Wilfred Lucas

Known For: Acting
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: January 29, 1871
Day of Death: December 13, 1940 (70 years old)
Place of Birth: Norfolk, Ontario, Canada
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.
1968
1941
1940

Actor Brother MacDonald
Brother Orchid

Actor Dean Williams
A Chump at Oxford

Actor Policeman (uncredited)
Women in Hiding

Actor Eye Doctor (uncredited)
The Fighting 69th

Actor East Ivestown Leader (uncredited)
Legion of the Lawless

Actor Broker
Edison, the Man

Actor Weiner (uncredited)
Santa Fe Trail

Actor Southerner (uncredited)
Virginia City

Actor Constable Herb at Tule Mesa
Triple Justice

Actor Elderly Huntsman at Estate Dance (uncredited)
Waterloo Bridge

Actor Board Member (uncredited)
A Dispatch from Reuters

Actor Bailiff (uncredited)
They Drive by Night

Actor Roomer
Women Without Names

Actor Policeman
Tear Gas Squad
1939

Actor Undetermined Role
Zenobia

Actor Dog Show Director
Almost a Gentleman

Actor Bartender (uncredited)
Dodge City

Actor Burbank Offical (uncredited)
Women in the Wind

Actor Bailiff (uncredited)
Each Dawn I Die

Actor Pompous Man (uncredited)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Actor Stationmaster (uncredited)
Four Wives

Actor Bobby
Raffles

Actor Police Detective Randall
Nick Carter, Master Detective

Actor Marshal Andy Thompson (uncredited)
The Marshal Of Mesa City

Actor Bill, Man Outside Racetrack (uncredited)
The Day the Bookies Wept
1938

Actor Professor Ullrich
Freshman Year

Actor Member of Parliament
The Baroness and the Butler

Actor Man at Hospital Dedication (uncredited)
A Man to Remember

Actor Ballfield Doctor
Brother Rat

Actor Police Lieutenant
Night Spot

Actor Race Judge
The Daredevil Drivers

Actor Cell Block Keeper
Over the Wall

Actor Race Judge (archive footage) (uncredited)
Breakdowns of 1938

Actor Wheeler
Down on the Farm

Actor Councilman
Safety in Numbers

Actor John Dickinson (uncredited)
The Declaration of Independence

Actor Doctor (uncredited)
Four Daughters
1937
Actor
The Super Snooper

Actor Doctor (uncredited)
Idol of the Crowds

Actor Police Commissioner (uncredited)
Varsity Show

Actor Brandon's Assistant
Criminal Lawyer

Actor Prison Yard Captain (uncredited)
We Who Are About to Die

Actor Ship's Captain (uncredited)
Navy Blue and Gold

Actor Fire Tug Captain
She Loved a Fireman

Actor Judge in Wagner Case (uncredited)
Missing Witnesses

Actor Sheriff Tom
Blazing Sixes

Actor Police Commissioner
Varsity Show

Actor John Ware
Empty Holsters

Actor Drexel
Mile a Minute Love

Actor Nate Temple
Prairie Thunder

Actor Jim Blake (uncredited)
Land Beyond the Law

Actor Director of Screen Test (uncredited)
Talent Scout

Actor Gun Dealer
The Westland Case

Actor Customer in Drugstore (uncredited)
Hot Water

Actor Lincoln's Secretary (uncredited)
The Man Without a Country

Actor Jury Foreman #1 (uncredited)
Marked Woman

Actor Bailiff (uncredited)
Black Legion
1936

Actor Juvenile Officer
Modern Times

Actor Man at Hutchinson's Meeting
Love on a Bet

Actor Off-Screen Voice (voice / uncredited)
The Devil-Doll

Actor Doctor (Uncredited)
Beloved Enemy

Actor Raglan Staff Officer (uncredited)
The White Angel

Actor Director (Uncredited)
The Preview Murder Mystery

Actor Proprietor (uncredited)
The Country Doctor

Actor Businessman
High Tension

Actor Sheriff
California Mail

Actor Professor Edwin Millstone (uncredited)
Midnight Blunders

Actor Himself (uncredited)
Chatterbox

Actor Police Chief
Human Cargo

Actor His Excellency Permitting Henry's Arrest (uncredited)
Give Me Liberty
1935

Actor Mack's Horse Trainer (uncredited)
Stormy

Actor Wilfred Lucas, game hunter
Angkor

Actor First Policeman (uncredited)
Frisco Kid

Actor Capt. Walker
Chandu on the Magic Island

Actor First Scotland Yard Man (uncredited)
Kind Lady

Actor Chief Martin
Rip Roaring Riley

Actor Druggist (uncredited)
Show Them No Mercy!

Actor Townsman with Mayor
The Arizonian

Actor Pat, a Welfare Worker (uncredited)
Stranded

Actor Announcer (uncredited)
Naughty Marietta

Actor Onlooker
Les Misérables

Actor Dock Official (uncredited)
Vagabond Lady
1934

Actor Metropolitan Operagoer
One Night of Love

Actor Police Sergeant (uncredited)
The Dragon Murder Case

Actor Dignitary (uncredited)
Love Time

Actor Capt. Wilson [Chs. 4-12]
The Return of Chandu

Actor John Gale
The Moth

Actor Mr. Wade
Shrimps for a Day

Actor Chairman of the Board
Apples to You!

