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