Acting · Norfolk, Ontario, Canada · Born January 29, 1871
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
1968
as The Warden (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieThe Sea Wolf
1941
MovieSanta Fe Trail
1940
as Weiner (uncredited)
MovieA Dispatch from Reuters
1940
as Board Member (uncredited)
MovieTriple Justice
1940
as Constable Herb at Tule Mesa
MovieThey Drive by Night
1940
as Bailiff (uncredited)
MovieWomen in Hiding
1940
as Policeman (uncredited)
MovieBrother Orchid
1940
as Brother MacDonald
MovieWaterloo Bridge
1940
as Elderly Huntsman at Estate Dance (uncredited)
MovieEdison, the Man
1940
as Broker
MovieTear Gas Squad
1940
as Policeman
MovieVirginia City
1940
as Southerner (uncredited)
MovieWomen Without Names
1940
as Roomer
MovieThe Fighting 69th
1940
as Eye Doctor (uncredited)
MovieA Chump at Oxford
1940
as Dean Williams
MovieLegion of the Lawless
1940
as East Ivestown Leader (uncredited)
MovieFour Wives
1939
as Stationmaster (uncredited)
MovieNick Carter, Master Detective
1939
as Police Detective Randall
MovieRaffles
1939
as Bobby
MovieThe Marshal Of Mesa City
1939
as Marshal Andy Thompson (uncredited)
MovieMr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939
as Pompous Man (uncredited)
MovieThe Day the Bookies Wept
1939
as Bill, Man Outside Racetrack (uncredited)
MovieEach Dawn I Die
1939
as Bailiff (uncredited)
MovieZenobia
1939
as Undetermined Role
MovieWomen in the Wind
1939
as Burbank Offical (uncredited)
MovieDodge City
1939
as Bartender (uncredited)
MovieAlmost a Gentleman
1939
as Dog Show Director
MovieBreakdowns of 1938
1938
as Race Judge (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieThe Declaration of Independence
1938
as John Dickinson (uncredited)
MovieBrother Rat
1938
as Ballfield Doctor
MovieA Man to Remember
1938
as Man at Hospital Dedication (uncredited)
MovieDown on the Farm
1938
as Wheeler
MovieFreshman Year
1938
as Professor Ullrich
MovieFour Daughters
1938
as Doctor (uncredited)
MovieSafety in Numbers
1938
as Councilman
MovieOver the Wall
1938
as Cell Block Keeper
MovieNight Spot
1938
as Police Lieutenant
MovieThe Baroness and the Butler
1938
as Member of Parliament
MovieThe Daredevil Drivers
1938
as Race Judge
MovieShe Loved a Fireman
1937
as Fire Tug Captain
MovieMissing Witnesses
1937
as Judge in Wagner Case (uncredited)
MovieThe Man Without a Country
1937
as Lincoln's Secretary (uncredited)
MovieNavy Blue and Gold
1937
as Ship's Captain (uncredited)
MovieThe Westland Case
1937
as Gun Dealer
MovieIdol of the Crowds
1937
as Doctor (uncredited)
MovieHot Water
1937
as Customer in Drugstore (uncredited)
MoviePrairie Thunder
1937
as Nate Temple
MovieVarsity Show
1937
as Police Commissioner (uncredited)
MovieTalent Scout
1937
as Director of Screen Test (uncredited)
MovieEmpty Holsters
1937
as John Ware
MovieBlazing Sixes
1937
as Sheriff Tom
MovieMarked Woman
1937
as Jury Foreman #1 (uncredited)
MovieMile a Minute Love
1937
as Drexel
MovieLand Beyond the Law
1937
as Jim Blake (uncredited)
The Super Snooper
1937
MovieBlack Legion
1937
as Bailiff (uncredited)
MovieCriminal Lawyer
1937
as Brandon's Assistant
MovieWe Who Are About to Die
1937
as Prison Yard Captain (uncredited)
MovieBeloved Enemy
1936
as Doctor (Uncredited)
MovieGive Me Liberty
1936
as His Excellency Permitting Henry's Arrest (uncredited)
MovieMidnight Blunders
1936
as Professor Edwin Millstone (uncredited)
MovieCalifornia Mail
1936
as Sheriff
MovieThe Devil-Doll
1936
as Off-Screen Voice (voice / uncredited)
MovieHigh Tension
1936
as Businessman
MovieThe White Angel
1936
as Raglan Staff Officer (uncredited)
MovieHuman Cargo
1936
as Police Chief
MovieThe Country Doctor
1936
as Proprietor (uncredited)
MovieLove on a Bet
1936
as Man at Hutchinson's Meeting
MovieThe Preview Murder Mystery
1936
as Director (Uncredited)
MovieThe Prisoner of Shark Island
1936
as Testifying Colonel (uncredited)
MovieModern Times
1936
as Juvenile Officer
MovieChatterbox
1936
as Himself (uncredited)
MovieKind Lady
1935
as First Scotland Yard Man (uncredited)
MovieShow Them No Mercy!
