The Whistler TV Series: Backfire w/ Lon Chaney

[@michaelklein5242]

Poor Lon, Jr., such an undervalued performer. I think living in his dad's shadow and Universal trying to pass him off as his father's successor probably led to his acute drinking, an addiction that sadly ravaged his looks more than most any actor I can think of. The thing with Lon is, by and large, he was almost always miscast in Universal's horror films, although he acquitted himself superbly as Lawrence Talbot, the Wolf Man in the picture by the same name, continuing into sequels featuring the character. He was also memorable in "Man Made Monster", again playing another sympathetic character. Lon was in actuality a down home kind of guy raised in Oklahoma. He was always top notch in his westerns, up to and including "High Noon". He was also ideal in character parts, sometimes as gangsters, heavies or dramatic roles. Those are the genres and types of roles where he usually shined the brightest. This tv program (thank you!) gives us more evidence, even though it was shot quickly with little time for retakes.

[@tonyshort1623]

Miss these shows no class today on tv like then!

[@richardmcleod5967]

Lon Chaney Jr. and his father were both great actors.

[@larrynolletti4594]

Great upload....loved the radio show...Lon was great here....

[@citizenduffus1370]

Awesome ending!

[@awarningtothecuriouswerewolves]

Poor Lon -- he was always such a hard luck guy!

[@awarningtothecuriouswerewolves]

@wolfen244 -- "His path was thorny, through no fault of his own..." RIP Lon/Larry

[@STORMY0O]

Oh wow what a twist! Well done!

[@tonyshort1623]

Great actor!!

[@dalyjohnm]

Brilliant. Thanks ghost !!

[@tonyshort1623]

Bad break!!!

[@dLLund]

so there's no continuing lead actor, like there was in the first 7 'whistler' movies ? is episode #1 available ? maybe on internet archive ...

[@steverhodesvideos6244]

sound and picture are way out of sync