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Birth Name: Wilfred Van Norman Lucas
Born: 30 January 1871 Died: 5 December 1940
Country of origin: 
Canada
Height: 5' 11"
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Son, with Bess Meredyth, John Meredyth Lucas.
Off-screen pseudonym: Alexander Harvey
Leading man who later in his career found his niche as a character actor.
Became a movie actor after 22 years on stage.
His lead role in Acquitted (1916) won him outstanding player awards from several movie magazines.
Associated with D.W. Griffith in early silent films, often cast as brawny types. Played various tough authority figures in the 1920s and 1930s. Was memorable as the prison warden in Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy's Pardon Us (1931), the comedy team's first full-length feature film.
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2. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
| Rating: | 668 Watched |
3. Intolerance (1916)
| Rating: | 255 Watched |
4. Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
| Rating: | 249 Watched |
5. Waterloo Bridge (1940)
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1. The Speed Kings (1913)
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3. Girls Men Forget (1924)
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4. The Romance of Tarzan (1918)
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1. The Romance of Tarzan (1918)
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