Acting
Wilfred Lucas
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
The Best of Laurel and Hardy
Film · 1968
The Sea Wolf
Film · 1941
Brother Orchid
Film · 1940
A Chump at Oxford
Film · 1940
Women in Hiding
Film · 1940
The Fighting 69th
Film · 1940
Legion of the Lawless
Film · 1940
Edison, the Man
Film · 1940
Santa Fe Trail
Film · 1940
Virginia City
Film · 1940
Triple Justice
Film · 1940
Waterloo Bridge
Film · 1940
A Dispatch from Reuters
Film · 1940
They Drive by Night
Film · 1940
Women Without Names
Film · 1940
Tear Gas Squad
Film · 1940
Zenobia
Film · 1939
Dodge City
Film · 1939
Almost a Gentleman
Film · 1939
Women in the Wind
Film · 1939
Each Dawn I Die
Film · 1939
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Film · 1939
Four Wives
Film · 1939
Raffles
Film · 1939
Nick Carter, Master Detective
Film · 1939
The Marshal Of Mesa City
Film · 1939
The Day the Bookies Wept
Film · 1939
Freshman Year
Film · 1938
The Baroness and the Butler
Film · 1938
A Man to Remember
Film · 1938
Brother Rat
Film · 1938
Night Spot
Film · 1938
The Daredevil Drivers
Film · 1938
Over the Wall
Film · 1938
Breakdowns of 1938
Film · 1938
Down on the Farm
Film · 1938
Safety in Numbers
Film · 1938
The Declaration of Independence
Film · 1938
Four Daughters
Film · 1938
The Super Snooper
Film · 1937
Idol of the Crowds
Film · 1937
Varsity Show
Film · 1937
Criminal Lawyer
Film · 1937
We Who Are About to Die
Film · 1937
Navy Blue and Gold
Film · 1937
She Loved a Fireman
Film · 1937
Missing Witnesses
Film · 1937
Blazing Sixes
Film · 1937
Varsity Show
Film · 1937
Empty Holsters
Film · 1937
Mile a Minute Love
Film · 1937
Prairie Thunder
Film · 1937
Land Beyond the Law
Film · 1937
Talent Scout
Film · 1937
The Westland Case
Film · 1937
Hot Water
Film · 1937
The Man Without a Country
Film · 1937
Marked Woman
Film · 1937
Black Legion
Film · 1937
Modern Times
Film · 1936
Love on a Bet
Film · 1936
The Devil-Doll
Film · 1936
Beloved Enemy
Film · 1936
The White Angel
Film · 1936
The Preview Murder Mystery
Film · 1936
The Country Doctor
Film · 1936
High Tension
Film · 1936
California Mail
Film · 1936
Midnight Blunders
Film · 1936
Chatterbox
Film · 1936
Human Cargo
Film · 1936
Give Me Liberty
Film · 1936
The Prisoner of Shark Island
Film · 1936
Stormy
Film · 1935
Angkor
Film · 1935
Frisco Kid
Film · 1935
Chandu on the Magic Island
Film · 1935
Kind Lady
Film · 1935
Rip Roaring Riley
Film · 1935
Show Them No Mercy!
Film · 1935
The Arizonian
Film · 1935
Stranded
Film · 1935
Naughty Marietta
Film · 1935
Les Misérables
Film · 1935
Vagabond Lady
Film · 1935
One Night of Love
Film · 1934
The Dragon Murder Case
Film · 1934
Love Time
Film · 1934
The Return of Chandu
Film · 1934
The Moth
Film · 1934
Shrimps for a Day
Film · 1934
Apples to You!
Film · 1934
Cleopatra
Film · 1934
Upperworld
Film · 1934
Midnight Mary
Film · 1933
The Mayor of Hell
Film · 1933
The House on 56th Street
Film · 1933
Mary Stevens, M.D.
Film · 1933
The Three Musketeers
Film · 1933
Phantom Thunderbolt
Film · 1933
The Intruder
Film · 1933
Air Fright
Film · 1933
Strange People
Film · 1933
I Cover the Waterfront
Film · 1933
Racetrack
Film · 1933
The Devil's Brother
Film · 1933
The Big Cage
Film · 1933
The Sphinx
Film · 1933
Advice to the Lovelorn
Film · 1933
The Unwritten Law
Film · 1932
Stockholm ”Queen of the Baltic”
Film · 1932
The Dark Horse
Film · 1932
Cross-Examination
Film · 1932
Big City Blues
Film · 1932
Sister to Judas
Film · 1932
Red Noses
Film · 1932
Careless Lady
Film · 1932
You Said a Mouthful
Film · 1932
The Secrets of Wu Sin
Film · 1932
The Devil Horse
Film · 1932
The Tabasco Kid
Film · 1932
Free Wheeling
Film · 1932
What Price Hollywood?
