Lon Chaney Jr.
(1906-1973)
American actor
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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.
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Creighton Tull Chaney 10 February 1906 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
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12 July 1973 (aged 67) San Clemente, CA
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| Zodiac | Aquarius |
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Ronald Creighton 2nd child with Dorothy Hinckley Male b. 18 Mar 1930 · Age: 95 · 1930- · Celebrity Baby
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