Wilfred Lucas
Acting • Born 1871-01-29 – Died 1940-12-13
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.
Filmography
274 credits
One Night of Love
Movie • 1934
Metropolitan Operagoer
Modern Times
Movie • 1936
Juvenile Officer
Love Your Neighbor
Movie • 1930
Homicide Squad
Movie • 1931
Stormy
Movie • 1935
Mack's Horse Trainer (uncredited)
The Hushed Hour
Movie • 1919
Robert Appleton Jr.
A Broadway Butterfly
Movie • 1925
Stage Manager
Brother Orchid
Movie • 1940
Brother MacDonald
A Chump at Oxford
Movie • 1940
Dean Williams
Heroes of the Street
Movie • 1922
Paid Back
Movie • 1922
Ship Captain
The Long Road
Movie • 1911
A Policeman
The Goddess of Sagebrush Gulch
Movie • 1912
Minor Role (uncredited)
A Temporary Truce
Movie • 1912
An Indian (uncredited)
The Fighting Sap
Movie • 1924
Charles Richmond
Lightning Romance
Movie • 1924
Richard Wade
The Super Snooper
Movie • 1937
North of Nevada
Movie • 1924
C. Hanaford
Convicted
Movie • 1931
Capt. Hammond
Soldiers of Fortune
Movie • 1919
President Alvarez
The Bad Lands
Movie • 1925
Col. Owen
The Dragon Murder Case
Movie • 1934
Police Sergeant (uncredited)
The Unwritten Law
Movie • 1932
Captain Kane
Love Time
Movie • 1934
Dignitary (uncredited)
Midnight Mary
Movie • 1933
Nightclub Bouncer (uncredited)
Stockholm ”Queen of the Baltic”
Movie • 1932
Brute Force
Movie • 1914
Brute Force
The Dark Horse
Movie • 1932
Debate Chairman
Freshman Year
Movie • 1938
Professor Ullrich
The Return of Chandu
Movie • 1934
Capt. Wilson [Chs. 4-12]
The Mayor of Hell
Movie • 1933
Bill (uncredited)
The House on 56th Street
Movie • 1933
Prosecuting Attorney (uncredited)
Angkor
Movie • 1935
Wilfred Lucas, game hunter
What Every Woman Wants
Movie • 1919
Horace Lennon
Idol of the Crowds
Movie • 1937
Doctor (uncredited)
Frisco Kid
Movie • 1935
First Policeman (uncredited)
The Girl and Her Trust
Movie • 1912
The Sea Wolf
Movie • 1941
Racing for Life
Movie • 1924
Hudford
Cross-Examination
Movie • 1932
Judge Hollister
The Galloping Ghost
Movie • 1931
Sportscaster
His Trust
Movie • 1911
George
Big City Blues
Movie • 1932
Policeman (uncredited)
Varsity Show
Movie • 1937
Police Commissioner (uncredited)
Chandu on the Magic Island
Movie • 1935
Capt. Walker
Enoch Arden: Part I
Movie • 1911
Enoch Arden: Part II
Movie • 1911
Enoch Arden
When a Man Loves
Movie • 1911
The Transformation of Mike
Movie • 1912
Mike
The Massacre
Movie • 1912
Stephen
Winning Back His Love
Movie • 1910
Frederick Wallace
The Moth
Movie • 1934
John Gale
Love on a Bet
Movie • 1936
Man at Hutchinson's Meeting
His Trust Fulfilled
Movie • 1911
George
Mary Stevens, M.D.
