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.
Malcolm Atterbury Malcolm Atterbury (February 20, 1907 – August 16, 1992) was an American stage, film, and television actor, and vaudevillian.