However, Lon Chaney Jr. is still effective in his tragic portrayal of Larry Talbot and the Wolf Man, despite a clumsy ...

That includes the power of silver and the “wolfbane” poem that foregrounds the idea that “even a man who is pure in heart” can fall victim to the werewolf curse. Lon Chaney Jr. returns to ...

werewolf rivalry: There has never been a great ... character in Universal’s 1923 Hunchback of Notre Dame, played by Lon Chaney Sr. Here, it just refers to any kyphosis-stricken lab assistant.) ...

Lon Chaney Jr. was born in Oklahoma City before statehood. Chaney is most famous in the monster-verse for playing the title role in the 1941 Universal Studios classic “The Wolf Man.” ...

Image Credit: Universal Pictures. Universal got into the lycan game with 1935’s Werewolf of London, but they didn’t get a hirsute hit until Lon Chaney Jr. stepped into the main role in 1941 ...

Even a foundation of the genre, such as George Waggner’s classic 1941 The Wolf Man starring Lon Chaney Jr., never received a direct sequel of its own—rather, the Wolf Man was lumped in ...

His grandfather Lon Chaney Jr. played Universal Studios' original fur-covered fright guy the Wolfman. "Today, when someone hears my last name or even sees it, they ask me if I'm related to former ...