The Lone Wolf is the nickname of the fictional character

Character (arts)

A character is the representation of a person in a narrative work of art . Derived from the ancient Greek word kharaktêr , the earliest use in English, in this sense, dates from the Restoration, although it became widely used after its appearance in Tom Jones in 1749. From this, the sense of...

 Michael Lanyard, a jewel thief turned private detective in a series of novel

Novel

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s written by Louis Joseph Vance

Louis Joseph Vance

Louis Joseph Vance was an American novelist, born in Washington, D. C., and educated in the preparatory department of the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute. He wrote short stories and verse after 1901, then composed many popular novels...

 (1879–1933). A large number of movies

Film

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 based on and inspired by the book

Book

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s have been made. The character also appeared briefly on radio

Radio programming

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 and television

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.

By Louis Joseph Vance

• The Lone Wolf (book) (1914)
• The False Faces (book) (1918)
• Alias The Lone Wolf (book) (1921)
• Red Masquerade: Being the Story of The Lone Wolf's Daughter (1921)
• The Lone Wolf Returns (book) (1923)
• The Lone Wolf's Son (1931)
• Encore The Lone Wolf (1933)
• The Lone Wolf's Last Prowl (1934)

Films

• The Lone Wolf (silent, 1917, Bert Lytell
  Bert Lytell
  Bert Lytell , Born Bertram Lytell, he was a popular screen star of the silent film era who starred in romantic, melodrama and adventure films....
  
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• The False Faces
  The False Faces
  The False Faces is a 1919 silent drama film directed by Irvin Willat and starring Lon Chaney, Sr. A print of the film survives at George Eastman House...
  
  (silent, 1919, Henry B. Walthall
  Henry B. Walthall
  Henry Brazeale Walthall was an American film actor.-Career:Walthall began his career as a stage actor, appearing on Broadway in a supporting role in William Vaughn Moody's The Great Divide in 1906–1908. His career in movies began in 1908, in the film Rescued from an Eagle's Nest, which also...
  
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• The Lone Wolf's Daughter (1919 film)
  The Lone Wolf's Daughter (1919 film)
  The Lone Wolf's Daughter is a 1919 silent era crime/drama/thriller motion picture starring Bertram Grassby, Louise Glaum, Edwin Stevens, and Thomas Holding.Directed by William P. S. Earle and produced by J...
  
  (silent, 1919, Bertram Grassby)
• The Lone Wolf (silent, 1924, Jack Holt
  Jack Holt (actor)
  Jack Holt was an American motion picture actor. He was a leading man of silent and sound films, and was known for his many roles in Westerns.-Early life:...
  
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• The Lone Wolf Returns (silent, 1926, Bert Lytell)
• Alias the Lone Wolf (silent, 1927, Bert Lytell)
• The Lone Wolf's Daughter (1929, Bert Lytell)
• Last of the Lone Wolf (1930, Bert Lytell)
• Cheaters At Play (1932, Thomas Meighan
  Thomas Meighan
  Thomas Meighan was an American actor of silent films and early talkies. He played several leading man roles opposite popular actresses of the day including Mary Pickford and Gloria Swanson. At one point he commanded $10,000 a week....
  
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• The Lone Wolf Returns (1935, Melvyn Douglas
  Melvyn Douglas
  Melvyn Edouard Hesselberg , better known as Melvyn Douglas, was an American actor.Coming to prominence in the 1930s as a suave leading man , Douglas later transitioned into more mature and fatherly roles as in his Academy Award-winning performances in Hud...
  
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• The Lone Wolf in Paris (1938, Francis Lederer
  Francis Lederer
  Francis Lederer was a film and stage actor with a successful career, first in Europe, then in the United States.-Europe:...
  
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• The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt
  The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt
  The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt is a 1939 film starring Warren William, Ida Lupino, Rita Hayworth, and Virginia Weidler. The film was directed by Peter Godfrey....
  
  (1939, Warren William
  Warren William
  Warren William was a Broadway and Hollywood actor, popular during the early 1930s, who was later nicknamed the "king of Pre-Code". He was born Warren William Krech in Aitkin, Minnesota to parents Freeman E. and Frances Krech. He had a certain physical resemblance to John Barrymore. He attended the...
  
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• The Lone Wolf Strikes (1940, Warren William)
• The Lone Wolf Meets A Lady
  The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady
  The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady is a 1940 Drama directed by Sidney Salkow, starring Warren William, Eric Blore and Jean Muir. The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady was the third entry of nine in the Lone Wolf series starring Warren William as Michael Lanyard. The film also introduces a sidekick for Lanyard, his...
  
  (1940, Warren William)
• The Lone Wolf Keeps A Date (1941, Warren William)
• The Lone Wolf Takes A Chance (1941, Warren William)
• Secrets of the Lone Wolf
  Secrets of the Lone Wolf
  Secrets of the Lone Wolf is a 1941 American crime film directed by Edward Dmytryk.-Cast:* Warren William as Michael Lanyard* Ruth Ford as Helene de Leon* Roger Clark as Paul Benoit* Victor Jory as 'Dapper' Dan Streever...
  
  (1941, Warren William)
• Counter-Espionage
  Counter-Espionage
  -Cast:* Warren William as Michael Lanyard* Eric Blore as Jamison* Hillary Brooke as Pamela Hart* Thurston Hall as Insp. Crane* Fred Kelsey as Detective Wesley Dickens* Forrest Tucker as Anton Schugg* Matthew Boulton as Inspector J...
  
  (1942, Warren William)
• One Dangerous Night (1943, Warren William)
• Passport to Suez (1943, Warren William)
• The Notorious Lone Wolf (1946, Gerald Mohr
  Gerald Mohr
  Gerald Mohr was an American radio, film and television character actor who appeared in over 4,000 radio plays, 73 films and over 100 television shows....
  
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• The Lone Wolf in Mexico (1947, Gerald Mohr)
• The Lone Wolf in London (1947, Gerald Mohr)
• The Lone Wolf and His Lady (1949, Ron Randell
  Ron Randell
  Ronald Egan "Ron" Randell was an Australian-born American film and stage actor.-Biography:Randell was born in Sydney. He started his career as a stage and radio performer in his teens. He soon established himself as a leading male juvenile for radio, acting for 2KY Players, George Edwards, BAP...
  
  )

Eric Blore

Eric Blore

Eric Blore was an English comic actor. Blore was born in Finchley , England.Aged eighteeen, he worked as an insurance agent for two years. He gained theatre experience while touring Australia. Originally enlisting into the Artists Rifles he was commissioned in the South Wales Borderers in World...

 played Jamison, the Lone Wolf's butler, in eleven of the movies, starting with The Lone Wolf Strikes and ending with The Lone Wolf in London.

External links

• Michael Lanyard page at the Internet Movie Database
  Internet Movie Database
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• Michael Lanyard, The Lone Wolf