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Lon Chaney

Lon Chaney

Lon Chaney AKA Leonidas Frank Chaney

Born: 1-Apr-1883
Birthplace: Colorado Springs, CO
Died: 26-Aug-1930
Location of death: Hollywood, CA
Cause of death: Cancer - Lung
Remains: Buried, Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Glendale, CA

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: The Phantom of the Opera

Father: Frank H. Chaney (deaf mute)
Mother: Emma Alice Kennedy (deaf mute)
Wife: Frances Chaney (b. 1889, m. 1905, div. Apr-1915, d. 21-Nov-1967, one child)
Son: Lon Chaney, Jr. (actor, b. 10-Feb-1906)
Wife: Hazel Hastings (m. Nov-1915, until his death)
Brother: John (older)

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Hollywood Walk of Fame 7046 Hollywood Blvd. (motion pictures), 1994
English Ancestry Paternal
French Ancestry Paternal
Irish Ancestry Maternal

FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
The Unholy Three (3-Jul-1930) · Echo
Where East Is East (4-May-1929)
West of Zanzibar (24-Nov-1928) · Phroso
While the City Sleeps (15-Sep-1928)
Laugh, Clown, Laugh (14-Apr-1928) · Tito
London After Midnight (3-Dec-1927) · Burke
Mockery (13-Aug-1927) · Sergei
The Unknown (4-Jun-1927)
Mr. Wu (26-Mar-1927) · Mr. Wu
Tell It to the Marines (23-Dec-1926) · Sgt. O'Hara
The Road to Mandalay (26-Jun-1926)
The Blackbird (10-Jan-1926) · The Blackbird
The Phantom of the Opera (6-Sep-1925) · The Phantom
The Unholy Three (16-Aug-1925) · Echo, the Ventriloquist
The Monster (16-Mar-1925) · Dr. Ziska
He Who Gets Slapped (2-Nov-1924) · Paul Beaumont
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (2-Sep-1923) · Quasimodo
Oliver Twist (30-Oct-1922) · Fagin
The Ace of Hearts (17-Sep-1921) · Farallone
Outside the Law (26-Dec-1920)
The Penalty (24-Jul-1920) · Blizzard

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