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Man of a Thousand Faces

6.7 122 mins Drama   1957
Universal International Pictures  
Director(s): Joseph Pevney

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.

Casts of Man of a Thousand Faces

James Cagney

as Lon Chaney

Dorothy Malone

as Cleva Creighton Chaney

Jane Greer

as Hazel Bennet Chaney

Jim Backus

as Clarence Locan

Robert Evans

as Irving Thalberg

Celia Lovsky

as Mrs. Chaney

Jeanne Cagney

as Carrie Chaney

Jack Albertson

as Dr. J. Wilson Shiels

Roger Smith

as Creighton Chaney (at 21)

Robert Lyden

as Creighton Chaney (at 13)

Rickie Sorensen

as Creighton Chaney (at 8)

Dennis Rush

as Creighton Chaney (at 4)

Nolan Leary

as Pa Chaney

Simon Scott

as Carl Hastings

Clarence Kolb

as Clarence Kolb

Danny Beck

as Max Dill

Philip Van Zandt

as George Loane Tucker

Hank Mann

as Comedy Waiter #1

Harry 'Snub' Pollard

as Comedy Waiter #2

Emile Avery

as Stagehand (uncredited)

Al Bain

as Actor in Bullpen (uncredited)

Bobby Barber

as The Miracle Man Extra (uncredited)

Russ Bender

as Judge (uncredited)

Marjorie Bennett

as Vera (uncredited)

June Blair

as Chorine (uncredited)

Nicky Blair

as Cameraman of ‘Unholy Three' (uncredited)

Larry J. Blake

as David T. Stone (uncredited)

Harold Bostwick

as Piano Player (uncredited)

Rudy Bowman

as Actor in Bullpen (uncredited)

Chet Brandenburg

as Stagehand (uncredited)

Helen Brown

as Mrs. Heinley (uncredited)

Robert Brubaker

as Jack Conway (uncredited)

John Bryant

as William R. Darrow Jr. (uncredited)

George Calliga

as Ceremony Guest (uncredited)

Charles Cane

as Studio Guard (uncredited)

Anna Lee Carroll

as Chorine (uncredited)

James J. Casino

as Stagehand (uncredited)

Spencer Chan

as Chinese Extra in Bullpen (uncredited)

Bill Chatham

as Shadow Dancer (uncredited)

Jack Chefe

as Extra in Bullpen (uncredited)

Heinie Conklin

as Audience Extra (uncredited)

Billy Curtis

as Harry Earles (uncredited)

Troy Donahue

as Assistant Director (uncredited)

Nancy Kilgas

as Mary Philbin (uncredited)

Charles Horvath

as Ivan Linow (uncredited)

Robert F. Hoy

as Assistant Director in Bullpen

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