Bill Lake

Actor

Bill Lake (a.k.a. W.F. Lake) is a Canadian actor whose career began in Vancouver in 1974. He has accumulated over 175 credits across film, television, stage, and commercials, and is best known for Kodachrome (2017), Crook (2013), and Hollywoodland (2006). He has been a steady presence in both Canadian and American productions for over five decades. His notable film credits include The Hurricane (1999, with Daniel Day-Lewis and Christopher McCann), Death to Smoochy (2002, dir. Ron Howard, with Adam Sandler), Hollywoodland (2006, with Ben Affleck and Adrien Brody), Flash of Genius (2008, with Ed Harris), Crimson Peak (2015, dir. Guillermo del Toro, with Mia Wasikowska and Jessica Chastain), Pixels (2015, with Chris Pratt and Keira Knightley), Kodachrome (2017, with Ed Harris and Samuel L. Jackson), and The Middle Man (2021, with Jason Bateman).

FreeMovies & Shows on Plex

  • Death to Smoochy
    Death to Smoochy
  • Murdoch Mysteries
    Murdoch Mysteries
    16 Seasons
  • Degrassi
    Degrassi
    15 Seasons
  • The Girlfriend Experience
    The Girlfriend Experience
    2 Seasons
  • Taken (2017)
    Taken (2017)
    2 Seasons
  • The Dresden Files
    The Dresden Files
    1 Season
  • Air Crash Investigation
    Air Crash Investigation
    20 Seasons
  • Earth: Final Conflict
    Earth: Final Conflict
    5 Seasons
  • Bomb Girls
    Bomb Girls
    2 Seasons
  • ReGenesis
    ReGenesis
    4 Seasons
  • Seventeen Again
    Seventeen Again
  • Sue Thomas F.B.Eye
    Sue Thomas F.B.Eye
    3 Seasons
  • Funeral Home
    Funeral Home
  • Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal
    Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal
    4 Seasons
  • Blue Monkey
    Blue Monkey
  • Solar Attack
    Solar Attack
  • The Border
    The Border
    2 Seasons
  • Salem Witch Trials
    Salem Witch Trials
  • Good Fences
    Good Fences
  • Jasper, Texas
    Jasper, Texas

Known For

  • Kodachrome
    Kodachrome
  • Christmas Inheritance
    Christmas Inheritance
  • Flash of Genius
    Flash of Genius
  • The Girlfriend Experience
    Free
    The Girlfriend Experience
    3 Seasons
  • Girl in the Box
    Rent
    Girl in the Box
  • Christmas in Angel Falls
    Christmas in Angel Falls
  • The Lake (2022)
    The Lake (2022)
    2 Seasons
  • Northern Lights of Christmas
    Northern Lights of Christmas
  • Run the Wild Fields
    Free
    Run the Wild Fields
  • 'Til Death Do Us Part
    'Til Death Do Us Part
    1 Season
  • Blue Monkey
    Free
    Blue Monkey
  • Heart of the Holidays
    Heart of the Holidays
  • A Christmas in Tennessee
    Rent
    A Christmas in Tennessee
  • Vanished
    Vanished
  • Crook
    Crook
  • Martin and Lewis
    Martin and Lewis
  • The Husband She Met Online
    The Husband She Met Online
  • My Mother's Secret
    My Mother's Secret
  • The Preacher's Sin
    The Preacher's Sin
  • Sounder
    Sounder

