John St. Polis
Born: 1873-11-24 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Died: 1946-10-08
Known For: Acting
Biography
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).
Filmography
1942
- Crossroads as Professor (uncredited)
1940
- Abe Lincoln in Illinois as Minor Role (uncredited)
- Rocky Mountain Rangers as Joseph Manners
- Haunted House as Simkins
- On the Spot as Doc Hunter
1939
- They Shall Have Music as Davis
- Boys' Reformatory as Superintendent Keene
1938
- Mr. Wong, Detective as Carl Roemer
- The Mysterious Rider as Townsman
- International Crime as Roger Morton
- Phantom Ranger as Pat Doyle
- Saleslady as Crane
1937
- Jungle Menace as Chandler Elliott
- The Shadow Strikes as Caleb Delthern
- Borderland as Doctor
- Paradise Isle as Coxon
1936
- Call of the Prairie as Jim
- The Dark Hour as Dr. Munro
- Three on the Trail as Sheriff Sam Corwin
- Below the Deadline as Mr. Abrams
1935
- A Night at the Opera as Opera Conductor (uncredited)
- The Lady in Scarlet as Jerome T. Shelby
- Death from a Distance as Prof. Trowbridge
1934
- The President Vanishes as Attorney General Davis (uncredited)
- Guilty Parents as Defense attorney
1933
- Cocktail Hour as French Police Investigator (uncredited)
- King of the Arena as Governor
- Notorious But Nice as John J. Martin
- Terror Trail as Colonel Charles Ormsby
- The World Gone Mad as Grover Cromwell
1932
- If I Had a Million as Glidden Associate (uncredited)
- Lena Rivers as John Nichols
- Call Her Savage as Doctor Consoling Nasa (Uncredited)
- False Faces as Dr. McDonald
- The Match King as Banker (uncredited)
- Alias the Doctor as Dr. Niergardt
- Symphony of Six Million as Dr. Schifflen
- The Gambling Sex as John Tracy
- The Crusader as Robert Henley
1931
- The Criminal Code as Dr. Rinewulf
- Their Mad Moment as Hotel Manager
- Doctors' Wives as Dr. Mark Wyndram
- Transgression as Serafin, Arturo's Butler
- The Gay Diplomat as General
- Beau Ideal as Judge Advocate (as John M. St. Polis)
- Heartbreak as U.S. Ambassador
- Men of the Sky as Madeleine's Father
- The Yellow Ticket as Passport Official at Airport
1930
- Kismet as The Imam Mahmud
- Party Girl as John Rountree
- Captain Thunder as Pedro
- The Three Sisters as Judge
- Guilty? as Polk
- A Devil with Women as Don Diego
- The Bad One as Judge
- In the Next Room as Philip Vantine
- The Melody Man as Von Kemper
1929
- Coquette as Dr. John M. Besant
- Why Be Good? as Pa Kelly
- Fast Life as Andrew Stratton
1928
- The Power of Silence as Defense Attorney
- A Woman's Way as Mouvet
- Marriage by Contract as Father
1927
- The Unknown as Surgeon (uncredited)
- Too Many Crooks as Erastus Mason
1926
- The Greater Glory as Prof. Leopold Eberhardt (as John Sainpolis)
- The Lily as Comte de Maigny
- The Far Cry as Count Filippo Sturani
1925
- The Phantom of the Opera as Comte Philip de Chagny
- My Lady's Lips as Inspector
- Paint and Powder as Mark Kelsey (as John Sainpolis)
1924
- Mademoiselle Midnight as Colonel de Gontran (Prologue)
- Those Who Dance as Monahan
- Three Weeks as The King
- The Alaskan as Rossland (as John Sainpolis)
- The Rose of Paris as André du Vallois
- Folly of Vanity as Ridgeway (modern sequence)
- In Every Woman's Life as Dr. Philip Logan
- The Dixie Handicap as Dexter
1923
- Souls for Sale as Self - Celebrity Actor in Commissary
- The Untameable as Dr. Copin
- Three Wise Fools as John Crawshay
- The Hero as Andrew Lane
- The Social Code as Defense Attorney
- Woman-Proof as Milo Bleech (as John Sainpolis)
- A Prince of a King as Mario
- Held to Answer as Hiram Burbeck
1922
- Shadows as Nate Snow
1921
- The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse as Etienne Laurier
- Cappy Ricks as Skinner (as John Sainpolis)
1920
- The Great Lover as Jean Paurel
- Old Dad as Jeffrey Bretton
1918
- All Woman as Sam Tupper
- Stake Uncle Sam to Play Your Hand as Kaiser
- Laughing Bill Hyde as Black Jack Burg
1917
- The Love That Lives as Harvey Brooks
- The Fortunes of Fifi as Duvernet
- The Mark of Cain as Judge Hoyt
- Sapho as Dejoie
- The Mystic Hour as Clavering
- The Public Defender as David Moulton
- Sleeping Fires as Edwin Bryce
1916
- The Yellow Passport as Fedia
- The Social Highwayman as Hanby
- The Salamander as Albert Sassoon
- The World Against Him as Dr. Hamilton Welsh
1914
- Joseph and His Coat of Many Colors
- Soldiers of Fortune as Pres. Alvarez