Command'' (1946).
"I did every possible bit in pictures" said Chaney later. "Had to do stuntwork to live. I bulldogged steers, fell off and got knocked off cliffs, rode horses off precipices into rivers, drove [[Covered wagon#Prairie schooner|prairie schooners]] up and down hills."<ref>{{Cite news|title=Filler of Father's Footwear |author=Smith, Frederick James|date=July 28, 1940|work=Los Angeles Times|page=J6}}</ref>
He had the lead in the independent film ''[[Sixteen Fathoms Deep]]'' (1934), and a memorable part in which his character sings in ''[[Girl o' My Dreams]]'' (1934) at [[Monogram Pictures|Monogram]]. The last film he made as Creighton Chaney was ''[[The Marriage Bargain]]'' (1935) for Screencraft Productions. After this point he was billed as Lon Chaney, Jr. until 1942, when he was usually billed, at the insistence of [[Universal Pictures|Universal Studios]], with his iconic father's name, although the "Jr." was usually added by others to distinguish the two.
===As Lon Chaney Jr.===
He had the lead in ''[[A Scream in the Night]]'' (1934) made for Commodore Pictures, a crime thriller.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Mary Pickford Considers Leading Drive to Produce Pictures in England: British Films Would Use American Actors Cycle of Kipling Stories Looms Both Here and Abroad; Lon Chaney, Jr., Follows in Noted Parent's Footsteps|author=Schallert, Edwin|date=Sep 7, 1935|work=Los Angeles Times|page=5}}</ref> He played small roles at Paramount: ''[[Hold 'Em Yale]]'' (1935), ''[[Accent on Youth (film)|Accent on Youth]]'' (1935) and ''[[Rose Bowl (film)|Rose Bowl]]'' (1936). A small outfit, Ray Kirkwood Productions, gave him a lead, ''[[The Shadow of Silk Lennox]]'' (1935).
At [[Republic Pictures|Republic]], he featured alongside [[Gene Autry]] in ''[[The Singing Cowboy (1936 film)|The Singing Cowboy]]'' (1936) and ''[[The Old Corral]]'' (1937). He was a henchman in a serial for Republic, ''[[Undersea Kingdom]]'' (1936). Universal got him to play a henchman in their serial, ''[[Ace Drummond (serial)|Ace Drummond]]'' (1937), and he was uncredited in Columbia's ''[[Killer at Large (1936 film)|Killer at Large]]'' (1936). He lent his name to a cafe which was embroiled in a liquor scandal.<ref>{{cite news|title=Cash Given to Werners, Says Witness at Hearing: Board Vote Boast Cited by Woman, Owner of Cafe Takes Stand Weinblatt Asked $1000 in Liquor License Renewal, She Testifies|work=Los Angeles Times|date=18 June 1936|page=1}}</ref>
Chaney Jr. was the main villain in ''[[Cheyenne Rides Again]]'' (1937) and also played a villainous part in a [[Serial film|serial]], ''[[Secret Agent X-9 (1937 serial)|Secret Agent X-9]]'' (1937).
===20th Century Fox===
Chaney Jr. signed a contract at 20th Century Fox and appeared in ''[[Love Is News]]'' (1937) with [[Tyrone Power]], ''[[Midnight Taxi (1937 film)|Midnight Taxi]]'' (1937) with [[Brian Donlevy]], ''[[That I May Live]]'' (1937), ''[[This Is My Affair]]'' (1937) with [[Robert Taylor (American actor)|Robert Taylor]] and [[Barbara Stanwyck]], ''[[Angel's Holiday]]'' (1937), ''[[Born Reckless (1937 film)|Born Reckless]]'' (1937) with Brian Donlevy, ''[[Wild and Woolly (1937 film)|Wild and Woolly]]'' (1937) with [[Walter Brennan]], ''[[The Lady Escapes]]'' (1937) with [[Gloria Stuart]], ''[[Thin Ice (1937 film)|Thin Ice]]'' (1937) with Tyrone Power, ''[[One Mile from Heaven]]'' (1937) with [[Claire Trevor]], ''[[Charlie Chan on Broadway]]'' (1938), ''[[Life Begins in College]]'' (1937) with the [[Ritz Brothers]], ''[[Wife, Doctor and Nurse]]'' (1937) with [[Loretta Young]], ''[[Second Honeymoon (1937 film)|Second Honeymoon]]'' (1937) with Tyrone Power and Loretta Young, ''[[Checkers (1937 film)|Checkers]]'' (1937), ''[[Love and Hisses]]'' (1938) with [[Walter Winchell]], ''[[City Girl (1938 film)|City Girl]]'' (1938), ''[[Happy Landing (1938 film)|Happy Landing]]'' (1938) with [[Ethel Merman]], ''[[Sally, Irene and Mary (1938 film)|Sally, Irene and Mary]]'' (1938) with [[Fred Allen]] and [[Jimmy Durante]], ''[[Mr. Moto's Gamble]]'' (1938) with [[Peter Lorre]], ''[[Walking Down Broadway]]'' (1938) with Claire Trevor, ''[[Alexander's Ragtime Band (film)|Alexander's Ragtime Band]]'' (1938) with Tyrone Power, ''[[Josette (1938 film)|Josette]]'' (1938) with [[Don Ameche]] and [[Robert Young (actor)|Robert Young]], ''[[Speed to Burn]]'' (1938) with [[Lynn Bari]], ''[[Passport Husband]]'' (1938), ''[[Straight, Place and Show]]'' (1938) with the Ritz Brothers, [[John Ford]]'s ''[[Submarine Patrol]]'' (1938) with [[Nancy Kelly]], and ''[[Road Demon]]'' (1939). He was almost killed by a train while filming a bank robbery scene in ''[[Jesse James (1939 film)|Jesse James]]'' (1939).<ref>{{Cite news|title=Lon Chaney, Jr., Escapes Injury|date=Oct 20, 1938|newspaper=The Washington Post|page=X7}}</ref> ''Jesse James'' also coincidentally featured [[Henry Hull]], the star of ''[[Werewolf of London]]'' (1935), in a supporting role.
Chaney Jr. later made ''[[Charlie Chan in City in Darkness]]'' (1939) with [[Lynn Bari]] and ''[[Frontier Marshal (1939 film)|Frontier Marshal]]'' (1939) with [[Randolph Scott]] and Nancy Kelly.
===''Of Mice and Men'' (1939)===
Chaney Jr's only stage appearance had been as [[Lennie Small]] in a production of ''[[Of Mice and Men (play)|Of Mice and Men]]'' with [[Wallace Ford]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Chaney Jr. Nixes Horror Make-ups|work=Los Angeles Times|date=15 Jan 1940|page=9}}</ref> He was cast in that role in [[Of Mice and Men (1939 film)|the 1939 film adaptation]], which was produced by [[Hal Roach Studios]]. The film was Chaney Jr's first major role in a film and was a critical success for him. Chaney had a screen test for the role of [[Quasimodo]] for the remake of ''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939 film)|The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]'' (1939), a role which his father played back in 1923, but the role went to [[Charles Laughton]].
===''One Million B.C.''===
[[Hal Roach]] used him in his third-billed character role in ''[[One Million B.C.]]'' (1940) as [[Victor Mature]]'s caveman father, after which Chaney began to be viewed as a character actor in the mold of his father. He had in fact designed a swarthy, ape-like Neanderthal make-up on himself for the film, but production decisions and union rules prevented his following through on emulating his father in that fashion.{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}} [[Cecil B. DeMille]] used him in a supporting role in ''[[North West Mounted Police (film)|North West Mounted Police]]'' (1940) and MGM used him in ''[[Billy the Kid (1941 film)|Billy the Kid]]'' (1941) with [[Robert Taylor (American actor)|Robert Taylor]] as Billy and [[Brian Donlevy]] as [[Pat Garrett]]. That studio considered putting Chaney Jr in a remake of his father's hit ''[[He Who Gets Slapped (film)|He Who Gets Slapped]]'' but decided not to make it.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Young Chaney May Do 'He Who Gets Slapped': Preston 'Night' Star Fellows Subject Named Warners Sign Darwell Ink Spots, Faye Cast Bellamy Set for Comedy|author=Schallert, Edwin|date=Jan 4, 1941|work=Los Angeles Times|page=A9}}</ref>
===Universal Pictures===
Universal Pictures offered Chaney Jr the lead in ''[[Man Made Monster|Man-Made Monster]]'' (1941), a science-fiction horror thriller originally written with [[Boris Karloff]] in mind. Chaney's first horror film, it was successful enough for them to offer him a long-term contract.
Universal kept him in supporting roles for a while: a comedy ''[[Too Many Blondes]]'' (1941), a musical ''[[San Antonio Rose (film)|San Antonio Rose]]'' (1941) with [[Shemp Howard]], a serial ''[[Riders of Death Valley]]'' (1941) featuring [[Noah Beery Jr.]], the Western ''[[Badlands of Dakota]]'' (1941) and the "Northern" ''[[North to the Klondike]]'' (1942) with [[Broderick Crawford]].
