Michael Keaton

Keaton is known for his work in films such as Batman, Beetlejuice, and Multiplicity. Although for a time he was cast in leading roles, he became very successful as secondary and minor characters, making a good living in the film industry for more than three decades. He picked "Keaton" after Buster Keaton, the silent-film star. During his long career, Wilfred Lucas appeared in more than 375 films. So he couldn't use Mike Douglas or Michael Douglas (the son of Kirk Douglas). While working in Hollywood, in 1926 he returned to the stage, performing in several Broadway plays. Keaton's real name is Michael John Douglas, but he could not use his real last name professionally because the actors' union doesn't allow two people to use the same name. Wilfred Lucas was one of the fortunate ones whose skills and voice allowed him to make the successful transition from silent film to sound.

Keaton was born in an Irish Catholic family of 7 kids. The divorce was a bitter one and through what is now known as Parental Alienation Syndrome (PAS), Wilfred Lucas became estranged from his son. Michael Keaton, (born September 9 or September 5, 1951 in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania) is an American actor. John Meredyth Lucas (1919-2002) became a successful writer and director including a number of episodes of the famous Mannix and Star Trek television shows. Night Shift (1982). While working at Biograph Studios, Wilfred Lucas met and ultimately married actress/screenwriter Bess Meredyth (1890-1969) with whom he had a son. Mom (1983). Canadian born director Mack Sennett hired him to both direct and act in a large number of films at his Keystone Studios.

Mr. Part of the group of Canadian pioneers in early Hollywood, Lucas became friends and sometimes starred with Mary Pickford, Sam De Grasse, and Marie Dressler. Johnny Dangerously (1984). In 1916, Lucas appeared in Griffith’s film, Intolerance, a monumental project regarded by many as the most spectacular film of all time. Gung Ho (1986). Lucas also began directing in 1912, first with Griffith on An Outcast Among Outcasts, and during the ensuing twenty years directed another 44 films. Beetlejuice (1988). He appeared in more than fifty of these short films (usually 17 minutes) over the next two years and in 1910, while still acting, he wrote the script for Griffith's film Sunshine Sue which was followed by many more scripts between then and 1924.