Wilton Lackaye

Wilton Lackaye was born on Sep 30, 1862 in USA. Wilton Lackaye's big-screen debut came with What's Wrong with the Women? directed by Roy William Neill in 1922, strarring James Bascom.

Wilton Lackaye was born in Loudon County, Virginia, and educated at Georgetown University. He was barely out of college when he made his debut as Lucentio opposite Lawrence Barrett in an 1883 revival of "Francesca da Rimini". A powerfully built, mustachioed stage star of the old school, Lackaye played the title role in "Nero" (1890), Svengali in "Trilby" (1895) and Simon Legree in "Uncle Tom's Cabin" (1901). He entered the motion-picture business (shot in New York City) with World Films in 1914 and re-created his Svengali for director