- Films
- 78
- Avg rating
- 5.97
- Peak run
- 1952’55
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
5.97
45 rated films
Vote weighted
6.03
bigger films count more
Median
6.1
half are better
Consistency
±1.03
rating spread
Career
50y
1922 to 1971
Total votes
317K
across every film
Best
7.9
High Noon
Worst
5.7
House of Dracula
Newest first
Filmography
| 1971 | House of the Black Death | Belial Desard | · | 451 |
| 1971 | The Female Bunch | Monti | · | 630 |
| 1971 | Dracula vs. Frankenstein | Groton | 3.5 | 2,422 |
| 1968 | Buckskin | Sheriff Tangley | · | 260 |
| 1967 | Spider Baby or, The Maddest Story Ever Told | Bruno | 6.7 | 9,024 |
| 1967 | Hillbillys in a Haunted House | Maximillian | 2.8 | 1,695 |
| 1967 | Gallery of Horror | Dr. Mendell | 3.5 | 1,033 |
| 1966 | Johnny Reno | Sheriff Hodges | · | 693 |
| 1965 | Black Spurs | Gus Kile | · | 532 |
| 1965 | Town Tamer | Mayor Charlie Leach | · | 388 |
| 1965 | Apache Uprising | Charlie Russell | · | 614 |
| 1964 | Law of the Lawless | Tiny | · | 495 |
| 1964 | Witchcraft | Morgan Whitlock | 6.1 | 1,913 |
| 1964 | Young Fury | Ace -- Bartender | · | 324 |
| 1963 |  The Haunted Palace | Simon Orne | 6.7 | 10,017 |
| 1962 | The Devil's Messenger | Satan | · | 585 |
| 1959 | The Alligator People | Manon | 5.6 | 2,917 |
| 1958 |  The Defiant Ones | Big Sam | 7.5 | 20,438 |
| 1958 | Money, Women and Guns | Art Birdwell | · | 487 |
| 1957 | The Cyclops | Marty Melville | 4.5 | 1,544 |
Better together?
Lon Chaney Jr.'s regulars
- John CarradineCo-star · 7 films · 4.95 avg▼−0.91
- Reginald LeBorgDirector and actor · 6 films · 5.96 avg▲+0.07
- J. Carrol NaishCo-star · 4 films · 5.27 avg▼−0.92
- Rory CalhounCo-star · 3 films
- R.G. SpringsteenDirector and actor · 3 films
- Bela LugosiCo-star · 3 films · 6.57 avg▲+0.67
- Lionel AtwillCo-star · 3 films · 6.20 avg▼−0.06
- Erle C. KentonDirector and actor · 3 films · 6.00 avg▼−0.31
- Evelyn AnkersCo-star · 3 films · 6.00 avg▼−0.12
- W. Lee WilderDirector and actor · 2 films
- André De TothDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.45 avg▲+0.16
- Harold YoungDirector and actor · 2 films · 5.65 avg▼−0.43
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
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