Filmography

2025
Wing Man · as Uncle Corey
2024
Matlock (2024) · as Lloyd Ferguson
2024
The Hopeful · as William
2022
The Lake (2022) · as Horny Henderson
2021
Christmas Beneath the Stars · as Warren Locke
2021
The Middle Man · as Mr. Stout
2021
Awake · as Sheriff
2020
The Hardy Boys (2020) · as Ezra Collig
2020
2020
Fatman · as Robert Taylor
2020
Spinning Out · as George
2019
Buffaloed · as Judge Connor
2019
Angel Falls: A Novel Holiday · as Pastor Howard
2019
Wayne · as Sheriff
2018
2018
A Christmas in Tennessee · as Mayor Paul
2018
Blackout · as Bill Tremblay
2017
Christmas Inheritance · as Captain Williams
2017
Christmas in Angel Falls · as Pastor Howard
2017
Kodachrome · as Dwayne
2017
The Kennedys: After Camelot · as Mayor Richard Daley
2017
Taken (2017) · as Jimmy DunneOn Plex
2016
Tell the World · as William Miller
2016
Total Frat Movie · as Robert Taylor
2016
A Family Man · as Elise's Father
2016
Girl in the Box · as Desk Officer
2016
2016
The Girlfriend Experience · as Carson LewisOn Plex
2015
Charming Christmas · as Bill Boyd
2015
Patriot · as Timothy Peetnam
2015
Crimson Peak · as Coroner
2015
2015
Pixels · as Ny Police Commissioner
2015
The Preacher's Sin · as Bill Traggert
2015
Man Seeking Woman · as Police Captain
2013
Fir Crazy · as Fire Marshall
2013
The Returned · as The General
2013
The Husband She Met Online · as Jerry Berman
2013
Crook · as Detective Miller
2013
King & Maxwell · as Charge Sergeant
2013
Alien Mysteries · as Lance
2013
Cracked (2013) · as Officer Pierce
2012
Cold Blooded · as Const. Gary Grescoe
2012
An Officer and a Murderer · as Suspect #1
2012
My Mother's Secret · as Sheriff John Greely
2012
The L.A. Complex · as Frank
2012
Bomb Girls · as Colonel BransonOn Plex
2011
Conduct Unbecoming · as Grieving Man
2011
2011
Alphas · as Transit Sergeant
2011
XIII (2011) · as Sheriff Quinn
2010
You Lucky Dog · as Sheriff HoskinsOn Plex
2009
Warehouse 13 · as Dave
2009
Stoked · as Sonny
2009
The Listener · as Colonel Ranna
2009
Booky's Crush · as Mr. Jenkins
2008
Flash of Genius · as Scott
2008
The American Trap · as Edgar Hoover
2008
Camille · as Local Deputy #2
2008
The Border · as Kenneth PorterOn Plex
2008
Murdoch Mysteries · as Frank RiversOn Plex
2007
2007
The Dresden Files · as Captain HackettOn Plex
2006
'Til Death Do Us Part · as Detective
2006
The State Within · as Head Joint Chiefs
2006
The Wives He Forgot · as Police CaptainOn Plex
2006
Hollywoodland · as Cigar Man
2006
Solar Attack · as Captain Misha GregorovitchOn Plex
2006
Billable Hours · as Man In Elevator
2006
In God's Country · as Thomas
2005
Jeff Ltd. · as Lafountaine
2005
Swarmed · as Chief Of Police
2005
Our Fathers · as Fire Chief Williams
2005
G-Spot · as Security Officer
2005
Revelations · as Prison Doctor
2004
ReGenesis · as Police OfficerOn Plex
2004
While I Was Gone · as Sergeant Eberhart
2004
Wonderfalls · as Detective Sloan
2003
72 Hours: True Crime · as Armoured Car GuardOn Plex
2003
Mayday · as Captain McbroomOn Plex
2003
Wild Card · as Katy's Father
2003
2003
Jasper, Texas · as Council Member #1On Plex
2003
Good Fences · as Inspector WilkinsOn Plex
2003
Sounder · as Deputy
2002
The Man Who Saved Christmas · as Secretary Daniels
2002
