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