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Known For
Acting
Birthday
January 29, 1871
Died
December 13, 1940
Place of Birth
Norfolk, Ontario, Canada
Also Known As
- Wilfred Van Norman Lucas
Wilfred Lucas
0.7 Popularity
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.
Known For
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0.0
The Warden (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Best of Laurel and Hardy
1968
7.2
The Sea Wolf
1941
5.7
Weiner (uncredited)
Santa Fe Trail
1940
6.1
Board Member (uncredited)
A Dispatch from Reuters
1940
6.0
Constable Herb at Tule Mesa
Triple Justice
1940
6.9
Bailiff (uncredited)
They Drive by Night
1940
7.0
Policeman (uncredited)
Women in Hiding
1940
6.5
Brother MacDonald
Brother Orchid
1940
7.5
Elderly Huntsman at Estate Dance (uncredited)
Waterloo Bridge
1940
6.8
Broker
Edison, the Man
1940
Credits
🎬
The Best of Laurel and Hardy
as The Warden (archive footage) (uncredited)
1968
0.0
The Sea Wolf
1941
7.2
Santa Fe Trail
as Weiner (uncredited)
1940
5.7
A Dispatch from Reuters
as Board Member (uncredited)
1940
6.1
Triple Justice
as Constable Herb at Tule Mesa
1940
6.0
They Drive by Night
as Bailiff (uncredited)
1940
6.9
Women in Hiding
as Policeman (uncredited)
1940
7.0
Brother Orchid
as Brother MacDonald
1940
6.5
Waterloo Bridge
as Elderly Huntsman at Estate Dance (uncredited)
1940
7.5
Edison, the Man
as Broker
1940
6.8
Tear Gas Squad
as Policeman
1940
4.8
Virginia City
as Southerner (uncredited)
1940
6.1
Women Without Names
as Roomer
1940
4.1
The Fighting 69th
as Eye Doctor (uncredited)
1940
5.5
A Chump at Oxford
as Dean Williams
1940
6.8
Legion of the Lawless
as East Ivestown Leader (uncredited)
1940
5.4
Four Wives
as Stationmaster (uncredited)
1939
5.3
Nick Carter, Master Detective
as Police Detective Randall
1939
5.7
Raffles
as Bobby
1939
6.0
The Marshal Of Mesa City
as Marshal Andy Thompson (uncredited)
1939
8.0
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
as Pompous Man (uncredited)
1939
7.8
The Day the Bookies Wept
as Bill, Man Outside Racetrack (uncredited)
1939
5.0
Each Dawn I Die
as Bailiff (uncredited)
1939
6.8
Zenobia
as Undetermined Role
1939
4.6
Women in the Wind
as Burbank Offical (uncredited)
1939
6.8
Dodge City
as Bartender (uncredited)
1939
6.9
Almost a Gentleman
as Dog Show Director
1939
6.0
Breakdowns of 1938
as Race Judge (archive footage) (uncredited)
1938
4.7
The Declaration of Independence
as John Dickinson (uncredited)
1938
6.3
Brother Rat
as Ballfield Doctor
1938
5.0
A Man to Remember
as Man at Hospital Dedication (uncredited)
1938
6.5
Down on the Farm
as Wheeler
1938
0.0
Freshman Year
as Professor Ullrich
1938
0.0
Four Daughters
as Doctor (uncredited)
1938
6.6
Safety in Numbers
as Councilman
1938
0.0
Over the Wall
as Cell Block Keeper
1938
5.0
Night Spot
as Police Lieutenant
1938
3.8
The Baroness and the Butler
as Member of Parliament
1938
5.0
The Daredevil Drivers
as Race Judge
1938
5.0
She Loved a Fireman
as Fire Tug Captain
1937
6.0
Missing Witnesses
as Judge in Wagner Case (uncredited)
1937
5.5
The Man Without a Country
as Lincoln's Secretary (uncredited)
1937
5.7
Navy Blue and Gold
as Ship's Captain (uncredited)
1937
5.3
The Westland Case
as Gun Dealer
1937
6.0
Idol of the Crowds
as Doctor (uncredited)
1937
4.1
Hot Water
as Customer in Drugstore (uncredited)
1937
5.0
Prairie Thunder
as Nate Temple
1937
3.0
Varsity Show
as Police Commissioner (uncredited)
1937
6.3
Varsity Show
as Police Commissioner
1937
6.3
Talent Scout
as Director of Screen Test (uncredited)
1937
6.0
