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Lon Chaney Jr.
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Lon Chaney, Jr. (February 10, 1906 – July 12, 1973), born Creighton Tull Chaney, was an American character actor. He was best known for his roles in monster movies and as the son of famous silent film actor, Lon Chaney. He is notable for playing Larry Talbot in The Wolf Man movies. Originally credited in films as Creighton Chaney, he was first credited as "Lon Chaney, Jr." in 1935. Chaney had English, French and Irish ancestry. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lon Chaney, Jr., licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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The Writer's Fight
From Spartacus to the shadows of the blacklist, a chain of films that honours the courage of Hollywood's silenced screenwriters.
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Fur and Fangs
From the eerie moors of England to the neon streets of Tokyo, this chain of eight films reveals the werewolf as a creature of endless reinvention, embodying hor...
8 films
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Spider Baby
1967 · Bruno
Johnny Reno
1966 · Sheriff Hodges
The Haunted Palace
1963 · Simon Orne
The Defiant Ones
1958 · Big Sam
The Indian Fighter
1955 · Chivington
High Noon
1952 · Martin Howe
My Favorite Brunette
1947 · Willie
Son of Dracula
1943 · Count Dracula, alias Count Alucard
The Wolf Man
1941 · Larry Talbot / The Wolf Man
Love and Hisses
1937 · Attendant
Bird of Paradise
1932 · Thornton