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Over the years, a long list of stars have assisted in bringingUniversal’sbiggest monsters to life.
Some have even played more than one.
Lon Chaney Jr.
Between his appearances as the Wolf Man, Chaney, Jr. also played other recognizable monsters.
Chaney, Jr. solidified his status as Universal’s greatest monster actor.
The actor added another notch to his belt in 1943 withSon of Dracula.
Chaney Jr. was among a handful of actors adept at playing creatures who had a contract with the studio.
For this reason, these actors were repeatedly cast in creature features.
Bela Lugosi is a similar case to Boris Karloff.
Universal regularly traded out actors for all three monsters, but maintained a different approach with the Wolf Man.
With this particular monster, there was a degree of consistency that didn’t exist with the others.
Even now, the Wolf Man remains in the public consciousness, with anotherUniversalremake arriving in 2025.
