Bill Lake ( 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 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.
Lake played the obsessed Detective Miller, who goes after the drug lord Luigi Saracino, in Adrian Langley's 2013 film Crook. He also appeared in Johnathan Wright's 2018 film, Northern Lights of Christmas.
Filmography
Film +YearTitleRole Notes1979 The Shape of Things to ComeSpacesuited Man1980Funeral HomeFrank1984Bedroom EyesForensic Man #21986Whodunit?Pilot's voice1987Blue MonkeyParamedic1987Street JusticeAide1989Walter & Carlo i AmerikaPeter1996Lethal TenderLt. Wilson1998Blind FaithLarge Man #11998BlackheartVIP1999 The HurricanePhiladelphia TV Announcer2000GossipLieutenant Miles2000Apartment HuntingLecherous Man2001TartMr. Sellers2001Full DisclosureDel2001 The Safety of ObjectsBaseball Coach2002Death to SmoochyBartender2003How to DealEd2006HollywoodlandCigar Man2008CamilleLocal Deputy #22008 The American TrapHerbert Hoover2008Flash of GeniusScott2011Conduct UnbecomingGrieving Man2012Cold BloodedConst. Gary Grescoe2013CrookDetective Miller2013 The ReturnedThe General2015PixelsNY Police Commissioner2015Crimson PeakCoroner2015 The Preacher's SinBill Traggert2016Special CorrespondentsGeneral2016Girl in the BoxDesk Officer2016 A Family ManElise's Father2016Total Frat MovieRobert Taylor2016Tell the WorldWilliam Miller2017KodachromeDwayne2017Christmas InheritanceCaptain Williams2019BuffaloedJudge Connor2020FatmanRobert Taylor2021AwakeSheriff2021 The Middle ManMr. Stout
Television YearTitleRole Notes1974Police SurgeonBillyEpisode: "The Loser"1979–1985 The Littlest HoboCorpral Simpson3 episodes1984Hangin' InGusEpisode: "Everybody Loves a Baby"1985Murder in SpaceTechnicianTelevision film1986Mafia PrincessFederal Agent1988Check It Out!Patrick O'MalleyEpisode: "Vote for Me"1988Friday the 13th: The SeriesNews CommentatorEpisode: "Badge of Honor"1989Alfred Hitchcock PresentsSam McKayEpisode: "Skeleton in the Closet"1989, 1990Street LegalTV Anchorman / Newscaster2 episodes1990–1993Top CopsVarious roles4 episodes1991My Secret IdentityDr. Herbert HobbsEpisode: "Teen Hot Line"1993CatwalkSurgeonEpisode: "Downtown"1993 The Hidden RoomLouEpisode: "No Word for Mercy"1995Road to AvonleaOrderlyEpisode: "Home Is Where the Heart Is"1995Remember MeWalterTelevision film1995Where's the Money, Noreen?District Attorney1995Long Island FeverAttorney1996Kung Fu: The Legend ContinuesAlexEpisode: "Dragon's Lair"1996GoosebumpsBus Driver2 episodes1996, 1997F/X: The SeriesJerry O'Malley / Security Chief1997Fast TrackServine Crew Chief4 episodes1997On the 2nd Day of ChristmasCopTelevision film1998 The Long Island IncidentBill Leffert1998Giving Up the GhostGeorge the Doorman1998 The Defenders: Taking the FirstPrison Guard1998My Own CountryVeteran1999Mind PreyEverett Roux1999Psi FactorSteve MarshEpisode: "School of Thought"1999Rocky MarcianoPilotTelevision film1999I Was a Sixth Grade AlienHenricksEpisode: "They Called Him Pleskit!"1999Spenser: Small VicesPolice CaptainTelevision film1999 The Famous Jett JacksonUmpireEpisode: "Field of Dweebs"1999Twice in a LifetimeSheriffEpisode: "Death and Taxes"2000Run the Wild FieldsSheriff BobTelevision film2000Alley Cats StrikeWhipshaw McGraw2000 A Tale of Two BunniesMan #22000D.C.Desk SergeantEpisode: "Justice"2000CheatersSteinmetz CoachTelevision film2000Code Name: EternityOfficer HoagEpisode: "The Long Drop"2000Who Killed Atlanta's Children?GBI ManTelevision film2000When Andrew Came HomeDesk Sergeant2000Jackie Bouvier Kennedy OnassisOlder Edward Kennedy2000Seventeen AgainOfficer Ratto2000, 2001Earth: Final ConflictColonel Bastian2 episodes2000, 2001In a HeartbeatV.P. Carlson2 episodes2001BojanglesDirectorTelevision film2001Jackie, Ethel, Joan: The Women of CamelotPoliceman2001Final JeopardyChief Flanders2001 The JudgeChief Wallace HansenEpisode: "Part One"2001Sex, Lies & ObsessionTom