Wilfred Lucas
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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.
Known for
Credits
Modern Times (1936)
as Juvenile Officer
The Baroness and the Butler (1938)
as Member of Parliament
Waterloo Bridge (1940)
as Elderly Huntsman at Estate Dance (uncredited)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
as Pompous Man (uncredited)
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916)
as Extra (uncredited)
Cleopatra (1934)
as Roman Greeting Antony (uncredited)
Marked Woman (1937)
as Jury Foreman #1 (uncredited)
Les Misérables (1935)
as Onlooker
The Sea Wolf (1941)
Actor
They Drive by Night (1940)
as Bailiff (uncredited)
Dodge City (1939)
as Bartender (uncredited)
Naughty Marietta (1935)
as Announcer (uncredited)
Santa Fe Trail (1940)
as Weiner (uncredited)
Dishonored (1931)
Actor
Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall (1924)
as Earl of Rutland
The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936)
as Testifying Colonel (uncredited)
Zenobia (1939)
as Undetermined Role
Frisco Kid (1935)
as First Policeman (uncredited)
The Man Without a Country (1937)
as Lincoln's Secretary (uncredited)
Trilby (1923)
as The Laird
Pardon Us (1931)
as Warden
The Renunciation (1909)
Actor
One Night of Love (1934)
as Metropolitan Operagoer
Vagabond Lady (1935)
as Dock Official (uncredited)
Just Imagine (1930)
as X-10
The Mayor of Hell (1933)
as Bill (uncredited)
The Fighting 69th (1940)
as Eye Doctor (uncredited)
The White Angel (1936)
as Raglan Staff Officer (uncredited)
Careless Lady (1932)
as Ship's Purser
Heart Beats of Long Ago (1911)
as The Lover
Beloved Enemy (1936)
as Doctor (Uncredited)
The Sorrows of Satan (1926)
as Minister (uncredited)
The Declaration of Independence (1938)
as John Dickinson (uncredited)
The Devil's Brother (1933)
Actor
The Devil-Doll (1936)
as Off-Screen Voice (voice / uncredited)
Kind Lady (1935)
as First Scotland Yard Man (uncredited)
Brother Orchid (1940)
as Brother MacDonald
Criminal Lawyer (1937)
as Brandon's Assistant
Free Wheeling (1932)
as The Specialist
Black Legion (1937)
as Bailiff (uncredited)
Each Dawn I Die (1939)
as Bailiff (uncredited)
Millie (1931)
as Millie's Elderly Escort (uncredited)
Edison, the Man (1940)
as Broker
Madam Satan (1930)
as Roman Senator
Hello Sister (1930)
as Dr. Saltus
Four Wives (1939)
as Stationmaster (uncredited)
Midnight Mary (1933)
as Nightclub Bouncer (uncredited)
A Dispatch from Reuters (1940)
as Board Member (uncredited)
His Trust (1911)
as George
Virginia City (1940)
as Southerner (uncredited)
Raffles (1939)
as Bobby
The Westland Case (1937)
as Gun Dealer
Devil and the Deep (1932)
as Court Martial Judge (uncredited)
The Dark Horse (1932)
as Debate Chairman
Stranded (1935)
as Pat, a Welfare Worker (uncredited)
The Galloping Ghost (1931)
as Sportscaster
I Cover the Waterfront (1933)
as Randall
The Return of Chandu (1934)
as Capt. Wilson [Chs. 4-12]
Lawyer Man (1932)
as Second Jury Foreman (uncredited)
Her Sacrifice (1926)
as Edwin Ramsey
Four Daughters (1938)
as Doctor (uncredited)
Jazzmania (1923)
as Julius Furman
Varsity Show (1937)
as Police Commissioner (uncredited)
She Loved a Fireman (1937)
as Fire Tug Captain
Women in Hiding (1940)
as Policeman (uncredited)
Burnt Fingers (1927)
as Lord Cumberly
Women in the Wind (1939)
