Leonidas Frank Chaney is born on April 1st to deaf-mute parents.
Makes theatrical debut in an amateur play, and soon after joins a traveling musical comedy troupe
Marries Cleva Creighton
Son Creighton (Lon Jr.) born
Divorced from Cleva. Leaves theater to focus on a career in film
Between 1912 and 1918 appears in over 50 silent films
Lands his first important role as a bogus cripple in "The Miracle Man"
In "Outside the Law," plays both a gangster and a Chinese servant. Plays a legless gangster in "The Penalty"
Stars in "Oliver Twist" as Fagin, and "Shadows" as the shipwrecked Yen Sin
Plays Quasimodo in "The Hunchback of Notre Dame"
In "He Who Gets Slapped," plays a scientist-turned-clown
Plays the Phantom in "Phantom of the Opera". Plays a conman dressed as a widow in "The Unholy Three"
Plays a sergeant in "Tell It To the Marines"
In "The Unknown," plays an armless knife thrower
Stars in his only talkie, a remake of "The Unholy Three." Dies of cancer less than two months after its premiere
