Drama /

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Overview: The turbulent life and professional career of vaudeville actor and silent screen horror star Lon Chaney (1883-1930), the man of a thousand faces; bearer of many personal misfortunes that even his great success could not mitigate.

Cast:

James Cagney
Lon Chaney

Dorothy Malone
Cleva Creighton Chaney

Jane Greer
Hazel Bennet Chaney

Marjorie Rambeau
Gert

Jim Backus
Clarence Locan

Robert Evans
Irving Thalberg

Celia Lovsky
Mrs. Chaney

Jeanne Cagney
Carrie Chaney

Jack Albertson
Dr. J. Wilson Shiels

Roger Smith
Creighton Chaney (at 21)

Robert Lyden
Creighton Chaney (at 13)

Rickie Sorensen
Creighton Chaney (at 8)

Dennis Rush
Creighton Chaney (at 4)

Nolan Leary
Pa Chaney

Simon Scott
Carl Hastings

Clarence Kolb
Clarence Kolb

Danny Beck
Max Dill

Philip Van Zandt
George Loane Tucker

Hank Mann
Comedy Waiter #1

Harry 'Snub' Pollard
Comedy Waiter #2

Emile Avery
Stagehand (uncredited)

Al Bain
Actor in Bullpen (uncredited)

Bobby Barber
The Miracle Man Extra (uncredited)

Russ Bender
Judge (uncredited)

Marjorie Bennett
Vera (uncredited)

June Blair
Chorine (uncredited)

Nicky Blair
Cameraman of ‘Unholy Three' (uncredited)

Larry J. Blake
David T. Stone (uncredited)

Harold Bostwick
Piano Player (uncredited)

Rudy Bowman
Actor in Bullpen (uncredited)

Chet Brandenburg
Stagehand (uncredited)

Helen Brown
Mrs. Heinley (uncredited)

Robert Brubaker
Jack Conway (uncredited)

John Bryant
William R. Darrow Jr. (uncredited)

George Calliga
Ceremony Guest (uncredited)

Charles Cane
Studio Guard (uncredited)

Anna Lee Carroll
Chorine (uncredited)

James J. Casino
Stagehand (uncredited)

Spencer Chan
Chinese Extra in Bullpen (uncredited)

Bill Chatham
Shadow Dancer (uncredited)

Jack Chefe
Extra in Bullpen (uncredited)

Heinie Conklin
Audience Extra (uncredited)

Billy Curtis
Harry Earles (uncredited)

Troy Donahue
Assistant Director (uncredited)

Nancy Kilgas
Mary Philbin (uncredited)

Charles Horvath
Ivan Linow (uncredited)

Robert F. Hoy
Assistant Director in Bullpen