<P> The Wolf Man is a 1941 American horror film written by Curt Siodmak and produced and directed by George Waggner . The film features Lon Chaney Jr. in the title role , and also features Claude Rains , Warren William , Ralph Bellamy , Patric Knowles , and Bela Lugosi ; with Evelyn Ankers , and Maria Ouspenskaya in supporting roles . The title character has had a great deal of influence on Hollywood 's depictions of the legend of the werewolf . The film is the second Universal Pictures werewolf film , preceded six years earlier by the less commercially successful Werewolf of London ( 1935 ) . </P>
<P> The Wolf Man is a 1941 American horror film written by Curt Siodmak and produced and directed by George Waggner . The film features Lon Chaney Jr. in the title role , and also features Claude Rains , Warren William , Ralph Bellamy , Patric Knowles , and Bela Lugosi ; with Evelyn Ankers , and Maria Ouspenskaya in supporting roles . The title character has had a great deal of influence on Hollywood 's depictions of the legend of the werewolf . The film is the second Universal Pictures werewolf film , preceded six years earlier by the less commercially successful Werewolf of London ( 1935 ) . </P>
who played the werewolf in the old movies
who played the werewolf in the old movies
Lon Chaney Jr.
Lon Chaney Jr.