===Horror film star: ''The Wolf Man'', ''The Mummy'', ''Inner Sanctum''===
[[File:HorrorMonstersNo1Pg1Crop (black and white).png|right|thumb|Chaney Jr. as ''The Wolf Man'' (1941)]]
[[File:TheWolfManLobbyCardCropped.png|thumb|{{center|[[Evelyn Ankers]] in ''The Wolf Man''}}]]
[[File:The-ghost-of-frankenstein-lobby-card001.jpg|right|thumb|Chaney Jr., Evelyn Ankers and [[Bela Lugosi]] in ''[[The Ghost of Frankenstein]]'' (1942)]]
[[File:FrankensteinMeetsTheWolfManCrop.png|thumb|right|[[Patric Knowles]], Chaney Jr. and [[Doris Lloyd]] in ''[[Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man]]'' (1943)]]
[[File:MummysGhost1944Crop002.png|right|thumb|Chaney Jr. as [[The Mummy (franchise)|the Mummy]] in ''[[The Mummy's Ghost]]'' (1944)]]
[[File:LonChaneyMummysGhost1944.jpg|right|thumb|Chaney Jr. as [[The Mummy (franchise)|the Mummy]] in ''[[The Mummy's Ghost]]'' (1944)]]
Chaney Jr. was then given the title role in ''[[The Wolf Man (1941 film)|The Wolf Man]]'' (1941) for Universal, a role which, much like Karloff's [[Frankenstein (1931 film)|Frankenstein]] monster, would largely [[typecasting (acting)|typecast]] Chaney as a horror film actor for the rest of his life. Universal dropped the "Jr." and billed him as "Lon Chaney" going forward within that studio, apparently to foster confusion with his father among audiences.
Chaney Jr. was now an official horror star, and Universal gave him the role of [[Frankenstein's monster]] in ''[[The Ghost of Frankenstein]]'' (1942), the first [[B-movie]] of the series, when Boris Karloff decided not to play the part again; [[Bela Lugosi]] returned in his role as Ygor and the [[leading lady]] was [[Evelyn Ankers]]. He was in a crime film, ''[[Eyes of the Underworld (1942 film)|Eyes of the Underworld]]'' (1942), and the wartime shorts ''[[Keeping Fit]]'' (1942) and ''What We Are Fighting For'' (1943).
Chaney Jr. played Kharis the Mummy in ''[[The Mummy's Tomb]]'' (1942), another hit. He was in a Western ''[[Frontier Badmen]]'' (1943), then reprised his role as the Wolf Man in ''[[Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man]]'' (1943) with [[Bela Lugosi]] as Frankenstein's monster. The film was originally filmed with the Monster being blind and speaking in Lugosi's distinctive "Ygor" voice, but the studio cut out all references to either so that audiences were left wondering why the Monster staggered around with his arms extended in front of him, not to mention why he had lost the ability to speak since ''Ghost of Frankenstein'', grievously damaging Lugosi's reputation.
Chaney Jr. was given the role of [[Dracula]] in ''[[Son of Dracula (1943 film)|Son of Dracula]]'' (1943); the film was actually about Dracula himself, who had no son in the film. This made him the only actor to portray all four of Universal's major horror characters: [[The Wolf Man (franchise)|the Wolf Man]], [[Frankenstein's monster]], [[The Mummy (franchise)|the Mummy]], and [[Count Dracula]].
After a cameo in ''[[Crazy House (1943 film)|Crazy House]]'' (1943) he was given the lead in ''[[Calling Dr. Death]]'' (1943), based on the [[Inner Sanctum Mystery|Inner Sanctum mysteries]]. It kicked off another series starring Chaney, the next of which was ''[[Weird Woman]]'' (1944).
He made a second mummy movie, ''[[The Mummy's Ghost]]'' (1944), and had a supporting part in ''[[Cobra Woman]]'' (1944), starring [[Maria Montez]], and ''[[Ghost Catchers]]'' (1944), with the comedy team [[Olsen and Johnson]].
''[[Dead Man's Eyes]]'' (1944) was the third Inner Sanctum, after which he was back as the Wolf Man in ''[[House of Frankenstein (1944 film)|House of Frankenstein]]'' (1944). ''[[The Mummy's Curse]]'' (1944) was Chaney's third and final appearance as Kharis.
He played an antagonist in the [[Abbott and Costello]] comedy ''[[Here Come the Co-Eds]]'' (1945), then made more Inner Sanctums: ''[[The Frozen Ghost]]'' (1945) with Evelyn Ankers and ''[[Strange Confession]]'' (1945) with [[Brenda Joyce (actress)|Brenda Joyce]]. He returned as the Wolf Man in ''[[House of Dracula]]'' (1945), one of the last of the Universal horror cycle. ''[[Pillow of Death]]'' (1945) was the last Inner Sanctum. ''[[The Daltons Ride Again]]'' (1945) was a Western featuring [[Noah Beery Jr.]] in a supporting role.
===Leaving Universal===
Despite being typecast as the Wolf Man, the 6-foot 2-inch, 220-pound actor managed to carve out a secondary niche as a supporting actor and villain.
He was in a Bob Hope comedy, ''[[My Favorite Brunette]]'' (1947), supported [[Randolph Scott]] in ''[[Albuquerque (film)|Albuquerque]]'' (1948) and had a supporting role in ''[[The Counterfeiters (1948 film)|The Counterfeiters]]'' (1948); he played a villain in ''[[16 Fathoms Deep]]'' (1948) for [[Monogram Pictures]], a remake of his 1934 film.
He reprised his Wolf Man role to great effect in ''[[Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein]]'' (1948) but it did not cause a notable boost to his career. In April 1948 Chaney was hospitalized after taking an overdose of sleeping pills.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Lon Chaney Jr. Takes Too Many Sleeping Pills|work=Los Angeles Times|date=Apr 23, 1948|page=1}}</ref> He recovered and played Harry Brock in a Los Angeles theatre production of ''[[Born Yesterday (play)|Born Yesterday]]'' in 1949.<ref>{{cite news|title=Kanin's 'Born Yesterday' Well Acted at Biltmore|author=Scheuer, Philip K.|date=Jan 18, 1949|work=Los Angeles Times|page=A7}}</ref>
Chaney kept busy in support roles: ''[[Captain China]]'' (1950), ''[[Once a Thief (1950 film)|Once a Thief]]'' (1950), ''[[Inside Straight (film)|Inside Straight]]'' (1951), ''[[Bride of the Gorilla]]'' (1951), ''[[Only the Valiant]]'' (1951), ''[[Behave Yourself!]]'' (1951), ''[[Flame of Araby]]'' (1952), ''[[The Bushwackers (film)|The Bushwackers]]'' (1952), ''[[Thief of Damascus]]'' (1952), ''[[Battles of Chief Pontiac]]'' (1952) (in the title role), ''[[High Noon]]'' (1952), ''[[Springfield Rifle (film)|Springfield Rifle]]'' (1952), ''[[The Black Castle]]'' (1952) (a return to horror), ''[[Raiders of the Seven Seas]]'' (1953), ''[[A Lion Is in the Streets]]'' (1953) with [[James Cagney]], ''[[The Boy from Oklahoma]]'' (1954), ''[[Casanova's Big Night]]'' (1954), ''[[Passion (1954 film)|Passion]]'' (1954), ''[[The Black Pirates]]'' (1954), ''[[Jivaro (film)|Jivaro]]'' (1955), ''[[Big House, U.S.A.]]'' (1955), ''[[I Died a Thousand Times]]'' (1955), ''[[The Indian Fighter]]'' (1955), and ''[[The Black Sleep]]'' (1956)
He had a leading role in ''[[Indestructible Man]]'' (1956) then was back to supporting parts: ''[[Manfish]]'' (1956); a [[Martin and Lewis]] comedy, ''[[Pardners]]'' (1956); ''[[Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer]]'' (1957); ''[[The Cyclops (film)|The Cyclops]]'' (1957) and ''[[The Alligator People]]'' (1959).
Chaney established himself as a favorite of producer [[Stanley Kramer]]; in addition to playing a key supporting role in ''[[High Noon]]'' (1952) (starring [[Gary Cooper]]), he also appeared in ''[[Not as a Stranger]]'' (1955)—a hospital melodrama featuring [[Robert Mitchum]] and [[Frank Sinatra]]—and ''[[The Defiant Ones (film)|The Defiant Ones]]'' (1958, starring [[Tony Curtis]] and [[Sidney Poitier]]). Kramer told the press at the time that whenever a script came in with a role too difficult for most actors in Hollywood, he called Chaney.
He became quite popular with [[baby boomer]]s after Universal released its back catalog of horror films to television in 1957 (''[[Shock Theater]]'') and ''[[Famous Monsters of Filmland]]'' magazine regularly focused on his films.
[[File:Money, Women and Guns - 09 - Lon Chaney Jr.jpg|thumb|left|Chaney Jr. in ''[[Money, Women and Guns]]'' (1958)]]
In 1957, Chaney went to [[Ontario, Canada]], to costar in the first ever American-Canadian television production, as [[Chingachgook]] in ''[[Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans]]'', suggested by [[James Fenimore Cooper]]'s stories. The series ended after 39 episodes. Universal released their film biography of his father, ''[[Man of a Thousand Faces (film)|Man of a Thousand Faces]]'' (1957), featuring a semi-fictionalized version of Creighton's life story from his birth up until his father's death. [[Roger Smith (actor)|Roger Smith]] was cast as Creighton as a young adult.
