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Lon Chaney Jr.

1906 - 1973

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Creighton Tull Chaney (February 10, 1906 – July 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) and its various crossovers, Count Alucard (Dracula spelled backward) in Son of Dracula, Frankenstein's monster in The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942), the Mummy in three pictures, and various other roles in many Universal horror films, including six films in their 1940s Inner Sanctum series, making him a horror icon. He also portrayed Lennie Small in 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lon Chaney Jr. is the 423rd most popular actor (up from 4,588th in 2019), the 926th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,714th in 2019) and the 219th most popular American Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Lon Chaney Jr. ranks 423 out of 13,578. Before him are Maria Schneider, Farrah Fawcett, Benny Hill, Kate Winslet, Chris Hemsworth, and George Kennedy. After him are Oliver Reed, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Bibi Andersson, Curd Jürgens, Nathalie Delon, and Liam Cunningham.

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Among people born in 1906, Lon Chaney Jr. ranks 52. Before him are Dino Buzzati, Klaus Mann, Albert Sabin, Ettore Majorana, Empress Wanrong, and John Huston. After him are Marie José of Belgium, Hans Asperger, Philip Johnson, Oleg Antonov, Giuseppe Siri, and Robert E. Howard. Among people deceased in 1973, Lon Chaney Jr. ranks 40. Before him are Walter Rudolf Hess, Víctor Jara, Ingeborg Bachmann, Gerard Kuiper, Jacques Maritain, and Hans Albert Einstein. After him are Amílcar Cabral, Maurice René Fréchet, Frank Costello, Luis Carrero Blanco, Dickinson W. Richards, and Jean-Pierre Melville.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lon Chaney Jr. ranks 926 out of 20,380. Before him are Billie Jean King (1943), Alan Shepard (1923), Jimmy Hoffa (1913), William F. Buckley Jr. (1925), George Kennedy (1925), and J. E. B. Stuart (1833). After him are John Irving (1942), Josephine Cochrane (1839), Buddy Holly (1936), Milton H. Erickson (1901), Nat King Cole (1919), and George Clinton (1941).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Lon Chaney Jr. ranks 219. Before him are Jennifer Aniston (1969), Ron Perlman (1950), F. Murray Abraham (1939), Tippi Hedren (1930), Farrah Fawcett (1947), and George Kennedy (1925). After him are William Hurt (1950), Jamie Lee Curtis (1958), Matt Damon (1970), John Gavin (1931), Jada Pinkett Smith (1971), and Barry Nelson (1917).

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