Lon Chaney's biography
Leonidas Frank Chaney is 47 years old actor born at Colorado Springs. He was born on Sunday 1st of April 1883. Leonidas is often nicknamed as The Man of a Thousand Faces, Leonidas Frank "Lon" Chaney, Lon Chaney, Leonidas Frank Chaney. According to year of birth 1883 Leonidas belongs to . Birthday on 1st of April means Leonidas is Aries. Aries is the most active sign of Zodiac, one born with this sign is a very quick learner, aggressive and passionate.
He is native english speaker. Leonidas is white american. Leonidas is citizen of United States of America. His primary profession is to be actor. You can know him also as film director, stage actor, screenwriter, film actor. He is recently known as make-up artist.
Lon Chaney's dad
Lon Chaney's father's name is Frank H. Chaney.
Lon Chaney's mom
Lon Chaney's mother's name is Emma Alice Kennedy.
Lon Chaney's family
He has 1 son.
Lon Chaney's son: Lon Chaney Jr.
Lon Chaney's son's name is Lon Chaney Jr.. He is known as actor. His son was born on Saturday 10th of February 1906 in Oklahoma City. His son died on Thursday 12th of July 1973 in San Clemente. Lon Chaney Jr. was 90 years old, when this happened.
Lon Chaney's career
His main focus is to be actor. Leonidas is famous thanks to The Phantom of the Opera (1925).
Is Lon Chaney gay ?
He is known to be straight.
How did Lon Chaney die
He died on on Tuesday 26th of August 1930 when he was 47 years old at Los Angeles. Lon Chaneys death was caused by throat cancer. It happend like natural causes.
Awards and competitions
Lon Chaney's Awards
- He was posthumously awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7046 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on February 8, 1960.
What else you don't know about Lon Chaney ?
His middle name is Frank.
What Lon Chaney has done for a first time
- Profiled in "From the Arthouse to the Grindhouse: Highbrow and Lowbrow Transgression in Cinema's First Century" by John Cline. [2010]
- The first Hollywood person to become an honorary member of the United States Marine Corps. The Marines provided a chaplain and Honor Guard for his funeral.
Lon Chaney's quotes
- Between pictures, there is no Lon Chaney.
- My whole career has been devoted to keeping people from knowing me.
- There's nothing funny about a clown in the moonlight.
- The parts I play point out a moral. They show individuals who might have been different, if they had been given a different chance.
- I hope I shall never be accused of striving merely for horrible effects.
- [advice to Boris Karloff] Find something no one else can or will do. The secret of success in movies lies in being different from anyone else.
- One of the hardest make-ups I ever carried over was that of King Canute. He was hairy of face and breast and besides I had to use putty to build out my nose and cheeks. One day, I tried wax instead and when the sun got hot my nose began to run, literally.
- [in 1925, explaining how he won the part of the beggar in The Miracle Man (1919)] I flopped down, rolled my eyes up in my head like a blind man, and started dragging my body along the ground.
Lon Chaney's height, body shape, eye color
Lets describe how Lon Chaney looks. We will focus on his height, body shape, eye color and hair color. Leonidas is tall as 5' 8" (173 cm). Body build is athletic. His eyes are tinted brown - dark. Leonidas´s hair is shade of brown - dark.