Actor Roman Greeting Antony (uncredited)
Cleopatra
1933

Actor Nightclub Bouncer (uncredited)
Midnight Mary

Actor Bill (uncredited)
The Mayor of Hell

Actor Prosecuting Attorney (uncredited)
The House on 56th Street

Actor Andrews' Lawyer Barry (uncredited)
Mary Stevens, M.D.

Actor El Shaitan
The Three Musketeers

Actor Eaton - Railroad President
Phantom Thunderbolt

Actor Mr. Wayne
The Intruder

Actor Mr. Lucas, Airline Superintendent
Air Fright

Actor John Davis
Strange People

Actor Randall
I Cover the Waterfront

Actor Mr. Ryan
Racetrack

Actor
The Devil's Brother

Actor Bob Mills
The Big Cage

Actor Prosecuting Attorney
The Sphinx
1932

Actor Captain Kane
The Unwritten Law

Actor
Stockholm ”Queen of the Baltic”

Actor Debate Chairman
The Dark Horse

Actor Judge Hollister
Cross-Examination

Actor Policeman (uncredited)
Big City Blues

Actor Mike O'Flanagan
Sister to Judas

Actor Mr. Lucas
Red Noses

Actor Ship's Purser
Careless Lady

Actor Official (uncredited)
You Said a Mouthful

Actor Pharmacist
The Secrets of Wu Sin

Actor Whitney [Ch. 1] (uncredited)
The Devil Horse

Actor Sheriff's Deputy
The Tabasco Kid

Actor The Specialist
Free Wheeling

Actor Bill the Replacement Director (uncredited)
What Price Hollywood?

Actor Child Welfare Official (Uncredited)
Call Her Savage

Actor
The Midnight Patrol

Actor John Larrigan
Lucky Larrigan

Writer
Igloo

Director
The Unwritten Law
1931

Actor
Homicide Squad

Actor Capt. Hammond
Convicted

Actor Sportscaster
The Galloping Ghost

Actor Undetermined Role
The Age for Love

Actor Sheriff Franklin
House of Mystery

Actor Sam Ellery (uncredited)
Men Call It Love

Actor Candidate Louis
Graft

Actor Duryea
Young Donovan's Kid

Actor
Rich Man's Folly

Actor Dist. Atty. John Hampton
The Phantom

Actor Warden
Pardon Us

Actor J.P. Walker
Stranger in Town

Actor Millie's Elderly Escort (uncredited)
Millie

Actor
Dishonored

Actor Doctor
Big Ears
1930
1927
1926
1925
1924

Actor Charles Richmond
The Fighting Sap

Actor Richard Wade
Lightning Romance

Actor C. Hanaford
North of Nevada

Actor Hudford
Racing for Life

Actor Mark Hadley
Daughters of Pleasure

Actor Old Jim Darley
The Valley of Hate

Actor Earl of Rutland
Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall

Actor Old Jim Darley
Valley of Hate

Actor James Presbury
The Price She Paid

Screenplay
Racing for Life

Story
Racing for Life
Story
The Beautiful Sinner
1923
1922
1921
1920
1919
1918
1917
Actor Jim Bludso
Jim Bludso

Actor Robert Powers
Souls Triumphant

Actor John Houston
Hands Up!

Actor Philip
A Love Sublime

Actor
The Co-respondent

Actor Andrew Maxwell
Sins of Ambition

Actor Rudyard Byng
The Judgment House
Director
Jim Bludso

Writer
Hands Up!

Director
Hands Up!

Director
A Love Sublime

Writer
A Love Sublime
1916
1915
1914
1913
1912

Actor Minor Role (uncredited)
The Goddess of Sagebrush Gulch

Actor An Indian (uncredited)
A Temporary Truce

Actor
The Girl and Her Trust

Actor Mike
The Transformation of Mike

Actor Stephen
The Massacre

Actor Bruteforce
Man's Genesis

Actor Joe
Under Burning Skies

Actor The Sailor
A Sailor’s Heart

Actor Billy's Father
Billy's Stratagem

Actor The Indian Girl's Great Brother
A Pueblo Legend

Actor The Blacksmith
Home Folks
Actor The Wealthy Friend
Just Like a Woman

Actor The American
Fate's Interception
Actor The King of Romanda
When Kings Were the Law

Writer
The Chief's Blanket

Director
A Sailor’s Heart
Director
With the Enemy's Help
Writer
When Kings Were the Law
1911

Actor A Policeman
The Long Road

Actor George
His Trust
Actor
Enoch Arden: Part I

Actor
Enoch Arden: Part II

Actor
When a Man Loves

Actor George
His Trust Fulfilled

Actor The District Attorney
A Terrible Discovery

Actor Hugh Frazier
Swords and Hearts

Actor The Fisherman
The Primal Call

Actor The planter
The Rose of Kentucky

Actor The Lover
Heart Beats of Long Ago

Actor
His Daughter

Actor In Second Audience
The Making of a Man

Actor Enoch Arden
Enoch Arden

Actor Steve Hardester
Fisher Folks

Actor The Fireman
The Lonedale Operator
Actor
The Two Paths

Actor
The Diamond Star
Actor The Doctor
A Woman Scorned

Actor The Clerk
The Failure
Actor The Manley Suitor
Love in the Hills

Actor Violent Jailbird
What Shall We Do with Our Old?

Actor First Crook
The Miser's Heart