Empty Holsters
as John Ware
1937
0.0
Blazing Sixes
as Sheriff Tom
1937
6.0
Marked Woman
as Jury Foreman #1 (uncredited)
1937
6.5
Mile a Minute Love
as Drexel
1937
6.0
Land Beyond the Law
as Jim Blake (uncredited)
1937
7.0
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The Super Snooper
1937
0.0
Black Legion
as Bailiff (uncredited)
1937
6.6
Criminal Lawyer
as Brandon's Assistant
1937
5.9
We Who Are About to Die
as Prison Yard Captain (uncredited)
1937
6.8
Beloved Enemy
as Doctor (Uncredited)
1936
6.1
Give Me Liberty
as His Excellency Permitting Henry's Arrest (uncredited)
1936
6.3
Midnight Blunders
as Professor Edwin Millstone (uncredited)
1936
4.3
California Mail
as Sheriff
1936
4.4
High Tension
as Businessman
1936
5.4
The Devil-Doll
as Off-Screen Voice (voice / uncredited)
1936
6.8
The White Angel
as Raglan Staff Officer (uncredited)
1936
7.2
Human Cargo
as Police Chief
1936
6.0
The Country Doctor
as Proprietor (uncredited)
1936
6.0
Love on a Bet
as Man at Hutchinson's Meeting
1936
7.0
The Prisoner of Shark Island
as Testifying Colonel (uncredited)
1936
6.8
The Preview Murder Mystery
as Director (Uncredited)
1936
5.6
Modern Times
as Juvenile Officer
1936
8.3
Chatterbox
as Himself (uncredited)
1936
6.0
Show Them No Mercy!
as Druggist (uncredited)
1935
7.0
Kind Lady
as First Scotland Yard Man (uncredited)
1935
6.6
Frisco Kid
as First Policeman (uncredited)
1935
6.8
Rip Roaring Riley
as Chief Martin
1935
0.0
Stormy
as Mack's Horse Trainer (uncredited)
1935
0.0
Stranded
as Pat, a Welfare Worker (uncredited)
1935
5.8
The Arizonian
as Townsman with Mayor
1935
0.0
Vagabond Lady
as Dock Official (uncredited)
1935
7.2
Les Misérables
as Onlooker
1935
7.2
Naughty Marietta
as Announcer (uncredited)
1935
5.4
Angkor
as Wilfred Lucas, game hunter
1935
6.0
Chandu on the Magic Island
as Capt. Walker
1935
4.8
Shrimps for a Day
as Mr. Wade
1934
7.0
Love Time
as Dignitary (uncredited)
1934
0.0
Cleopatra
as Roman Greeting Antony (uncredited)
1934
6.0
The Return of Chandu
as Capt. Wilson [Chs. 4-12]
1934
4.5
The Dragon Murder Case
as Police Sergeant (uncredited)
1934
5.7
One Night of Love
as Metropolitan Operagoer
1934
5.2
Upperworld
as Boat Captain (uncredited)
1934
6.3
Apples to You!
as Chairman of the Board
1934
7.0
The Moth
as John Gale
1934
0.0
Air Fright
as Mr. Lucas, Airline Superintendent
1933
5.5
The House on 56th Street
as Prosecuting Attorney (uncredited)
1933
4.6
Advice to the Lovelorn
1933
7.0
Mary Stevens, M.D.
as Andrews' Lawyer Barry (uncredited)
1933
5.9
Midnight Mary
as Nightclub Bouncer (uncredited)
1933
6.8
The Mayor of Hell
as Bill (uncredited)
1933
7.1
Strange People
as John Davis
1933
5.0
The Sphinx
as Prosecuting Attorney
1933
4.6
I Cover the Waterfront
as Randall
1933
4.8
The Devil's Brother
1933
6.7
The Big Cage
as Bob Mills
1933
6.0
The Three Musketeers
as El Shaitan
1933
5.3
The Intruder
as Mr. Wayne
1933
4.0
Phantom Thunderbolt
as Eaton - Railroad President
1933
4.3
Racetrack
as Mr. Ryan
1933
0.0
Sister to Judas
as Mike O'Flanagan
1932
0.0
Lawyer Man
as Second Jury Foreman (uncredited)
1932
5.8
The Secrets of Wu Sin
as Pharmacist
1932
6.0
You Said a Mouthful
as Official (uncredited)
1932
5.0
Lucky Larrigan
as John Larrigan
1932
0.0
The Unwritten Law
as Captain Kane
1932
0.0
Call Her Savage
as Child Welfare Official (Uncredited)
1932
5.5
The Devil Horse
as Whitney [Ch. 1] (uncredited)
1932
4.0
Free Wheeling
as The Specialist
1932
7.8
Big City Blues
as Policeman (uncredited)
1932
5.3
Devil and the Deep
as Court Martial Judge (uncredited)
1932
4.8
What Price Hollywood?
