Wilfred Lucas
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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.
Acted in
The Best of Laurel and Hardy
1968
as The Warden (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Sea Wolf
1941
Santa Fe Trail
1940
as Weiner (uncredited)
A Dispatch from Reuters
1940
as Board Member (uncredited)
Triple Justice
1940
as Constable Herb at Tule Mesa
They Drive by Night
1940
as Bailiff (uncredited)
Women in Hiding
1940
as Policeman (uncredited)
Brother Orchid
1940
as Brother MacDonald
Waterloo Bridge
1940
as Elderly Huntsman at Estate Dance (uncredited)
Edison, the Man
1940
as Broker
Tear Gas Squad
1940
as Policeman
Virginia City
1940
as Southerner (uncredited)
Women Without Names
1940
as Roomer
The Fighting 69th
1940
as Eye Doctor (uncredited)
A Chump at Oxford
1940
as Dean Williams
Legion of the Lawless
1940
as East Ivestown Leader (uncredited)
Four Wives
1939
as Stationmaster (uncredited)
Nick Carter, Master Detective
1939
as Police Detective Randall
Raffles
1939
as Bobby
The Marshal Of Mesa City
1939
as Marshal Andy Thompson (uncredited)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939
as Pompous Man (uncredited)
The Day the Bookies Wept
1939
as Bill, Man Outside Racetrack (uncredited)
Each Dawn I Die
1939
as Bailiff (uncredited)
Zenobia
1939
as Undetermined Role
Women in the Wind
1939
as Burbank Offical (uncredited)
Dodge City
1939
as Bartender (uncredited)
Almost a Gentleman
1939
as Dog Show Director
Breakdowns of 1938
1938
as Race Judge (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Declaration of Independence
1938
as John Dickinson (uncredited)
Brother Rat
1938
as Ballfield Doctor
A Man to Remember
1938
as Man at Hospital Dedication (uncredited)
Down on the Farm
1938
as Wheeler
Freshman Year
1938
as Professor Ullrich
Four Daughters
1938
as Doctor (uncredited)
Safety in Numbers
1938
as Councilman
Over the Wall
1938
as Cell Block Keeper
Night Spot
1938
as Police Lieutenant
The Baroness and the Butler
1938
as Member of Parliament
The Daredevil Drivers
1938
as Race Judge
She Loved a Fireman
1937
as Fire Tug Captain
Missing Witnesses
1937
as Judge in Wagner Case (uncredited)
The Man Without a Country
1937
as Lincoln's Secretary (uncredited)
Navy Blue and Gold
1937
as Ship's Captain (uncredited)
The Westland Case
1937
as Gun Dealer
Idol of the Crowds
1937
as Doctor (uncredited)
Hot Water
1937
as Customer in Drugstore (uncredited)
Prairie Thunder
1937
as Nate Temple
Varsity Show
1937
as Police Commissioner (uncredited)
Varsity Show
1937
as Police Commissioner
Talent Scout
1937
as Director of Screen Test (uncredited)
Empty Holsters
1937
as John Ware
Blazing Sixes
1937
as Sheriff Tom
Marked Woman
1937
as Jury Foreman #1 (uncredited)
Mile a Minute Love
1937
as Drexel
Land Beyond the Law
1937
as Jim Blake (uncredited)
The Super Snooper
1937
Black Legion
1937
as Bailiff (uncredited)
Criminal Lawyer
1937
as Brandon's Assistant
We Who Are About to Die
1937
as Prison Yard Captain (uncredited)
Beloved Enemy
1936
as Doctor (Uncredited)
Give Me Liberty
1936
as His Excellency Permitting Henry's Arrest (uncredited)
Midnight Blunders
1936
as Professor Edwin Millstone (uncredited)
California Mail
1936
as Sheriff
The Devil-Doll
1936
as Off-Screen Voice (voice / uncredited)
High Tension
1936
as Businessman
The White Angel
1936
as Raglan Staff Officer (uncredited)
Human Cargo
1936
as Police Chief
The Country Doctor
1936
as Proprietor (uncredited)
Love on a Bet
1936
as Man at Hutchinson's Meeting
The Preview Murder Mystery
1936
as Director (Uncredited)
Modern Times
1936
as Juvenile Officer
Chatterbox
1936
as Himself (uncredited)
Kind Lady
1935
as First Scotland Yard Man (uncredited)
Show Them No Mercy!
