Leonidas Frank Chaney, better known professionally as Lon Chaney, was an American actor, director, screenwriter and makeup artist.
(1883 - 1930) (47 Years Old)
Victims[]
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923)[]
- Two Unnamed Villagers - Crushed by rocks thrown at them by Quasimodo.
- Two Unnamed Guards - Crushed by a column thrown at them by Quasimodo.
- At Least Nine Unnamed Villagers - Burned to death by molten lead thrown at them by Quasimodo.
- Jehan - Knocked down from a tower by Quasimodo.
- Total - 14
The Phantom of the Opera (1925)[]
- 23 Unnamed Viewers - Crushed by a falling chandelier, caused by Erik/The Phantom.
- Joseph Buquet - Hanged by Erik/The Phantom with the Punjab lasso off-screen, body shown.
- Philippe de Chagny - Drowned in an underground lake by Erik/The Phantom.
- Total - 25
London After Midnight (1927)[]
- Sir James Hamlin - Sentenced to death via hanging by an unknown person after being arrested by Inspector Edward C. Burke/The Man in the Beaver Hat off-screen, implied.
- Total - 1
Kill Count[]
- Total - 40
- 40 Humans
- 34 Victims of Unknown Gender
- 6 Men
- 40 Humans
Kill Counts by Character[]
- Erik/The Phantom (The Phantom of the Opera) - 25
- Quasimodo (The Hunchback of Notre Dame) - 14
- Inspector Edward C. Burke/The Man in the Beaver Hat (London After Midnight) - 1
Characters Killed by Lon Chaney[]
- Jehan - Knocked down from a tower by Quasimodo.
- Joseph Buquet - Hanged by Erik/The Phantom with the Punjab lasso off-screen, body shown.
- Philippe de Chagny - Drowned in an underground lake by Erik/The Phantom.
- Sir James Hamlin - Sentenced to death via hanging by an unknown person after being arrested by Inspector Edward C. Burke/The Man in the Beaver Hat off-screen, implied.
Deaths[]
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923)[]
- Quasimodo - Died from his wound after being stabbed in the back by Jehan.
The Phantom of the Opera (1925)[]
- Erik/The Phantom - Thrown and drowned in the Seine River by a Paris mob after they tie him up.
Trivia[]
- Father of Lon Chaney Jr.