Martin and Lewis · as Hal Wallis
2002
2002
Sue Thomas F.B.Eye · as S.a.c. PrentisOn Plex
2002
Adventure Inc. · as Captain DillonOn Plex
2002
Conviction · as Peters
2002
The Glow · as Fire Captain
2002
RFK · as Mr. Murphy
2002
Power and Beauty · as FredOn Plex
2002
Crossing the Line · as Joe Fulton
2002
Monk · as Hardware Owner
2002
Street Time · as Top Cop
2002
All Around the Town · as Mark Levine
2002
Recipe for Murder · as Ernie Spencer
2002
Death to Smoochy · as BartenderOn Plex
2002
Torso: The Evelyn Dick Story · as Railway Supervisor
2002
Crossed Over · as Gatehouse Guard
2002
Salem Witch Trials · as Goodman TarbellOn Plex
2001
The Safety of Objects · as Baseball Coach
2001
Stolen Miracle · as Shane Miller
2001
Jane Doe · as SheriffOn Plex
2001
Degrassi · as DetectiveOn Plex
2001
Tart · as Mr. Sellers
2001
Full Disclosure · as DelOn Plex
2001
Sex, Lies & Obsession · as Tom Gates
2001
The Judge · as Chief Wallace Hansen
2001
The Judge · as Chief Wallace HansenOn Plex
2001
Final Jeopardy · as Chief Flanders
2001
Doc (2001) · as Charlie
2001
2001
Bojangles · as Director
2000
2000
Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis · as Older Edward Kennedy
2000
Taming Andrew · as Desk Sergeant
2000
Seventeen Again · as Officer RattoOn Plex
2000
In a Heartbeat · as V.p. Carlson
2000
2000
Soul Food · as Mr. Greene
2000
Cheaters · as Steinmetz Coach
2000
Code Name: Eternity · as Officer Hoag
2000
Gossip · as Lieutenant Miles
2000
D.C. · as Desk Sergeant
2000
2000
Alley Cats Strike · as Whipshaw Mcgraw
2000
Run the Wild Fields · as Sheriff BobOn Plex
2000
Apartment Hunting · as Lecherous Man
1999
The Hurricane · as Philadelphia Tv Announcer
1999
Twice in a Lifetime · as SheriffOn Plex
1999
Spenser: Small Vices · as Police Captain
1999
1999
Rocky Marciano · as Pilot
1999
Mind Prey · as Everett Roux
1998
1998
1998
Giving Up the Ghost · as George The Doorman
1998
My Own Country · as Veteran
1998
The Long Island Incident · as Bill Leffert
1998
1998
Blind Faith · as Large Man #1On Plex
1998
Vanished · as Lt. Scott
1998
Blackheart · as Vip
1997
1997
Earth: Final Conflict · as Colonel BastianOn Plex
1997
Fast Track · as Servine Crew Chief
1996
Lethal Tender · as Lt. Wilson
1996
1996
F/X: The Series · as Jerry O'malley
1996
1996
Long Island Fever · as Attorney
1995
Where's the Money, Noreen? · as District Attorney
1995
Remember Me · as Walter
1995
Goosebumps · as Bus Driver
1993
1992
Catwalk · as Surgeon
1991
The Hidden Room · as Lou
1990
1990
Top Cops · as Larry Robinson
1990
Road to Avonlea · as Orderly
1989
1988
My Secret Identity · as Dr. Herbert Hobbs
1988
Rin Tin Tin: K-9 Cop · as CastOn Plex
1987
Friday the 13th: The Series · as News Commentator
1987
Blue Monkey · as ParamedicOn Plex
1987
Street Legal · as Newscaster
1987
Street Justice · as Aide
1986
Mafia Princess · as Federal Agent
1985
Check It Out · as Patrick O'malley
1985
Murder in Space · as Technician
1985
1985
Night Heat · as Cast
1984
Bedroom Eyes · as Forensic Man #2
1983
Whodunit? · as Pilot's Voice
1981
Seeing Things · as Cast
1981
Hangin' In · as Gus
1980
Funeral Home · as FrankOn Plex
1979
The Littlest Hobo · as Corpral Simpson
1979
The Shape of Things to Come · as Spacesuited Man
1976
1971