Wilfred Lucas
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
265
Gender
Male
Birthday
1871-01-29
Day of death
1940-12-13 (69 years old)
Place of Birth
Norfolk, Ontario, Canada
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.
Known For
Kind Lady
His Trust
Chatterbox
Red Noses
Brother Orchid
Zenobia
Pardon Us
Freshman Year
Hands Up!
Dishonored
Racetrack
Jazzmania
Cleopatra
Just Imagine
Give Me Liberty
Man's Genesis
Cock o' the Walk
One Night of Love
Virginia City
Raffles
The Renunciation
A Love Sublime
Daughters of Pleasure
Lawyer Man
Prairie Thunder
Modern Times
Hot Water
Angkor
Careless Lady
Free Wheeling
Soldiers of Fortune
Brute Force
They Drive by Night
House of Mystery
Call Her Savage
Upperworld
The Failure
Her Sacrifice
The Big Cage
Down on the Farm
One a Minute
The Westland Case
A Woman Scorned
The Girls and Daddy
The Super Snooper
Stranded
Breakdowns of 1938
Macbeth
A Broadway Butterfly
The Beautiful Liar
Sins of Ambition
Men Call It Love
Naughty Marietta
A Woman of Pleasure
1776, or The Hessian Renegades
Love on a Bet
Hello Sister
Stranger in Town
The Co-respondent
Air Fright
Night Spot
Frisco Kid
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
The Devil's Brother
Gentleman Burglar
The Intruder
Lightning Romance
Just Like a Woman
Waterloo Bridge
Lucky Larrigan
Apples to You!
Dodge City
Those Who Dance
Stormy
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
Flesh and Blood
I Cover the Waterfront
Passion's Pathway
Burnt Fingers
Brother Rat
Criminal Lawyer
Les Misérables
Graft
Heroes of the Street
His Trust Fulfilled
Nick Carter, Master Detective
Empty Holsters
High Tension
A Chump at Oxford
Four Daughters
Trilby
A Tender-Hearted Crook
Santa Fe Trail
The Sea Wolf
Devil and the Deep
Black Legion
A Dispatch from Reuters
Billy's Stratagem
The Fighting 69th
The Devil-Doll
Acquitted
The Three Musketeers
Rip Roaring Riley
The Prisoner of Shark Island
Each Dawn I Die
Over the Wall
Missing Witnesses
What Price Hollywood?
The Mayor of Hell
Marked Woman
Madam Satan
Mary Stevens, M.D.
Tear Gas Squad
The Arizonian
Millie
Women Without Names
The House on 56th Street
Beloved Enemy
The Declaration of Independence
A Terrible Discovery
Safety in Numbers
Love in the Hills
The Daredevil Drivers
Navy Blue and Gold
The Mask of Lopez
The Greatest Menace
The Hushed Hour
The White Angel
Varsity Show
Varsity Show
You Said a Mouthful
The Return of Chandu
Cross-Examination
Four Wives
Enoch Arden
Women in the Wind
Show Them No Mercy!
Homicide Squad
The Miser's Heart
Talent Scout
Vagabond Lady
Paid Back
The Secrets of Wu Sin
The Galloping Ghost
Edison, the Man
The Baroness and the Butler
The Spanish Jade
The Sphinx
The Sorrows of Satan
The Man Without a Country
Idol of the Crowds
The Breaking Point
A Man to Remember
She Loved a Fireman
Legion of the Lawless
Through the Back Door
Young Donovan's Kid
The Diamond Star
Triple Justice
The Dragon Murder Case
The Fighting Breed
Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall
The Best of Laurel and Hardy
California Mail
Midnight Mary
The Two Paths
The Day the Bookies Wept
Big City Blues
The Marshal Of Mesa City
The Massacre
Almost a Gentleman
Land Beyond the Law
The Microscope Mystery
The Tabasco Kid
The Preview Murder Mystery
The Making of a Man
His Daughter
Rich Man's Folly
The Dark Horse
The Bad Lands
The Country Doctor
Blazing Sixes
The Arizona Kid
Strange People
A Strange Meeting
We Who Are About to Die
Women in Hiding
Valley of Hate
The Price She Paid
Riders of the Purple Sage
The Age for Love
The Valley of Hate
Advice to the Lovelorn
Shrimps for a Day
Love Time
The Devil Horse
Fisher Folks
Sister to Judas
Fate's Interception
The Phantom
The Midnight Patrol
Human Cargo
The Moth
The Kentucky Derby
The Transformation of Mike
Big Ears
Jim Bludso
Home Folks
North of Nevada
The Girl of the Golden West
The Goddess of Sagebrush Gulch
Mile a Minute Love
Hell-to-Pay Austin
The Taming of the Shrew
As No Man Has Loved
How Baxter Butted In
A Sailor’s Heart
The Honor of Thieves
Racing for Life
Under Burning Skies
The Fatal Mistake
Chandu on the Magic Island
Across the Dead-Line
The Long Road
Looser Than Loose
Souls Triumphant
Convicted
When a Man Loves
Enoch Arden: Part II
The Shadow of Lightning Ridge
Phantom Thunderbolt
A Temporary Truce
When Kings Were the Law
Swords and Hearts
The Rocky Road
The Westerners
A Wild Girl of the Sierras
Midnight Blunders
The Greaser's Gauntlet
Winning Back His Love
The Girl from Nowhere
The Unwritten Law
The Wood Nymph
The Lonedale Operator
The Widow and the Widower
What Shall We Do with Our Old?
The Rose of Kentucky
The Fighting Sap
A Pueblo Legend
What Every Woman Wants
Pure Gold and Dross
The Girl and the Outlaw
Can a Woman Love Twice?
Love Your Neighbor
The Lily and the Rose
The Wife Who Wasn't Wanted
Enoch Arden: Part I
The Girl and Her Trust
Heart Beats of Long Ago
Cyclone Cavalier
The Primal Call
The Judgment House
Stockholm ”Queen of the Baltic”
The Man from Kangaroo
The Jackeroo of Coolabong
