Makeup artist Michael Blake doesn’t know why he became obsessed with Lon Chaney, but he knows how and when. He was 10 years old when he was introduced to the protean silent star by his late dad ...

Actor Lon Chaney tested the boundaries of on-screen ... He once said that “the success of the makeup relied more on the placements of highlights and shadows, some not in the most obvious areas ...

For Lon Chaney, the art of acting was the art of continual ... He was so adept at changing his appearance with makeup — a trade he learned during his many years on the stage — that Chaney ...

A favorite 1920s joke went, "Don't step on that spider! It might be Lon Chaney." But Chaney was the first to say that makeup was not about wizardry. "It's an art, but not magic," he said.

Lon Chaney, in fact, had a thousand of them ... He also was a master of makeup, creating a gallery of unforgettable characters that no conventional Hollywood leading man would dare portray.

Known as 'the man of a thousand faces', this documentary profiles Lon Chaney (pictured), master of grotesque movie make-up. When he died in 1930, age 47, he had played 150 film roles, including ...

5. Lon Chaney Sr. was an early makeup effects master. Dick Smith. Tom Savini. Rick Baker. These are names that are well known to monster movie fans the world over. But before makeup legend Jack ...

Eighty-five years ago, moviegoers saw Lon Chaney unmasked as “The Phantom ... singer Christine Daae (portrayed by Chicago-born beauty pageant queen Mary Philbin) pulling the mask off the Old ...

Lon Chaney was born in Colorado Springs in 1883 ... In film after film, using makeup and sometimes torturous costumes, he played the role of the outsider with conviction: strapping his shins ...

His father was Lon Chaney, a prominent actor from the silent film era. The elder Chaney was known mostly for playing characters that required extensive makeup, many of which being characters ...

She also was the mother of Lon Chaney Jr., born Feb. 10 ... was performing on stage in clown makeup. As he left, a woman collapsed at his feet. It was Cleva. Said a May 1 story in the L.A ...