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