Within a seven-year span, Lon Chaney, Jr. played the same werewolf an impressive total of five times. Among the many actors associated with Universal’s rich library of monster movies is Lon Chaney, Jr., a talented actor with an extremely deep and impressive filmography. The son of Phantom of the Opera star Lon Chaney, the actor quickly carved a path for himself in Hollywood as a horror movie star. Much like his father before him, Chaney, Jr. often used heavy makeup for his roles, which were often monsters in classic horror movies.