Wilfred Lucas

Known For: Acting
Born: January 29, 1871
Place of Birth: Norfolk, Ontario, Canada
Died: December 13, 1940

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 Gauntle…

Filmography

The Best of Laurel and Hardy

The Best of Laurel and Hardy

1968 · The Warden (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Sea Wolf

1941

Santa Fe Trail

1940 · Weiner (uncredited)

A Dispatch from Reuters

1940 · Board Member (uncredited)

Triple Justice

1940 · Constable Herb at Tule Mesa

They Drive by Night

1940 · Bailiff (uncredited)

Women in Hiding

1940 · Policeman (uncredited)

Brother Orchid

1940 · Brother MacDonald

Waterloo Bridge

1940 · Elderly Huntsman at Estate Dance (uncredited)

Edison, the Man

1940 · Broker

Tear Gas Squad

1940 · Policeman

Virginia City

1940 · Southerner (uncredited)

Women Without Names

1940 · Roomer

The Fighting 69th

1940 · Eye Doctor (uncredited)

A Chump at Oxford

1940 · Dean Williams

Legion of the Lawless

1940 · East Ivestown Leader (uncredited)

Four Wives

1939 · Stationmaster (uncredited)

Nick Carter, Master Detective

1939 · Police Detective Randall

Raffles

1939 · Bobby

The Marshal Of Mesa City

1939 · Marshal Andy Thompson (uncredited)

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

1939 · Pompous Man (uncredited)

The Day the Bookies Wept

1939 · Bill, Man Outside Racetrack (uncredited)

Each Dawn I Die

1939 · Bailiff (uncredited)

Zenobia

1939 · Undetermined Role

Women in the Wind

1939 · Burbank Offical (uncredited)

Dodge City

1939 · Bartender (uncredited)

Almost a Gentleman

1939 · Dog Show Director

Breakdowns of 1938

1938 · Race Judge (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Declaration of Independence

1938 · John Dickinson (uncredited)

Brother Rat

1938 · Ballfield Doctor

A Man to Remember

1938 · Man at Hospital Dedication (uncredited)

Down on the Farm

1938 · Wheeler

Freshman Year

1938 · Professor Ullrich

Four Daughters

1938 · Doctor (uncredited)

Safety in Numbers

1938 · Councilman

Over the Wall

1938 · Cell Block Keeper

Night Spot

1938 · Police Lieutenant

The Baroness and the Butler

1938 · Member of Parliament

The Daredevil Drivers

1938 · Race Judge

She Loved a Fireman

1937 · Fire Tug Captain

Missing Witnesses

1937 · Judge in Wagner Case (uncredited)

The Man Without a Country

1937 · Lincoln's Secretary (uncredited)

Navy Blue and Gold

1937 · Ship's Captain (uncredited)

The Westland Case

1937 · Gun Dealer

Idol of the Crowds

1937 · Doctor (uncredited)

Hot Water

1937 · Customer in Drugstore (uncredited)

Prairie Thunder

1937 · Nate Temple

Varsity Show

1937 · Police Commissioner (uncredited)

Talent Scout

1937 · Director of Screen Test (uncredited)

Empty Holsters

1937 · John Ware

Blazing Sixes

1937 · Sheriff Tom

Marked Woman

1937 · Jury Foreman #1 (uncredited)

Mile a Minute Love

1937 · Drexel

Land Beyond the Law

1937 · Jim Blake (uncredited)

The Super Snooper

The Super Snooper

1937

Black Legion

1937 · Bailiff (uncredited)

Criminal Lawyer

1937 · Brandon's Assistant

We Who Are About to Die

1937 · Prison Yard Captain (uncredited)

Beloved Enemy

1936 · Doctor (Uncredited)

Give Me Liberty

1936 · His Excellency Permitting Henry's Arrest (uncredited)

Midnight Blunders

1936 · Professor Edwin Millstone (uncredited)

California Mail

1936 · Sheriff

The Devil-Doll

1936 · Off-Screen Voice (voice / uncredited)

High Tension

1936 · Businessman

The White Angel

1936 · Raglan Staff Officer (uncredited)

Human Cargo

1936 · Police Chief

The Country Doctor

1936 · Proprietor (uncredited)

Love on a Bet

1936 · Man at Hutchinson's Meeting

The Preview Murder Mystery

1936 · Director (Uncredited)

The Prisoner of Shark Island

1936 · Testifying Colonel (uncredited)

Modern Times

1936 · Juvenile Officer

Chatterbox

1936 · Himself (uncredited)

Kind Lady

1935 · First Scotland Yard Man (uncredited)

Show Them No Mercy!

