Bill Lake

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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.

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Career

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

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1979The Shape of Things to ComeSpacesuited Man
1980 Funeral Home Frank
1984 Bedroom Eyes Forensic Man #2
1986Whodunit?Pilot's voice
1987 Blue Monkey Paramedic
1987 Street Justice Aide
1989Walter & Carlo i AmerikaPeter
1996Lethal TenderLt. Wilson
1998 Blind Faith Large Man #1
1998BlackheartVIP
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
2011Conduct UnbecomingGrieving Man
2012 Cold Blooded Const. Gary Grescoe
2013CrookDetective Miller
2013 The Returned The General
2015 Pixels NY Police Commissioner
2015 Crimson Peak Coroner
2015The Preacher's SinBill Traggert
2016 Special Correspondents General
2016Girl in the BoxDesk Officer
2016 A Family Man Elise's Father
2016 Total Frat Movie Robert Taylor
2016Tell the WorldWilliam 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

YearTitleRoleNotes
1974 Police Surgeon BillyEpisode: "The Loser"
1979–1985 The Littlest Hobo Corpral Simpson3 episodes
1984 Hangin' In GusEpisode: "Everybody Loves a Baby"
1985 Murder in Space TechnicianTelevision film
1986Mafia PrincessFederal Agent
1988 Check It Out! Patrick O'MalleyEpisode: "Vote for Me"
1988 Friday the 13th: The Series News CommentatorEpisode: "Badge of Honor"
1989 Alfred Hitchcock Presents Sam McKayEpisode: "Skeleton in the Closet"
1989, 1990 Street Legal TV Anchorman / Newscaster2 episodes
1990–1993 Top Cops Various roles4 episodes
1991 My Secret Identity Dr. Herbert HobbsEpisode: "Teen Hot Line"
1993 Catwalk SurgeonEpisode: "Downtown"
1993 The Hidden Room LouEpisode: "No Word for Mercy"
1995 Road to Avonlea OrderlyEpisode: "Home Is Where the Heart Is"
1995Remember MeWalterTelevision film
1995Where's the Money, Noreen?District Attorney
1995Long Island FeverAttorney
1996 Kung Fu: The Legend Continues AlexEpisode: "Dragon's Lair"
1996 Goosebumps Bus Driver2 episodes
1996, 1997 F/X: The Series Jerry O'Malley / Security Chief
1997 Fast Track Servine Crew Chief4 episodes
1997 On the 2nd Day of Christmas CopTelevision film
1998 The Long Island Incident Bill Leffert
1998Giving Up the GhostGeorge the Doorman
1998The Defenders: Taking the FirstPrison Guard
1998My Own CountryVeteran
1999Mind PreyEverett Roux
1999 Psi Factor Steve MarshEpisode: "School of Thought"
1999 Rocky Marciano PilotTelevision film
1999 I Was a Sixth Grade Alien HenricksEpisode: "They Called Him Pleskit!"
1999Spenser: Small VicesPolice CaptainTelevision film
1999 The Famous Jett Jackson UmpireEpisode: "Field of Dweebs"
1999 Twice in a Lifetime SheriffEpisode: "Death and Taxes"
2000 Run the Wild Fields Sheriff BobTelevision film
2000 Alley Cats Strike Whipshaw McGraw
2000A Tale of Two BunniesMan #2
2000 D.C. Desk SergeantEpisode: "Justice"
2000 Cheaters Steinmetz CoachTelevision film
2000 Code Name: Eternity Officer HoagEpisode: "The Long Drop"
2000 Who Killed Atlanta's Children? GBI ManTelevision film
2000 When Andrew Came Home Desk Sergeant
2000Jackie Bouvier Kennedy OnassisOlder Edward Kennedy
2000 Seventeen Again Officer Ratto
2000, 2001 Earth: Final Conflict Colonel Bastian2 episodes
2000, 2001 In a Heartbeat V.P. Carlson2 episodes
2001 Bojangles DirectorTelevision film
2001 Jackie, Ethel, Joan: The Women of Camelot Policeman
2001 Final Jeopardy Chief Flanders
2001 The Judge Chief Wallace HansenEpisode: "Part One"
2001Sex, Lies & ObsessionTom GatesTelevision film
2001 Soul Food Mr. Greene3 episodes
2001 Jane Doe SheriffTelevision film
2001Stolen MiracleShane Miller
2002 Doc CharlieEpisode: "All in the Family"
2002 Crossed Over Gatehouse GuardTelevision film
2002 Torso: The Evelyn Dick Story Railway Supervisor
2002 Recipe for Murder Ernie Spencer
