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.
277 acting credits · 30 directing credits
Acting · 277
The Baroness and the Butler
1938
Modern Times
1936
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939
Waterloo Bridge
1940
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916
Les Misérables
1935
The Fighting 69th
1940
Dodge City
1939
Midnight Mary
1933
The Prisoner of Shark Island
1936
Cleopatra
1934
The Sea Wolf
1941
Santa Fe Trail
1940
Marked Woman
1937
Beloved Enemy
1936
They Drive by Night
1940
Virginia City
1940
Pardon Us
1931
Tear Gas Squad
1940
Millie
1931
Lawyer Man
1932
Upperworld
1934
Madam Satan
1930
Frisco Kid
1935
Edison, the Man
1940
Dishonored
1931
A Chump at Oxford
1940
Careless Lady
1932
Brother Orchid
1940
Zenobia
1939
The Devil's Brother
1933
The Dark Horse
1932
Black Legion
1937
Big City Blues
1932
One Night of Love
1934
Stranded
1935
Kind Lady
1935
Four Wives
1939
Breakdowns of 1938
1938
Triple Justice
1940
Raffles
1939
The Declaration of Independence
1938
The Three Musketeers
1933
The White Angel
1936
The Country Doctor
1936
Blazing Sixes
1937
The Mayor of Hell
1933
The Return of Chandu
1934
Vagabond Lady
1935
The Sorrows of Satan
1926
Hot Water
1937
The Sphinx
1933
The Preview Murder Mystery
1936
The Massacre
1912
Devil and the Deep
1932
The Dragon Murder Case
1934
Four Daughters
1938
Mary Stevens, M.D.
1933
Nick Carter, Master Detective
1939
Prairie Thunder
1937
Women in the Wind
1939
We Who Are About to Die
1937
The Day the Bookies Wept
1939
Each Dawn I Die
1939
Call Her Savage
1932
Land Beyond the Law
1937
The Primal Call
1911
What Price Hollywood?
1932
Just Imagine
1930
Show Them No Mercy!
1935
The Westland Case
1937
Human Cargo
1936
A Dispatch from Reuters
1940
The Galloping Ghost
1931
Brother Rat
1938
High Tension
1936
Big Ears
1931
Criminal Lawyer
1937
The Arizonian
1935
Give Me Liberty
1936
The House on 56th Street
1933
The Marshal Of Mesa City
1939
Love Time
1934
Brute Force
1914
Man's Genesis
1912
The Phantom
1931
Strange People
1933
Naughty Marietta
1935
The Age for Love
1931
The Best of Laurel and Hardy
1968
Homicide Squad
1931
Racetrack
1933
The Intruder
1933
You Said a Mouthful
1932
His Daughter
1911
Down on the Farm
1938
Women in Hiding
1940
Cross-Examination
1932
The Devil-Doll
1936
Missing Witnesses
1937
The Renunciation
1909
Love on a Bet
1936
Men Call It Love
1931
Over the Wall
1938
Trilby
1923
Night Spot
1938
Talent Scout
1937
Heroes of the Street
1922
California Mail
1936
Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall
1924
Women Without Names
1940
Stranger in Town
1931
Varsity Show
1937
Graft
1931
Young Donovan's Kid
1931
Freshman Year
1938
His Trust
1911
Almost a Gentleman
1939
Idol of the Crowds
1937
I Cover the Waterfront
1933
Fighting Blood
1911
Advice to the Lovelorn
1933
The Westerners
1919
The Lily and the Rose
1915
The Lonedale Operator
1911
Rich Man's Folly
1931
Navy Blue and Gold
1937
The Big Cage
1933
The Long Road
1911
A Man to Remember
1938
The Kentucky Derby
1922
Chandu on the Magic Island
1935
Chatterbox
1936
Cyclone Cavalier
1925
Empty Holsters
1937
The Midnight Patrol
1932
Stormy
1935
Home Folks
1912
Shrimps for a Day
1934
Heart Beats of Long Ago
1911
The Judgment House
1917
A Love Sublime
1917
Air Fright
1933
The Fighting Breed
1921
Safety in Numbers
1938
Soldiers of Fortune
1919
Phantom Thunderbolt
1933
Jazzmania
1923
The Failure
1911
The Nest
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Lightning Romance
1924
The Taming of the Shrew
1908
Enoch Arden
1911
Fisher Folks
1911
She Loved a Fireman
1937
Free Wheeling
1932
The Man Without a Country
1937
Flesh and Blood
1922
Madame Rex
1911
House of Mystery
1931
A Broadway Butterfly
1925
Macbeth
1916
Riders of the Purple Sage
1925
Enoch Arden: Part I
1911
The Secrets of Wu Sin
1932
The Shadow of Lightning Ridge
1920
Enoch Arden: Part II
1911
Under Burning Skies
1912
Gentleman Burglar
1914
The Goddess of Sagebrush Gulch
1912
The Miser's Heart
1911
His Trust Fulfilled
1911
Red Noses
1932
One a Minute
1921
Acquitted
1916
Midnight Blunders
1936
Looser Than Loose
1930
Her Sacrifice
1926
The Unwritten Law
1932
Rip Roaring Riley
1935
Daughters of Pleasure
1924
The Rocky Road
1910
A Sailor’s Heart
1912
The Spanish Gypsy
1911
Mile a Minute Love
1937
Fate's Interception
1912
The Girl of the Golden West
1923
Paid Back
1922
The Microscope Mystery
1916
Apples to You!
