Bill Lake (a.k.a. W.F. Lake) is a Canadian actor whose career began in Vancouver and who has appeared in many movies, television movies and series, stage plays and commercials. He has over 175 credits in a variety of productions since the 1970s.
Career edit
Among his television credits are appearances in shows such as Monk, Queer as Folk, Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye, Earth: Final Conflict and Stoked. His movie credits include roles in The Hurricane, Martin and Lewis, Flash of Genius, Stir of Echoes: The Homecoming, Apartment Hunting and The Middle Man. In 2001, Lake had a recurring role in the television series Soul Food as Mr. Greene.[1]
Lake played the obsessed Detective Miller, who goes after the drug lord Luigi Saracino, in Adrian Langley's 2013 film Crook.[2] He also appeared in Johnathan Wright's 2018 film, Northern Lights of Christmas.[3]
Filmography edit
Film edit
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | The Shape of Things to Come | Spacesuited Man | |
| 1980 | Funeral Home | Frank | |
| 1984 | Bedroom Eyes | Forensic Man #2 | |
| 1986 | Whodunit? | Pilot's voice | |
| 1987 | Blue Monkey | Paramedic | |
| 1987 | Street Justice | Aide | |
| 1989 | Walter & Carlo i Amerika | Peter | |
| 1996 | Lethal Tender | Lt. Wilson | |
| 1998 | Blind Faith | Large Man #1 | |
| 1998 | Blackheart | VIP | |
| 1999 | The Hurricane | Philadelphia TV Announcer | |
| 2000 | Gossip | Lieutenant Miles | |
| 2000 | Apartment Hunting | Lecherous Man | |
| 2001 | Tart | Mr. Sellers | |
| 2001 | Full Disclosure | Del | |
| 2001 | The Safety of Objects | Baseball Coach | |
| 2002 | Death to Smoochy | Bartender | |
| 2003 | How to Deal | Ed | |
| 2006 | Hollywoodland | Cigar Man | |
| 2008 | Camille | Local Deputy #2 | |
| 2008 | The American Trap | Herbert Hoover | |
| 2008 | Flash of Genius | Scott | |
| 2011 | Conduct Unbecoming | Grieving Man | |
| 2012 | Cold Blooded | Const. Gary Grescoe | |
| 2013 | Crook | Detective Miller | |
| 2013 | The Returned | The General | |
| 2015 | Pixels | NY Police Commissioner | |
| 2015 | Crimson Peak | Coroner | |
| 2015 | The Preacher's Sin | Bill Traggert | |
| 2016 | Special Correspondents | General | |
| 2016 | Girl in the Box | Desk Officer | |
| 2016 | A Family Man | Elise's Father | |
| 2016 | Total Frat Movie | Robert Taylor | |
| 2016 | Tell the World | William Miller | |
| 2017 | Kodachrome | Dwayne | |
| 2017 | Christmas Inheritance | Captain Williams | |
| 2019 | Buffaloed | Judge Connor | |
| 2020 | Fatman | Robert Taylor | |
| 2021 | Awake | Sheriff | |
| 2021 | The Middle Man | Mr. Stout |
Television edit
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Police Surgeon | Billy | Episode: "The Loser" |
| 1979–1985 | The Littlest Hobo | Corpral Simpson | 3 episodes |
| 1984 | Hangin' In | Gus | Episode: "Everybody Loves a Baby" |
| 1985 | Murder in Space | Technician | Television film |
| 1986 | Mafia Princess | Federal Agent | |
| 1988 | Check It Out! | Patrick O'Malley | Episode: "Vote for Me" |
| 1988 | Friday the 13th: The Series | News Commentator | Episode: "Badge of Honor" |
| 1989 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Sam McKay | Episode: "Skeleton in the Closet" |
| 1989, 1990 | Street Legal | TV Anchorman / Newscaster | 2 episodes |
| 1990–1993 | Top Cops | Various roles | 4 episodes |
| 1991 | My Secret Identity | Dr. Herbert Hobbs | Episode: "Teen Hot Line" |
| 1993 | Catwalk | Surgeon | Episode: "Downtown" |
| 1993 | The Hidden Room | Lou | Episode: "No Word for Mercy" |
| 1995 | Road to Avonlea | Orderly | Episode: "Home Is Where the Heart Is" |
| 1995 | Remember Me | Walter | Television film |