as Bill the Replacement Director (uncredited)
1932
6.8
The Dark Horse
as Debate Chairman
1932
7.2
Stockholm ”Queen of the Baltic”
1932
0.0
The Midnight Patrol
1932
0.0
Careless Lady
as Ship's Purser
1932
5.2
Red Noses
as Mr. Lucas
1932
7.0
Cross-Examination
as Judge Hollister
1932
4.6
The Tabasco Kid
as Sheriff's Deputy
1932
0.0
House of Mystery
as Sheriff Franklin
1931
8.0
Rich Man's Folly
1931
4.5
The Phantom
as Dist. Atty. John Hampton
1931
3.9
Convicted
as Capt. Hammond
1931
4.2
The Age for Love
as Undetermined Role
1931
0.0
Graft
as Candidate Louis
1931
4.5
The Galloping Ghost
as Sportscaster
1931
2.0
Big Ears
as Doctor
1931
4.5
Pardon Us
as Warden
1931
6.4
Stranger in Town
as J.P. Walker
1931
3.0
Homicide Squad
1931
0.0
Young Donovan's Kid
as Duryea
1931
0.0
Dishonored
1931
6.8
Men Call It Love
as Sam Ellery (uncredited)
1931
4.5
Millie
as Millie's Elderly Escort (uncredited)
1931
5.1
Looser Than Loose
as Mr. Gillstrom, Charley's Boss
1930
4.0
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Love Your Neighbor
1930
0.0
Madam Satan
as Roman Senator
1930
5.6
Those Who Dance
as Big Ben Benson
1930
6.0
Cock o' the Walk
as Señor Vallejo
1930
3.1
The Arizona Kid
as Manager
1930
5.5
Hello Sister
as Dr. Saltus
1930
1.0
Burnt Fingers
as Lord Cumberly
1927
0.0
The Sorrows of Satan
as Minister (uncredited)
1926
6.7
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Her Sacrifice
as Edwin Ramsey
1926
0.0
Cyclone Cavalier
as Hugh Clayton
1925
0.0
The Wife Who Wasn't Wanted
as Judge Bledsoe
1925
0.0
How Baxter Butted In
as R.S. Falk
1925
0.0
The Bad Lands
as Col. Owen
1925
0.0
A Broadway Butterfly
as Stage Manager
1925
0.0
Riders of the Purple Sage
as Oldring
1925
5.7
As No Man Has Loved
as Maj. Bissell
1925
0.0
Lightning Romance
as Richard Wade
1924
0.0
The Price She Paid
as James Presbury
1924
4.0
The Fatal Mistake
1924
0.0
Racing for Life
as Hudford
1924
0.0
Passion's Pathway
as Richard Stanton
1924
0.0
The Fighting Sap
as Charles Richmond
1924
0.0
Valley of Hate
as Old Jim Darley
1924
5.0
The Valley of Hate
as Old Jim Darley
1924
5.0
Daughters of Pleasure
as Mark Hadley
1924
0.0
Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall
as Earl of Rutland
1924
4.3
North of Nevada
as C. Hanaford
1924
0.0
The Mask of Lopez
as Richard O'Neil
1924
0.0
Trilby
as The Laird
1923
0.0
The Greatest Menace
as Charles W. Wright
1923
0.0
The Girl of the Golden West
as Ashby
1923
0.0
Can a Woman Love Twice?
as Franklyn Chase
1923
0.0
Jazzmania
as Julius Furman
1923
0.0
Heroes of the Street
1922
0.0
The Kentucky Derby
as Capt. Wolff
1922
5.0
Paid Back
as Ship Captain
1922
0.0
Flesh and Blood
as The Policeman
1922
5.9
Across the Dead-Line
as Aaron Kidder
1922
0.0
The Beautiful Liar
as Gaston Allegretti
1921
0.0
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The Fighting Breed
as John MacDonald
1921
0.0
One a Minute
as Prosecutor (uncredited)
1921
6.3
Through The Back Door
as Elton Reeves
1921
6.1
The Breaking Point
as Mortimer Davidson
1921
0.0
The Man from Kangaroo
as Red Jack Braggan
1920
5.6
Soldiers of Fortune
as President Alvarez
1919
0.0
A Woman of Pleasure
as Sir John Thornbull
1919
0.0
The Westerners
as Jim Buckley
1919
0.0
The Hushed Hour
as Robert Appleton Jr.