1934
The Arizona Kid
1930
The Hushed Hour
1919
Lucky Larrigan
1932
The New Dress
1911
The Making of a Man
1911
The Blind Princess and the Poet
1911
The Moth
1934
1776, or The Hessian Renegades
1909
Love in the Hills
1911
Angkor
1935
Those Who Dance
1930
Across the Dead-Line
1922
Through the Back Door
1921
The Price She Paid
1924
The Transformation of Mike
1912
How Baxter Butted In
1925
The Two Paths
1911
Souls Triumphant
1917
The Bad Lands
1925
Jim Bludso
1917
A Wild Girl of the Sierras
1916
The Man from Kangaroo
1920
Passion's Pathway
1924
A Temporary Truce
1912
The Greatest Menace
1923
The Girl from Nowhere
1919
Convicted
1931
A Strange Meeting
1909
The Daredevil Drivers
1938
Youth's Gamble
1925
A Tender-Hearted Crook
1913
When a Man Loves
1911
The Broken Cross
1911
Legion of the Lawless
1940
A Pueblo Legend
1912
A Woman Scorned
1911
The Greaser's Gauntlet
1908
North of Nevada
1924
Hands Up!
1917
Sister to Judas
1932
Billy's Stratagem
1912
Winning Back His Love
1910
The Fatal Mistake
1924
The Tabasco Kid
1932
The Super Snooper
1937
Burnt Fingers
1927
Hello Sister
1930
Can a Woman Love Twice?
1923
What Shall We Do with Our Old?
1911
The Girl and the Outlaw
1908
Cock o' the Walk
1930
The Thief and the Girl
1911
As No Man Has Loved
1925
A Terrible Discovery
1911
The Co-respondent
1917
Racing for Life
1924
The Devil Horse
1932
When Kings Were the Law
1912
A Woman of Pleasure
1919
The Mask of Lopez
1924
Valley of Hate
1924
The Breaking Point
1921
The Honor of Thieves
1909
The Jackeroo of Coolabong
1920
Hell-to-Pay Austin
1916
The Wife Who Wasn't Wanted
1925
The Rose of Kentucky
1911
Just Like a Woman
1912
Swords and Hearts
1911
The Sorrowful Example
1911
The Fighting Sap
1924
The Food Gamblers
1917
The Diamond Star
1911
What Every Woman Wants
1919
The Wood Nymph
1916
The Spanish Jade
1915
Sins of Ambition
1917
The Indian Brothers
1911
The Snob Buster
1925
The Valley of Hate
1924
Love Your Neighbor
1930
The Girl and Her Trust
1912
Pure Gold and Dross
1913
The Girls and Daddy
1909
Stockholm ”Queen of the Baltic”
1932
The Beautiful Liar
1921
The Widow and the Widower
1913
Directing · 30
The Romance of Tarzan
1918
Pirate Gold
1913
A Love Sublime
1917
The Fighting Breed
1921
A Quiet Little Wedding
1913
The Speed Kings
1913
With the Enemy's Help
1912
The Trey o' Hearts
1914
The Shadow of Lightning Ridge
1920
A Misplaced Foot
1914
Her Sacrifice
1926
The Unwritten Law
1932
A Sailor’s Heart
1912
Blind Love
1912
Jim Bludso
1917
The Man from Kangaroo
1920
The Girl from Nowhere
1919
Hands Up!
1917
The Testing of Mildred Vane
1918
The Milk We Drink
1913
The Severed Hand
1914
The Jackeroo of Coolabong
1920
Baby Day
1913
The Red, Red Heart
1918
The Return of Mary
1918
Fatty's Day Off
1913
Morgan's Raiders
1918
The Spanish Jade
1915
A Glimpse of Los Angeles
1914
A Pair of Pink Pajamas
1918