Directed by George Waggner   Written by Curt Siodmak   Cast Lon Chaney Jr. ... Lawrence Talbot / The Wolf Man (as Lon Chaney) Claude Rains ... Sir John Talbot Ralph Bellamy ... Colonel Montford Warren William ... Dr. Lloyd Patric Knowles ... Frank Andrews Bela Lugosi ... Bela Maria Ouspenskaya ... Maleva Evelyn Ankers ... Gwen Conliffe Fay Helm ... Jenny J.M. Kerrigan ... Charles Conliffe Forrester Harvey ... Twiddle Uncredited Cast Jessie Arnold ... Gypsy Woman Gertrude Astor ... Townswoman Caroline Frances Cooke ... Townswoman Harry Cording ... Wykes Margaret Fealy ... Townswoman Gibson Gowland ... Villager Mercedes Hill ... Girl Leyland Hodgson ... Kendall - Butler Olaf Hytten ... Villager La Riana ... Gypsy Dancer Connie Leon ... Mrs. Wykes Doris Lloyd ... Mrs. Williams Ottola Nesmith ... Mrs. Bally Monty O'Grady ... Villager Eddie Polo ... Churchgoer Ernie Stanton ... Phillips - Search Party Member Anne G. Sterling ... Gypsy Girl Fanny Sterling ... Heavyset Gypsy Woman Tom Stevenson ... Richardson - Gravedigger Harry Stubbs ... Reverend Norman Eric Wilton ... Chauffeur Produced by Jack J. Gross   George Waggner   Original Music by Charles Previn   Hans J. Salter   Frank Skinner

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