Movie • 1933
Andrews' Lawyer Barry (uncredited)
The Kentucky Derby
Movie • 1922
Capt. Wolff
Sister to Judas
Movie • 1932
Mike O'Flanagan
The Three Musketeers
Movie • 1933
El Shaitan
Criminal Lawyer
Movie • 1937
Brandon's Assistant
The Lily and the Rose
Movie • 1915
Jack Van Norman
Cock o' the Walk
Movie • 1930
Señor Vallejo
The Age for Love
Movie • 1931
Undetermined Role
A Terrible Discovery
Movie • 1911
The District Attorney
The Devil-Doll
Movie • 1936
Off-Screen Voice (voice / uncredited)
The Baroness and the Butler
Movie • 1938
Member of Parliament
As No Man Has Loved
Movie • 1925
Maj. Bissell
Phantom Thunderbolt
Movie • 1933
Eaton - Railroad President
House of Mystery
Movie • 1931
Sheriff Franklin
Macbeth
Movie • 1916
Macduff
The Spanish Jade
Movie • 1915
Osmund Manvers
Red Noses
Movie • 1932
Mr. Lucas
Swords and Hearts
Movie • 1911
Hugh Frazier
The Greatest Menace
Movie • 1923
Charles W. Wright
The Taming of the Shrew
Movie • 1908
Man's Genesis
Movie • 1912
Bruteforce
Daughters of Pleasure
Movie • 1924
Mark Hadley
The Intruder
Movie • 1933
Mr. Wayne
Jim Bludso
Movie • 1917
Jim Bludso
Riders of the Purple Sage
Movie • 1925
Oldring
Careless Lady
Movie • 1932
Ship's Purser
Air Fright
Movie • 1933
Mr. Lucas, Airline Superintendent
We Who Are About to Die
Movie • 1937
Prison Yard Captain (uncredited)
A Man to Remember
Movie • 1938
Man at Hospital Dedication (uncredited)
Brother Rat
Movie • 1938
Ballfield Doctor
Night Spot
Movie • 1938
Police Lieutenant
Zenobia
Movie • 1939
Undetermined Role
Kind Lady
Movie • 1935
First Scotland Yard Man (uncredited)
Beloved Enemy
Movie • 1936
Doctor (Uncredited)
The White Angel
Movie • 1936
Raglan Staff Officer (uncredited)
The Primal Call
Movie • 1911
The Fisherman
You Said a Mouthful
Movie • 1932
Official (uncredited)
Almost a Gentleman
Movie • 1939
Dog Show Director
Dodge City
Movie • 1939
Bartender (uncredited)
Navy Blue and Gold
Movie • 1937
Ship's Captain (uncredited)
Women in the Wind
Movie • 1939
Burbank Offical (uncredited)
Each Dawn I Die
Movie • 1939
Bailiff (uncredited)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Movie • 1939
Pompous Man (uncredited)
The Daredevil Drivers
Movie • 1938
Race Judge
Four Wives
Movie • 1939
Stationmaster (uncredited)
Raffles
Movie • 1939
Bobby
Nick Carter, Master Detective
Movie • 1939
Police Detective Randall
Looser Than Loose
Movie • 1930
Mr. Gillstrom, Charley's Boss
The Marshal Of Mesa City
Movie • 1939
Marshal Andy Thompson (uncredited)
The Preview Murder Mystery
Movie • 1936
Director (Uncredited)
The Day the Bookies Wept
Movie • 1939
Bill, Man Outside Racetrack (uncredited)
She Loved a Fireman
Movie • 1937
Fire Tug Captain
Women in Hiding
Movie • 1940
Policeman (uncredited)
Under Burning Skies
Movie • 1912
Joe
Men Call It Love
Movie • 1931
Sam Ellery (uncredited)
Strange People
Movie • 1933
John Davis
The Valley of Hate
Movie • 1924
Old Jim Darley
Missing Witnesses
Movie • 1937
Judge in Wagner Case (uncredited)
The Secrets of Wu Sin
Movie • 1932
Pharmacist
The Country Doctor
Movie • 1936
Proprietor (uncredited)
Blazing Sixes
Movie • 1937
Sheriff Tom
Varsity Show
Movie • 1937
Police Commissioner
Gentleman Burglar
Movie • 1914
Baffles
A Sailor’s Heart
Movie • 1912
The Sailor
Empty Holsters
Movie • 1937
John Ware
Those Who Dance
Movie • 1930
Big Ben Benson
Rip Roaring Riley
Movie • 1935
Chief Martin
Show Them No Mercy!
