Wilfred Lucas
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
257
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
Waterloo Bridge
Modern Times
Cleopatra
Pardon Us
Dodge City
Frisco Kid
Stormy
Air Fright
The Sphinx
Night Spot
Criminal Lawyer
As No Man Has Loved
Macbeth
Madam Satan
Virginia City
Brute Force
Dishonored
Graft
Midnight Blunders
Chatterbox
Stranded
Angkor
Midnight Mary
What Every Woman Wants
Four Daughters
Homicide Squad
Hot Water
Empty Holsters
High Tension
Varsity Show
Varsity Show
How Baxter Butted In
Acquitted
The Massacre
Triple Justice
Les Misérables
Beloved Enemy
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
Lightning Romance
Four Wives
Hello Sister
His Trust
Brother Orchid
Marked Woman
California Mail
Freshman Year
Jazzmania
Zenobia
Prairie Thunder
Raffles
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Brother Rat
The Intruder
A Man to Remember
Cross-Examination
A Dispatch from Reuters
Upperworld
His Daughter
The Man Without a Country
The Sorrows of Satan
A Chump at Oxford
What Price Hollywood?
The Preview Murder Mystery
Human Cargo
Lawyer Man
Devil and the Deep
Legion of the Lawless
Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall
Naughty Marietta
Red Noses
The Renunciation
The Mayor of Hell
Each Dawn I Die
Mary Stevens, M.D.
Her Sacrifice
One Night of Love
The Devil-Doll
The Return of Chandu
The Three Musketeers
The Midnight Patrol
The Bad Lands
A Love Sublime
Edison, the Man
The White Angel
The Devil Horse
A Strange Meeting
Riders of the Purple Sage
Soldiers of Fortune
Women Without Names
Give Me Liberty
Rich Man's Folly
Chandu on the Magic Island
Almost a Gentleman
Rip Roaring Riley
Heroes of the Street
You Said a Mouthful
The Day the Bookies Wept
Breakdowns of 1938
The Lily and the Rose
The Baroness and the Butler
A Temporary Truce
Nick Carter, Master Detective
What Shall We Do with Our Old?
The Marshal Of Mesa City
Hands Up!
The Mask of Lopez
The Westland Case
Enoch Arden: Part II
Gentleman Burglar
Careless Lady
The Daredevil Drivers
Women in the Wind
Lucky Larrigan
The Kentucky Derby
The Hushed Hour
I Cover the Waterfront
The Declaration of Independence
1776, or The Hessian Renegades
A Pueblo Legend
The Unwritten Law
Under Burning Skies
Navy Blue and Gold
Those Who Dance
Mile a Minute Love
They Drive by Night
Shrimps for a Day
The Fighting 69th
A Woman of Pleasure
Vagabond Lady
The Honor of Thieves
Apples to You!
Over the Wall
The Lonedale Operator
One a Minute
The Big Cage
Big City Blues
The Age for Love
Love on a Bet
The Arizona Kid
The Rose of Kentucky
The Rocky Road
The Making of a Man
Young Donovan's Kid
Women in Hiding
The Best of Laurel and Hardy
The House on 56th Street
Cock o' the Walk
The Primal Call
Stranger in Town
Winning Back His Love
Land Beyond the Law
His Trust Fulfilled
Show Them No Mercy!
The Prisoner of Shark Island
The Co-respondent
The Arizonian
Man's Genesis
The Dark Horse
The Greatest Menace
The Judgment House
The Super Snooper
The Beautiful Liar
Safety in Numbers
The Tabasco Kid
She Loved a Fireman
Sins of Ambition
Call Her Savage
Down on the Farm
The Long Road
Flesh and Blood
The Taming of the Shrew
Across the Dead-Line
The Miser's Heart
Free Wheeling
Men Call It Love
A Sailor’s Heart
Daughters of Pleasure
The Price She Paid
A Woman Scorned
Looser Than Loose
Racing for Life
Heart Beats of Long Ago
A Tender-Hearted Crook
Phantom Thunderbolt
The Failure
The Wood Nymph
The Sea Wolf
The Girl and the Outlaw
The Devil's Brother
Just Like a Woman
The Greaser's Gauntlet
Black Legion
Racetrack
House of Mystery
Millie
Santa Fe Trail
Through The Back Door
Love in the Hills
The Spanish Jade
A Wild Girl of the Sierras
The Girl of the Golden West
The Girls and Daddy
When Kings Were the Law
A Terrible Discovery
Billy's Stratagem
Idol of the Crowds
Convicted
Love Time
The Two Paths
The Secrets of Wu Sin
The Galloping Ghost
Trilby
Blazing Sixes
Burnt Fingers
Souls Triumphant
When a Man Loves
The Valley of Hate
Missing Witnesses
The Breaking Point
Tear Gas Squad
The Dragon Murder Case
Talent Scout
Cyclone Cavalier
The Moth
The Country Doctor
Kind Lady
We Who Are About to Die
The Fighting Sap
The Widow and the Widower
The Transformation of Mike
The Phantom
A Broadway Butterfly
The Diamond Star
Strange People
Pure Gold and Dross
The Microscope Mystery
Jim Bludso
Valley of Hate
Passion's Pathway
The Man from Kangaroo
Enoch Arden: Part I
The Goddess of Sagebrush Gulch
Fate's Interception
Hell-to-Pay Austin
Swords and Hearts
Fisher Folks
Advice to the Lovelorn
Home Folks
Sister to Judas
Paid Back
North of Nevada
The Girl and Her Trust
Enoch Arden
Stockholm ”Queen of the Baltic”
The Fighting Breed
Big Ears
Love Your Neighbor