1935
as Druggist (uncredited)
MovieFrisco Kid
1935
as First Policeman (uncredited)
MovieRip Roaring Riley
1935
as Chief Martin
MovieStormy
1935
as Mack's Horse Trainer (uncredited)
MovieStranded
1935
as Pat, a Welfare Worker (uncredited)
MovieThe Arizonian
1935
as Townsman with Mayor
MovieVagabond Lady
1935
as Dock Official (uncredited)
MovieLes Misérables
1935
as Onlooker
MovieNaughty Marietta
1935
as Announcer (uncredited)
MovieAngkor
1935
as Wilfred Lucas, game hunter
MovieChandu on the Magic Island
1935
as Capt. Walker
MovieShrimps for a Day
1934
as Mr. Wade
MovieLove Time
1934
as Dignitary (uncredited)
MovieCleopatra
1934
as Roman Greeting Antony (uncredited)
MovieThe Return of Chandu
1934
as Capt. Wilson [Chs. 4-12]
MovieThe Dragon Murder Case
1934
as Police Sergeant (uncredited)
MovieOne Night of Love
1934
as Metropolitan Operagoer
MovieUpperworld
1934
as Boat Captain (uncredited)
MovieApples to You!
1934
as Chairman of the Board
MovieThe Moth
1934
as John Gale
MovieThe House on 56th Street
1933
as Prosecuting Attorney (uncredited)
MovieAir Fright
1933
as Mr. Lucas, Airline Superintendent
MovieAdvice to the Lovelorn
1933
MovieMary Stevens, M.D.
1933
as Andrews' Lawyer Barry (uncredited)
MovieMidnight Mary
1933
as Nightclub Bouncer (uncredited)
MovieThe Mayor of Hell
1933
as Bill (uncredited)
MovieStrange People
1933
as John Davis
MovieThe Sphinx
1933
as Prosecuting Attorney
MovieI Cover the Waterfront
1933
as Randall
MovieThe Devil's Brother
1933
MovieThe Big Cage
1933
as Bob Mills
MovieThe Three Musketeers
1933
as El Shaitan
MovieThe Intruder
1933
as Mr. Wayne
MoviePhantom Thunderbolt
1933
as Eaton - Railroad President
MovieRacetrack
1933
as Mr. Ryan
MovieSister to Judas
1932
as Mike O'Flanagan
MovieLawyer Man
1932
as Second Jury Foreman (uncredited)
MovieThe Secrets of Wu Sin
1932
as Pharmacist
MovieYou Said a Mouthful
1932
as Official (uncredited)
MovieLucky Larrigan
1932
as John Larrigan
MovieThe Unwritten Law
1932
as Captain Kane
MovieCall Her Savage
1932
as Child Welfare Official (Uncredited)
MovieThe Devil Horse
1932
as Whitney [Ch. 1] (uncredited)
MovieFree Wheeling
1932
as The Specialist
MovieBig City Blues
1932
as Policeman (uncredited)
MovieDevil and the Deep
1932
as Court Martial Judge (uncredited)
MovieWhat Price Hollywood?