Movie • 1935
Druggist (uncredited)
The Fighting 69th
Movie • 1940
Eye Doctor (uncredited)
High Tension
Movie • 1936
Businessman
The Girl and the Outlaw
Movie • 1908
Legion of the Lawless
Movie • 1940
East Ivestown Leader (uncredited)
Edison, the Man
Movie • 1940
Broker
A Strange Meeting
Movie • 1909
The Devil Horse
Movie • 1932
Whitney [Ch. 1] (uncredited)
Mile a Minute Love
Movie • 1937
Drexel
I Cover the Waterfront
Movie • 1933
Randall
Santa Fe Trail
Movie • 1940
Weiner (uncredited)
Virginia City
Movie • 1940
Southerner (uncredited)
Triple Justice
Movie • 1940
Constable Herb at Tule Mesa
Prairie Thunder
Movie • 1937
Nate Temple
Flesh and Blood
Movie • 1922
The Policeman
Billy's Stratagem
Movie • 1912
Billy's Father
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
Movie • 1916
Extra (uncredited)
The Rose of Kentucky
Movie • 1911
The planter
The Arizona Kid
Movie • 1930
Manager
The Arizonian
Movie • 1935
Townsman with Mayor
California Mail
Movie • 1936
Sheriff
Land Beyond the Law
Movie • 1937
Jim Blake (uncredited)
Talent Scout
Movie • 1937
Director of Screen Test (uncredited)
Waterloo Bridge
Movie • 1940
Elderly Huntsman at Estate Dance (uncredited)
The Honor of Thieves
Movie • 1909
The Best of Laurel and Hardy
Movie • 1968
The Warden (archive footage) (uncredited)
A Dispatch from Reuters
Movie • 1940
Board Member (uncredited)
They Drive by Night
Movie • 1940
Bailiff (uncredited)
Women Without Names
Movie • 1940
Roomer
A Woman of Pleasure
Movie • 1919
Sir John Thornbull
The Beautiful Liar
Movie • 1921
Gaston Allegretti
Heart Beats of Long Ago
Movie • 1911
The Lover
His Daughter
Movie • 1911
Graft
Movie • 1931
Candidate Louis
Over the Wall
Movie • 1938
Cell Block Keeper
The Tabasco Kid
Movie • 1932
Sheriff's Deputy
Midnight Blunders
Movie • 1936
Professor Edwin Millstone (uncredited)
Souls Triumphant
Movie • 1917
Robert Powers
Hands Up!
Movie • 1917
John Houston
A Love Sublime
Movie • 1917
Philip
Through the Back Door
Movie • 1921
Elton Reeves
Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall
Movie • 1924
Earl of Rutland
Free Wheeling
Movie • 1932
The Specialist
Shrimps for a Day
Movie • 1934
Mr. Wade
Chatterbox
Movie • 1936
Himself (uncredited)
Cyclone Cavalier
Movie • 1925
Hugh Clayton
The Making of a Man
Movie • 1911
In Second Audience
Her Sacrifice
Movie • 1926
Edwin Ramsey
The Wood Nymph
Movie • 1916
Fred Arnold
Enoch Arden
Movie • 1911
Enoch Arden
What Price Hollywood?
Movie • 1932
Bill the Replacement Director (uncredited)
A Pueblo Legend
Movie • 1912
The Indian Girl's Great Brother
Home Folks
Movie • 1912
The Blacksmith
Just Like a Woman
Movie • 1912
The Wealthy Friend
Fate's Interception
Movie • 1912
The American
Breakdowns of 1938
Movie • 1938
Race Judge (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Man from Kangaroo
Movie • 1920
Red Jack Braggan
The Westland Case
Movie • 1937
Gun Dealer
Human Cargo
Movie • 1936
Police Chief
Fisher Folks
Movie • 1911
Steve Hardester
Tear Gas Squad
Movie • 1940
Policeman
The Sorrows of Satan
Movie • 1926
Minister (uncredited)
Young Donovan's Kid
Movie • 1931
Duryea
Burnt Fingers
Movie • 1927
Lord Cumberly
Rich Man's Folly
Movie • 1931
Jazzmania
Movie • 1923
Julius Furman
The Phantom
Movie • 1931
Dist. Atty. John Hampton
Stranded
Movie • 1935
Pat, a Welfare Worker (uncredited)
Hello Sister
Movie • 1930
Dr. Saltus
Pardon Us
Movie • 1931
Warden
The Lonedale Operator
Movie • 1911
The Fireman
The Greaser's Gauntlet
Movie • 1908
Jose
Hot Water
Movie • 1937
Customer in Drugstore (uncredited)
Down on the Farm
Movie • 1938
Wheeler
Safety in Numbers
Movie • 1938
Councilman
The Declaration of Independence
Movie • 1938
John Dickinson (uncredited)
The Man Without a Country
Movie • 1937
Lincoln's Secretary (uncredited)
The Co-respondent
Movie • 1917
Richard Manning
The Two Paths
Movie • 1911
Nellie's Husband
The Diamond Star
Movie • 1911
John Wilson
Sins of Ambition
Movie • 1917
Andrew Maxwell
A Woman Scorned
Movie • 1911
The Doctor
The Failure
Movie • 1911
The Clerk
Love in the Hills
Movie • 1911
The Manley Suitor
The Fighting Breed
Movie • 1921
John MacDonald
Stranger in Town
Movie • 1931
J.P. Walker
The Girl of the Golden West
Movie • 1923
Ashby
Millie
Movie • 1931
Millie's Elderly Escort (uncredited)
Marked Woman
Movie • 1937
Jury Foreman #1 (uncredited)
Black Legion
Movie • 1937
Bailiff (uncredited)
Valley of Hate
Movie • 1924
Old Jim Darley
Trilby
Movie • 1923
The Laird
Give Me Liberty
Movie • 1936
His Excellency Permitting Henry's Arrest (uncredited)
One a Minute
Movie • 1921
Prosecutor (uncredited)
Naughty Marietta
Movie • 1935
Announcer (uncredited)
Racetrack
Movie • 1933
Mr. Ryan
Apples to You!
