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Lon Chaney Jr.

Actor · 131 credits · 52 in highly-rated films

Best known for High Noon (1952)

Frequent collaborators: John Carradine, Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, Lionel Atwill, Evelyn Ankers

Best Lon Chaney Jr. movies by genre

Movies (131 total, ranked by score)

  1. High Noon

    1952 · ★ 7.7 (1,610 votes)

    Western

    1

  2. The Defiant Ones

    1958 · ★ 7.1 (334 votes)

    Crime, Drama, Adventure

    2

  3. Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein

    1948 · ★ 7.1 (358 votes)

    Horror, Comedy

    3

  4. The Wolf Man

    1941 · ★ 7.0 (694 votes)

    Horror, Drama

    4

  5. Of Mice and Men

    1939 · ★ 7.3 (105 votes)

    Drama

    5

  6. Spider Baby

    1967 · ★ 6.8 (187 votes)

    Comedy, Horror

    6

  7. Strange Confession

    1945 · ★ 6.8 (23 votes)

    Crime, Mystery, Drama

    7

  8. Weird Woman

    1944 · ★ 6.0 (35 votes)

    Horror, Mystery

    8

  9. The Bushwhackers

    1951 · ★ 5.1 (8 votes)

    Thriller, Western

    9

  10. My Favorite Brunette

    1947 · ★ 6.6 (56 votes)

    Comedy, Mystery, Romance

    10

  11. Witchcraft

    1964 · ★ 6.8 (30 votes)

    Horror

    11

  12. The Haunted Palace

    1963 · ★ 6.7 (193 votes)

    Horror

    12

  13. Ghost Catchers

    1944 · ★ 5.7 (5 votes)

    Comedy, Horror, Music

    13

  14. Born Reckless

    1937 · ★ 5.5 (5 votes)

    Adventure, Crime

    14

  15. Only the Valiant

    1951 · ★ 6.5 (44 votes)

    Western

    15

  16. Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man

    1943 · ★ 6.2 (227 votes)

    Horror, Science Fiction

    16

  17. House of Frankenstein

    1944 · ★ 6.1 (188 votes)

    Horror, Science Fiction

    17

  18. Road Demon

    1938

    Drama, Crime

    18

  19. Pardners

    1956 · ★ 6.7 (64 votes)

    Comedy, Western

    19

  20. The Indian Fighter

    1955 · ★ 6.4 (84 votes)

    Western

    20

  21. Young Fury

    1964 · ★ 5.4 (10 votes)

    Western

    21

  22. Jivaro

    1954 · ★ 5.2 (11 votes)

    Adventure, Action, Romance

    22

  23. Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film

    2014 · ★ 7.5 (4 votes)

    Documentary, Horror

    23

  24. Sharad of Atlantis

    1936 · ★ 4.4 (16 votes)

    Action, Fantasy, Science Fiction

    24

  25. Jack Pierce: The Man Who Made the Monsters

    2015 · ★ 10.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    25

  26. Heroes of Horror

    2001 · ★ 9.0 (2 votes)

    Documentary, Horror

    26

  27. Captain Hurricane

    1935 · ★ 4.5 (2 votes)

    Comedy, Drama, Romance

    27

  28. Law of the Lawless

    1964 · ★ 6.1 (9 votes)

    Western

    28

  29. The Last Frontier

    1932 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)

    Western, Action, Adventure

    29

  30. Springfield Rifle

    1952 · ★ 6.4 (47 votes)

    War, Western

    30

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 29, 2026.