1919
0.0
What Every Woman Wants
as Horace Lennon
1919
1.0
The Judgment House
as Rudyard Byng
1917
0.0
The Co-respondent
as Richard Manning
1917
0.0
Sins of Ambition
as Andrew Maxwell
1917
0.0
Souls Triumphant
as Robert Powers
1917
0.0
Hands Up!
as John Houston
1917
0.0
A Love Sublime
as Philip
1917
0.0
🎬
Jim Bludso
as Jim Bludso
1917
0.0
The Microscope Mystery
as Doc Arnold
1916
0.0
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
as Extra (uncredited)
1916
7.1
🎬
Hell-to-Pay Austin
as Hell-to-Pay Austin
1916
0.0
A Wild Girl of the Sierras
as Jim Hamilton
1916
0.0
Macbeth
as Macduff
1916
0.0
Acquitted
as John Carter
1916
0.0
The Wood Nymph
as Fred Arnold
1916
0.0
The Lily and the Rose
as Jack Van Norman
1915
0.0
🎬
The Spanish Jade
as Osmund Manvers
1915
0.0
Brute Force
as Brute Force
1914
5.3
🎬
Gentleman Burglar
as Baffles
1914
0.0
🎬
A Tender-Hearted Crook
1913
0.0
🎬
Pure Gold and Dross
1913
0.0
🎬
The Widow and the Widower
as The Widower
1913
0.0
The Massacre
as Stephen
1912
5.9
A Sailor’s Heart
as The Sailor
1912
0.0
A Pueblo Legend
as The Indian Girl's Great Brother
1912
0.0
Man's Genesis
as Bruteforce
1912
4.6
A Temporary Truce
as An Indian (uncredited)
1912
4.0
Home Folks
as The Blacksmith
1912
0.0
🎬
When Kings Were the Law
as The King of Romanda
1912
0.0
🎬
Just Like a Woman
as The Wealthy Friend
1912
0.0
Fate's Interception
as The American
1912
0.0
The Girl and Her Trust
1912
6.3
The Goddess of Sagebrush Gulch
as Minor Role (uncredited)
1912
0.0
Under Burning Skies
as Joe
1912
4.7
Billy's Stratagem
as Billy's Father
1912
5.0
The Transformation of Mike
as Mike
1912
4.3
A Terrible Discovery
as The District Attorney
1911
0.0
The Failure
as The Clerk
1911
4.0
A Woman Scorned
as The Doctor
1911
0.0
The Miser's Heart
as First Crook
1911
6.0
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Love in the Hills
as The Manley Suitor
1911
0.0
The Long Road
as A Policeman
1911
0.0
The Making of a Man
as In Second Audience
1911
6.3
Swords and Hearts
as Hugh Frazier
1911
4.6
The Rose of Kentucky
as The planter
1911
5.7
The Primal Call
as The Fisherman
1911
4.0
Enoch Arden: Part II
1911
5.5
Enoch Arden
as Enoch Arden
1911
5.8
Enoch Arden: Part I
1911
5.5
The Lonedale Operator
as The Fireman
1911
6.1
His Daughter
1911
4.0
The Diamond Star
1911
0.0
Fisher Folks
as Steve Hardester
1911
0.0
What Shall We Do with Our Old?
as Violent Jailbird
1911
5.5
Heart Beats of Long Ago
as The Lover
1911
5.0
His Trust Fulfilled
as George
1911
3.7
His Trust
as George
1911
4.1
When a Man Loves
1911
4.0
🎬
The Two Paths
1911
0.0
Winning Back His Love
as Frederick Wallace
1910
4.0
The Rocky Road
1910
4.0
1776, or The Hessian Renegades
1909
5.2
A Strange Meeting
1909
4.3
The Renunciation
1909
4.4
The Girls and Daddy
1909
3.0
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The Honor of Thieves
1909
1.5
The Taming of the Shrew
1908
4.9
The Girl and the Outlaw
1908
3.0
The Greaser's Gauntlet
as Jose
1908
1.0