Universal Monsters was a concept that began with the silent films starring which American stage actor?
Universal Monsters Universal Monsters is a phrase used to describe the horror, suspense and science fiction films made by Universal Studios during the decades of the 1920s through the 1950s. They began with "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" and "The Phantom of the Opera", both silent films starring Lon Chaney. Universal continued with talkies including monster franchises "Dracula", "Frankenstein", "The Mummy", "The Invisible Man", "The Wolf Man" and "Creature from the Black Lagoon". The films often featured Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff and Lon Chaney, Jr.
Fred Church (actor) Fred Rosewell Church (17 October 1889 – 7 January 1983) was an American actor of the silent era. After touring the U.S. in vaudeville, he joined Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson in Western films for the latter's Essanay Studios. He appeared in over 200 films between 1908 and 1935. He was born in Ontario/Boone, Iowa and died in Blythe, California, near his home in Quartzsite, Arizona, from a congestive heart failure