Jack Pierce working on his design for The Wolf Man - Courtesy of Scott Essman Lon Chaney Jr did not enjoy transforming into the Wolf Man. The actor – who played the cursed monster in the 1941 original ...

Lon Chaney, the silent movie star and makeup artist, renowned for his various characterizations and celebrated for his horror films, becomes the subject of this documentary. We learn of his deaf mute ...

Trigger Warning: The following includes references to suicide. Hollywood's silent film beginnings launched the careers of legendary actors, the likes of Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, and Mary ...

Born Alonso Chaney in Colorado Springs in 1883, Chaney was the son of deaf and non-verbal parents. He found work as an actor and travelled the country, eventually arriving, broke, in 1912 at the ...

Lon Chaney clowns with his dog in the Garden of the Gods during one of his many visits to Colorado Springs after he became a star of silent movies. Editor’s note: This July, as Colorado Springs gears ...