Portrait of Lon Chaney

Acting

Lon Chaney

Titles
127movies
Career

Active from 1913 to 2014, with a break from 1931 to 2001, busiest in 1914 and 1917 with 12 main titles each.

Leading roles
78
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score64/100
Highest rated
Poster for He Who Gets Slapped
He Who Gets Slapped
GoodWatch score76/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 17 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.0 versus catalog average 4.8EnergyHeart: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.9 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.7WorldCraft: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.4CraftStyle: 6.2 versus catalog average 6.0Style
Lon Chaney Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.3, average 5.2
  • Coming of Age
    0.9, average 2.9
  • Wholesome
    1.4, average 3.3
  • Family Dynamics
    2.8, average 4.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Historical Drama 6
  • Melodrama 6
  • Historical Setting 5
  • Social Commentary 5
  • Silent Film 4
  • Early Cinema 4
  • Silent Film Era 4
  • Classic Cinema 3
  • Intrigue 3
  • Silent Era 3
  • Psychological Thriller 3
  • Character Study 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

116

2020s

1 title
Poster for They Came from the Attic

as The Phantom of the Opera (Archival Footage)

2010s

1 title
Poster for Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film

as The Phantom / Quasimodo (archive footage)

2000s

2 titles · average score 66
Poster for Nadie inquietó más

as Various Roles (archive footage)

GoodWatch66
Poster for London After Midnight

as Professor Edward C. Burke (archive footage)

1990s

2 titles · average score 73

1980s

1 title
Poster for The Horror of It All

as The Phantom (archive footage)

1970s

1 title
Poster for The Horror Show

as (archive footage)

1950s

2 titles · average score 67
Poster for Yesterday and Today

as (archive footage)

GoodWatch67
Poster for Hollywood Story

as The Phantom (archive footage) (uncredited)

1930s

2 titles · average score 61
GoodWatch61
Poster for The Unholy Three

as Professor Echo / Grandma O'Grady

1920s

41 titles · average score 65
All 41 titles from the 1920s

1910s

63 titles · average score 57
All 63 titles from the 1910s
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