1935 · Druggist (uncredited)

Frisco Kid

1935 · First Policeman (uncredited)

Rip Roaring Riley

1935 · Chief Martin

Stormy

1935 · Mack's Horse Trainer (uncredited)

Stranded

1935 · Pat, a Welfare Worker (uncredited)

The Arizonian

1935 · Townsman with Mayor

Vagabond Lady

1935 · Dock Official (uncredited)

Les Misérables

1935 · Onlooker

Naughty Marietta

1935 · Announcer (uncredited)

Angkor

1935 · Wilfred Lucas, game hunter

Chandu on the Magic Island

1935 · Capt. Walker

Shrimps for a Day

1934 · Mr. Wade

Love Time

1934 · Dignitary (uncredited)

Cleopatra

1934 · Roman Greeting Antony (uncredited)

The Return of Chandu

1934 · Capt. Wilson [Chs. 4-12]

The Dragon Murder Case

1934 · Police Sergeant (uncredited)

One Night of Love

1934 · Metropolitan Operagoer

Upperworld

1934 · Boat Captain (uncredited)

Apples to You!

1934 · Chairman of the Board

The Moth

1934 · John Gale

The House on 56th Street

1933 · Prosecuting Attorney (uncredited)

Air Fright

1933 · Mr. Lucas, Airline Superintendent

Advice to the Lovelorn

1933

Mary Stevens, M.D.

1933 · Andrews' Lawyer Barry (uncredited)

Midnight Mary

1933 · Nightclub Bouncer (uncredited)

The Mayor of Hell

1933 · Bill (uncredited)

Strange People

1933 · John Davis

The Sphinx

1933 · Prosecuting Attorney

I Cover the Waterfront

1933 · Randall

The Devil's Brother

1933

The Big Cage

1933 · Bob Mills

The Three Musketeers

1933 · El Shaitan

The Intruder

1933 · Mr. Wayne

Phantom Thunderbolt

1933 · Eaton - Railroad President

Racetrack

1933 · Mr. Ryan

Sister to Judas

1932 · Mike O'Flanagan

Lawyer Man

1932 · Second Jury Foreman (uncredited)

The Secrets of Wu Sin

1932 · Pharmacist

You Said a Mouthful

1932 · Official (uncredited)

Lucky Larrigan

1932 · John Larrigan

The Unwritten Law

1932 · Captain Kane, Director

Call Her Savage

1932 · Child Welfare Official (Uncredited)

The Devil Horse

1932 · Whitney [Ch. 1] (uncredited)

Free Wheeling

1932 · The Specialist

Big City Blues

1932 · Policeman (uncredited)

Devil and the Deep

1932 · Court Martial Judge (uncredited)

Igloo

1932 · Writer

What Price Hollywood?

1932 · Bill the Replacement Director (uncredited)

The Dark Horse

1932 · Debate Chairman

Stockholm ”Queen of the Baltic”

Stockholm ”Queen of the Baltic”

1932

The Midnight Patrol

1932

Careless Lady

1932 · Ship's Purser

Red Noses

1932 · Mr. Lucas

Cross-Examination

1932 · Judge Hollister

The Tabasco Kid

1932 · Sheriff's Deputy

House of Mystery

1931 · Sheriff Franklin

Rich Man's Folly

1931

Convicted

1931 · Capt. Hammond

The Phantom

1931 · Dist. Atty. John Hampton

The Age for Love

1931 · Undetermined Role

Graft

1931 · Candidate Louis

The Galloping Ghost

1931 · Sportscaster

Big Ears

1931 · Doctor

Pardon Us

1931 · Warden

Stranger in Town

1931 · J.P. Walker

Homicide Squad

1931

Young Donovan's Kid

1931 · Duryea

Dishonored

1931

Men Call It Love

1931 · Sam Ellery (uncredited)

Millie

1931 · Millie's Elderly Escort (uncredited)

