Wilfred Lucas
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 29, 1871
- Died
- December 13, 1940 (aged 69)
- Birthplace
- Norfolk, Ontario, Canada
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Wilfred Lucas (January 30, 1871 – December 13, 1940) was a Canadian-born American stage actor who found success in film as an actor, director, and screenwriter. Wilfred Lucas made his Broadway debut in 1904, playing in both the The Blue Grass Handicap and The Superstition of Sue. Following his 1906 role in the highly successful play The Chorus Lady, he was recruited to the fledgling Biograph Studios by D. W. Griffith. At the time, the film business was still looked down upon by many members of the theatrical community. In her 1925 book titled When the Movies Were Young, Griffith's wife, actress Linda Arvidson, told the story of the early days at Biograph Studios. In it, she referred to Lucas as the "first real grand actor, democratic enough to work in Biograph movies." In 1908 Lucas made his motion picture debut in Griffith's The Greaser's Gauntlet, appearing in more than 50 of these short (usually 17 minutes) films over the next two years. In 1910 while still acting, he wrote the script for Griffith's film Sunshine Sue, which was followed by many more scripts by 1924. Lucas also began directing in 1912 with Griffith on An Outcast Among Outcasts, and directed another 44 films over the next 20 years. In early 1916 he starred as John Carter in Acquitted, about which Photoplay wrote, "No single performance in the records of active photography has surpassed his visualization of the humble book-keeper in Acquitted." Later in 1916 he appeared in D.W. Griffith's film Intolerance. Part of the group of Canadian pioneers in early Hollywood, Lucas became friends and sometimes starred with Mary Pickford, Sam De Grasse, and Marie Dressler. Canadian-born director Mack Sennett hired him to both direct and act in a large number of films at his Keystone Studios. Lucas made the successful transition from silent film to sound. While working in Hollywood, in 1926 he returned to the stage, performing in several Broadway plays. He later appeared as a foil for Laurel and Hardy in their feature films Pardon Us and A Chump at Oxford. During his long career, Wilfred Lucas appeared in more than 375 films. Although for a time he was cast in leading roles, he became very successful as secondary and minor characters, making a good living in the film industry for more than three decades.
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Filmography
The Nest
Movie · as Howard Hardy
The Best of Laurel and Hardy
Movie · as The Warden (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Sea Wolf
Movie
Brother Orchid
Movie · as Brother MacDonald
A Chump at Oxford
Movie · as Dean Williams
Women in Hiding
Movie · as Policeman (uncredited)
The Fighting 69th
Movie · as Eye Doctor (uncredited)
Legion of the Lawless
Movie · as East Ivestown Leader (uncredited)
Edison, the Man
Movie · as Broker
Santa Fe Trail
Movie · as Weiner (uncredited)
Virginia City
Movie · as Southerner (uncredited)
Triple Justice
Movie · as Constable Herb at Tule Mesa
Waterloo Bridge
Movie · as Elderly Huntsman at Estate Dance (uncredited)
A Dispatch from Reuters
Movie · as Board Member (uncredited)
They Drive by Night
Movie · as Bailiff (uncredited)
Women Without Names
Movie · as Roomer
Tear Gas Squad
Movie · as Policeman
Zenobia
Movie · as Undetermined Role
Dodge City
Movie · as Bartender (uncredited)
Almost a Gentleman
Movie · as Dog Show Director
Women in the Wind
Movie · as Burbank Offical (uncredited)
Each Dawn I Die
Movie · as Bailiff (uncredited)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Movie · as Pompous Man (uncredited)
Four Wives
