To their credit, Johnston, Del Toro (also a producer on the movie) and their collaborators use Lon Chaney Jr.'s "The Wolf Man" as a solid starting point rather than simply a hook for a modern ...

Of all the great Universal movie monsters, my favorite is found in the 1941 film The Wolfman. Lon Chaney’s portrayal of Larry Talbot offers more than just a classic horror story about a man who ...

Lon Chaney Jr. put his stamp on The Wolf Man in the 1941 movie, then played Frankenstein’s Monster in “The Ghost of Frankenstein” (1942) when Boris Karloff decided to not reprise his earlier ...

When "The Wolfman" snarls its way into theaters Friday, it will carry with it more than the usual expectations and financial projections of any major studio franchise hopeful. The film bears the ...

Lon Chaney Jr., who was born in Oklahoma, starred in “The Wolf Man” and other Universal Studios monster movies. COURTESY, Chaney Enterprises ...

There were a couple of key changes throughout the production of 2025's Wolf Man. ... Wolf Man Movies. Release Year. The Wolf Man. 1941. ... Lon Chaney is the Wolf Man holding his love in the ...

Ron Chaney knows a little something about classic monster movies. He has a very personal connection to films like “The Wolfman” (1941), “The Mummy’s Tomb” (1942), “Son of Dracula ...

Seeing the new film, which opens nationwide today, got me wondering what Ron Chaney thought of the completed project or if he's even seen it yet. When I interviewed Chaney in October 2007, he told ...

The movie is a reboot of the classic character first portrayed by Lon Chaney Jr. in 1941's The Wolf Man, which shaped how audiences viewed werewolves in fiction.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Lon Chaney, Jr. (February 10, 1906 – July 12, 1973), born Creighton Tull Chaney, was an American character actor.