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Lon Chaney JR is known as “Wolf Man” he was born on 10th February 1906. Belonging to an artist family, he also became a leading star of horror, monster and science fiction movies. His father was the famous actor Lon Chaney and his mother Creighton Chaney was a theater singer. Lon Chaney JR was raised by his father after the scandalous divorce of his parents. He studied in boarding schools till his father married second time to Hazel Hastings. Lon Chaney his father did not want him to come to show business.

Lon Chaney JR was sent to study for Business Administration. His personal life was tormented by the loss of maternal love. He was not given the chance to meet his real mother, and was told that she had died. After his father’s death in 1930 he came to know that she lived. His father used to criticize his height by saying that he was too tall for Show Business. His first wish was to become a song writer. Released in 1939 his favorite role was as Lonnie Small, in “Of Mice and Men”.
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Michael Anthony Hall (born on April 14, 1968), is an American actor, film director and producer. He started his career as a child in commercials and on stage, debuting on screen in 1980.

He was born in West Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts, grew up in New York City and attended Manhattan’s Professional Children’s School. He started his career as an actor at age eight, being managed by his mother throughout the 1980s.

Besides acting, he has another passion, music. He is the singer and songwriter for the band, Hall of Mirrors, founded in 1998. In 1999, they released an album, Welcome to the Hall of Mirrors.

His acting career started when he was seven years old appearing in various commercials. He debuted on stage in 1977 as Steve Allen in the play The Wake. He debuted on screen in 1980 in the television movie The Gold Bug as young Edgar Allan Poe, but he wasn’t quite noticed until 1982 with the release of the film Six Pack.

A year later, he was cast as Rusty Griswold in National Lampoon’s Vacation, which was a considerable box office hit in 1983. However, he didn’t reprise his role in its sequel in 1985. His breakout role came along in 1984 in the film Sixteen Candles as Farmer Ted, the geek, role which made him a star overnight.
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