Timeline Lon Chaney Jr.

American actor, son of Lon Chaney, who played the Wolf Man and nearly every Universal monster.

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1906 Lon Chaney Jr. born in Oklahoma City Lon Chaney Jr. is born in Oklahoma City.
1932 Lon Chaney Jr. starts in films He begins acting under his birth name, Creighton Chaney.
1935 Lon Chaney Jr. takes his father's name He starts working as Lon Chaney Jr.
1939 Lon Chaney Jr. in Of Mice and Men He plays Lennie, his best-regarded dramatic role.
1941 Lon Chaney Jr. plays the Wolf Man The Wolf Man becomes his defining role.
1942 Lon Chaney Jr. plays Frankenstein's monster He plays the monster in The Ghost of Frankenstein.
1942 Lon Chaney Jr. plays the Mummy He plays Kharis in The Mummy's Tomb.
1943 Lon Chaney Jr. in Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man The first Universal film to pair two monsters.
1943 Lon Chaney Jr. in Son of Dracula He plays Count Alucard.
1948 Lon Chaney Jr. in Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein He plays the Wolf Man once more.
1952 Lon Chaney Jr. in High Noon He plays the retired marshal Martin Howe.
1957 Lon Chaney Jr. in Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans He plays Chingachgook in the TV series.
1973 Lon Chaney Jr. dies in San Clemente Lon Chaney Jr. dies aged 67.