He appeared in an episode of the western series ''[[Tombstone Territory]]'' titled "The Black Marshal from [[Deadwood, South Dakota|Deadwood]]" (1958), and appeared in numerous western series such as ''[[Rawhide (TV series)|Rawhide]]''. He also hosted the 13-episode television [[anthology]] series ''[[13 Demon Street]]'' in 1959, which was created by [[Curt Siodmak]].
===1960s===
In the 1960s, Chaney specialised in horror films, such as ''[[House of Terror (1960 film)|House of Terror]]'' (1960), ''[[The Devil's Messenger]]'' (1961) and ''[[The Haunted Palace]]'' (1963), replacing [[Boris Karloff]] in the last of those for [[Roger Corman]].
In January 1962, Chaney appeared in Season 4 episode titled "The Tarnished Badge" of the television show Lawman. Chaney plays Jess Bridges a US Marshal gone bad. His Deputy was at one time Dan Troop (John Russell). Bridges redeems himself at the episode's end by saving Deputy Johnny McKay
He was in a Western, ''[[Law of the Lawless (1963 film)|Law of the Lawless]]'' (1963) with [[Dale Robertson]], ''[[Face of the Screaming Werewolf]]'' (1964), ''[[Witchcraft (1964 film)|Witchcraft]]'' (1964), and ''[[Stage to Thunder Rock]]'' (1964).
He starred in [[Jack Hill]]'s ''[[Spider Baby]]'', which was made in 1964 but not released until 1968 and would not attain notoriety until after Chaney's death.<ref>{{cite book |title=Comedy-Horror Films: A Chronological History, 1914-2008 |url=https://archive.org/details/comedyhorrorfilm00hall|url-access=limited |last=Hallenbeck |first=Bruce G.|publisher=[[McFarland & Company]]|year=2009 |isbn=9780786453788|pages=86–87}}</ref> Then it was back to Westerns – ''[[Young Fury]]'' (1965), ''[[Black Spurs]]'' (1965), ''[[Town Tamer]]'' (1966), ''[[Johnny Reno]]'' (1967), ''[[Apache Uprising]]'' (1967), ''[[Welcome to Hard Times (film)|Welcome to Hard Times]]'' (1967) and ''[[Buckskin (film)|Buckskin]]'' (1968). There was also horror, such as ''[[Dr. Terror's Gallery of Horrors]]'' (1967) and ''[[Hillbillys in a Haunted House]]'' (1967).
His bread-and-butter work during this decade was television – where he made guest appearances on everything from ''[[Wagon Train]]'' to ''[[The Monkees (TV series)|The Monkees]]'' – and in a string of supporting roles in low-budget Westerns produced by [[A. C. Lyles]] for [[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]]. In 1962, Chaney gained a chance to briefly play [[Quasimodo]] in a simulacrum of his father's make-up, as well as return to his roles of the Mummy and the Wolf Man on the television series ''[[Route 66 (TV series)|Route 66]]'' with friends [[Boris Karloff]] and [[Peter Lorre]] (Karloff wore a quickie version of the [[Frankenstein monster]] make-up toward the end of the episode).
===Final films===
[[File:Dracula vs. Frankenstein Chaney.jpg|thumb|Chaney Jr. in ''Dracula vs. Frankenstein'' (1971)]]
In later years, he suffered from [[throat cancer]] and chronic [[heart disease]] among other ailments after decades of heavy drinking and smoking. In his final horror film, ''[[Dracula vs. Frankenstein]]'', directed by [[Al Adamson]], he played Groton, [[Victor Frankenstein|Dr. Frankenstein]]'s mute henchman. He filmed his part in the spring of 1969, and shortly thereafter performed his final film role, also for Adamson, in ''[[The Female Bunch]]''.<ref>Weldon, Michael (1983). "The Psychotronic Encyclopedia of Film". Ballantine Books. {{ISBN|0-345-34345-X}}. Page 235</ref> Both films were released in 1971. Though filmed before ''The Female Bunch'', ''Dracula vs. Frankenstein'' was released some weeks later. Chaney had lines in ''[[The Female Bunch]]'' but his hoarse, raspy voice was virtually unrecognizable. Due to illness he retired from acting to concentrate on a book about the Chaney family legacy, ''A Century of Chaneys'', which remains to date unpublished in any form. {{As of|2008}}, his grandson, Ron Chaney Jr., was working on completing this project.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.midnightpalace.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=141 |title=Interview with Ron Chaney, including references to Lon's book |access-date=December 23, 2008 |archive-date=July 14, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714091233/http://www.midnightpalace.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=141 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Personal life==
Chaney was married twice. He had two sons by his first wife, Dorothy, Lon Ralph Chaney aka Lon Chaney the Third (July 3, 1928 – May 5, 1992) and Ronald Creighton Chaney (March 18, 1930 – December 15, 1987). (Ron Chaney later fathered a son himself named Ron Chaney Jr.). Dorothy divorced Lon in 1936 for drinking too much and being "sullen".<ref>{{cite news|title=Lon Chaney Jr. Is Sued for Divorce; Wed 10 Years|work=Chicago Daily Tribune|date=26 June 1936|page=23}}</ref> He married Patsy Beck in 1937.
Chaney was well liked by some co-workers – "sweet" is the adjective that most commonly emerges from those who acted with, and liked him – yet he was capable of intense dislikes. For instance, he and frequent co-star [[Evelyn Ankers]] did not get along at all. He was also known to befriend younger actors and stand up for older ones who he felt were belittled by the studios. One example was [[William Farnum]], a major silent star who played a small role in ''[[The Mummy's Curse]]''. According to co-star [[Peter Coe (actor)|Peter Coe]], Chaney demanded that Farnum be given his own chair on the set and be treated with respect, or else he would walk off the picture.{{citation needed|date=April 2022}}
Chaney had run-ins with actor [[Frank Reicher]] (whom he nearly strangled on camera in ''[[The Mummy's Ghost]]'') and director [[Robert Siodmak]] (over whose head Chaney broke a vase).<ref>{{cite book|first=Don G.|last=Smith|title=Lon Chaney Jr.: Horror Film Star|publisher=[[McFarland & Co.]]|___location=Jefferson, North Carolina|date=1996|isbn= 978-0786418138|page=91}}</ref> Actor [[Robert Stack]] claimed in his 1980 autobiography that Chaney and drinking buddy [[Broderick Crawford]] were known as "the monsters" around the [[Universal Pictures]] lot because of their drunken behavior that frequently resulted in bloodshed.<ref>{{cite book|first=Robert|last=Stack|authorlink=Robert Stack|title=Straight Shooting|publisher=[[Macmillan Publishing]]|___location=New York City|date=1980|isbn= 9780026133203 |page=64}}</ref>
===Honors===
In 1999, a Golden Palm Star on the [[Palm Springs, California]], [[Palm Springs Walk of Stars|Walk of Stars]] was dedicated to him.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20121013165655/http://www.palmspringswalkofstars.com/web-storage/Stars/Stars%20dedicated%20by%20date.pdf Palm Springs Walk of Stars by date dedicated]}}</ref>
==Death==
Chaney suffered from a series of illnesses in the year prior to his death. In April 1973, he was released from the hospital after undergoing surgery for [[cataract]]s and treatment for [[beriberi]]. He also suffered from liver problems and [[gout]]. Chaney died on July 12, 1973, in [[San Clemente, California]], at the age of 67. His cause of death was not immediately released to the public.<ref name=obit>{{Cite news |date=July 14, 1973 |title=Lon Chaney Jr., Actor, Is Dead at 67 |page=28 |work=[[The New York Times]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1973/07/14/archives/lon-chaney-jr-actor-is-dead-at-67-portrayed-monsters.html |access-date=May 22, 2021}}</ref> Chaney's death certificate listed his cause of death as [[Heart failure|cardiac failure]] due to [[arteriosclerotic heart disease]] and [[cardiomyopathy]].<ref>[http://www.cumuseumofterror.com/DeathCertsGraves/ChaneyLonJrDthCrt.jpg Cumuseumofterror.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071019074253/http://www.cumuseumofterror.com/DeathCertsGraves/ChaneyLonJrDthCrt.jpg |date=October 19, 2007}}</ref>