1932
as Bill the Replacement Director (uncredited)
MovieThe Dark Horse
1932
as Debate Chairman
Stockholm ”Queen of the Baltic”
1932
MovieThe Midnight Patrol
1932
MovieCareless Lady
1932
as Ship's Purser
MovieRed Noses
1932
as Mr. Lucas
MovieCross-Examination
1932
as Judge Hollister
MovieThe Tabasco Kid
1932
as Sheriff's Deputy
MovieHouse of Mystery
1931
as Sheriff Franklin
MovieRich Man's Folly
1931
MovieConvicted
1931
as Capt. Hammond
MovieThe Phantom
1931
as Dist. Atty. John Hampton
MovieThe Age for Love
1931
as Undetermined Role
MovieGraft
1931
as Candidate Louis
MovieThe Galloping Ghost
1931
as Sportscaster
MovieBig Ears
1931
as Doctor
MoviePardon Us
1931
as Warden
MovieStranger in Town
1931
as J.P. Walker
MovieHomicide Squad
1931
MovieYoung Donovan's Kid
1931
as Duryea
MovieDishonored
1931
MovieMen Call It Love
1931
as Sam Ellery (uncredited)
MovieMillie
1931
as Millie's Elderly Escort (uncredited)
MovieJust Imagine
1930
as X-10
MovieLooser Than Loose
1930
as Mr. Gillstrom, Charley's Boss
Love Your Neighbor
1930
MovieMadam Satan
1930
as Roman Senator
MovieThose Who Dance
1930
as Big Ben Benson
MovieCock o' the Walk
1930
as Señor Vallejo
MovieThe Arizona Kid
1930
as Manager
MovieHello Sister
1930
as Dr. Saltus
MovieBurnt Fingers
1927
as Lord Cumberly
MovieThe Sorrows of Satan
1926
as Minister (uncredited)
Her Sacrifice
1926
as Edwin Ramsey
MovieCyclone Cavalier
1925
as Hugh Clayton
MovieThe Wife Who Wasn't Wanted
1925
as Judge Bledsoe
MovieHow Baxter Butted In
1925
as R.S. Falk
MovieThe Bad Lands
1925
as Col. Owen
MovieYouth's Gamble
1925
as Harry Blaine
MovieThe Snob Buster
1925
as John Pendergast
MovieA Broadway Butterfly
1925
as Stage Manager
MovieRiders of the Purple Sage
1925
as Oldring
MovieAs No Man Has Loved
1925
as Maj. Bissell
MovieLightning Romance
1924
as Richard Wade
MovieThe Price She Paid
1924
as James Presbury
MovieThe Fatal Mistake
1924
MovieRacing for Life
1924
as Hudford
MoviePassion's Pathway
1924
as Richard Stanton
MovieThe Fighting Sap
1924
as Charles Richmond
MovieThe Valley of Hate
1924
as Old Jim Darley
MovieValley of Hate
1924
as Old Jim Darley
MovieDaughters of Pleasure
1924
as Mark Hadley
MovieDorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall
1924
as Earl of Rutland
MovieNorth of Nevada
1924
as C. Hanaford
MovieThe Mask of Lopez
1924
as Richard O'Neil
MovieTrilby
1923
as The Laird
MovieThe Greatest Menace
1923
as Charles W. Wright
MovieThe Girl of the Golden West
1923
as Ashby
MovieCan a Woman Love Twice?
1923
as Franklyn Chase
MovieJazzmania
1923
as Julius Furman
MovieHeroes of the Street
1922
MovieThe Kentucky Derby
1922
as Capt. Wolff
MoviePaid Back
1922
as Ship Captain
MovieFlesh and Blood
1922
as The Policeman
MovieAcross the Dead-Line
1922
as Aaron Kidder
MovieThe Beautiful Liar
1921
as Gaston Allegretti
The Fighting Breed
1921
as John MacDonald
MovieOne a Minute
1921
as Prosecutor (uncredited)
MovieThrough the Back Door
1921
as Elton Reeves
MovieThe Breaking Point
1921
as Mortimer Davidson
MovieThe Jackeroo of Coolabong
1920
as John MacDonald
MovieThe Shadow of Lightning Ridge
1920
as Edward Mariott
MovieThe Man from Kangaroo
1920
as Red Jack Braggan
MovieSoldiers of Fortune
1919
as President Alvarez
MovieA Woman of Pleasure
1919
as Sir John Thornbull
MovieThe Girl from Nowhere
1919
as Diamond Terry
MovieThe Westerners
1919
as Jim Buckley
MovieThe Hushed Hour
1919
as Robert Appleton Jr.