| 1995 | Where's the Money, Noreen? | District Attorney | |
| 1995 | Long Island Fever | Attorney | |
| 1996 | Kung Fu: The Legend Continues | Alex | Episode: "Dragon's Lair" |
| 1996 | Goosebumps | Bus Driver | 2 episodes |
| 1996, 1997 | F/X: The Series | Jerry O'Malley / Security Chief | |
| 1997 | Fast Track | Servine Crew Chief | 4 episodes |
| 1997 | On the 2nd Day of Christmas | Cop | Television film |
| 1998 | The Long Island Incident | Bill Leffert | |
| 1998 | Giving Up the Ghost | George the Doorman | |
| 1998 | The Defenders: Taking the First | Prison Guard | |
| 1998 | My Own Country | Veteran | |
| 1999 | Mind Prey | Everett Roux | |
| 1999 | Psi Factor | Steve Marsh | Episode: "School of Thought" |
| 1999 | Rocky Marciano | Pilot | Television film |
| 1999 | I Was a Sixth Grade Alien | Henricks | Episode: "They Called Him Pleskit!" |
| 1999 | Spenser: Small Vices | Police Captain | Television film |
| 1999 | The Famous Jett Jackson | Umpire | Episode: "Field of Dweebs" |
| 1999 | Twice in a Lifetime | Sheriff | Episode: "Death and Taxes" |
| 2000 | Run the Wild Fields | Sheriff Bob | Television film |
| 2000 | Alley Cats Strike | Whipshaw McGraw | |
| 2000 | A Tale of Two Bunnies | Man #2 | |
| 2000 | D.C. | Desk Sergeant | Episode: "Justice" |
| 2000 | Cheaters | Steinmetz Coach | Television film |
| 2000 | Code Name: Eternity | Officer Hoag | Episode: "The Long Drop" |
| 2000 | Who Killed Atlanta's Children? | GBI Man | Television film |
| 2000 | When Andrew Came Home | Desk Sergeant | |
| 2000 | Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis | Older Edward Kennedy | |
| 2000 | Seventeen Again | Officer Ratto | |
| 2000, 2001 | Earth: Final Conflict | Colonel Bastian | 2 episodes |
| 2000, 2001 | In a Heartbeat | V.P. Carlson | 2 episodes |
| 2001 | Bojangles | Director | Television film |
| 2001 | Jackie, Ethel, Joan: The Women of Camelot | Policeman | |
| 2001 | Final Jeopardy | Chief Flanders | |
| 2001 | The Judge | Chief Wallace Hansen | Episode: "Part One" |
| 2001 | Sex, Lies & Obsession | Tom Gates | Television film |
| 2001 | Soul Food | Mr. Greene | 3 episodes |
| 2001 | Jane Doe | Sheriff | Television film |
| 2001 | Stolen Miracle | Shane Miller | |
| 2002 | Doc | Charlie | Episode: "All in the Family" |
| 2002 | Crossed Over | Gatehouse Guard | Television film |
| 2002 | Torso: The Evelyn Dick Story | Railway Supervisor | |
| 2002 | Recipe for Murder | Ernie Spencer | |
| 2002 | All Around the Town | Mark Levine | |
| 2002 | Crossing the Line | Joe Fulton | |
| 2002 | Monk | Hardware Owner | Episode: "Mr. Monk and the Psychic" |
| 2002 | Power and Beauty | Fred | Television film |
| 2002 | RFK | Mr. Murphy | |
| 2002 | The Glow | Fire Captain | |
| 2002 | Conviction | Peters | |
| 2002 | Adventure Inc. | Captain Dillon | Episode: "Message from the Deep" |
| 2002 | Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story | Father Bill | Television film |
| 2002 | Martin and Lewis | Hal B. Wallis | |
| 2002 | The Man Who Saved Christmas | Secretary Daniels | |
| 2002 | Salem Witch Trials | Goodman Tarbell | |
| 2002, 2003 | Queer as Folk | Tom | 2 episodes |
| 2003 | The Wonderful World of Disney | Deputy | Episode: "Sounder" |
| 2003 | Good Fences | Inspector Wilkins | Television film |
| 2003 | Jasper, Texas | Council Member #1 | |
| 2003 | Street Time | Top Cop | Episode: "Going Home" |
| 2003 | Wild Card | Katy's father | Episode: "Hell Week" |
| 2004 | Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye | S.A.C. Prentis | Episode: "The Mentor" |
| 2004 | The Grid | Tanker Captain | Miniseries |
| 2004 | Wonderfalls | Detective Sloan | 2 episodes |