1935
as Druggist (uncredited)
Frisco Kid
1935
as First Policeman (uncredited)
Rip Roaring Riley
1935
as Chief Martin
Stormy
1935
as Mack's Horse Trainer (uncredited)
Stranded
1935
as Pat, a Welfare Worker (uncredited)
The Arizonian
1935
as Townsman with Mayor
Les Misérables
1935
as Onlooker
Naughty Marietta
1935
as Announcer (uncredited)
Angkor
1935
as Wilfred Lucas, game hunter
Chandu on the Magic Island
1935
as Capt. Walker
Shrimps for a Day
1934
as Mr. Wade
Love Time
1934
as Dignitary (uncredited)
Cleopatra
1934
as Roman Greeting Antony (uncredited)
The Return of Chandu
1934
as Capt. Wilson [Chs. 4-12]
The Dragon Murder Case
1934
as Police Sergeant (uncredited)
One Night of Love
1934
as Metropolitan Operagoer
Apples to You!
1934
as Chairman of the Board
The Moth
1934
as John Gale
The House on 56th Street
1933
as Prosecuting Attorney (uncredited)
Air Fright
1933
as Mr. Lucas, Airline Superintendent
Mary Stevens, M.D.
1933
as Andrews' Lawyer Barry (uncredited)
Midnight Mary
1933
as Nightclub Bouncer (uncredited)
The Mayor of Hell
1933
as Bill (uncredited)
Strange People
1933
as John Davis
The Sphinx
1933
as Prosecuting Attorney
I Cover the Waterfront
1933
as Randall
The Devil's Brother
1933
The Big Cage
1933
as Bob Mills
The Three Musketeers
1933
as El Shaitan
The Intruder
1933
as Mr. Wayne
Phantom Thunderbolt
1933
as Eaton - Railroad President
Racetrack
1933
as Mr. Ryan
Sister to Judas
1932
as Mike O'Flanagan
The Secrets of Wu Sin
1932
as Pharmacist
Lucky Larrigan
1932
as John Larrigan
The Unwritten Law
1932
as Captain Kane
Call Her Savage
1932
as Child Welfare Official (Uncredited)
You Said a Mouthful
1932
as Official (uncredited)
The Devil Horse
1932
as Whitney [Ch. 1] (uncredited)
Free Wheeling
1932
as The Specialist
Big City Blues
1932
as Policeman (uncredited)
What Price Hollywood?
1932
as Bill the Replacement Director (uncredited)
The Dark Horse
1932
as Debate Chairman
Stockholm ”Queen of the Baltic”
1932
The Midnight Patrol
1932
Careless Lady
1932
as Ship's Purser
Red Noses
1932
as Mr. Lucas
Cross-Examination
1932
as Judge Hollister
The Tabasco Kid
1932
as Sheriff's Deputy
House of Mystery
1931
as Sheriff Franklin
Rich Man's Folly
1931
Convicted
1931
as Capt. Hammond
The Phantom
1931
as Dist. Atty. John Hampton
The Age for Love
1931
as Undetermined Role
Graft
1931
as Candidate Louis
The Galloping Ghost
1931
as Sportscaster
Big Ears
1931
as Doctor
Pardon Us
1931
as Warden
Stranger in Town
1931
as J.P. Walker
Homicide Squad
1931
Young Donovan's Kid
1931
as Duryea
Dishonored
1931
Men Call It Love
1931
as Sam Ellery (uncredited)
Millie
1931
as Millie's Elderly Escort (uncredited)
Looser Than Loose
1930
as Mr. Gillstrom, Charley's Boss
Love Your Neighbor
1930
Those Who Dance
1930
as Big Ben Benson
Cock o' the Walk
1930
as Señor Vallejo
The Arizona Kid
1930
as Manager
Hello Sister
1930
as Dr. Saltus
Burnt Fingers
1927
as Lord Cumberly
The Sorrows of Satan
1926
Her Sacrifice
1926
as Edwin Ramsey
Cyclone Cavalier
1925
as Hugh Clayton
The Bad Lands
1925
as Col. Owen
A Broadway Butterfly
1925
as Stage Manager
Riders of the Purple Sage
1925
as Oldring
As No Man Has Loved
1925
as Maj. Bissell
Lightning Romance
1924
as Richard Wade
Racing for Life
1924
as Hudford
The Fighting Sap
1924
as Charles Richmond
The Valley of Hate
1924
as Old Jim Darley