MovieWhat Every Woman Wants
1919
as Horace Lennon
MovieThe Judgment House
1917
as Rudyard Byng
MovieThe Co-respondent
1917
as Richard Manning
MovieSins of Ambition
1917
as Andrew Maxwell
MovieThe Food Gamblers
1917
as Henry Havens
MovieSouls Triumphant
1917
as Robert Powers
MovieHands Up!
1917
as John Houston
MovieA Love Sublime
1917
as Philip
Jim Bludso
1917
as Jim Bludso
MovieThe Microscope Mystery
1916
as Doc Arnold
MovieIntolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916
as Extra (uncredited)
Hell-to-Pay Austin
1916
as Hell-to-Pay Austin
MovieA Wild Girl of the Sierras
1916
as Jim Hamilton
MovieMacbeth
1916
as Macduff
Acquitted
1916
as John Carter
MovieThe Wood Nymph
1916
as Fred Arnold
MovieThe Lily and the Rose
1915
as Jack Van Norman
The Spanish Jade
1915
as Osmund Manvers
MovieBrute 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
MovieThe Massacre
1912
as Stephen
MovieA Sailor’s Heart
1912
as The Sailor
MovieA Pueblo Legend
1912
as The Indian Girl's Great Brother
MovieMan's Genesis
1912
as Bruteforce
MovieA Temporary Truce
1912
as An Indian (uncredited)
MovieHome 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
MovieFate's Interception
1912
as The American
MovieThe Girl and Her Trust
1912
MovieThe Goddess of Sagebrush Gulch
1912
as Minor Role (uncredited)
MovieUnder Burning Skies
1912
as Joe
MovieBilly's Stratagem
1912
as Billy's Father
MovieThe Transformation of Mike
1912
as Mike
MovieA Terrible Discovery
1911
as The District Attorney
MovieThe Failure
1911
as The Clerk
MovieA Woman Scorned
1911
as The Doctor
MovieThe Miser's Heart
1911
as First Crook
Love in the Hills
1911
as The Manley Suitor
MovieThe Long Road
1911
as A Policeman
MovieThe Making of a Man
1911
as In Second Audience
MovieSwords and Hearts
1911
as Hugh Frazier
MovieThe Rose of Kentucky
1911
as The planter
The Blind Princess and the Poet
1911
as Princess's Father
The Sorrowful Example
1911
as The Husband
MovieThe Indian Brothers
1911
as The Indian Chief's Brother
The Thief and the Girl
1911
as The Thief
MovieFighting Blood
1911
MovieThe Primal Call
1911
as The Fisherman
MovieEnoch Arden: Part II
1911
as Enoch Arden
MovieEnoch Arden
1911
as Enoch Arden
MovieEnoch Arden: Part I
1911
The New Dress
1911
as Jose
MovieMadame Rex
1911
The Broken Cross
1911
The Spanish Gypsy
1911
as Jose
MovieThe Lonedale Operator
1911
as The Fireman
MovieHis Daughter
1911
The Diamond Star
1911
as John Wilson
MovieFisher Folks
1911
as Steve Hardester
MovieWhat Shall We Do with Our Old?
1911
as Violent Jailbird
Heart Beats of Long Ago
1911
as The Lover
MovieHis Trust Fulfilled
1911
as George
MovieHis Trust
1911
as George
MovieWhen a Man Loves
1911
MovieThe Two Paths
1911
as Nellie's Husband
MovieWinning Back His Love
1910
as Frederick Wallace
MovieThe Rocky Road
1910
Movie1776, or The Hessian Renegades
1909
MovieA Strange Meeting
1909
MovieThe Renunciation
1909
MovieThe Girls and Daddy
1909
The Honor of Thieves
1909
MovieThe Taming of the Shrew
1908
MovieThe Girl and the Outlaw
1908
MovieThe Greaser's Gauntlet
1908
as Jose
The Nest
as Howard Hardy
