Lon Chaney, Jr.

Creighton Tull Chaney , known by his stage name Lon Chaney, Jr., was an American actor known for playing Larry Talbot in the 1941 film The Wolf Man and its various crossovers, as well as portraying other monsters such as The Mummy, Frankensteins Monster, and Count Alucard in numerous horror films produced by Universal Studios. He also portrayed Lennie Small in Of Mice and Men . Originally referenced in films as Creighton Chaney, he was later credited as Lon Chaney, Jr. in 1935, and after 1941s Man Made Monster, beginning as early as The Wolf Man later that same year, he was almost always billed under his more famous fathers name as Lon Chaney. Chaney had English, French and Irish ancestry, and his career in movies and television spanned four decades, from 1931 to 1971.

Creighton was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Territory, the son of silent film star Lon Chaney and Frances Cleveland Creighton Chaney, a singing stage performer who traveled in road shows across the country with Creighton. His parents troubled marriage ended in divorce in 1913 following his mothers scandalous public suicide attempt in Los Angeles. Young Creighton lived in various homes and boarding schools until 1916, when his father married Hazel Hastings and could provide a stable home.

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