John St. Polis
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia John M. St. Polis (November 24, 1873 – October 8, 1946) was an American actor. St. Polis was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. Before starting his film career, he made a name for himself on the Broadway stage, most notably in the role of Frederik in the original production of The Return of Peter Grimm (1911–12) and the play's revival in 1921, both performed at the Belasco Theatre. He appeared in 126 films between 1914 and 1943. In all of his early roles, the actor is billed as John Sainpolis. His best-known performances are as Etienne Laurier in The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921), and as Comte Phillipe de Chagny in The Phantom of the Opera (1925). St. Polis successfully made the transition from silent cinema to "talkies" with one of his most praised performances as Dr. John M. Besant, the father of Norma Besant (played by Mary Pickford) in Coquette (1929).
Known for
Credits
A Night at the Opera (1935)
as Opera Conductor (uncredited)
The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
as Comte Philip de Chagny
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921)
as Etienne Laurier
If I Had a Million (1932)
as Glidden Associate (uncredited)
Crossroads (1942)
as Professor (uncredited)
They Shall Have Music (1939)
as Davis
Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940)
as Minor Role (uncredited)
The Hero (1923)
as Andrew Lane
The Match King (1932)
as Banker (uncredited)
The Unknown (1927)
as Surgeon (uncredited)
Boys' Reformatory (1939)
as Superintendent Keene
Call Her Savage (1932)
as Doctor Consoling Nasa (Uncredited)
Sleeping Fires (1917)
as Edwin Bryce
Three on the Trail (1936)
as Sheriff Sam Corwin
Call of the Prairie (1936)
as Jim
The World Gone Mad (1933)
as Grover Cromwell
In Every Woman's Life (1924)
as Dr. Philip Logan
The Shadow Strikes (1937)
as Caleb Delthern
My Lady's Lips (1925)
as Inspector
Death from a Distance (1935)
as Prof. Trowbridge
Party Girl (1930)
as John Rountree
A Prince of a King (1923)
as Mario
King of the Arena (1933)
as Governor
The President Vanishes (1934)
as Attorney General Davis (uncredited)
The Lady in Scarlet (1935)
as Jerome T. Shelby
Bondwomen (1915)
as Dr. Hugh Ellis
Men of the Sky (1931)
as Madeleine's Father
Souls for Sale (1923)
as Self - Celebrity Actor in Commissary
The Rose of Paris (1924)
as André du Vallois
The Love That Lives (1917)
as Harvey Brooks
Symphony of Six Million (1932)
as Dr. Schifflen
A Devil with Women (1930)
as Don Diego
The Untameable (1923)
as Dr. Copin
The Fortunes of Fifi (1917)
as Duvernet
Rocky Mountain Rangers (1940)
as Joseph Manners
In the Next Room (1930)
as Philip Vantine
Wormwood (1915)
Actor
The Mysterious Rider (1938)
as Townsman
A Woman's Way (1928)
as Mouvet
Mr. Wong, Detective (1938)
as Carl Roemer
Heartbreak (1931)
as U.S. Ambassador
Woman-Proof (1923)
as Milo Bleech (as John Sainpolis)
The Mark of Cain (1917)
as Judge Hoyt
Kismet (1930)
as The Imam Mahmud
The Greater Glory (1926)
as Prof. Leopold Eberhardt (as John Sainpolis)
Why Be Good? (1929)
as Pa Kelly
Stake Uncle Sam to Play Your Hand (1918)
as Kaiser
Transgression (1931)
as Serafin, Arturo's Butler
Alias the Doctor (1932)
as Dr. Niergardt
The Criminal Code (1931)
as Dr. Rinewulf
The Yellow Passport (1916)
as Fedia
The Power of Silence (1928)
as Defense Attorney
Notorious But Nice (1933)
as John J. Martin
The World Against Him (1916)
as Dr. Hamilton Welsh
Shadows (1922)
as Nate Snow
Below the Deadline (1936)
as Mr. Abrams
Doctors' Wives (1931)
as Dr. Mark Wyndram
Captain Thunder (1930)
as Pedro
Cocktail Hour (1933)
as French Police Investigator (uncredited)
Beau Ideal (1931)
as Judge Advocate (as John M. St. Polis)
The Bad One (1930)
as Judge
Phantom Ranger (1938)
as Pat Doyle
Their Mad Moment (1931)
as Hotel Manager
Terror Trail (1933)
as Colonel Charles Ormsby
The Lily (1926)
as Comte de Maigny
The Gambling Sex (1932)
as John Tracy
Paradise Isle (1937)
as Coxon
Coquette (1929)
as Dr. John M. Besant
Those Who Dance (1924)
as Monahan
Jungle Menace (1937)
as Chandler Elliott
On the Spot (1940)
as Doc Hunter
Borderland (1937)
as Doctor
The Three Sisters (1930)
as Judge
Fast Life (1929)
as Andrew Stratton
Mademoiselle Midnight (1924)
as Colonel de Gontran (Prologue)
The Dark Hour (1936)
as Dr. Munro
The Far Cry (1926)
as Count Filippo Sturani
Three Wise Fools (1923)
as John Crawshay
The Yellow Ticket (1931)
as Passport Official at Airport
The Gay Diplomat (1931)
as General
False Faces (1932)
as Dr. McDonald
Joseph and His Coat of Many Colors (1914)
Actor
Guilty Parents (1934)
as Defense attorney
Saleslady (1938)
as Crane
Too Many Crooks (1927)
as Erastus Mason
The Great Lover (1920)
as Jean Paurel
The Dixie Handicap (1924)
as Dexter
The Alaskan (1924)
as Rossland (as John Sainpolis)
Haunted House (1940)
as Simkins
Three Weeks (1924)
as The King
International Crime (1938)
as Roger Morton
Lena Rivers (1932)
as John Nichols
The Melody Man (1930)
as Von Kemper
The Social Code (1923)
as Defense Attorney
Paint and Powder (1925)
as Mark Kelsey (as John Sainpolis)
Cappy Ricks (1921)
as Skinner (as John Sainpolis)
Held to Answer (1923)
as Hiram Burbeck
Laughing Bill Hyde (1918)
as Black Jack Burg
The Social Highwayman (1916)
as Hanby
Marriage by Contract (1928)
as Father
Folly of Vanity (1924)
as Ridgeway (modern sequence)
Guilty? (1930)
as Polk
The Crusader (1932)
as Robert Henley
Old Dad (1920)
as Jeffrey Bretton
All Woman (1918)
as Sam Tupper
The Salamander (1916)
as Albert Sassoon
The Public Defender (1917)
as David Moulton
Sapho (1917)
as Dejoie
The Mystic Hour (1917)
as Clavering
Soldiers of Fortune (1914)
as Pres. Alvarez