He was honored by appearing as the Wolf Man on one of a 1997 series of United States postage stamps depicting movie monsters (his father appeared as the Phantom of the Opera, while Bela Lugosi appeared as Dracula, and Boris Karloff had two stamps as [[Frankenstein's monster]] and the original [[The Mummy (1932 film)|Mummy]]). His grandson Ron Chaney Jr. has appeared frequently as a guest at horror movie conventions.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1993/05/31/meeting-the-children-of-the-damned/c7342362-bf2e-4420-bf4e-4fe83593a828/|title=MEETING THE CHILDREN OF THE DAMNED|last1=Vest|first1=Jason|date=1993-05-31|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=2017-05-07|last2=Vest|first2=Jason|language=en-US|issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.geekpittsburgh.com/conventions/monsterbash.htm|title=Monster Bash: It's a Graveyard Smash|work=Geek Pittsburgh|access-date=2017-05-07|language=en}}</ref>
==Filmography==
This is a list of known Lon Chaney Jr. theatrical films. Television appearances are listed separately.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-f
! Year
! Film
! Role
! Director
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1922 || ''[[The Trap (1922 film)|The Trap]]'' || The boy's hands || [[Robert Thornby]] || Only Chaney Jr.'s hands were shown in this silent film<ref name="Smith, Don G. 1996 Pg. 201"/>
|-
| 1931 || ''[[The Galloping Ghost (serial)|The Galloping Ghost]]'' || Henchman || [[Benjamin H. Kline]] || Uncredited (unverified); 12-chapter serial<ref>Stedman, Raymond William (1971). Serials: Suspense and Drama By Installment. University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 978-0-8061-0927-5.</ref>
|-
| 1932 || ''[[Girl Crazy]]'' || A chorus dancer || [[William A. Seiter]]|| [[Wheeler and Woolsey]] comedy based on the Gershwin musical<ref name="Smith, Don G. 1996 Pg. 201"/><ref name="ReferenceA">Svehla, Gary. "Lon Chaney Jr.". Midnight Marquee Press. Pg. 335. ISBN 1-887664-15-7.</ref>
|-
| 1932 || ''[[Bird of Paradise (1932 film)|Bird of Paradise]]'' || Thornton || [[King Vidor]] || starring Dolores Del Rio<ref name="ReferenceA"/>
|-
| 1932 || ''[[The Most Dangerous Game]]'' || bit part, edited out later || [[King Vidor]] || starring [[Robert Armstrong (actor)|Robert Armstrong]] and [[Fay Wray]] ; Chaney's scene was edited out of the final print<ref name="ReferenceA"/>
|-
| 1932 || ''[[The Last Frontier (serial)|The Last Frontier]]'' || Tom Kirby, aka The Black Ghost
| [[Thomas Storey]] || 12-chapter serial; also released as a 70-minute feature version called ''The Black Ghost''.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://creepyclassics.com/last-frontier-the-1932-alpha-dvd/ | title=LAST FRONTIER, THE (1932/Alpha) - DVD }}</ref>
|-
| 1933 || ''[[Lucky Devils (1933 film)|Lucky Devils]]'' || Frankie Wilde || [[Ralph Ince]] || starring William Boyd<ref name="Smith, Don G. 1996 Pg. 201"/>
|-
| 1933 || ''[[Scarlet River]]'' || evil foreman Jeff Todd || [[Otto Brower]] || starring Tom Keene<ref name="Smith, Don G. 1996 Pg. 201"/>
|-
| 1933 || ''[[The Three Musketeers (1933 serial)|The Three Musketeers]]'' || Armand Corday [Chapters 1, 10 only] || [[Armand Schaefer]], Colbert Clark || 12-chapter serial starring [[John Wayne]]; later edited into a feature version ''Desert Command'' (1946)<ref name="Smith, Don G. 1996 Pg. 202">Smith, Don G. (1996). "Lon Chaney Jr.". McFarland & Co. Inc. Pg. 202. ISBN 0-7864-0120-6.</ref>
|-
| 1933 || ''[[Son of the Border]]'' || Jack Breen || [[Lloyd Nosler]] || starring Tom Keene
|-
| 1934 || ''[[Sixteen Fathoms Deep]]'' || Joe Bethel, a fisherman || [[Armand Schaefer]] ||
|-
| 1934 || ''[[The Life of Vergie Winters]]'' || Hugo McQueen || [[Alfred Santell]] ||
|-
| 1934 || ''[[A Scream in the Night]]'' || Jack Wilson / Butch Curtain || [[Fred C. Newmeyer]] || Chaney played two different characters in this film; this film was filmed in 1934, but was not theatrically released until 1943<ref name="Smith, Don G. 1996 Pg. 202"/><ref name="ReferenceB">Svehla, Gary. "Lon Chaney Jr.". Midnight Marquee Press. Pg. 337. ISBN 1-887664-15-7.</ref>
|-
| 1934 || ''[[Girl o' My Dreams]]'' || Track star Don Cooper || [[Ray McCarey]] || Based on a David Belasco play;<ref name="Smith, Don G. 1996 Pg. 201"/> Chaney sings a song
|-
| 1935 || ''[[Captain Hurricane]]'' || Dave || [[Charles Kerr (director)|Charles Kerr]] || Uncredited
|-
| 1935 || ''[[The Marriage Bargain]]'' || Bob Gordon || [[Albert Ray]] || aka ''Woman of Destiny''<ref>Pitts, Michael R. (2005). Poverty Row Studios, 1929–1940: An Illustrated History of 55 Independent Film Companies, with a Filmography for Each. McFarland & Company. p. 334.</ref>
|-
| 1935 || ''[[Hold 'Em Yale]]'' || Yale football player || [[Sidney Lanfield]] || Uncredited; starring Buster Crabbe, based on a story by [[Damon Runyon]]<ref name="Smith, Don G. 1996 Pg. 202"/>
|-
| 1935 || ''[[Accent on Youth (film)|Accent on Youth]]'' || Chuck || [[Wesley Ruggles]] || starring Silvia Sydney
|-
| 1935 || ''[[The Shadow of Silk Lennox]]'' || "Silk" Lennox || Ray Kirkwood, [[Jack Nelson (actor)|Jack Nelson]] || later re-released as ''Case of the Crime Cartel''<ref name="Smith, Don G. 1996 Pg. 201"/>
|-
| 1936 || ''[[The Singing Cowboy (film)|The Singing Cowboy]]'' || Martin || [[Mack V. Wright]] || starring [[Gene Autry]]; Chaney changed his name to Lon Chaney Jr. with this film<ref name="Smith, Don G. 1996 Pg. 202"/>
|-
| 1936 || ''[[Undersea Kingdom]]'' || Henchman Hakur || [[Joseph Kane]], Reeves Eason || 12-chapter serial starring Ray Corrigan<ref name="Smith, Don G. 1996 Pg. 203">Smith, Don G. (1996). "Lon Chaney Jr.". McFarland & Co. Inc. Pg. 203. ISBN 0-7864-0120-6.</ref>
|-
| 1936 || ''[[Ace Drummond (serial)|Ace Drummond]]'' || Henchman Ivan || [[Ford Beebe|Ford Beebe <br /> Clifford Smith]] || 13-chapter serial
|-
| 1936 || ''[[Killer at Large (1936 film)|Killer at Large]]'' || Wax museum guard || [[David Selman]] || Uncredited; later released to TV as ''Killers on the Loose''
|-
| 1936 || ''[[Rose Bowl (film)|Rose Bowl]]'' || Sierra Football Player || [[Charles Barton (director)|Charles Barton]] || Uncredited; starring Buster Crabbe<ref>Svehla, Gary. "Lon Chaney Jr.". Midnight Marquee Press. Pg. 336. ISBN 1-887664-15-7.</ref>
|-
| 1936 || ''[[The Old Corral]]'' || Simms' partner, Garland || [[Joseph Kane]] || starring Gene Autry
|-
| 1937 || ''[[Cheyenne Rides Again]]'' || Girard || [[Robert F. Hill]] || starring [[Tom Tyler]]<ref name="ReferenceB"/>
|-
| 1937 || ''[[Love Is News]]'' || Newsman || [[Tay Garnett]] || Uncredited; starring Tyrone Power
|-
| 1937 || ''[[Midnight Taxi (1937 film)|Midnight Taxi]]'' || Detective Erickson || [[Eugene Forde]] || starring Brian Donlevy
|-
| 1937 || ''[[Secret Agent X-9 (1937 serial)|Secret Agent X-9]]'' || Maroni || [[Clifford Smith (director)|Clifford Smith]] || 12-chapter serial based on the [[Alex Raymond]] comic strip<ref name="Smith, Don G. 1996 Pg. 203"/>
|-
| 1937 || ''[[That I May Live]]'' || Engineer || [[Allan Dwan]] || Uncredited
|-
