He was a very famous movie star back in the 1920's. He played in films such as "The Phantom of the opera", "The hunchback of Notre Dame", and the lost vampire movie "London after midnight".
He was known as "The man of a thousand faces" when he was alive because he had a make-up kit that he used to create his characters for his movie roles. This man was amazing.
After Lon Chaney died from throat cancer in 1930, his son, Lon Chaney Jr. became a movie star. One of the films he's membered for is Universal's "The wolf man(1941)".
Lon Chaney played in almost 200 movies. Only like 20 of them still exist today. A couple of them are incomplete.
2006-07-24 18:08:03 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
yes i have heard of him.
2006-07-25 00:13:36 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is a great movie bio about Lon Chaney called, "Man of 1000 Faces", starring James Cagney.
2006-07-25 01:15:44 · answer #2 · answered by andywho2006 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I just watched the silent "Phantom"...great stuff. Did you know he almost caused himself to go blind with the make-up for London After Midnight.
So to answer the question, yes.
2006-07-25 01:15:23 · answer #3 · answered by Bill K Atheist Goodfella 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I've heard of him and own a couple of his movies, though I haven't watched them yet.
2006-07-28 19:48:31 · answer #4 · answered by Empy 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
2006-07-26 04:19:20 · answer #5 · answered by trekker! 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I am sorry to say that I have never heard of him.
2006-07-25 01:12:27 · answer #6 · answered by Sean J 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
umm... did you answer your own question??
yea, I think I heard of his name, probably from my mom when I was little
2006-07-25 01:13:29 · answer #7 · answered by chigaimasu 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yea i have heard of him ,great actor
2006-07-25 01:20:33 · answer #8 · answered by dude 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no
2006-07-25 01:12:23 · answer #9 · answered by robert p 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