William Lucas
Biography
William Lucas was an English actor in film, theater, radio and television. Born in Manchester, he trained on a scholarship at the Northern Theatre School, then took an assistant stage manager post at Chesterfield Civic Theatre late in the 1940s. His stage career was underway by 1950. He made his film debut in Portrait of Alison (1955) and later appeared in Hammer productions including The Shadow of the Cat (1961). He took starring roles in British crime b-movies, among them Payroll, The Break, Breakout and Calculated Risk, often as a lead villain but also as weak or unhinged men. He was best known as Dr James Gordon in The Adventures of Black Beauty (1972 to 1974) and as Inspector Lestrade in the BBC's Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes episode A Study in Scarlet (1968). His television work also included Doctor Who, The Bill, Coronation Street, Last of the Summer Wine and Sir Francis Drake. He died in 2016.
91years old at death
- Born Manchester
- Died
- Star sign: AriesThe sign runs March 21 to April 19
- Also credited as William Thomas Clucas
Movie Career
- Films
- 6
- Career span
- 16 years1956 to 1972
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Early training
Lucas won a scholarship and trained at the Northern Theatre School. He then worked at the Chesterfield Civic Theatre as an assistant stage manager in the late 1940s.
First role
William Lucas got his first film acting role in Portrait of Alison in 1955, and he went on to appear in many Hammer Film Productions, including The Shadow of the Cat in 1961.
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Worked with
William Lucas shares two films with Kenneth Cope, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Joseph LoseyDirector, 1 film, 1956
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Leslie NormanDirector, 1 film, 1956
All films by Leslie Norman
Terence FisherDirector, 1 film, 1967
All films by Terence Fisher
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