Movie · as Stationmaster (uncredited)
Raffles
Movie · as Bobby
Nick Carter, Master Detective
Movie · as Police Detective Randall
The Marshal Of Mesa City
Movie · as Marshal Andy Thompson (uncredited)
The Day the Bookies Wept
Movie · as Bill, Man Outside Racetrack (uncredited)
Freshman Year
Movie · as Professor Ullrich
The Baroness and the Butler
Movie · as Member of Parliament
A Man to Remember
Movie · as Man at Hospital Dedication (uncredited)
Brother Rat
Movie · as Ballfield Doctor
Night Spot
Movie · as Police Lieutenant
The Daredevil Drivers
Movie · as Race Judge
Over the Wall
Movie · as Cell Block Keeper
Breakdowns of 1938
Movie · as Race Judge (archive footage) (uncredited)
Down on the Farm
Movie · as Wheeler
Safety in Numbers
Movie · as Councilman
The Declaration of Independence
Movie · as John Dickinson (uncredited)
Four Daughters
Movie · as Doctor (uncredited)
The Super Snooper
Movie
Idol of the Crowds
Movie · as Doctor (uncredited)
Varsity Show
Movie · as Police Commissioner (uncredited)
Criminal Lawyer
Movie · as Brandon's Assistant
We Who Are About to Die
Movie · as Prison Yard Captain (uncredited)
Navy Blue and Gold
Movie · as Ship's Captain (uncredited)
She Loved a Fireman
Movie · as Fire Tug Captain
Missing Witnesses
Movie · as Judge in Wagner Case (uncredited)
Blazing Sixes
Movie · as Sheriff Tom
Empty Holsters
Movie · as John Ware
Mile a Minute Love
Movie · as Drexel
Prairie Thunder
Movie · as Nate Temple
Land Beyond the Law
Movie · as Jim Blake (uncredited)
Talent Scout
Movie · as Director of Screen Test (uncredited)
The Westland Case
Movie · as Gun Dealer
Hot Water
Movie · as Customer in Drugstore (uncredited)
The Man Without a Country
Movie · as Lincoln's Secretary (uncredited)
Marked Woman
Movie · as Jury Foreman #1 (uncredited)
Black Legion
Movie · as Bailiff (uncredited)
Modern Times
Movie · as Juvenile Officer
Love on a Bet
Movie · as Man at Hutchinson's Meeting
The Devil-Doll
Movie · as Off-Screen Voice (voice / uncredited)
Beloved Enemy
Movie · as Doctor (Uncredited)
The White Angel
Movie · as Raglan Staff Officer (uncredited)
The Preview Murder Mystery
Movie · as Director (Uncredited)
The Country Doctor
Movie · as Proprietor (uncredited)
High Tension
Movie · as Businessman
California Mail
Movie · as Sheriff
Midnight Blunders
Movie · as Professor Edwin Millstone (uncredited)
Chatterbox
Movie · as Himself (uncredited)
Human Cargo
Movie · as Police Chief
Give Me Liberty
Movie · as His Excellency Permitting Henry's Arrest (uncredited)
The Prisoner of Shark Island
Movie · as Testifying Colonel (uncredited)
Stormy
Movie · as Mack's Horse Trainer (uncredited)
Angkor
Movie · as Wilfred Lucas, game hunter
Frisco Kid
Movie · as First Policeman (uncredited)
Chandu on the Magic Island
Movie · as Capt. Walker
Kind Lady
Movie · as First Scotland Yard Man (uncredited)
Rip Roaring Riley
Movie · as Chief Martin
Show Them No Mercy!
Movie · as Druggist (uncredited)
The Arizonian
Movie · as Townsman with Mayor
Stranded
Movie · as Pat, a Welfare Worker (uncredited)
Naughty Marietta
Movie · as Announcer (uncredited)
Les Misérables
Movie · as Onlooker
Vagabond Lady
Movie · as Dock Official (uncredited)
One Night of Love
Movie · as Metropolitan Operagoer
The Dragon Murder Case
Movie · as Police Sergeant (uncredited)
Love Time
Movie · as Dignitary (uncredited)
The Return of Chandu
Movie · as Capt. Wilson [Chs. 4-12]
The Moth
Movie · as John Gale
Shrimps for a Day
Movie · as Mr. Wade
Apples to You!
Movie · as Chairman of the Board
Cleopatra
Movie · as Roman Greeting Antony (uncredited)
Upperworld
Movie · as Boat Captain (uncredited)
Midnight Mary
Movie · as Nightclub Bouncer (uncredited)
The Mayor of Hell
Movie · as Bill (uncredited)
The House on 56th Street
Movie · as Prosecuting Attorney (uncredited)
Mary Stevens, M.D.