| 2004 | While I Was Gone | Sergeant Eberhart | Television film |
| 2004, 2007 | True Crimes: The First 72 Hours | Frank Roselli / Guard | 2 episodes |
| 2004–2007 | ReGenesis | Various roles | 3 episodes |
| 2005 | Revelations | Prison Doctor | Episode: "Hour Three" |
| 2005 | Our Fathers | Fire Chief Wiliams | Television film |
| 2005 | Swarmed | Chief of Police | |
| 2005–2013 | Air Crash Investigation | Various roles | 4 episodes |
| 2006 | G-Spot | Security Officer | Episode: "Sunburn" |
| 2006 | Jeff Ltd. | Lafountaine | Episode: "Tears of a Clown" |
| 2006 | Solar Attack | Captain Misha Gregorovitch | Television film |
| 2006 | The Wives He Forgot | Police Captain | |
| 2006 | The State Within | Head Joint Chiefs | Episode #1.5 |
| 2007 | In God's Country | Thomas | Television film |
| 2007 | The Dresden Files | Captain Hackett | Episode: "Second City" |
| 2007 | 'Til Death Do Us Part | Helpful Driver / Detective | 2 episodes |
| 2007 | Billable Hours | Man in elevator | Episode: "Corporate Retreat" |
| 2007 | Stir of Echoes: The Homecoming | Colonel | Television film |
| 2009 | Booky's Crush | Mr. Jenkins | |
| 2009 | Warehouse 13 | Dave | Episode: "Magnetism" |
| 2009 | Stoked | Sonny | 11 episodes |
| 2009 | The Border | Kenneth Porter | Episode: "Spoils of War" |
| 2010 | You Lucky Dog | Sheriff Hoskins | Television film |
| 2011 | XIII: The Series | Sheriff Quinn | Episode: "Green Falls" |
| 2011 | Alphas | Transit Sergeant | Episode: "Anger Management" |
| 2012 | My Mother's Secret | Sheriff John Greely | Television film |
| 2012 | Bomb Girls | Colonel Branson | Episode: "How You Trust" |
| 2012 | An Officer and a Murderer | Suspect #1 | Television film |
| 2012 | The Listener | Colonel Ranna | Episode: "Now You See Him" |
| 2012 | The L.A. Complex | Frank | Episode: "Now or Never" |
| 2013 | Cracked | Officer Pierce | Episode: "The Thump Parade" |
| 2013 | Alien Mysteries | Lance | Episode: "Stephenville Lights" |
| 2013 | King & Maxwell | Charge Sergeant | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2013 | The Husband She Met Online | Jerry Berman | Television film |
| 2013 | Oh Christmas Tree! | Fire Marshall | |
| 2014 | Murdoch Mysteries | Frank Rivers | Episode: "Murdoch Takes Manhattan" |
| 2015 | Degrassi: The Next Generation | Detective | 2 episodes |
| 2015 | Degrassi: Don't Look Back | Television film | |
| 2015 | Charming Christmas | Bill Boyd | |
| 2015, 2017 | Patriot | Tim Peetnam | 3 episodes |
| 2016 | Man Seeking Woman | Police Captain | Episode: "Scythe" |
| 2016 | The Girlfriend Experience | Carson Lewis | 9 episodes |
| 2017 | The Kennedys: After Camelot | Mayor Richard Daley | Episode #1.1 |
| 2017 | Taken | Jimmy Dunne | Episode: "Solo" |
| 2017 | Christmas in Angel Falls | Pastor Howard | Television film |
| 2018 | A Christmas in Tennessee | Mayor Paul | |
| 2018 | Blackout | Bill Tremblay | 2 episodes |
| 2018 | Northern Lights of Christmas | Chuck Baker | Television film |
| 2019 | Wayne | Sheriff | Episode: "Chapter Six: Who Even Are We Now?" |
| 2019 | Angel Falls: A Novel Holiday | Pastor Howard | Television film |
| 2020 | Spinning Out | George | 2 episodes |
| 2020 | Heart of the Holidays | Bob | Television film |
| 2020 | The Hardy Boys | Ezra Collig | 7 episodes |
| 2021 | Christmas Beneath the Stars | Warren Locke | Television film |
| 2022 | The Lake | Horny Henderson | 7 episodes |
References edit
- ^ "Bill Lake, Credits". TV.com. Archived from the original on January 27, 2020.
- ^ "Crook, Movie Info". Rotten Tomatoes.
- ^ "Northern Lights of Christmas, Cast". Letterboxd.com.
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