Lon Chaney, Jr.

He achieved immortality by appearing on one of a series of United States postage stamps portraying movie monsters, as the Wolf Man, in 1977. He recently appeared in New York City with Christopher Plummer in King Lear, and in Washington, DC in the title role of Cyrano de Bergerac. He maintained a strong career in horror movies, playing all four of the classic horror roles -- the Wolf Man, Frankenstein's monster in The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942), The Mummy in The Mummy's Tomb (1942) and (the son of) Dracula in Son of Dracula (1943). He appeared several seasons with the Shaw and Stratford festivals. In 1941 he starred in the title role of The Wolf Man, the characterization which would be his stereotypical role for the rest of his life. He is also a very talented stage actor. He did not achieve stardom until the 1939 feature film version of Of Mice and Men, in which he played Lennie Small. He also played David Kaydick in RoboCop: Prime Directives.

His first movie was an uncredited role in the 1932 film Girl Crazy. His most famous role is that of Nick Knight on the television series Forever Knight. He did not take any movie roles until after his father's death. Geraint Wyn Davies (born 20 April 1957) is a Canadian actor of Welsh extraction. But he also studied makeup under his father. He worked menial jobs in order to make his own way.

Chaney worked hard to avoid his father's shadow. Chaney was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and died in San Clemente, California. He was born Creighton Tull Chaney, and was first credited as "Lon Chaney, Jr." in 1935, as a studio marketing ploy. Lon Chaney, Jr. (February 10, 1906 - July 12, 1973) was an American character actor, well-known mainly for his roles in monster movies and as the son of his better-known father, Lon Chaney.