Movie · as Andrews' Lawyer Barry (uncredited)
The Three Musketeers
Movie · as El Shaitan
Phantom Thunderbolt
Movie · as Eaton - Railroad President
The Intruder
Movie · as Mr. Wayne
Air Fright
Movie · as Mr. Lucas, Airline Superintendent
Strange People
Movie · as John Davis
I Cover the Waterfront
Movie · as Randall
Racetrack
Movie · as Mr. Ryan
The Devil's Brother
Movie
The Big Cage
Movie · as Bob Mills
The Sphinx
Movie · as Prosecuting Attorney
Advice to the Lovelorn
Movie
The Unwritten Law
Movie · as Captain Kane
Stockholm ”Queen of the Baltic”
Movie
The Dark Horse
Movie · as Debate Chairman
Cross-Examination
Movie · as Judge Hollister
Big City Blues
Movie · as Policeman (uncredited)
Sister to Judas
Movie · as Mike O'Flanagan
Red Noses
Movie · as Mr. Lucas
Careless Lady
Movie · as Ship's Purser
You Said a Mouthful
Movie · as Official (uncredited)
The Secrets of Wu Sin
Movie · as Pharmacist
The Devil Horse
Movie · as Whitney [Ch. 1] (uncredited)
The Tabasco Kid
Movie · as Sheriff's Deputy
Free Wheeling
Movie · as The Specialist
What Price Hollywood?
Movie · as Bill the Replacement Director (uncredited)
Stranger in Town
Movie · as J.P. Walker
Call Her Savage
Movie · as Child Welfare Official (Uncredited)
The Midnight Patrol
Movie
Lucky Larrigan
Movie · as John Larrigan
Devil and the Deep
Movie · as Court Martial Judge (uncredited)
Lawyer Man
Movie · as Second Jury Foreman (uncredited)
Homicide Squad
Movie
Convicted
Movie · as Capt. Hammond
The Galloping Ghost
Movie · as Sportscaster
The Age for Love
Movie · as Undetermined Role
House of Mystery
Movie · as Sheriff Franklin
Men Call It Love
Movie · as Sam Ellery (uncredited)
Graft
Movie · as Candidate Louis
Young Donovan's Kid
Movie · as Duryea
Rich Man's Folly
Movie
The Phantom
Movie · as Dist. Atty. John Hampton
Pardon Us
Movie · as Warden
Millie
Movie · as Millie's Elderly Escort (uncredited)
Dishonored
Movie
Big Ears
Movie · as Doctor
Cracked Nuts
Movie
Love Your Neighbor
Movie
Cock o' the Walk
Movie · as Señor Vallejo
Looser Than Loose
Movie · as Mr. Gillstrom, Charley's Boss
Those Who Dance
Movie · as Big Ben Benson
The Arizona Kid
Movie · as Manager
Hello Sister
Movie · as Dr. Saltus
Madam Satan
Movie · as Roman Senator
Just Imagine
Movie · as X-10
Burnt Fingers
Movie · as Lord Cumberly
Her Sacrifice
Movie · as Edwin Ramsey
The Sorrows of Satan
Movie · as Minister (uncredited)
A Broadway Butterfly
Movie · as Stage Manager
The Bad Lands
Movie · as Col. Owen
As No Man Has Loved
Movie · as Maj. Bissell
Riders of the Purple Sage
Movie · as Oldring
Cyclone Cavalier
Movie · as Hugh Clayton
How Baxter Butted In
Movie · as R.S. Falk
The Wife Who Wasn't Wanted
Movie · as Judge Bledsoe
The Snob Buster
Movie · as John Pendergast
Youth's Gamble
Movie · as Harry Blaine
The Fighting Sap
Movie · as Charles Richmond
Lightning Romance
Movie · as Richard Wade
North of Nevada
Movie · as C. Hanaford
Racing for Life
Movie · as Hudford
Daughters of Pleasure
Movie · as Mark Hadley
The Valley of Hate
Movie · as Old Jim Darley
Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall
Movie · as Earl of Rutland
Valley of Hate
Movie · as Old Jim Darley
The Price She Paid
Movie · as James Presbury
Passion's Pathway
Movie · as Richard Stanton
The Mask of Lopez
Movie · as Richard O'Neil
The Fatal Mistake
Movie
The Greatest Menace
Movie · as Charles W. Wright
Jazzmania
Movie · as Julius Furman
The Girl of the Golden West
Movie · as Ashby
Trilby
Movie · as The Laird
Can a Woman Love Twice?
Movie · as Franklyn Chase
Heroes of the Street
Movie
Paid Back
Movie · as Ship Captain
The Kentucky Derby
Movie · as Capt. Wolff
Flesh and Blood
Movie · as The Policeman
Across the Dead-Line
Movie · as Aaron Kidder
The Beautiful Liar
Movie · as Gaston Allegretti
Through the Back Door
Movie · as Elton Reeves
The Fighting Breed
Movie · as John MacDonald
One a Minute
Movie · as Prosecutor (uncredited)
The Breaking Point
Movie · as Mortimer Davidson
The Man from Kangaroo
Movie · as Red Jack Braggan
The Shadow of Lightning Ridge
Movie · as Edward Mariott
The Jackeroo of Coolabong
Movie · as John MacDonald
The Hushed Hour
Movie · as Robert Appleton Jr.
