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