2002All Around the TownMark Levine
2002 Crossing the Line Joe Fulton
2002 Monk Hardware OwnerEpisode: "Mr. Monk and the Psychic"
2002Power and BeautyFredTelevision film
2002 RFK Mr. Murphy
2002The GlowFire Captain
2002 Conviction Peters
2002 Adventure Inc. Captain DillonEpisode: "Message from the Deep"
2002 Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story Father BillTelevision 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 Tom2 episodes
2003 The Wonderful World of Disney DeputyEpisode: "Sounder"
2003 Good Fences Inspector WilkinsTelevision film
2003 Jasper, Texas Council Member #1
2003 Street Time Top CopEpisode: "Going Home"
2003 Wild Card Katy's fatherEpisode: "Hell Week"
2004 Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye S.A.C. PrentisEpisode: "The Mentor"
2004 The Grid Tanker CaptainMiniseries
2004 Wonderfalls Detective Sloan2 episodes
2004While I Was GoneSergeant EberhartTelevision film
2004, 2007True Crimes: The First 72 HoursFrank Roselli / Guard2 episodes
2004–2007 ReGenesis Various roles3 episodes
2005 Revelations Prison DoctorEpisode: "Hour Three"
2005 Our Fathers Fire Chief WiliamsTelevision film
2005 Swarmed Chief of Police
2005–2013 Air Crash Investigation Various roles4 episodes
2006 G-Spot Security OfficerEpisode: "Sunburn"
2006 Jeff Ltd. LafountaineEpisode: "Tears of a Clown"
2006 Solar Attack Captain Misha GregorovitchTelevision film
2006 The Wives He Forgot Police Captain
2006 The State Within Head Joint ChiefsEpisode #1.5
2007 In God's Country ThomasTelevision film
2007 The Dresden Files Captain HackettEpisode: "Second City"
2007 'Til Death Do Us Part Helpful Driver / Detective2 episodes
2007 Billable Hours Man in elevatorEpisode: "Corporate Retreat"
2007 Stir of Echoes: The Homecoming ColonelTelevision film
2009 Booky's Crush Mr. Jenkins
2009 Warehouse 13 DaveEpisode: "Magnetism"
2009 Stoked Sonny11 episodes
2009 The Border Kenneth PorterEpisode: "Spoils of War"
2010 You Lucky Dog Sheriff HoskinsTelevision film
2011 XIII: The Series Sheriff QuinnEpisode: "Green Falls"
2011 Alphas Transit SergeantEpisode: "Anger Management"
2012My Mother's SecretSheriff John GreelyTelevision film
2012 Bomb Girls Colonel BransonEpisode: "How You Trust"
2012 An Officer and a Murderer Suspect #1Television film
2012 The Listener Colonel RannaEpisode: "Now You See Him"
2012 The L.A. Complex FrankEpisode: "Now or Never"
2013 Cracked Officer PierceEpisode: "The Thump Parade"
2013 Alien Mysteries LanceEpisode: "Stephenville Lights"
2013 King & Maxwell Charge SergeantEpisode: "Pilot"
2013 The Husband She Met Online Jerry BermanTelevision film
2013Oh Christmas Tree!Fire Marshall
2014 Murdoch Mysteries Frank RiversEpisode: "Murdoch Takes Manhattan"
2015 Degrassi: The Next Generation Detective2 episodes
2015Degrassi: Don't Look BackTelevision film
2015Charming ChristmasBill Boyd
2015, 2017 Patriot Tim Peetnam3 episodes
2016 Man Seeking Woman Police CaptainEpisode: "Scythe"
2016 The Girlfriend Experience Carson Lewis9 episodes
2017 The Kennedys: After Camelot Mayor Richard Daley Episode #1.1
2017 Taken Jimmy DunneEpisode: "Solo"
2017Christmas in Angel FallsPastor HowardTelevision film
2018A Christmas in TennesseeMayor Paul
2018BlackoutBill Tremblay2 episodes
2018Northern Lights of ChristmasChuck BakerTelevision film
2019 Wayne SheriffEpisode: "Chapter Six: Who Even Are We Now?"
2019Angel Falls: A Novel HolidayPastor HowardTelevision film
2020 Spinning Out George2 episodes
2020Heart of the HolidaysBobTelevision film
2020 The Hardy Boys Ezra Collig7 episodes
2021Christmas Beneath the StarsWarren LockeTelevision film
2022 The Lake Horny Henderson7 episodes

References

  1. "Bill Lake, Credits". TV.com. Archived from the original on January 27, 2020.
  2. "Crook, Movie Info". Rotten Tomatoes.
  3. "Northern Lights of Christmas, Cast". Letterboxd.com.