Valley of Hate
1924
as Old Jim Darley
Daughters of Pleasure
1924
as Mark Hadley
Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall
1924
as Earl of Rutland
North of Nevada
1924
as C. Hanaford
Trilby
1923
as The Laird
The Greatest Menace
1923
as Charles W. Wright
The Girl of the Golden West
1923
as Ashby
Jazzmania
1923
as Julius Furman
Heroes of the Street
1922
The Kentucky Derby
1922
as Capt. Wolff
Paid Back
1922
as Ship Captain
Flesh and Blood
1922
as The Policeman
Across the Dead-Line
1922
as Aaron Kidder
The Beautiful Liar
1921
as Gaston Allegretti
The Fighting Breed
1921
as John MacDonald
One a Minute
1921
as Prosecutor (uncredited)
Through The Back Door
1921
as Elton Reeves
The Man from Kangaroo
1920
as Red Jack Braggan
Soldiers of Fortune
1919
as President Alvarez
A Woman of Pleasure
1919
as Sir John Thornbull
The Hushed Hour
1919
as Robert Appleton Jr.
What Every Woman Wants
1919
as Horace Lennon
The Co-respondent
1917
Sins of Ambition
1917
as Andrew Maxwell
Souls Triumphant
1917
as Robert Powers
Hands Up!
1917
as John Houston
A Love Sublime
1917
as Philip
Jim Bludso
1917
as Jim Bludso
The Microscope Mystery
1916
as Doc Arnold
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916
as Extra (uncredited)
Hell-to-Pay Austin
1916
as Hell-to-Pay Austin
Acquitted
1916
as John Carter
The Wood Nymph
1916
as Fred Arnold
Macbeth
1916
as Macduff
The Lily and the Rose
1915
as Jack Van Norman
The Spanish Jade
1915
as Osmund Manvers
Brute Force
1914
as Brute Force
Gentleman Burglar
1914
as Baffles
A Tender-Hearted Crook
1913
Pure Gold and Dross
1913
The Widow and the Widower
1913
as The Widower
The Massacre
1912
as Stephen
A Sailor’s Heart
1912
as The Sailor
A Pueblo Legend
1912
as The Indian Girl's Great Brother
Man's Genesis
1912
as Bruteforce
A Temporary Truce
1912
as An Indian (uncredited)
Home Folks
1912
as The Blacksmith
When Kings Were the Law
1912
as The King of Romanda
Just Like a Woman
1912
as The Wealthy Friend
Fate's Interception
1912
as The American
The Girl and Her Trust
1912
The Goddess of Sagebrush Gulch
1912
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Under Burning Skies
1912
as Joe
Billy's Stratagem
1912
as Billy's Father
The Transformation of Mike
1912
as Mike
A Terrible Discovery
1911
as The District Attorney
The Failure
1911
as The Clerk
A Woman Scorned
1911
as The Doctor
The Miser's Heart
1911
as First Crook
Love in the Hills
1911
as The Manley Suitor
The Long Road
1911
as A Policeman
The Making of a Man
1911
as In Second Audience
Swords and Hearts
1911
as Hugh Frazier
The Rose of Kentucky
1911
as The planter
The Primal Call
1911
as The Fisherman
Enoch Arden: Part II
1911
Enoch Arden
1911
as Enoch Arden
Enoch Arden: Part I
1911
The Lonedale Operator
1911
as The Fireman
His Daughter
1911
The Diamond Star
1911
Fisher Folks
1911
as Steve Hardester
What Shall We Do with Our Old?
1911
as Violent Jailbird
Heart Beats of Long Ago
1911
as The Lover
His Trust Fulfilled
1911
as George
His Trust
1911
as George
When a Man Loves
1911
The Two Paths
1911
Winning Back His Love
1910
as Frederick Wallace
The Rocky Road
1910
1776, or The Hessian Renegades
1909
A Strange Meeting
1909
The Renunciation
1909
The Honor of Thieves
1909
The Taming of the Shrew
1908
The Girl and the Outlaw
1908
The Greaser's Gauntlet
1908
as Jose