GatesTelevision film2001Soul FoodMr. Greene3 episodes2001Jane DoeSheriffTelevision film2001Stolen MiracleShane Miller2002DocCharlieEpisode: "All in the Family"2002Crossed OverGatehouse GuardTelevision film2002Torso: The Evelyn Dick StoryRailway Supervisor2002Recipe for MurderErnie Spencer2002All Around the TownMark Levine2002Crossing the LineJoe Fulton2002MonkHardware OwnerEpisode: "Mr. Monk and the Psychic"2002Power and BeautyFredTelevision film2002RFKMr. Murphy2002 The GlowFire Captain2002ConvictionPeters2002Adventure Inc.Captain DillonEpisode: "Message from the Deep"2002Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen StoryFather BillTelevision film2002Martin and LewisHal B. Wallis2002 The Man Who Saved ChristmasSecretary Daniels2002Salem Witch TrialsGoodman Tarbell2002, 2003Queer as FolkTom2 episodes2003 The Wonderful World of DisneyDeputyEpisode: "Sounder"2003Good FencesInspector WilkinsTelevision film2003Jasper, TexasCouncil Member #12003Street TimeTop CopEpisode: "Going Home"2003Wild CardKaty's fatherEpisode: "Hell Week"2004Sue Thomas: F.B.EyeS.A.C. PrentisEpisode: "The Mentor"2004 The GridTanker CaptainMiniseries2004WonderfallsDetective Sloan2 episodes2004While I Was GoneSergeant EberhartTelevision film2004, 2007True Crimes: The First 72 HoursFrank Roselli / Guard2 episodes2004–2007ReGenesisVarious roles3 episodes2005RevelationsPrison DoctorEpisode: "Hour Three"2005Our FathersFire Chief WiliamsTelevision film2005SwarmedChief of Police2005–2013Air Crash InvestigationVarious roles4 episodes2006G-SpotSecurity OfficerEpisode: "Sunburn"2006Jeff Ltd.LafountaineEpisode: "Tears of a Clown"2006Solar AttackCaptain Misha GregorovitchTelevision film2006 The Wives He ForgotPolice Captain2006 The State WithinHead Joint ChiefsEpisode #1.52007In God's CountryThomasTelevision film2007 The Dresden FilesCaptain HackettEpisode: "Second City"2007 'Til Death Do Us PartHelpful Driver / Detective2 episodes2007Billable HoursMan in elevatorEpisode: "Corporate Retreat"2007Stir of Echoes: The HomecomingColonelTelevision film2009Booky's CrushMr. Jenkins2009Warehouse 13DaveEpisode: "Magnetism"2009StokedSonny11 episodes2009 The BorderKenneth PorterEpisode: "Spoils of War"2010You Lucky DogSheriff HoskinsTelevision film2011XIII: The SeriesSheriff QuinnEpisode: "Green Falls"2011AlphasTransit SergeantEpisode: "Anger Management"2012My Mother's SecretSheriff John GreelyTelevision film2012Bomb GirlsColonel BransonEpisode: "How You Trust"2012An Officer and a MurdererSuspect #1Television film2012 The ListenerColonel RannaEpisode: "Now You See Him"2012 The L.A. ComplexFrankEpisode: "Now or Never"2013CrackedOfficer PierceEpisode: "The Thump Parade"2013Alien MysteriesLanceEpisode: "Stephenville Lights"2013King & MaxwellCharge SergeantEpisode: "Pilot"2013 The Husband She Met OnlineJerry BermanTelevision film2013Oh Christmas Tree!Fire Marshall2014Murdoch MysteriesFrank RiversEpisode: "Murdoch Takes Manhattan"2015Degrassi: The Next GenerationDetective2 episodes2015Degrassi: Don't Look BackTelevision film2015Charming ChristmasBill Boyd2015, 2017PatriotTim Peetnam3 episodes2016Man Seeking WomanPolice CaptainEpisode: "Scythe"2016 The Girlfriend ExperienceCarson Lewis9 episodes2017 The Kennedys: After CamelotMayor Richard DaleyEpisode #1.12017TakenJimmy DunneEpisode: "Solo"2017Christmas in Angel FallsPastor HowardTelevision film2018 A Christmas in TennesseeMayor Paul2018BlackoutBill Tremblay2 episodes2018Northern Lights of ChristmasChuck BakerTelevision film2019WayneSheriffEpisode: "Chapter Six: Who Even Are We Now?"2019Angel Falls: A Novel HolidayPastor HowardTelevision film2020Spinning OutGeorge2 episodes2020Heart of the HolidaysBobTelevision film2020 The Hardy BoysEzra Collig7 episodes2021Christmas Beneath the StarsWarren LockeTelevision film2022 The LakeHorny Henderson7 episodes
References
External links Bill Lake, Actor