as Burbank Offical (uncredited)
Navy Blue and Gold (1937)
as Ship's Captain (uncredited)
Show Them No Mercy! (1935)
as Druggist (uncredited)
The Three Musketeers (1933)
as El Shaitan
Human Cargo (1936)
as Police Chief
Brother Rat (1938)
as Ballfield Doctor
Shrimps for a Day (1934)
as Mr. Wade
Rich Man's Folly (1931)
Actor
Nick Carter, Master Detective (1939)
as Police Detective Randall
Talent Scout (1937)
as Director of Screen Test (uncredited)
Down on the Farm (1938)
as Wheeler
The Age for Love (1931)
as Undetermined Role
Triple Justice (1940)
as Constable Herb at Tule Mesa
Over the Wall (1938)
as Cell Block Keeper
Night Spot (1938)
as Police Lieutenant
1776, or The Hessian Renegades (1909)
Actor
Women Without Names (1940)
as Roomer
The Sphinx (1933)
as Prosecuting Attorney
A Chump at Oxford (1940)
as Dean Williams
Give Me Liberty (1936)
as His Excellency Permitting Henry's Arrest (uncredited)
What Price Hollywood? (1932)
as Bill the Replacement Director (uncredited)
The Mask of Lopez (1924)
as Richard O'Neil
Upperworld (1934)
as Boat Captain (uncredited)
Graft (1931)
as Candidate Louis
The Big Cage (1933)
as Bob Mills
Breakdowns of 1938 (1938)
as Race Judge (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mary Stevens, M.D. (1933)
as Andrews' Lawyer Barry (uncredited)
We Who Are About to Die (1937)
as Prison Yard Captain (uncredited)
Young Donovan's Kid (1931)
as Duryea
The Taming of the Shrew (1908)
Actor
You Said a Mouthful (1932)
as Official (uncredited)
Apples to You! (1934)
as Chairman of the Board
Gentleman Burglar (1914)
as Baffles
The Indian Brothers (1911)
as The Indian Chief's Brother
Hot Water (1937)
as Customer in Drugstore (uncredited)
Call Her Savage (1932)
as Child Welfare Official (Uncredited)
The Preview Murder Mystery (1936)
as Director (Uncredited)
Land Beyond the Law (1937)
as Jim Blake (uncredited)
Enoch Arden (1911)
as Enoch Arden
High Tension (1936)
as Businessman
The House on 56th Street (1933)
as Prosecuting Attorney (uncredited)
Men Call It Love (1931)
as Sam Ellery (uncredited)
Chandu on the Magic Island (1935)
as Capt. Walker
Red Noses (1932)
as Mr. Lucas
The Broken Cross (1911)
Actor
Lucky Larrigan (1932)
as John Larrigan
The Failure (1911)
as The Clerk
Love on a Bet (1936)
as Man at Hutchinson's Meeting
Can a Woman Love Twice? (1923)
as Franklyn Chase
The Girl of the Golden West (1923)
as Ashby
Macbeth (1916)
as Macduff
The Arizonian (1935)
as Townsman with Mayor
The Blind Princess and the Poet (1911)
as Princess's Father
The Dragon Murder Case (1934)
as Police Sergeant (uncredited)
The Intruder (1933)
as Mr. Wayne
Tear Gas Squad (1940)
as Policeman
The Massacre (1912)
as Stephen
Chatterbox (1936)
as Himself (uncredited)
The Nest (—)
as Howard Hardy
The Marshal Of Mesa City (1939)
as Marshal Andy Thompson (uncredited)
The Country Doctor (1936)
as Proprietor (uncredited)
The Spanish Jade (1915)
as Osmund Manvers
The Secrets of Wu Sin (1932)
as Pharmacist
The Day the Bookies Wept (1939)
as Bill, Man Outside Racetrack (uncredited)
Advice to the Lovelorn (1933)
Actor
Big Ears (1931)
as Doctor
The Wife Who Wasn't Wanted (1925)
as Judge Bledsoe
The Phantom (1931)
as Dist. Atty. John Hampton
As No Man Has Loved (1925)
as Maj. Bissell
Missing Witnesses (1937)
as Judge in Wagner Case (uncredited)
The Making of a Man (1911)
