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Quiz about The Golden Era  Horror Film Actors
Quiz about The Golden Era  Horror Film Actors

The Golden Era - Horror Film Actors Quiz


There were some great classic horror movies, with equally great actors, made between 1930 and 1970. This quiz is about just some of those golden era actors.

A multiple-choice quiz by DoveHouse. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
DoveHouse
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
342,521
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
8 / 10
Plays
1176
Awards
Top 20% Quiz
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Question 1 of 10
1. What was the Hungarian horror film actor, Bela Ferenc Deszo Blasko, better known as? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. What was the role that Lugosi made popular and excelled in? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. On the death of Bela Lugosi, in 1956, at the age of 73, it was reported that he was buried in one of the Dracula capes used in his portrayal of the Count.


Question 4 of 10
4. Lon Chaney Sr ( born Leonidas Frank Chaney) was a skilled actor in horror films in the silent era. This skill was partially attributed to his ability in mime, which he learned as a youngster, due to both his parents being deaf.


Question 5 of 10
5. Lon Chaney Sr was a very talented actor, good at impressions, singing, dancing and comedy, but it was mostly his ability in the genre of horror films which gave him his Hollywood nickname.
What was this nickname?
Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. In 1957 a biopic film was made about Lon Chaney Sr's life, which was directed by Joseph Pevney and starred Dorothy Malone as Chaney's wife. Who was the unlikely actor who starred as Chaney? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Lon Chaney Jr began his acting career in 1931, but was billed under his real name. What was his real name? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Lon Chaney Jr made his horror film debut in 1941, in a film entitled 'Man Made Monster'. Throughout the 1940s he made several films in this genre, but for which role was he best known? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Another master of horror in the golden era was Boris Karloff, but do you know what the actor's real name was? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. As with other classic horror film actors before him, Karloff is mostly remembered for one specific role. Do you know which role this is? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. What was the Hungarian horror film actor, Bela Ferenc Deszo Blasko, better known as?

Answer: Bela Lugosi

Lugosi was born in Lugos, Austro-Hungary, in 1882, the youngest son of a banker. He dropped out of school at 12 and began his acting career in 1901, mostly in provincial theatres, playing small roles.
He based his screen surname on his place of birth, Lugos.
2. What was the role that Lugosi made popular and excelled in?

Answer: Dracula

Lugosi played Dracula several times in films and on stage. Although this was by no means his only role, it is the one for which he is best remembered.
He played character parts in many other A and B list films, sometimes because of his love of acting, other times because he always appeared to be in poverty, possibly due to his drug addiction and the cost of treatment for this.
3. On the death of Bela Lugosi, in 1956, at the age of 73, it was reported that he was buried in one of the Dracula capes used in his portrayal of the Count.

Answer: True

Although Lugosi had never stated that he wished to be buried in his Dracula outfit, both his son, Bela G. Lugosi (born 1938) and his mother, Lillian (Lugosi's 4th wife), made this decision, believing that this is what Lugosi would have wanted.
4. Lon Chaney Sr ( born Leonidas Frank Chaney) was a skilled actor in horror films in the silent era. This skill was partially attributed to his ability in mime, which he learned as a youngster, due to both his parents being deaf.

Answer: True

His father, Frank H Chaney, and mother, Emma Alice Kennedy, were both deaf. His father founded 'the Colorado School for the Education of Mutes' which still exists but was renamed 'The Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind'.
It was at this school where his parents first met.
5. Lon Chaney Sr was a very talented actor, good at impressions, singing, dancing and comedy, but it was mostly his ability in the genre of horror films which gave him his Hollywood nickname. What was this nickname?

Answer: Man of a Thousand Faces

His versatility first became obvious in the 1919 film 'The Miracle Man' in which he played 'The Frog'. Chaney not only displayed his acting ability in this, but also his talent as a master of makeup.
He went on to use this ability in films such as 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame', 'The Phantom of the Opera' and also in human interest films such as 'The Penalty', in which he played an amputee.
6. In 1957 a biopic film was made about Lon Chaney Sr's life, which was directed by Joseph Pevney and starred Dorothy Malone as Chaney's wife. Who was the unlikely actor who starred as Chaney?

Answer: James Cagney

James Cagney was a talented actor, but many of his roles were in the genre of the villain/gangster style as opposed to biopics. However, he was also a rather talented 'hoofer' too, the proof of which is in the film 'Yankee Doodle Dandy', where he danced on stage.
Much of the biopic about Chaney's private life possibly came down to poetic licence, as Chaney shunned the Hollywood lifestyle, prefering to live a simple life with his family, so little was known about this side of his life.
The part of the film recounting his public life and performances was reasonably accurate. The film was called 'Man of a Thousand Faces'.
7. Lon Chaney Jr began his acting career in 1931, but was billed under his real name. What was his real name?

Answer: Creighton Chaney

Lon Chaney Jr started his acting career in 1931, under his real name of Creighton Chaney. It was not until 1935 that he took the name of Lon Chaney Jr, and not until the early 1940s that he branched into the horror movie field.
8. Lon Chaney Jr made his horror film debut in 1941, in a film entitled 'Man Made Monster'. Throughout the 1940s he made several films in this genre, but for which role was he best known?

Answer: The Wolfman

Chaney was noted for his role as Larry Talbot, the Wolfman, and also for his portrayal as Frankenstein's Monster, evoking pathos and sympathy for each of these unfortunates from the audience.
It was in his role as Larry Talbot that Chaney excelled, portraying him as a tragic, misunderstood figure.
9. Another master of horror in the golden era was Boris Karloff, but do you know what the actor's real name was?

Answer: William Henry Pratt

Karloff was born in London in 1887, the youngest of nine siblings, who were responsible for his upbringing after the death of their mother.
He attended King's College, London, where he studied to enter the consular service, but dropped out in 1909.
Later that same year he travelled to Canada, where he changed his name and began his acting career in provincial stage shows.
10. As with other classic horror film actors before him, Karloff is mostly remembered for one specific role. Do you know which role this is?

Answer: Frankenstein's Monster

Karloff was quite a prolific actor, who did far more than star in horror movies. In fact by the time 'talkies' came along he had starred in more than 50 films, in either bit parts, or character roles!
He first portrayed Frankenstein's Monster in 1931 in 'Frankenstein', then again in 1935 in 'The Bride of Frankenstein' and finally in 1939's 'The Son of Frankenstein'.
From 1916 to 1971 Karloff appeared in more than 150 films. Although he died in 1969, three films which he had made in Mexico, were released posthumously.
Source: Author DoveHouse

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