Just Imagine

1930 · X-10

Looser Than Loose

1930 · Mr. Gillstrom, Charley's Boss

Love Your Neighbor

Love Your Neighbor

1930

Madam Satan

1930 · Roman Senator

Those Who Dance

1930 · Big Ben Benson

Cock o' the Walk

1930 · Señor Vallejo

The Arizona Kid

1930 · Manager

Hello Sister

1930 · Dr. Saltus

Burnt Fingers

1927 · Lord Cumberly

The Sorrows of Satan

1926 · Minister (uncredited)

Her Sacrifice

1926 · Edwin Ramsey, Director

Cyclone Cavalier

1925 · Hugh Clayton

The Wife Who Wasn't Wanted

1925 · Judge Bledsoe

How Baxter Butted In

1925 · R.S. Falk

The Bad Lands

1925 · Col. Owen

Youth's Gamble

1925 · Harry Blaine

The Snob Buster

1925 · John Pendergast

A Broadway Butterfly

1925 · Stage Manager

Riders of the Purple Sage

1925 · Oldring

As No Man Has Loved

1925 · Maj. Bissell

Lightning Romance

1924 · Richard Wade

Women First

1924 · Story

The Beautiful Sinner

The Beautiful Sinner

1924 · Story

The Price She Paid

1924 · James Presbury

The Fatal Mistake

1924 · , Story

Racing for Life

1924 · Hudford, Screenplay, Story

Passion's Pathway

1924 · Richard Stanton

The Fighting Sap

1924 · Charles Richmond

The Valley of Hate

1924 · Old Jim Darley

Valley of Hate

1924 · Old Jim Darley

Daughters of Pleasure

1924 · Mark Hadley

Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall

1924 · Earl of Rutland

North of Nevada

1924 · C. Hanaford

The Mask of Lopez

1924 · Richard O'Neil

Trilby

1923 · The Laird

The Greatest Menace

1923 · Charles W. Wright

The Girl of the Golden West

1923 · Ashby

Can a Woman Love Twice?

1923 · Franklyn Chase

Jazzmania

1923 · Julius Furman

Heroes of the Street

1922

The Kentucky Derby

1922 · Capt. Wolff

Paid Back

1922 · Ship Captain

Flesh and Blood

1922 · The Policeman

Across the Dead-Line

1922 · Aaron Kidder

The Beautiful Liar

1921 · Gaston Allegretti

The Fighting Breed

The Fighting Breed

1921 · John MacDonald, Writer, Director

One a Minute

1921 · Prosecutor (uncredited)

Through the Back Door

1921 · Elton Reeves

The Breaking Point

1921 · Mortimer Davidson

The Jackeroo of Coolabong

1920 · John MacDonald, Director

The Shadow of Lightning Ridge

1920 · Edward Mariott, Director, Story

The Man from Kangaroo

1920 · Red Jack Braggan, Director

Soldiers of Fortune

1919 · President Alvarez

A Woman of Pleasure

1919 · Sir John Thornbull

The Girl from Nowhere

1919 · Diamond Terry, Director, Story

The Westerners

1919 · Jim Buckley

The Hushed Hour

1919 · Robert Appleton Jr.

What Every Woman Wants

1919 · Horace Lennon

The Testing of Mildred Vane

1918 · Director

A Pair of Pink Pajamas

1918 · Director

The Romance of Tarzan

1918 · Scenario Writer, Director

The Return of Mary

1918 · Director

The Red, Red Heart

The Red, Red Heart

1918 · Director

Morgan's Raiders

1918 · Director, Writer

The Judgment House

1917 · Rudyard Byng

The Co-respondent

1917 · Richard Manning

Sins of Ambition

1917 · Andrew Maxwell

The Food Gamblers

1917 · Henry Havens

Souls Triumphant

1917 · Robert Powers

Hands Up!

