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.

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James CagneyLon Chaney

Dorothy MaloneCleva Creighton Chaney

Jane GreerHazel Bennet Chaney

Marjorie RambeauGert

Jim BackusClarence Locan

Robert EvansIrving Thalberg

Celia LovskyMrs. Chaney

Jeanne CagneyCarrie Chaney