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.
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 (as Robert J. Evans) |
Celia Lovsky | Mrs. Chaney |
Jeanne Cagney | Carrie Chaney |
Jack Albertson | Dr. J. Wilson Shields |
Roger Smith | Creighton Chaney (at 21) |
Simon Scott | Carl Hastings |
Clarence Kolb | Clarence Kolb |