Soldiers of Fortune
Movie · as President Alvarez
What Every Woman Wants
Movie · as Horace Lennon
A Woman of Pleasure
Movie · as Sir John Thornbull
The Westerners
Movie · as Jim Buckley
The Girl from Nowhere
Movie · as Diamond Terry
Jim Bludso
Movie · as Jim Bludso
Souls Triumphant
Movie · as Robert Powers
Hands Up!
Movie · as John Houston
A Love Sublime
Movie · as Philip
The Co-respondent
Movie · as Richard Manning
Sins of Ambition
Movie · as Andrew Maxwell
The Judgment House
Movie · as Rudyard Byng
The Food Gamblers
Movie · as Henry Havens
Her Excellency, the Governor
Movie · as James Barclay
Macbeth
Movie · as Macduff
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
Movie · as Extra (uncredited)
The Wood Nymph
Movie · as Fred Arnold
The Microscope Mystery
Movie · as Doc Arnold
Acquitted
Movie · as John Carter
Hell-to-Pay Austin
Movie · as Hell-to-Pay Austin
A Wild Girl of the Sierras
Movie · as Jim Hamilton
The Lily and the Rose
Movie · as Jack Van Norman
The Spanish Jade
Movie · as Osmund Manvers
Brute Force
Movie · as Brute Force
Gentleman Burglar
Movie · as Baffles
A Tender-Hearted Crook
Movie
Pure Gold and Dross
Movie
The Widow and the Widower
Movie · as The Widower
A Temporary Truce
Movie · as An Indian (uncredited)
The Goddess of Sagebrush Gulch
Movie · as Minor Role (uncredited)
The Girl and Her Trust
Movie
The Transformation of Mike
Movie · as Mike
The Massacre
Movie · as Stephen
Man's Genesis
Movie · as Bruteforce
Under Burning Skies
Movie · as Joe
A Sailor’s Heart
Movie · as The Sailor
Billy's Stratagem
Movie · as Billy's Father
A Pueblo Legend
Movie · as The Indian Girl's Great Brother
Just Like a Woman
Movie · as The Wealthy Friend
Home Folks
Movie · as The Blacksmith
Fate's Interception
Movie · as The American
When Kings Were the Law
Movie · as The King of Romanda
The Long Road
Movie · as A Policeman
His Trust
Movie · as George
Enoch Arden: Part II
Movie · as Enoch Arden
Enoch Arden: Part I
Movie
When a Man Loves
Movie
His Trust Fulfilled
Movie · as George
A Terrible Discovery
Movie · as The District Attorney
Swords and Hearts
Movie · as Hugh Frazier
The Primal Call
Movie · as The Fisherman
The Rose of Kentucky
Movie · as The planter
Heart Beats of Long Ago
Movie · as The Lover
His Daughter
Movie
The Making of a Man
Movie · as In Second Audience
Enoch Arden
Movie · as Enoch Arden
Fisher Folks
Movie · as Steve Hardester
The Lonedale Operator
Movie · as The Fireman
The Diamond Star
Movie · as John Wilson
The Two Paths
Movie · as Nellie's Husband
A Woman Scorned
Movie · as The Doctor
The Failure
Movie · as The Clerk
Love in the Hills
Movie · as The Manley Suitor
What Shall We Do with Our Old?
Movie · as Violent Jailbird
The Miser's Heart
Movie · as First Crook
The Indian Brothers
Movie · as The Indian Chief's Brother
The Spanish Gypsy
Movie · as Jose
The Broken Cross
Movie
Madame Rex
Movie
The New Dress
Movie · as Jose
Fighting Blood
Movie
The Thief and the Girl
Movie · as The Thief
The Sorrowful Example
Movie · as The Husband
The Blind Princess and the Poet
Movie · as Princess's Father
Winning Back His Love
Movie · as Frederick Wallace
The Rocky Road
Movie
A Strange Meeting
Movie
The Honor of Thieves
Movie
1776, or The Hessian Renegades
Movie
The Renunciation
Movie
The Girls and Daddy
Movie
The Taming of the Shrew
Movie
The Girl and the Outlaw
Movie
The Greaser's Gauntlet
Movie · as Jose