
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
Crew

Joseph Pevney
Director
R. Wright Campbell
Screenplay
Ben Roberts
Screenplay

Ivan Goff
Screenplay
Ralph Wheelwright
Story
Ted J. Kent
Editor
Russell Metty
Director of Photography
Ray DeCamp
Assistant Director
Phil Bowles
Assistant Director
Robert Arthur
Producer
Clifford Stine
Visual Effects Camera, Visual Effects
Bill Thomas
Costume Designer

Bud Westmore
Makeup Artist
Jack Kevan
Makeup Artist
Edward L. Sandlin
Sound Editor
Robert L. Bratton
Sound Editor
Robert Pritchard
Sound
Leslie I. Carey
Sound

Frank Skinner
Original Music Composer
Joseph Gershenson
Music Supervisor
Milton Rosen
Music
Edward Ward
Music
Julia Heron
Set Decoration
Russell A. Gausman
Set Decoration

Clarence Kolb
Technical Advisor
Marjorie Ramsey
Technical Advisor
Adele Cannon
Script Supervisor
Edward Dodds
Unit Manager
Alexander Golitzen
Art Direction
Eric Orbom
Art Direction
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