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Chaney, Lon (Alonso)

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Chaney, Lon (Alonso) (1883-1930)

US star of silent films. He often played grotesque or monstrous roles such as The Phantom of the Opera (1925). A master of make-up, he was nicknamed ‘the Man of a Thousand Faces’. He sometimes used extremely painful devices for added effect, as in the title role in The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923), when he carried over 30 kg/70 lb of costume in the form of a heavy hump and harness.

He was the father of Lon Chaney, Jr, who also appeared in several horror films.



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