Film · 1932
Call Her Savage
Film · 1932
The Midnight Patrol
Film · 1932
Lucky Larrigan
Film · 1932
Devil and the Deep
Film · 1932
Lawyer Man
Film · 1932
Homicide Squad
Film · 1931
Convicted
Film · 1931
The Galloping Ghost
Film · 1931
The Age for Love
Film · 1931
House of Mystery
Film · 1931
Men Call It Love
Film · 1931
Graft
Film · 1931
Young Donovan's Kid
Film · 1931
Rich Man's Folly
Film · 1931
The Phantom
Film · 1931
Pardon Us
Film · 1931
Stranger in Town
Film · 1931
Millie
Film · 1931
Dishonored
Film · 1931
Big Ears
Film · 1931
Cracked Nuts
Film · 1931
Love Your Neighbor
Film · 1930
Cock o' the Walk
Film · 1930
Looser Than Loose
Film · 1930
Those Who Dance
Film · 1930
The Arizona Kid
Film · 1930
Hello Sister
Film · 1930
Madam Satan
Film · 1930
Just Imagine
Film · 1930
Burnt Fingers
Film · 1927
Her Sacrifice
Film · 1926
The Sorrows of Satan
Film · 1926
A Broadway Butterfly
Film · 1925
The Bad Lands
Film · 1925
As No Man Has Loved
Film · 1925
Riders of the Purple Sage
Film · 1925
Cyclone Cavalier
Film · 1925
How Baxter Butted In
Film · 1925
The Wife Who Wasn't Wanted
Film · 1925
The Snob Buster
Film · 1925
Youth's Gamble
Film · 1925
The Fighting Sap
Film · 1924
Lightning Romance
Film · 1924
North of Nevada
Film · 1924
Racing for Life
Film · 1924
Daughters of Pleasure
Film · 1924
The Valley of Hate
Film · 1924
Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall
Film · 1924
Valley of Hate
Film · 1924
The Price She Paid
Film · 1924
Passion's Pathway
Film · 1924
The Mask of Lopez
Film · 1924
The Fatal Mistake
Film · 1924
The Greatest Menace
Film · 1923
Jazzmania
Film · 1923
The Girl of the Golden West
Film · 1923
Trilby
Film · 1923
Can a Woman Love Twice?
Film · 1923
Heroes of the Street
Film · 1922
Paid Back
Film · 1922
The Kentucky Derby
Film · 1922
Flesh and Blood
Film · 1922
Across the Dead-Line
Film · 1922
The Beautiful Liar
Film · 1921
Through the Back Door
Film · 1921
The Fighting Breed
Film · 1921
One a Minute
Film · 1921
The Breaking Point
Film · 1921
The Man from Kangaroo
Film · 1920
The Shadow of Lightning Ridge
Film · 1920
The Jackeroo of Coolabong
Film · 1920
The Hushed Hour
Film · 1919
Soldiers of Fortune
Film · 1919
What Every Woman Wants
Film · 1919
A Woman of Pleasure
Film · 1919
The Westerners
Film · 1919
The Girl from Nowhere
Film · 1919
Jim Bludso
Film · 1917
Souls Triumphant
Film · 1917
Hands Up!
Film · 1917
A Love Sublime
Film · 1917
The Co-respondent
Film · 1917
Sins of Ambition
Film · 1917
The Judgment House
Film · 1917
The Food Gamblers
Film · 1917
Her Excellency, the Governor
Film · 1917
Macbeth
Film · 1916
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
Film · 1916
The Wood Nymph
Film · 1916
The Microscope Mystery
Film · 1916
Acquitted
Film · 1916
Hell-to-Pay Austin
Film · 1916
A Wild Girl of the Sierras
Film · 1916
The Lily and the Rose
Film · 1915
The Spanish Jade
Film · 1915
Brute Force
Film · 1914
Gentleman Burglar
Film · 1914
A Tender-Hearted Crook
Film · 1913
Pure Gold and Dross
Film · 1913
The Widow and the Widower
Film · 1913
A Temporary Truce
Film · 1912
The Goddess of Sagebrush Gulch
Film · 1912
The Girl and Her Trust
Film · 1912
The Transformation of Mike
Film · 1912
The Massacre
Film · 1912
Man's Genesis
Film · 1912
Under Burning Skies
Film · 1912
A Sailor’s Heart
Film · 1912
Billy's Stratagem
Film · 1912
A Pueblo Legend
Film · 1912
Just Like a Woman
Film · 1912
Home Folks
Film · 1912
Fate's Interception
Film · 1912
When Kings Were the Law
Film · 1912
The Long Road
Film · 1911
His Trust
Film · 1911
Enoch Arden: Part II
Film · 1911
Enoch Arden: Part I
Film · 1911
When a Man Loves
Film · 1911
His Trust Fulfilled
Film · 1911
A Terrible Discovery
Film · 1911
Swords and Hearts
Film · 1911
The Primal Call
Film · 1911
The Rose of Kentucky
Film · 1911
Heart Beats of Long Ago
Film · 1911
His Daughter
Film · 1911
The Making of a Man
Film · 1911
Enoch Arden
Film · 1911
Fisher Folks
Film · 1911
The Lonedale Operator
Film · 1911
The Diamond Star
Film · 1911
The Two Paths
Film · 1911
A Woman Scorned
Film · 1911
The Failure
Film · 1911
Love in the Hills
Film · 1911
What Shall We Do with Our Old?
Film · 1911
The Miser's Heart
Film · 1911
The Indian Brothers
Film · 1911
The Spanish Gypsy
Film · 1911
The Broken Cross
Film · 1911
Madame Rex
Film · 1911
The New Dress
Film · 1911
Fighting Blood
Film · 1911
The Thief and the Girl
Film · 1911
The Sorrowful Example
Film · 1911
The Blind Princess and the Poet
Film · 1911
Winning Back His Love
Film · 1910
The Rocky Road
Film · 1910
A Strange Meeting
Film · 1909
The Honor of Thieves
Film · 1909
1776, or The Hessian Renegades
Film · 1909
The Renunciation
Film · 1909
The Girls and Daddy
Film · 1909
The Taming of the Shrew
Film · 1908
The Girl and the Outlaw
Film · 1908
The Greaser's Gauntlet
Film · 1908
The Nest
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