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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.
Filmography
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Movies 278
Director 20
Writer 5
self 2

The Best of Laurel and Hardy (1968)

Santa Fe Trail (1940)

A Dispatch from Reuters (1940)

Triple Justice (1940)

They Drive by Night (1940)

Women in Hiding (1940)

Brother Orchid (1940)

Waterloo Bridge (1940)

Tear Gas Squad (1940)

Virginia City (1940)

The Fighting 69th (1940)

A Chump at Oxford (1940)

Legion of the Lawless (1940)

Four Wives (1939)

Nick Carter, Master Detective (1939)

Raffles (1939)

The Marshal Of Mesa City (1939)

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)

The Day the Bookies Wept (1939)

Each Dawn I Die (1939)

Zenobia (1939)

Women in the Wind (1939)

Dodge City (1939)

Almost a Gentleman (1939)

Breakdowns of 1938 (1938)

The Declaration of Independence (1938)

Brother Rat (1938)

A Man to Remember (1938)

Down on the Farm (1938)

Freshman Year (1938)

Four Daughters (1938)

Safety in Numbers (1938)

Over the Wall (1938)

Night Spot (1938)

The Baroness and the Butler (1938)

The Daredevil Drivers (1938)

She Loved a Fireman (1937)

Missing Witnesses (1937)

The Man Without a Country (1937)

Navy Blue and Gold (1937)

The Westland Case (1937)

Idol of the Crowds (1937)

Hot Water (1937)

Prairie Thunder (1937)

Varsity Show (1937)

Talent Scout (1937)

Empty Holsters (1937)

Blazing Sixes (1937)

Marked Woman (1937)

Mile a Minute Love (1937)

Land Beyond the Law (1937)

Black Legion (1937)

Criminal Lawyer (1937)

We Who Are About to Die (1937)

Beloved Enemy (1936)

Give Me Liberty (1936)

Midnight Blunders (1936)

California Mail (1936)

The Devil-Doll (1936)

High Tension (1936)

The White Angel (1936)

Human Cargo (1936)

The Country Doctor (1936)

Love on a Bet (1936)

The Preview Murder Mystery (1936)

Modern Times (1936)

Chatterbox (1936)

Kind Lady (1935)

Show Them No Mercy! (1935)

Frisco Kid (1935)

Rip Roaring Riley (1935)

Stormy (1935)

Stranded (1935)

The Arizonian (1935)

Vagabond Lady (1935)

Les Misérables (1935)

Naughty Marietta (1935)

Angkor (1935)

Chandu on the Magic Island (1935)

Shrimps for a Day (1934)

Love Time (1934)

Cleopatra (1934)

The Return of Chandu (1934)

The Dragon Murder Case (1934)

One Night of Love (1934)

Apples to You! (1934)

The Moth (1934)

The House on 56th Street (1933)

Air Fright (1933)

Mary Stevens, M.D. (1933)

Midnight Mary (1933)

The Mayor of Hell (1933)

Strange People (1933)

The Sphinx (1933)

The Big Cage (1933)

The Three Musketeers (1933)

The Intruder (1933)

Phantom Thunderbolt (1933)

Racetrack (1933)

Sister to Judas (1932)

The Secrets of Wu Sin (1932)

Lucky Larrigan (1932)

The Unwritten Law (1932)

Call Her Savage (1932)

You Said a Mouthful (1932)

The Devil Horse (1932)

Free Wheeling (1932)

Big City Blues (1932)

Igloo (1932)

What Price Hollywood? (1932)

The Dark Horse (1932)

Careless Lady (1932)

Red Noses (1932)

Cross-Examination (1932)

The Tabasco Kid (1932)

House of Mystery (1931)

The Phantom (1931)

Convicted (1931)

The Age for Love (1931)

Graft (1931)

The Galloping Ghost (1931)

Big Ears (1931)

Pardon Us (1931)

Stranger in Town (1931)

Men Call It Love (1931)

Millie (1931)

Looser Than Loose (1930)

Love Your Neighbor (1930)

Those Who Dance (1930)

Cock o' the Walk (1930)

The Arizona Kid (1930)

Hello Sister (1930)

Burnt Fingers (1927)

Her Sacrifice (1926)

Cyclone Cavalier (1925)

The Wife Who Wasn't Wanted (1925)

The Fighting Cub (1925)

The Bad Lands (1925)

How Baxter Butted In (1925)

A Broadway Butterfly (1925)

As No Man Has Loved (1925)

Lightning Romance (1924)

Women First (1924)

The Price She Paid (1924)

Racing for Life (1924)

The Fighting Sap (1924)

Valley of Hate (1924)

The Valley of Hate (1924)

Daughters of Pleasure (1924)

Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall (1924)

North of Nevada (1924)

Trilby (1923)

The Greatest Menace (1923)

Jazzmania (1923)

The Kentucky Derby (1922)

Paid Back (1922)

Flesh and Blood (1922)

Across the Dead-Line (1922)

The Beautiful Liar (1921)

The Fighting Breed (1921)

One a Minute (1921)

Through The Back Door (1921)

The Man from Kangaroo (1920)

Soldiers of Fortune (1919)

A Woman of Pleasure (1919)

The Westerners (1919)

The Hushed Hour (1919)

What Every Woman Wants (1919)

The Red, Red Heart (1918)

Morgan's Raiders (1918)

The Judgment House (1917)

The Co-respondent (1917)

Sins of Ambition (1917)

Souls Triumphant (1917)

Hands Up! (1917)

Jim Bludso (1917)

The Microscope Mystery (1916)

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916)

Hell-to-Pay Austin (1916)

Acquitted (1916)

The Wood Nymph (1916)

Macbeth (1916)

The Lily and the Rose (1915)

The Spanish Jade (1915)

The Trey o' Hearts (1914)

The Severed Hand (1914)

Brute Force (1914)

A Misplaced Foot (1914)

The Milk We Drink (1913)

The Speed Kings (1913)

Fatty's Day Off (1913)

Baby Day (1913)

Pure Gold and Dross (1913)

The Widow and the Widower (1913)

Pirate Gold (1913)

The Massacre (1912)

A Sailor’s Heart (1912)

A Pueblo Legend (1912)

Man's Genesis (1912)

A Temporary Truce (1912)

Home Folks (1912)

When Kings Were the Law (1912)

Just Like a Woman (1912)

Fate's Interception (1912)

The Girl and Her Trust (1912)

The Goddess of Sagebrush Gulch (1912)

Billy's Stratagem (1912)

A Terrible Discovery (1911)

The Failure (1911)

A Woman Scorned (1911)

The Miser's Heart (1911)

Love in the Hills (1911)

The Long Road (1911)

The Making of a Man (1911)

Swords and Hearts (1911)

The Rose of Kentucky (1911)

The Indian Brothers (1911)

The Primal Call (1911)

Enoch Arden: Part II (1911)

Enoch Arden (1911)

The Lonedale Operator (1911)

The Diamond Star (1911)

Fisher Folks (1911)

What Shall We Do with Our Old? (1911)

Heart Beats of Long Ago (1911)

Three Sisters (1911)

His Trust (1911)

The Two Paths (1911)

Winning Back His Love (1910)

Sunshine Sue (1910)

The Shadow of Lightning Ridge
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1871-01-29
Deathday1940-12-05 (69 years old)
Birth PlaceNorfolk County, Canada
ChildrenJohn Meredyth Lucas
CitizenshipsUnited States, Canada
Also Known AsWilfred Van Norman Lucas
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