- Films
- 28
- Avg rating
- 7.13
- Peak run
- 1926’28
- 7+ run
- 3 films
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
Lon by the numbers
Average
7.13
13 rated films
Vote weighted
7.16
bigger films count more
Median
7.2
half are better
Consistency
±0.44
rating spread
Career
12y
1919 to 1930
Total votes
71.3K
across every film
Best
7.7
The Unknown
Worst
7.2
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Newest first
Filmography
| 1930 | The Unholy Three | Echo | 6.7 | 1,596 |
| 1929 | Where East Is East | Tiger Haynes | · | 786 |
| 1928 | Laugh, Clown, Laugh | Tito | 7.5 | 2,319 |
| 1928 | West of Zanzibar | Phroso | 7.2 | 2,152 |
| 1928 | While the City Sleeps | Dan Coghlan | · | 281 |
| 1927 | London After Midnight | Professor Edward C. Burke | 6.7 | 1,594 |
| 1927 | Mockery | Sergei | · | 614 |
| 1927 | Mr. Wu | Mr. Wu | · | 745 |
| 1927 |  The Unknown | Alonzo | 7.7 | 10,448 |
| 1926 | The Blackbird | Dan - The Blackbird | · | 985 |
| 1926 | The Road to Mandalay | Singapore Joe | · | 264 |
| 1926 | Tell It to the Marines | Sergeant O'Hara | 7.1 | 1,718 |
| 1925 | The Monster | Dr. Ziska | 6.2 | 1,577 |
| 1925 |  The Phantom of the Opera | The Phantom | 7.5 | 22,573 |
| 1925 | The Unholy Three | Echo - The Ventriloquist | 7.1 | 2,543 |
| 1924 | He Who Gets Slapped | Paul Beaumont - Vetenskapsman | 7.7 | 4,985 |
| 1923 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame | Quasimodo | 7.2 | 6,941 |
| 1923 | The Shock | Wilse Dilling | · | 595 |
| 1922 | Oliver Twist | Fagin | · | 988 |
| 1922 | Shadows | Yen Sin - 'The Heathen' | · | 522 |
Better together?
Lon Chaney's regulars
- Tod BrowningDirector and actor · 9 films · 7.18 avg●+0.04
- Norman KerryCo-star · 3 films · 7.47 avg▲+0.17
- Wallace WorsleyDirector and actor · 3 films · 7.10 avg●−0.01
- Jack ConwayDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.70 avg▼−0.24
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On Lon Chaney
Information courtesy of IMDb (https://www.imdb.com). Used with permission. Ratings and votes as of the latest nightly refresh.