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