| 1937 || ''[[This Is My Affair]]'' || Chaney's voice from offscreen || [[William A. Seiter]] || Uncredited; co-starring Barbara Stanwyck and [[John Carradine]]<ref>Smith, Don G. (1996). "Lon Chaney Jr.". McFarland & Co. Inc. Pg. 204. ISBN 0-7864-0120-6.</ref>
|-
| 1937 || ''[[Angel's Holiday]]'' || Eddie || [[James Tinling]] ||
|-
| 1937 || ''[[Slave Ship (1937 film)|Slave Ship]]'' || Laborer killed at launching || [[Tay Garnett]] || Uncredited
|-
| 1937 || ''[[Born Reckless (1937 film)|Born Reckless]]'' || Auto mechanic || Malcolm St. Clair || Uncredited; starring Brian Donlevy
|-
| 1937 || ''[[Wild and Woolly (1937 film)|Wild and Woolly]]'' || Dutch || [[Alfred L. Werker]] ||
|-
| 1937 || ''[[The Lady Escapes]]'' || Reporter (bit part)|| [[Eugene Forde]] || Uncredited
|-
| 1937 || ''[[One Mile From Heaven]]'' || Policeman || [[Allan Dwan]] || Uncredited
|-
| 1937 || ''[[Thin Ice (1937 film)|Thin Ice]]'' || News Reporter || [[Sidney Lanfield]] || Uncredited
|-
| 1937 || ''[[Wife, Doctor and Nurse]]'' || Scott, a chauffeur || [[Walter Lang]] || starring Loretta Young<ref name="ReferenceC">Svehla, Gary. "Lon Chaney Jr.". Midnight Marquee Press. Pg. 340. ISBN 1-887664-15-7.</ref>
|-
| 1937 || ''[[Charlie Chan on Broadway]]'' || Desk reporter || [[Eugene Forde]] || Uncredited; starring [[Warner Oland]]<ref name="Smith, Don G. 1996 Pg. 205">Smith, Don G. (1996). "Lon Chaney Jr.". McFarland & Co. Inc. Pg. 205. ISBN 0-7864-0120-6.</ref>
|-
| 1937 || ''[[Life Begins in College]]'' || Gilks || [[William A. Seiter]] || Ritz Brothers comedy<ref name="Smith, Don G. 1996 Pg. 205"/>
|-
| 1937 || ''[[Second Honeymoon (1937 film)|Second Honeymoon]]'' || Reporter || [[Walter Lang]] || Uncredited
|-
| 1937 || ''[[Checkers (1937 film)|Checkers]]'' || Man at racetrack || [[H. Bruce Humberstone]] || Uncredited
|-
| 1937 || ''[[Love and Hisses]]'' || Attendant || [[Sidney Lanfield]] || Uncredited
|-
| 1938 || ''[[Alexander's Ragtime Band (film)|Alexander's Ragtime Band]]'' || Photographer || [[Sidney Lanfield]] || Uncredited; big-budget musical starring Tyrone Power<ref name="ReferenceC"/>
|-
| 1938 || ''[[City Girl (1938 film)|City Girl]]'' || Gangster || [[Alfred L. Werker]] || Uncredited
|-
| 1938 || ''[[Happy Landing (1938 film)|Happy Landing]]'' || Newspaper Reporter || [[Roy Del Ruth]]
| Uncredited; musical starring Don Ameche
|-
| 1938 || ''[[Sally, Irene and Mary (1938 film)|Sally, Irene and Mary]]'' || Policeman || [[Edmund Goulding]] || Uncredited; co-starring Jimmy Durante<ref name="ReferenceC"/>
|-
| 1938 || ''[[Walking Down Broadway]]'' || Delivery Man || [[Norman Foster (director)|Norman Foster]] || Uncredited
|-
| 1938 || ''[[Mr. Moto's Gamble]]'' || Joey || James Tinling || starring Peter Lorre<ref name="Smith, Don G. 1996 Pg. 205"/>
|-
| 1938 || ''[[Alexander's Ragtime Band (film)|Alexander's Ragtime Band]]'' || Photographer on Stage || [[Henry King (director)|Henry King]] || Uncredited
|-
| 1938 || ''[[Josette (1938 film)|Josette]]'' || Boatman || [[Allan Dwan]] || starring Don Ameche and Robert Young
|-
| 1938 || ''[[Speed to Burn]]'' || Racetrack Tout || [[Otto Brower]] ||
|-
| 1938 || ''[[Passport Husband]]'' || Bull || [[James Tinling]] ||
|-
| 1938 || ''[[Straight, Place and Show]]'' || Martin, a chauffeur || [[David Butler (director)|David Butler]] || Uncredited; a [[Ritz Brothers]] comedy<ref name="Smith, Don G. 1996 Pg. 206">Smith, Don G. (1996). "Lon Chaney Jr.". McFarland & Co. Inc. Pg. 206. ISBN 0-7864-0120-6.</ref>
|-
| 1938 || ''[[Submarine Patrol]]'' || Sailor|| [[John Ford]] || Uncredited; co-starred [[John Carradine]]<ref name="Smith, Don G. 1996 Pg. 206"/>
|-
| 1938 || ''[[Road Demon]]'' || Bud Casey, a racketeer || Otto Brower ||
|-
| 1939 || ''[[Jesse James (1939 film)|Jesse James]]'' || Jesse James' henchman || [[Henry King (director)|Henry King]] || co-starring Henry Fonda and John Carradine<ref name="Smith, Don G. 1996 Pg. 201"/>
|-
| 1939 || ''[[Union Pacific (film)|Union Pacific]]'' || Dollarhide, a train passenger|| [[Cecil B. DeMille]] || big-budget western starring Barbara Stanwyck
|-
| 1939 || ''[[Frontier Marshal (1939 film)|Frontier Marshal]]'' || Pringle || [[Allan Dwan]] || co-starring John Carradine<ref name="Smith, Don G. 1996 Pg. 206"/>
|-
| 1939 || ''[[Charlie Chan in City in Darkness]]'' || Pierre || [[Herbert I. Leeds]] || starring Sidney Toler<ref name="Smith, Don G. 1996 Pg. 206"/>
|-
| 1939 || ''[[Of Mice and Men (1939 film)|Of Mice and Men]]'' || Lennie Small || [[Lewis Milestone]] || Based on the John Steinbeck novel; co-starring Burgess Meredith<ref name="Smith, Don G. 1996 Pg. 206"/>
|-
| 1940 || ''[[One Million B.C.]]'' || Akhoba, a cave man || [[Hal Roach Jr.]], D. W. Griffith ||
|-
| 1940 || ''[[North West Mounted Police (film)|North West Mounted Police]]'' || Shorty || [[Cecil B. DeMille]] || starring Gary Cooper<ref>Svehla, Gary. "Lon Chaney Jr.". Midnight Marquee Press. Pg. 342. ISBN 1-887664-15-7.</ref>
|-
| 1941 || ''[[Man Made Monster|Man-Made Monster]]'' || Dan McCormick || [[George Waggner]] || co-starring Lionel Atwill; theatrically re-released in 1953 as ''The Atomic Monster''<ref name="Smith, Don G. 1996 Pg. 207">Smith, Don G. (1996). "Lon Chaney Jr.". McFarland & Co. Inc. Pg. 207. ISBN 0-7864-0120-6.</ref>
|-
| 1941 || ''[[Too Many Blondes]]'' || Marvin Gimble || [[Thornton Freeland]] || musical comedy starring [[Rudy Vallee]]
|-
| 1941 || ''[[Billy the Kid (1941 film)|Billy the Kid]]'' || "Spike" Hudson || [[David Miller (director)|David Miller]] || starring Robert Taylor<ref name="Smith, Don G. 1996 Pg. 201"/>
|-
| 1941 || ''[[San Antonio Rose (film)|San Antonio Rose]]'' || Jigsaw Kennedy || [[Charles Lamont]] || co-starring Shemp Howard
|-
| 1941 || ''[[Riders of Death Valley]]'' || Henchman Butch || [[Ray Taylor (director)|Ray Taylor]] || 15-chapter serial co-starring [[Glenn Strange]] and [[Buck Jones]]<ref name="Smith, Don G. 1996 Pg. 207"/>
|-
| 1941 || ''[[Badlands of Dakota]]'' || [[Jack McCall]] || [[Alfred E. Green]] || co-starring [[Broderick Crawford]]<ref name="Smith, Don G. 1996 Pg. 207"/>
|-
| 1941 || ''[[The Wolf Man (1941 film)|The Wolf Man]]'' || Lawrence Talbot, the Wolf Man || [[George Waggner]] || co-starring [[Bela Lugosi]] and Claude Rains<ref name="Smith, Don G. 1996 Pg. 201"/>
|-
| 1942 || ''[[North to the Klondike]]'' || Nate Carson || [[Erle C. Kenton]] || from a story by [[William Castle]]; co-starring Broderick Crawford <ref name="Smith, Don G. 1996 Pg. 207"/>
|-
| 1942 || ''[[The Ghost of Frankenstein]]'' || [[Frankenstein's Monster|The Monster]] || [[Erle C. Kenton]] || co-starring [[Bela Lugosi]] and [[Lionel Atwill]]<ref name="Smith, Don G. 1996 Pg. 208">Smith, Don G. (1996). "Lon Chaney Jr.". McFarland & Co. Inc. Pg. 208. ISBN 0-7864-0120-6.</ref>
|-
| 1942 || ''[[Overland Mail (film)|Overland Mail]]'' || Jim Lane || Ford Beebe, [[John Rawlins (director)|John Rawlins]] || 15-chapter serial<ref name="Smith, Don G. 1996 Pg. 208"/>
|-
| 1942 || ''[[Eyes of the Underworld (1942 film)|Eyes of the Underworld]]'' || Benny || [[Roy William Neill]] || re-released in 1951 as ''Criminals of the Underworld''<ref name="Smith, Don G. 1996 Pg. 201"/>
|-
| 1942 || ''[[The Mummy's Tomb]]'' || [[Kharis]], the Mummy || [[Harold Young (director)|Harold Young]] ||
|-
| 1942 || ''[[Keeping Fit]]'' || Chaney plays himself || [[Arthur Lubin]] || Universal short subject; co-starring Broderick Crawford<ref name="Smith, Don G. 1996 Pg. 201"/>
|-
| 1943 || ''[[Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man]]'' || Lawrence Talbot || [[Roy William Neill]] || co-starring Bela Lugosi<ref name="Smith, Don G. 1996 Pg. 201"/>
|-
