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Lon Chaney

Lon Chaney

Acting • 1883-03-31 • Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA

Leonidas Frank "Lon" Chaney (April 1, 1883 – August 26, 1930) was an American actor and makeup artist. He is regarded as one of the most versatile and powerful actors of cinema, renowned for his characterizations of tortured, often grotesque and afflicted, characters and for his groundbreaking artistry with makeup. Chaney was known for his starring roles in such silent horror films as The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923) and The Phantom of the Opera (1925). His ability to transform himself using makeup techniques that he developed earned him the nickname "The Man of a Thousand Faces". Description above from the Wikipedia article Lon Chaney, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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The Phantom of the Opera7.1

The Phantom of the Opera

1925

The Unknown7.5

The Unknown

1927

The Hunchback of Notre Dame6.5

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

1923

He Who Gets Slapped7.5

He Who Gets Slapped

1924

The Unholy Three6.7

The Unholy Three

1925

The Penalty6.9

The Penalty

1920

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