Editing Lon Chaney Jr. (section)

==Personal life==
Chaney was married twice. He had two sons by his first wife, Dorothy, Lon Ralph Chaney (July 3, 1928 – May 5, 1992) and Ronald Creighton Chaney (March 18, 1930 – December 15, 1987). Dorothy divorced him in 1936 for drinking too much and being "sullen".<ref>{{cite news|title=Lon Chaney Jr. Is Sued for Divorce; Wed 10 Years|work=Chicago Daily Tribune|date=26 June 1936|page=23}}</ref> He married Patsy Beck in 1937.

Chaney was well liked by some co-workers – "sweet" is the adjective that most commonly emerges from those who acted with, and liked him – yet he was capable of intense dislikes. For instance, he and frequent co-star [[Evelyn Ankers]] did not get along at all. He was also known to befriend younger actors and stand up for older ones who he felt were belittled by the studios. One example was [[William Farnum]], a major silent star who played a small role in ''[[The Mummy's Curse]]''. According to co-star [[Peter Coe (actor)|Peter Coe]], Chaney demanded that Farnum be given his own chair on the set and be treated with respect, or else he would walk off the picture.{{citation needed|date=April 2022}}

Chaney had run-ins with actor [[Frank Reicher]] (whom he nearly strangled on camera in ''[[The Mummy's Ghost]]'') and director [[Robert Siodmak]] (over whose head Chaney broke a vase).<ref>{{cite book|first=Don G.|last=Smith|title=Lon Chaney Jr.: Horror Film Star|publisher=[[McFarland & Co.]]|location=Jefferson, North Carolina|date=1996|isbn= 978-0786418138|page=91}}</ref> Actor [[Robert Stack]] claimed in his 1980 autobiography that Chaney and drinking buddy [[Broderick Crawford]] were known as "the monsters" around the [[Universal Pictures]] lot because of their drunken behavior that frequently resulted in bloodshed.<ref>{{cite book|first=Robert|last=Stack|authorlink=Robert Stack|title=Straight Shooting|publisher=[[Macmillan Publishing]]|location=New York City|date=1980|isbn= 9780026133203 |page=64}}</ref>

===Honors===
In 1999, a Golden Palm Star on the [[Palm Springs, California]], [[Palm Springs Walk of Stars|Walk of Stars]] was dedicated to him.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20121013165655/http://www.palmspringswalkofstars.com/web-storage/Stars/Stars%20dedicated%20by%20date.pdf Palm Springs Walk of Stars by date dedicated]}}</ref>