as In Second Audience
The Best of Laurel and Hardy (1968)
as The Warden (archive footage) (uncredited)
Cock o' the Walk (1930)
as Señor Vallejo
Winning Back His Love (1910)
as Frederick Wallace
Blazing Sixes (1937)
as Sheriff Tom
A Temporary Truce (1912)
as An Indian (uncredited)
Legion of the Lawless (1940)
as East Ivestown Leader (uncredited)
The Miser's Heart (1911)
as First Crook
The Arizona Kid (1930)
as Manager
Riders of the Purple Sage (1925)
as Oldring
When Kings Were the Law (1912)
as The King of Romanda
Love Time (1934)
as Dignitary (uncredited)
The Fatal Mistake (1924)
Actor
The Spanish Gypsy (1911)
as Jose
Big City Blues (1932)
as Policeman (uncredited)
The Price She Paid (1924)
as James Presbury
The Lily and the Rose (1915)
as Jack Van Norman
Man's Genesis (1912)
as Bruteforce
A Woman of Pleasure (1919)
as Sir John Thornbull
Enoch Arden: Part II (1911)
as Enoch Arden
A Sailor’s Heart (1912)
as The Sailor
The Girls and Daddy (1909)
Actor
The Valley of Hate (1924)
as Old Jim Darley
A Tender-Hearted Crook (1913)
Actor
Love in the Hills (1911)
as The Manley Suitor
Those Who Dance (1930)
as Big Ben Benson
Across the Dead-Line (1922)
as Aaron Kidder
The Girl and the Outlaw (1908)
Actor
Through the Back Door (1921)
as Elton Reeves
When a Man Loves (1911)
Actor
The Two Paths (1911)
as Nellie's Husband
The Greaser's Gauntlet (1908)
as Jose
Idol of the Crowds (1937)
as Doctor (uncredited)
Racetrack (1933)
as Mr. Ryan
Passion's Pathway (1924)
as Richard Stanton
The Transformation of Mike (1912)
as Mike
Heroes of the Street (1922)
Actor
His Trust Fulfilled (1911)
as George
A Broadway Butterfly (1925)
as Stage Manager
The Daredevil Drivers (1938)
as Race Judge
Safety in Numbers (1938)
as Councilman
Mile a Minute Love (1937)
as Drexel
A Strange Meeting (1909)
Actor
Freshman Year (1938)
as Professor Ullrich
The Co-respondent (1917)
as Richard Manning
The Lonedale Operator (1911)
as The Fireman
The Fighting Sap (1924)
as Charles Richmond
The Shadow of Lightning Ridge (1920)
as Edward Mariott
The Jackeroo of Coolabong (1920)
as John MacDonald
Stormy (1935)
as Mack's Horse Trainer (uncredited)
Sins of Ambition (1917)
as Andrew Maxwell
The Devil Horse (1932)
as Whitney [Ch. 1] (uncredited)
Cross-Examination (1932)
as Judge Hollister
Flesh and Blood (1922)
as The Policeman
The Primal Call (1911)
as The Fisherman
Fate's Interception (1912)
as The American
A Love Sublime (1917)
as Philip
Daughters of Pleasure (1924)
as Mark Hadley
The Westerners (1919)
as Jim Buckley
Convicted (1931)
as Capt. Hammond
A Pueblo Legend (1912)
as The Indian Girl's Great Brother
Swords and Hearts (1911)
as Hugh Frazier
Almost a Gentleman (1939)
as Dog Show Director
The Unwritten Law (1932)
as Captain Kane
Prairie Thunder (1937)
as Nate Temple
Strange People (1933)
as John Davis
House of Mystery (1931)
as Sheriff Franklin
A Man to Remember (1938)
as Man at Hospital Dedication (uncredited)
The Rose of Kentucky (1911)
as The planter
The Beautiful Liar (1921)
as Gaston Allegretti
The Breaking Point (1921)
as Mortimer Davidson
The Widow and the Widower (1913)
as The Widower
The Kentucky Derby (1922)
as Capt. Wolff
How Baxter Butted In (1925)
as R.S. Falk
California Mail (1936)
as Sheriff
Fisher Folks (1911)
as Steve Hardester
Homicide Squad (1931)
Actor
The Hushed Hour (1919)
as Robert Appleton Jr.