| 1943 || ''What We Are Fighting For?'' || Bill Wallace || Erle C. Kenton || Universal short subject
|-
| 1943 || ''[[Frontier Badmen]]'' || Chango || [[Ford Beebe]] ||
|-
| 1943 || ''[[Crazy House (1943 film)|Crazy House]]'' || Chaney plays himself in a cameo|| [[Edward F. Cline]] || Uncredited; an [[Olsen and Johnson]] comedy co-starring [[Basil Rathbone]]<ref name="Smith, Don G. 1996 Pg. 201"/>
|-
| 1943 || ''[[Son of Dracula (1943 film)|Son of Dracula]]'' || Count Alucard / Dracula || [[Robert Siodmak]] ||
|-
| 1943 || ''[[Calling Dr. Death]]'' || Dr. Mark Steele || [[Reginald LeBorg]] || An ''Inner Sanctum'' mystery produced by Universal Pictures<ref name="ReferenceD">Svehla, Gary. "Lon Chaney Jr.". Midnight Marquee Press. Pg. 97-100. ISBN 1-887664-15-7.</ref>
|-
| 1944 || ''[[Weird Woman]]'' || Prof. Norman Reed || [[Reginald Le Borg]] || An ''Inner Sanctum'' mystery produced by Universal Pictures; based on the Fritz Leiber novel ''Conjure Wife''<ref name="ReferenceD"/><ref name="Smith, Don G. 1996 Pg. 201"/>
|-
| 1944 || ''[[Follow the Boys (1944 film)|Follow the Boys]]'' || Chaney plays himself in a cameo || [[A. Edward Sutherland]] || Uncredited
|-
| 1944 || ''[[Cobra Woman]]'' || Hava || [[Robert Siodmak]] || shot in Technicolor; co-starring Sabu<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/71144/cobra-woman#film-details | title=Cobra Woman }}</ref><ref>Svehla, Gary. "Lon Chaney Jr.". Midnight Marquee Press. Pg. 344. ISBN 1-887664-15-7.</ref>
|-
| 1944 || ''[[Ghost Catchers]]'' || Chaney plays a bear || [[Edward F. Cline]] || [[Olsen and Johnson]] comedy
|-
| 1944 || ''[[The Mummy's Ghost]]'' || Kharis the Mummy || [[Reginald Le Borg]] || co-starring John Carradine <ref name="Smith, Don G. 1996 Pg. 209">Smith, Don G. (1996). "Lon Chaney Jr.". McFarland & Co. Inc. Pg. 209. ISBN 0-7864-0120-6.</ref>
|-
| 1944 || ''[[Dead Man's Eyes]]'' || Dave Stuart || [[Reginald Le Borg]] || An ''Inner Sanctum'' mystery produced by Universal Pictures<ref name="ReferenceD"/>
|-
| 1944 || ''[[House of Frankenstein (1944 film)|House of Frankenstein]]'' || Lawrence Talbot, the Wolf Man || [[Erle C. Kenton]] || co-starring [[John Carradine]] and [[Boris Karloff]]<ref name="Smith, Don G. 1996 Pg. 209"/>
|-
| 1944 || ''[[The Mummy's Curse]]'' || Kharis the Mummy || [[Leslie Goodwins]] ||
|-
| 1945 || ''[[Here Come The Co-Eds]]'' || Johnson || [[Jean Yarbrough]] || starring [[Abbott and Costello]]<ref name="Smith, Don G. 1996 Pg. 201"/>
|-
| 1945 || ''[[The Frozen Ghost]]'' || Alex Gregor / Gregor the Great || [[Harold Young (director)|Harold Young]] || An ''Inner Sanctum'' mystery produced by Universal Pictures<ref name="ReferenceD"/>
|-
| 1945 || ''[[Strange Confession]]'' || Jeff Carter || [[John Hoffman (filmmaker)|John Hoffman]] || An ''Inner Sanctum'' mystery produced by Universal Pictures<ref name="ReferenceD"/>
|-
| 1945 || ''[[The Daltons Ride Again]]'' || Grat Dalton || [[Ray Taylor (director)|Ray Taylor]] ||
|-
| 1945 || ''[[House of Dracula]]'' || Lawrence Talbot / The Wolf Man || [[Erle C. Kenton]] ||
|-
| 1945 || ''[[Pillow of Death]]'' || Wayne Fletcher || [[Wallace Fox]] || An ''Inner Sanctum'' mystery produced by Universal Pictures<ref name="ReferenceD"/>
|-
| 1947 || ''Laguna U.S.A.'' || Chaney plays himself doing "Lennie" || || 10-minute Columbia short subject
|-
| 1947 || ''[[My Favorite Brunette]]'' || Willie || [[Elliott Nugent]] || co-starring Bob Hope and [[Peter Lorre]]<ref name="Smith, Don G. 1996 Pg. 201"/>
|-
| 1948 || ''[[Albuquerque (film)|Albuquerque]]'' || Steve Murkill || [[Ray Enright]] || starring [[Randolph Scott]]<ref name="ReferenceE">Svehla, Gary. "Lon Chaney Jr.". Midnight Marquee Press. Pg. 348. ISBN 1-887664-15-7.</ref>
|-
| 1948 || ''[[The Counterfeiters (1948 film)|The Counterfeiters]]'' || Louie Struber || [[Sam Newfield]] ||
|-
| 1948 || ''[[Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein]]'' || Lawrence Talbot || [[Charles Barton (director)|Charles Barton]] || co-starring Bela Lugosi and Glenn Strange<ref name="Smith, Don G. 1996 Pg. 201"/>
|-
| 1948 || ''[[16 Fathoms Deep]]'' || Mr. Demitri || [[Irving Allen]] || Remake of the 1934 film, starring Lloyd Bridges<ref name="ReferenceE"/>
|-
| 1949 || ''[[There's a Girl in My Heart]]'' || John Colton, music hall owner || [[Arthur Dreifuss]] ||
|-
| 1950 || ''[[Captain China]]'' || Red Lynch || [[Lewis R. Foster]] ||
|-
| 1950 || ''[[Once a Thief (1950 film)|Once a Thief]]'' || Gus || [[W. Lee Wilder]] || starring Cesar Romero
|-
| 1951 || ''[[Inside Straight (film)|Inside Straight]]'' || Shocker Ninkovitch || [[/w/index.php|Gerald Mayer]] ||
|-
| 1951 || ''[[Only the Valiant]]'' || Trooper Kebussyan || [[Gordon Douglas (director)|Gordon Douglas]] ||
|-
| 1951 || ''[[Behave Yourself!]]'' || Pinky || [[/w/index.php|George Beck]] ||
|-
| 1951 || ''[[Bride of the Gorilla]]'' || Police Commissioner Taro || [[Curt Siodmak]] ||
|-
| 1951 || ''[[Flame of Araby]]'' || Borka Barbarossa || [[Charles Lamont]] ||
|-
| 1952 || ''[[The Bushwackers (film)|The Bushwhackers]]'' || Artemus Taylor || [[Rod Amateau]] || starring John Ireland
|-
| 1952 || ''[[Thief of Damascus]]'' || [[Sinbad]] || [[Will Jason]] || filmed in Technicolor
|-
| 1952 || ''[[High Noon]]'' || Martin Howe || [[Fred Zinnemann]] || starring [[Gary Cooper]]<ref name="ReferenceE"/>
|-
| 1952 || ''[[Springfield Rifle (1952 film)|Springfield Rifle]]'' || Pete Elm || [[Andre de Toth]] || starring Gary Cooper
|-
| 1952 || ''[[The Black Castle]]'' || Henchman Gargon || [[Nathan H. Juran]] || co-starring Boris Karloff<ref name="Smith, Don G. 1996 Pg. 211">Smith, Don G. (1996). "Lon Chaney Jr.". McFarland & Co. Inc. Pg. 211. ISBN 0-7864-0120-6.</ref>
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| 1952 || ''[[Battles of Chief Pontiac]]'' || Chief Pontiac || [[Felix E. Feist]] || starring [[Lex Barker]]
|-
| 1953 || ''Bandit Island'' || Kip, a robber || Arthur Hilton || 25-minute novelty short filmed in 3-D; later released in 2-D in 1954 as ''The Big Chase''<ref name="Smith, Don G. 1996 Pg. 211"/>
|-
| 1953 || ''[[Raiders of the Seven Seas]]'' || Peg Leg || [[Sidney Salkow]] ||
|-
| 1953 || ''[[A Lion Is in the Streets]]'' || Spurge McManamee || [[Raoul Walsh]] || starring James Cagney
|-
| 1954 || ''[[Jivaro (film)|Jivaro]]'' || Pedro Martines || [[Edward Ludwig]] || filmed in 3-D
|-
| 1954 || ''[[The Boy from Oklahoma]]'' || Crazy Charlie || [[Michael Curtiz]] ||
|-
| 1954 || ''[[Casanova's Big Night]]'' || Emo || [[Norman Z. McLeod]] || co-stars [[Vincent Price]], [[Basil Rathbone]] and [[John Carradine]]<ref name="ReferenceF">Svehla, Gary. "Lon Chaney Jr.". Midnight Marquee Press. Pg. 349. ISBN 1-887664-15-7.</ref>
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| 1954 || ''[[Passion (1954 film)|Passion]]'' || Castro || [[Allan Dwan]] ||
|-
| 1954 || ''[[The Black Pirates]]'' || Padre Felipe || [[/w/index.php|Allen H. Miner]] ||
|-
| 1955 || ''[[Big House, U.S.A.]]'' || Alamo Smith || [[Howard W. Koch]] || co-starring Broderick Crawford and [[Charles Bronson]]<ref name="Smith, Don G. 1996 Pg. 212">Smith, Don G. (1996). "Lon Chaney Jr.". McFarland & Co. Inc. Pg. 212. ISBN 0-7864-0120-6.</ref>
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| 1955 || ''[[The Silver Star (film)|The Silver Star]]'' || John Harmon || [[Richard Bartlett]] ||
|-
| 1955 || ''[[Not as a Stranger]]'' || Job Marsh || [[Stanley Kramer]] || co-starring Broderick Crawford
|-
| 1955 || ''[[I Died a Thousand Times]]'' || Big Mac || [[Stuart Heisler]] ||
|-
