Talk:Lon Chaney, Jr.
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General comment-- I think this concentrates far too much on Chaney's horror roles, which are in fact outnumbered by his appearances in westerns. Also, since he was known simply as "Lon Chaney" from 1940 to his death in '67, what's with the entry being labled "Jr."? As an alternative, yes, perhaps, but his professional name, and his screen credit, did not include the "J." (Except in the very last piece of dreck he did, Female Bunch-- which is pretty much yet another western.)
If we drop the "Jr", how do you propose to distiguish betwwen this Lon Chaney and his father, who was also a famous actor whose professional name was "Lon Chaney"? The father never weet by "Lon Chaney, Sr."; so, our choices for the son are "Lon Chaney, Jr." (the name by which is is often now known) or "Creighton Chaney". The former seems to be what most people will look under. Cdixon 16:35, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
- I'm not at all sure that it's true he went by simply "Lon Chaney". He should continue to be listed under Jr. Wahkeenah 01:18, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] family history
I don't think that the family history, with the exception of Lon Chaney, Sr., is important in this article.--RockRNC 01:57, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
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[edit] More information on the actor from www.classicscifi.com would benefit the page.
Hello. I have been watching Lon's films since at least 1973. I have obviously been a big fan of his for decades. I could talk about Lon for hours with the curious movie buff.
I met his nephew about 8 years ago.
Anyways, I found a nifty page I'd like to add as an external link.
Unfortunately, there has been some trouble getting it posted up here.
There is something cryptic about it.
The page is found on the web at www.classicscifi.com
Here is the mystery link that won't work on Wikipedia.
This is it http://www.classicscifi.com/index.php?option=com_csfactor&Itemid=31&actor=Lon+Chaney+Jr.
I thought it would be great to add as there is some film footage of the actor on the site. Great addition that I would think is more than suitable for the page.
Thanks, Electric Japan (talk) 10:11, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] deathbed comment
There's a remark in the article that goes like this: "On his deathbed, Lon Chaney, Jr's close friend Sandie Clark told reporters that Lon Chaney, Jr 'was a gentle, talented man.'" Aside from the fact that someone said something nice about him is hardly news of encyclopedia importance, there's also the question of the wording. On whose deathbed? Chaney's? Then the sentence, grammatically, suggests that the speaker was on Chaney's deathbed with him. Clark's? How is that pertinent? If the intent is to say that Clark said this while Chaney was on his own deathbed, then it needs to be rewritten to reflect that. My suggestion is that it's too trivial, since probably a hundred people said the same thing about Chaney. But if it's there, it needs to be clear who's where when. Monkeyzpop (talk) 05:58, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
