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