| 1955 || ''[[The Indian Fighter]]'' || Chivington || [[Andre de Toth]] || starring [[Kirk Douglas]]
|-
| 1956 || ''[[Manfish]]'' || "Swede" || [[W. Lee Wilder]] || Based on Edgar Allan Poe's ''The Gold Bug''<ref name="Smith, Don G. 1996 Pg. 213">Smith, Don G. (1996). "Lon Chaney Jr.". McFarland & Co. Inc. Pg. 213. ISBN 0-7864-0120-6.</ref>
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| 1956 || ''[[Indestructible Man]]'' || Charles "Butcher" Benton || [[Jack Pollexfen]] ||
|-
| 1956 || ''[[The Black Sleep]]'' || Mungo || [[Reginald Le Borg]] || co-starring Bela Lugosi, Basil Rathbone and John Carradine<ref name="Smith, Don G. 1996 Pg. 213"/>
|-
| 1956 || ''[[Pardners]]'' || Whitey || [[Norman Taurog]] || starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis<ref name="Smith, Don G. 1996 Pg. 213"/>
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| 1956 || ''[[Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer]]'' || Chief Blackfish || Albert Gannaway, [[Ismael Rodríguez]] || starring Bruce Bennett; filmed in Color in Mexico<ref>Smith, Don G. (1996). "Lon Chaney Jr.". McFarland & Co. Inc. Pg. 137-138. ISBN 0-7864-0120-6.</ref>
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| 1957 || ''[[The Cyclops (film)|The Cyclops]]'' || Martin 'Marty' Melville || [[Bert I. Gordon]] ||
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| 1958 || ''[[The Defiant Ones (film)|The Defiant Ones]]'' || Big Sam || [[Stanley Kramer]] || starring Sidney Poitier and Tony Curtis<ref name="ReferenceF"/>
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| 1958 || ''[[Money, Women and Guns]]'' || Art Birdwell || [[Richard Bartlett]] ||
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| 1959 || ''[[The Alligator People]]'' || Manon || [[Roy Del Ruth]] ||
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| 1960 || ''La Casa del Terror''/ ''[[House of Terror (1960 film)|House of Terror]]'' || Chaney plays A Mummy and a Werewolf || [[Gilberto Martínez Solares]] || Chaney footage from this Mexican film was later re-edited into a 1965 [[Jerry Warren]] film called ''Face of the Screaming Werewolf''<ref name="Smith, Don G. 1996 Pg. 212"/>
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| 1961 || ''[[Rebellion in Cuba]]'' (aka ''Chivato'')|| Gordo || Albert C. Gannaway|| co-starring [[Jake LaMotta]]
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| 1961 || ''[[The Phantom (1961 film)|The Phantom]]'' || Jed || Harold Daniels<ref>Pasko, Martin (Summer 2018). "The Ghost who Stumbles: The Phantom Phollies of Philmland". RetroFan. TwoMorrows Publishing (1): 17–24.</ref> || Unsold pilot for a TV series
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| 1962 || ''[[The Devil's Messenger]]'' || Satan || [[Herbert L. Strock]] || This film was re-edited from various episodes of a 1959 TV show called ''[[13 Demon Street]]''<ref name="Smith, Don G. 1996 Pg. 214">Smith, Don G. (1996). "Lon Chaney Jr.". McFarland & Co. Inc. Pg. 214. ISBN 0-7864-0120-6.</ref>
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| 1963 || ''[[The Haunted Palace]]'' || Simon Orne || [[Roger Corman]] || starred [[Vincent Price]]; based on an [[H. P. Lovecraft]] novel<ref name="Smith, Don G. 1996 Pg. 214"/>
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| 1964 || ''[[Law of the Lawless (1963 film)|Law of the Lawless]]'' || Tiny || [[William F. Claxton]] || First of eight westerns Chaney made for [[A. C. Lyles]] from 1964-1968 <ref>Smith, Don G. (1996). "Lon Chaney Jr.". McFarland & Co. Inc. Pg. 161. ISBN 0-7864-0120-6.</ref>
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| 1964 || ''[[Witchcraft (1964 film)|Witchcraft]]'' || Morgan Whitlock || [[Don Sharp]] || filmed in England
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| 1964 || ''[[Stage to Thunder Rock]]'' || Henry "Harry" Parker || [[William F. Claxton]] || produced by A. C. Lyles
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| 1965 || ''[[Young Fury]]'' || Bartender || [[Christian Nyby]] || produced by A. C. Lyles<ref name="ReferenceF"/>
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| 1965 || ''[[Face of the Screaming Werewolf]]'' || A mummy/werewolf || [[Jerry Warren]] || this film was re-edited from a 1960 Mexican film called ''La Casa del Terror''<ref name="Smith, Don G. 1996 Pg. 214"/>
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| 1965 || ''[[Black Spurs]]'' || Gus Kile || [[R. G. Springsteen]] || produced by A. C. Lyles
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| 1965 || ''[[Town Tamer]]'' || Mayor Charlie Leach || [[Lesley Selander]] || produced by A. C. Lyles
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| 1965 || ''[[Apache Uprising]]'' || Charlie Russell || [[R. G. Springsteen]] || produced by A. C. Lyles<ref name="ReferenceF"/>
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| 1965 || ''[[House of the Black Death]]'' || Belial Desard, a warlock || [[Jerry Warren]] || Initially released theatrically as ''Blood of the Man-Devil'', the title was later changed for TV; co-starring John Carradine<ref name="Smith, Don G. 1996 Pg. 214"/>
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| 1966 || ''[[Johnny Reno]]'' || Sheriff Hodges || [[R.G. Springsteen]] || produced by A. C. Lyles
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| 1967 || ''[[Dr. Terror's Gallery of Horrors]]'' || Dr. Mendel || [[David L. Hewitt]] || aka ''The Blood Suckers''; later shown on TV as ''Return From the Past''; co-starring John Carradine
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| 1967 || ''[[Hillbillys in a Haunted House]]'' || Maximillian || [[Jean Yarbrough]] || co-starring John Carradine and Basil Rathbone<ref>Smith, Don G. (1996). "Lon Chaney Jr.". McFarland & Co. Inc. Pg. 215. ISBN 0-7864-0120-6.</ref>
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| 1967 || ''[[Welcome to Hard Times (film)|Welcome to Hard Times]]'' || Avery the bartender || [[Burt Kennedy]] || starring Henry Fonda and Warren Oates<ref name="ReferenceF"/>
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| 1967 || ''[[Spider Baby]]'' || Bruno || [[Jack Hill]] || later re-released as ''The Liver Eaters''
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| 1968 || ''The Far Out West'' || Chief Eagle Shadow || || Compilation film composed of footage from various episodes of a 1966 TV series called ''Pistols and Petticoats''<ref>Smith, Don G. (1996). "Lon Chaney Jr.". McFarland & Co. Inc. Pg. 219. ISBN 0-7864-0120-6.</ref>
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| 1968 || ''[[Buckskin (film)|Buckskin]]'' || Sheriff Tangely || [[Michael D. Moore]] || last of the eight westerns Chaney made for [[A. C. Lyles]] from 1964–68; Aka ''The Frontiersman''<ref>Smith, Don G. (1996). "Lon Chaney Jr.". McFarland & Co. Inc. Pg. 176. ISBN 0-7864-0120-6.</ref>
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| 1968 || ''[[Fireball Jungle]]'' || Sammy, the junkyard owner || Jose Priete || starring John Russell
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| 1969 || ''A Stranger in Town'' || Doc Whitaker || Earl J. Miller || Made-for-educational-TV movie, later retitled ''The Children's West''
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| 1971 || ''[[The Female Bunch]]'' || Monty, a drug dealer || [[Al Adamson]], John Cardos || shot in 1969, but not released until September 1, 1971<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/the-female-bunch-vm18983107 | title=The Female Bunch (1971) - al Adamson, John Cardos | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie }}</ref>
