Lonny Chapman
- Birthday
- Oct 1, 1920
- Birthplace
- Tulsa, Oklahoma
Bio: University of Oklahoma alumnus Lonny Chapman inaugurated his professional acting career in 1948. While co-starring in the Broadway production of Come Back Little Sheba, Chapman arranged for his college chum Dennis Weaver to understudy for him. Weaver went on to TV fame as Chester on the Western series Gunsmoke, while Chapman prospered as a film character actor,… More Bio: University of Oklahoma alumnus Lonny Chapman inaugurated his professional acting career in 1948. While co-starring in the Broadway production of Come Back Little Sheba, Chapman arranged for his college chum Dennis Weaver to understudy for him. Weaver went on to TV fame as Chester on the Western series Gunsmoke, while Chapman prospered as a film character actor, playing such roles as Roy in East of Eden (1955), Rock in Baby Doll (1957), and Deke Carter in Hitchcock's The Birds (1963). On TV, Lonny Chapman starred as private eye Jeff Prior in the 1958 summer-replacement series The Investigator, and was featured as another detective, Frank Malloy, in the 1965 courtroom weekly For the People (1965). ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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Take The Money And Run
King
The China Lake Murders
When Time Ran Out
Norma Rae
Filmography
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King (2009)
- Actor
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Reindeer Games (Deception) (2000)
- Old Timer
- 25%
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Nightwatch (1998)
- Johnson
- 24%
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The Rape of Doctor Willis (1991)
- Dr. McMahon
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The China Lake Murders (1990)
- Actor
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