1917 · John Houston, Director, Writer

A Love Sublime

1917 · Philip, Director, Writer

Jim Bludso

1917 · Jim Bludso, Director

The Microscope Mystery

1916 · Doc Arnold

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

1916 · Extra (uncredited)

Hell-to-Pay Austin

Hell-to-Pay Austin

1916 · Hell-to-Pay Austin

A Wild Girl of the Sierras

1916 · Jim Hamilton

Macbeth

1916 · Macduff

Acquitted

1916 · John Carter

The Wood Nymph

1916 · Fred Arnold

The Lily and the Rose

1915 · Jack Van Norman

The Spanish Jade

The Spanish Jade

1915 · Osmund Manvers, Director

The Trey o' Hearts

1914 · Director

The Severed Hand

The Severed Hand

1914 · Director

Brute Force

1914 · Brute Force

Gentleman Burglar

Gentleman Burglar

1914 · Baffles

A Misplaced Foot

A Misplaced Foot

1914 · Director

A Glimpse of Los Angeles

A Glimpse of Los Angeles

1914 · Director

The Milk We Drink

The Milk We Drink

1913 · Director

The Speed Kings

1913 · Director

A Quiet Little Wedding

A Quiet Little Wedding

1913 · Director

A Tender-Hearted Crook

A Tender-Hearted Crook

1913

Fatty's Day Off

1913 · Director

Baby Day

1913 · Director

Pure Gold and Dross

Pure Gold and Dross

1913

The Widow and the Widower

The Widow and the Widower

1913 · The Widower

Pirate Gold

1913 · Director

The Massacre

1912 · Stephen

A Sailor’s Heart

1912 · The Sailor, Director, Writer

The Chief's Blanket

1912 · Writer

Blind Love

1912 · Director

A Pueblo Legend

1912 · The Indian Girl's Great Brother

With the Enemy's Help

1912 · Director

Man's Genesis

1912 · Bruteforce

A Temporary Truce

1912 · An Indian (uncredited)

Home Folks

1912 · The Blacksmith

When Kings Were the Law

When Kings Were the Law

1912 · The King of Romanda, Writer

Just Like a Woman

Just Like a Woman

1912 · The Wealthy Friend

Fate's Interception

1912 · The American

The Girl and Her Trust

1912

The Goddess of Sagebrush Gulch

1912 · Minor Role (uncredited)

Under Burning Skies

1912 · Joe

Billy's Stratagem

1912 · Billy's Father

The Transformation of Mike

1912 · Mike

A Terrible Discovery

1911 · The District Attorney

The Failure

1911 · The Clerk

A Woman Scorned

1911 · The Doctor

The Miser's Heart

1911 · First Crook

Love in the Hills

Love in the Hills

1911 · The Manley Suitor

The Long Road

1911 · A Policeman

The Making of a Man

1911 · In Second Audience

Swords and Hearts

1911 · Hugh Frazier

The Rose of Kentucky

1911 · The planter

The Blind Princess and the Poet

The Blind Princess and the Poet

1911 · Princess's Father

The Sorrowful Example

The Sorrowful Example

1911 · The Husband

The Indian Brothers

1911 · The Indian Chief's Brother

The Thief and the Girl

The Thief and the Girl

1911 · The Thief

Fighting Blood

1911

The Primal Call

1911 · The Fisherman

Enoch Arden: Part II

1911 · Enoch Arden

Enoch Arden

1911 · Enoch Arden

Enoch Arden: Part I

1911

The New Dress

1911 · Jose

Madame Rex

1911

The Broken Cross

The Broken Cross

1911

The Spanish Gypsy

The Spanish Gypsy

1911 · Jose

The Lonedale Operator

1911 · The Fireman

His Daughter

1911

The Diamond Star

The Diamond Star

1911 · John Wilson

Fisher Folks

1911 · Steve Hardester

What Shall We Do with Our Old?

1911 · Violent Jailbird

Heart Beats of Long Ago

Heart Beats of Long Ago

1911 · The Lover

His Trust Fulfilled

1911 · George

His Trust

1911 · George

When a Man Loves

1911

The Two Paths

1911 · Nellie's Husband

Winning Back His Love

1910 · Frederick Wallace

Sunshine Sue

1910 · Writer

The Rocky Road

1910

1776, or The Hessian Renegades

1909

A Strange Meeting

1909

The Renunciation

1909

The Girls and Daddy

1909

The Honor of Thieves

The Honor of Thieves

1909

The Taming of the Shrew

1908

The Girl and the Outlaw

1908

The Greaser's Gauntlet

1908 · Jose

The Nest

— · Howard Hardy

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