Movie • 1934
Chairman of the Board
The Microscope Mystery
Movie • 1916
Doc Arnold
Call Her Savage
Movie • 1932
Child Welfare Official (Uncredited)
Hell-to-Pay Austin
Movie • 1916
Hell-to-Pay Austin
Acquitted
Movie • 1916
John Carter
1776, or The Hessian Renegades
Movie • 1909
The Devil's Brother
Movie • 1933
The Renunciation
Movie • 1909
A Tender-Hearted Crook
Movie • 1913
When Kings Were the Law
Movie • 1912
The King of Romanda
The Rocky Road
Movie • 1910
Four Daughters
Movie • 1938
Doctor (uncredited)
The Big Cage
Movie • 1933
Bob Mills
What Shall We Do with Our Old?
Movie • 1911
Violent Jailbird
Dishonored
Movie • 1931
Pure Gold and Dross
Movie • 1913
Across the Dead-Line
Movie • 1922
Aaron Kidder
Cleopatra
Movie • 1934
Roman Greeting Antony (uncredited)
The Midnight Patrol
Movie • 1932
The Miser's Heart
Movie • 1911
First Crook
Lucky Larrigan
Movie • 1932
John Larrigan
The Sphinx
Movie • 1933
Prosecuting Attorney
Big Ears
Movie • 1931
Doctor
Les Misérables
Movie • 1935
Onlooker
The Widow and the Widower
Movie • 1913
The Widower
Vagabond Lady
Movie • 1935
Dock Official (uncredited)
The Judgment House
Movie • 1917
Rudyard Byng
How Baxter Butted In
Movie • 1925
R.S. Falk
Madam Satan
Movie • 1930
Roman Senator
The Price She Paid
Movie • 1924
James Presbury
The Prisoner of Shark Island
Movie • 1936
Testifying Colonel (uncredited)
The Girls and Daddy
Movie • 1909
Advice to the Lovelorn
Movie • 1933
Passion's Pathway
Movie • 1924
Richard Stanton
Devil and the Deep
Movie • 1932
Court Martial Judge (uncredited)
Upperworld
Movie • 1934
Boat Captain (uncredited)
Lawyer Man
Movie • 1932
Second Jury Foreman (uncredited)
The Breaking Point
Movie • 1921
Mortimer Davidson
The Mask of Lopez
Movie • 1924
Richard O'Neil
A Wild Girl of the Sierras
Movie • 1916
Jim Hamilton
The Wife Who Wasn't Wanted
Movie • 1925
Judge Bledsoe
The Westerners
Movie • 1919
Jim Buckley
The Fatal Mistake
Movie • 1924
Can a Woman Love Twice?
Movie • 1923
Franklyn Chase
Just Imagine
Movie • 1930
X-10
The Shadow of Lightning Ridge
Movie • 1920
Edward Mariott
The Jackeroo of Coolabong
Movie • 1920
John MacDonald
The Girl from Nowhere
Movie • 1919
Diamond Terry
The Indian Brothers
Movie • 1911
The Indian Chief's Brother
The Spanish Gypsy
Movie • 1911
Jose
The Broken Cross
Movie • 1911
Madame Rex
Movie • 1911
The New Dress
Movie • 1911
Jose
Fighting Blood
Movie • 1911
The Thief and the Girl
Movie • 1911
The Thief
The Sorrowful Example
Movie • 1911
The Husband
The Blind Princess and the Poet
Movie • 1911
Princess's Father