The Fighting Breed (1921)
as John MacDonald
Just Like a Woman (1912)
as The Wealthy Friend
Valley of Hate (1924)
as Old Jim Darley
What Shall We Do with Our Old? (1911)
as Violent Jailbird
Stranger in Town (1931)
as J.P. Walker
The Midnight Patrol (1932)
Actor
Brute Force (1914)
as Brute Force
Rip Roaring Riley (1935)
as Chief Martin
The Honor of Thieves (1909)
Actor
Fighting Blood (1911)
Actor
The Food Gamblers (1917)
as Henry Havens
Air Fright (1933)
as Mr. Lucas, Airline Superintendent
A Terrible Discovery (1911)
as The District Attorney
Hell-to-Pay Austin (1916)
as Hell-to-Pay Austin
The Microscope Mystery (1916)
as Doc Arnold
Soldiers of Fortune (1919)
as President Alvarez
The New Dress (1911)
as Jose
North of Nevada (1924)
as C. Hanaford
A Wild Girl of the Sierras (1916)
as Jim Hamilton
Pure Gold and Dross (1913)
Actor
Cyclone Cavalier (1925)
as Hugh Clayton
Empty Holsters (1937)
as John Ware
A Woman Scorned (1911)
as The Doctor
Looser Than Loose (1930)
as Mr. Gillstrom, Charley's Boss
The Rocky Road (1910)
Actor
Enoch Arden: Part I (1911)
Actor
The Snob Buster (1925)
as John Pendergast
One a Minute (1921)
as Prosecutor (uncredited)
The Super Snooper (1937)
Actor
Paid Back (1922)
as Ship Captain
Madame Rex (1911)
Actor
His Daughter (1911)
Actor
The Long Road (1911)
as A Policeman
The Girl and Her Trust (1912)
Actor
The Diamond Star (1911)
as John Wilson
Lightning Romance (1924)
as Richard Wade
The Thief and the Girl (1911)
as The Thief
The Girl from Nowhere (1919)
as Diamond Terry
The Judgment House (1917)
as Rudyard Byng
The Moth (1934)
as John Gale
Phantom Thunderbolt (1933)
as Eaton - Railroad President
Acquitted (1916)
as John Carter
The Bad Lands (1925)
as Col. Owen
Angkor (1935)
as Wilfred Lucas, game hunter
Racing for Life (1924)
as Hudford
The Goddess of Sagebrush Gulch (1912)
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Home Folks (1912)
as The Blacksmith
Youth's Gamble (1925)
as Harry Blaine
The Tabasco Kid (1932)
as Sheriff's Deputy
Under Burning Skies (1912)
as Joe
The Sorrowful Example (1911)
as The Husband
Hands Up! (1917)
as John Houston
Jim Bludso (1917)
as Jim Bludso
Sister to Judas (1932)
as Mike O'Flanagan
The Wood Nymph (1916)
as Fred Arnold
Love Your Neighbor (1930)
Actor
What Every Woman Wants (1919)
as Horace Lennon
The Man from Kangaroo (1920)
as Red Jack Braggan
The Greatest Menace (1923)
as Charles W. Wright
Midnight Blunders (1936)
as Professor Edwin Millstone (uncredited)
Billy's Stratagem (1912)
as Billy's Father
Stockholm ”Queen of the Baltic” (1932)
Actor
Souls Triumphant (1917)
as Robert Powers