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| 1971 || ''[[Dracula vs. Frankenstein]]'' || Groton the zombie || [[Al Adamson]] || Chaney's last film, shot in 1969 but not released until September 20, 1971 (filmed before ''The Female Bunch'' but released afterwards)<ref>Smith, Don G. (1996). "Lon Chaney Jr.". McFarland & Co. Inc. Pages 181-185. ISBN 0-7864-0120-6.</ref>
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==Television appearances==
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* ''[[Versatile Varieties]]'' (1949–1950)
* ''[[The Life of Riley]]'' unaired pilot (late 1940s)<ref>Smith, Don G. (1996). "Lon Chaney Jr.". McFarland & Co. Inc. Pg. 216. ISBN 0-7864-0120-6.</ref>
* ''[[Colgate Comedy Hour]]'' NBC (1951)
* ''Cosmopolitan Theater'' Dumont (Nov. 6, 1951) One-hour episode ''The Last Concerto''
* ''[[Tales of Tomorrow]]'' ABC (Jan. 18, 1952) Episode ''Frankenstein''
* ''[[You Asked For It]]'' ABC (1952)
* ''Schlitz Playhouse of Stars'' CBS (Sept. 25, 1952) Episode ''The Trial''
* ''[[The Red Skelton Show]]'' CBS (1953)<ref name="Smith, Don G. 1996 Pg. 217">Smith, Don G. (1996). "Lon Chaney Jr.". McFarland & Co. Inc. Pg. 217. ISBN 0-7864-0120-6.</ref>
* ''The Whistler'' (1954) Episode ''Backfire''
* ''Jack London's Tales of Adventure'' (1954) Unaired pilot
* ''Cavalcade Theater'' ABC (May 18, 1954) Episode ''Moonlight School''
* ''Cavalcade Theater'' ABC (May 3, 1955) Episode ''Stay On, Stranger''
* ''Flight From Adventure'' (1955) Unaired pilot
* ''Masquerade Party'' Quiz Show, ABC (1955)
* ''Climax'' CBS (Jan. 26, 1956) One-hour episode ''The Secret of River Lane''
* ''[[Telephone Time]]'' CBS (April 8, 1956) Episode ''The Golden Junkman''<ref name="Smith, Don G. 1996 Pg. 217"/>
* ''[[Studio 57]]'' DuMont (Aug. 12, 1956) Episode ''The Ballad of Jubal Pickett''
* ''[[Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans]]'' (1957) Chaney was a regular on this television series, portraying the role of [[Chingachgook]] in all 26 episodes
* ''Along the Mohawk Trail'', ''Redmen and the Renegades'', ''Long Rifle and the Tomahawk'', and ''Pathfinder and the Mohican'' (1957) - These four Made-for-TV feature films were composed of various re-edited episodes of Chaney's 1957 ''Hawkeye'' TV series
* ''Climax'' CBS (Sept. 19, 1957) One-hour episode ''Necessary Evil''
* ''Target'' (1958) Anthology show
* ''[[The Red Skelton Show]]'' CBS (1958)
* ''Truth or Consequences'' Quiz Show, NBC (1958)
* ''The Rough Riders'' ABC (Jan. 15, 1959) Episode ''An Eye for an Eye''
* ''[[Rawhide (TV series)|Rawhide]]'' CBS (Feb. 6, 1959) One-hour episode ''Incident on the Edge of Madness''
* ''[[13 Demon Street]]'' (1959) Chaney was the eerie host of this unaired horror anthology series filmed in Sweden; three random episodes were later re-edited into a 1962 feature film called ''[[The Devil's Messenger]]''
* ''[[Border Patrol (US TV series)|Border Patrol]]'' (1959) Episode ''The Homecoming''
* ''[[Have Gun, Will Travel]]'' CBS (Feb. 14, 1959) Episode ''Scorched Feather''
* ''General Electric Theater'' CBS (Feb. 22, 1959) Episode ''Family Man''
* ''[[The Texan (TV series)|The Texan]]'' CBS (Mar. 9, 1959) Episode ''No Love Wanted''
* ''[[Tombstone Territory]]'' ABC (June 12, 1959) Episode ''The Black Marshal from Deadwood''
* ''[[Wanted Dead or Alive (TV series)|Wanted: Dead or Alive]]'' CBS (Oct. 10, 1959) Episode ''The Hostage''
* ''[[Adventures in Paradise (TV series)|Adventures in Paradise]]'' ABC (Oct. 12, 1959) One-hour episode ''The Black Pearl''
* ''[[Lock-Up (TV series)|Lock-Up]]'' (1960) 30-minute episode
* ''[[Johnny Ringo (TV series)|Johnny Ringo]]'' CBS (Mar. 3, 1960) Episode ''The Raffertys''
* ''[[Bat Masterson (TV series)|Bat Masterson]]'' NBC (Oct. 13, 1960) Episode ''Bat Trap''
* ''[[Wagon Train]]'' NBC (Oct. 26, 1960) Episode ''The Jose Morales Story''
* ''The Phantom'' Unsold TV pilot (1961)
* ''[[Stagecoach West (TV series)|Stagecoach West]]'' ABC (Feb. 7, 1961) One-hour episode ''Not in Our Stars''
* ''Klondike'' NBC (Feb. 13, 1961) Episode ''The Hostages''
* ''[[Zane Grey Theatre]]'' CBS (Mar. 23, 1961) Episode ''A Warm Day in Heaven''
* ''The Deputy'' NBC (Apr. 15, 1961) Episode ''Brother in Arms''
* ''Wagon Train'' NBC (May 24, 1961) One-hour episode ''The Chalice''
* ''[[Surfside Six]]'' ABC (Oct. 23, 1961) One-hour episode ''Witness for the Defense''
* ''[[Route 66 (TV series)|Route 66]]'' CBS (Nov. 10, 1961) One-hour episode ''The Mud Nest''
* ''[[The Rifleman]]'' ABC (Jan. 18, 1962) Episode ''Gunfire''
* ''Lawman'' ABC (Jan. 28, 1962) Episode ''The Tarnished Badge''
* ''Here's Hollywood'' (Summer of 1962) Interview show
* ''[[Route 66 (TV series)|Route 66]]'' CBS (Oct. 26, 1962) One-hour episode ''Lizard's Leg and Owlet's Wing'' (co-starred Peter Lorre and Boris Karloff)
* ''The Gunslinger'' CBS (1961) One-hour episode
* ''[[Rawhide (TV series)|Rawhide]]'' CBS (Jan. 18, 1963) One-hour episode ''Incident at Spider Rock''
* ''[[Have Gun, Will Travel]]'' CBS (Feb. 16, 1963) Episode ''Cage at McNab''
* ''Empire'' NBC (Mar. 26, 1963) One-hour episode ''Hidden Asset''
* ''[[Route 66 (TV series)|Route 66]]'' CBS (Oct. 11, 1963) One-hour episode ''Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are''
* ''[[Route 66 (TV series)|Route 66]]'' CBS (Apr. 24, 1964) One-hour episode, title unknown
* ''[[Pistols 'n' Petticoats]]'' CBS (1966-1967 season) Chaney played Chief Eagle Shadow on four episodes; several episodes were later compiled into a 1968 feature film called ''The Far Out West''
* ''[[The Monkees (TV series)|The Monkees]]'' NBC (Oct. 24, 1966) Chaney played Lenny in episode ''Monkees in a Ghost Town'' (1966)
* ''[[The Pat Boone Show]]'' (1967) Variety show
* Chaney appeared in a TV commercial for Proctor and Gamble's [[Bold (detergent)|Bold Detergent]] (1967)
* ''Star Close-Up'' (1968) British interview show
* ''A Stranger in Town'' (1969) TV movie, re-released in 1971 as ''The Children's West''
* ''[[The Tonight Show]]'' NBC (Oct. 8, 1969) Chaney appeared as a guest
* Chaney appeared in a TV Pontiac truck commercial co-starring [[Henry Brandon (actor)|Henry Brandon]] (1969)<ref>Smith, Don G. (1996). "Lon Chaney Jr.". McFarland & Co. Inc. Pg. 216-219. ISBN 0-7864-0120-6.</ref>
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==Select radio credits==
* ''Inner Sanctum'' – "Ring of Doom" (1943)<ref>{{cite news|title=Lon Chaney Jr. On Air.|work=Chicago Daily Tribune|date=4 Apr 1943|page=W6}}</ref>
* ''The Abbott and Costello Show'' (June 2, 1948)
==References==
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==Bibliography==
* Smith, Don G., ''Lon Chaney Jr, Horror Film Star, 1906–1973'', (1996). {{ISBN|0-7864-1813-3}}.
==External links==
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* [http://lonchaney.com/lon-chaney-jr/ Official website from Chaney Entertainment]
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* [http://www.houseofhorrors.com/chaneyjrbio.htm Lon Chaney Jr. Informative Biograph]
* [http://gammillustrations.bizland.com/monsterkid1/id4.html Chaney Jr. Applications of Make-Up Through the 1940s–1960s]
* [http://www.briansdriveintheater.com/lonchaneyjr.html Additional Information on Chaney's Career]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100731160928/http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/C/CH004.html Chaney, Lon Jr.] ''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture''
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