Lon Chaney Jr.

Written by Cliff Aliperti and originally published on Immortal Ephemera

Lon Chaney Jr. (1906-1973)

Born Creighton Tull Chaney in Oklahoma City, he spent his earliest years barnstorming vaudeville with his parents but show biz ambitions were stalled by the time they divorced in 1913. It wasn't until after the death of his famed “Man of a Thousand Faces” father Lon Chaney in August 1930, that Creighton embarked upon his own acting career. In 1932 he landed a contract with RKO where he played bit...