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Lon Chaney Jr.

1906 - 1973

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Creighton Tull Chaney (February 10, 1906 – July 12, 1973), known by his stage name Lon Chaney Jr. (or simply Lon Chaney), was an American actor known for playing Larry Talbot in the film The Wolf Man (1941) and its various crossovers, Count Alucard (Dracula spelled backward) in Son of Dracula, Frankenstein's monster in The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942), the Mummy in three pictures, and various other roles in many Universal horror films, including six films in their 1940s Inner Sanctum series, making him a horror icon. He also portrayed Lennie Small in Of Mice and Men (1939) and supporting parts in dozens of mainstream movies, including High Noon (1952), The Defiant Ones (1958), and numerous Westerns, musicals, comedies and dramas. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lon Chaney Jr. has received more than 2,118,669 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Lon Chaney Jr. is the 3,922nd most popular actor (down from 3,673rd in 2019), the 5,959th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,787th in 2019) and the 1,841st most popular American Actor.

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  • 47.65

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.49

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.09

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Lon Chaney Jr. ranks 3,922 out of 9,996. Before him are Sarah Shahi, Ji Jin-hee, Michael J. Pollard, Billy Gilbert, Margaret Dumont, and Ron Ely. After him are Phoebe Cates, Edward Burns, Richard Benjamin, Barry Newman, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, and Robert Pine.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Lon Chaney Jr. ranks 245. Before him are Axel Cadier, Jānis Ivanovs, Vilmos Kohut, Hermione Baddeley, Harri Larva, and Jaroslav Burgr. After him are Alexander Moyzes, Josef Čtyřoký, Willy Hansen, Rolf Singer, Benedicto de Moraes Menezes, and Bart Bok. Among people deceased in 1973, Lon Chaney Jr. ranks 172. Before him are Käthe von Nagy, Vera Panova, David Murray, Washington Ortuño, Raymond Schwartz, and Pixinguinha. After him are Arturo de Córdova, Arcadio Larraona Saralegui, Josué de Castro, İbrahim Kaypakkaya, Erich Srbek, and Charles Daniels.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lon Chaney Jr. ranks 5,959 out of 18,182. Before him are Sarah Shahi (1980), Walt Frazier (1945), Michael J. Pollard (1939), Billy Gilbert (1894), Margaret Dumont (1882), and Ron Ely (1938). After him are Louise Arner Boyd (1887), Phoebe Cates (1963), Edward Burns (1968), Alan Freed (1921), Alex Katz (1927), and Koko Taylor (1928).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Lon Chaney Jr. ranks 1,841. Before him are Sheree J. Wilson (1958), Sarah Shahi (1980), Michael J. Pollard (1939), Billy Gilbert (1894), Margaret Dumont (1882), and Ron Ely (1938). After him are Phoebe Cates (1963), Edward Burns (1968), Richard Benjamin (1938), Barry Newman (1938), Robert Pine (1941), and Dylan O'Brien (1991).

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