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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