
The turbulent life and professional career of vaudeville actor and silent screen horror star Lon Chaney (1883-1930), the man of a thousand faces; bearer of many personal misfortunes that even his great success could not mitigate.

James Cagney
Lon Chaney

Dorothy Malone
Cleva Creighton Chaney

Jane Greer
Hazel Bennet Chaney

Marjorie Rambeau
Gert

Jim Backus
Clarence Locan

Robert Evans
Irving Thalberg

Celia Lovsky
Mrs. Chaney

Jeanne Cagney
Carrie Chaney

Jack Albertson
Dr. J. Wilson Shiels

Roger Smith
Creighton Chaney (at 21)
Robert Lyden
Creighton Chaney (at 13)

Rickie Sorensen
Creighton Chaney (at 8)

Contempt
Contempt

Once Upon a Time in America
Once Upon a Time in America

My Own Private Idaho
My Own Private Idaho

The Green Mile
The Green Mile

The Promised Land
The Promised Land

Happening
Happening

Maria Full of Grace
Maria Full of Grace

Longing
Longing

Lisbon Story
Lisbon Story

Fire
Fire

Capote
Capote

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof