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
- On the Spot as Doc Hunter
- Haunted House as Simkins
1939
- They Shall Have Music as Davis
- Boys' Reformatory as Superintendent Keene
1938
- The Mysterious Rider as Townsman
- Mr. Wong, Detective as Carl Roemer
- Phantom Ranger as Pat Doyle
- Saleslady as Crane
- International Crime as Roger Morton
1937
- The Shadow Strikes as Caleb Delthern
- Paradise Isle as Coxon
- Jungle Menace as Chandler Elliott
- Borderland as Doctor
1936
- Three on the Trail as Sheriff Sam Corwin
- Call of the Prairie as Jim
- Below the Deadline as Mr. Abrams
- 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
- The World Gone Mad as Grover Cromwell
- King of the Arena as Governor
- Notorious But Nice as John J. Martin
- Cocktail Hour as French Police Investigator (uncredited)
- Terror Trail as Colonel Charles Ormsby
1932
- If I Had a Million as Glidden Associate (uncredited)
- The Match King as Banker (uncredited)
- Call Her Savage as Doctor Consoling Nasa (Uncredited)
- Symphony of Six Million as Dr. Schifflen
- Alias the Doctor as Dr. Niergardt
- The Gambling Sex as John Tracy
- False Faces as Dr. McDonald
- Lena Rivers as John Nichols
- The Crusader as Robert Henley
1931
- Men of the Sky as Madeleine's Father
- Heartbreak as U.S. Ambassador
- Transgression as Serafin, Arturo's Butler
- The Criminal Code as Dr. Rinewulf
- Doctors' Wives as Dr. Mark Wyndram
- Beau Ideal as Judge Advocate (as John M. St. Polis)
- Their Mad Moment as Hotel Manager
- The Yellow Ticket as Passport Official at Airport
- The Gay Diplomat as General
1930
- Party Girl as John Rountree
- A Devil with Women as Don Diego
- In the Next Room as Philip Vantine
- Kismet as The Imam Mahmud
- Captain Thunder as Pedro
- The Bad One as Judge
- The Three Sisters as Judge
- The Melody Man as Von Kemper
- Guilty? as Polk
1929
- Why Be Good? as Pa Kelly
- Coquette as Dr. John M. Besant
- Fast Life as Andrew Stratton
1928
- A Woman's Way as Mouvet
- The Power of Silence as Defense Attorney
- 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
- In Every Woman's Life as Dr. Philip Logan
- The Rose of Paris as André du Vallois
- Those Who Dance as Monahan
- Mademoiselle Midnight as Colonel de Gontran (Prologue)
- The Dixie Handicap as Dexter
- The Alaskan as Rossland (as John Sainpolis)
- Three Weeks as The King
- Folly of Vanity as Ridgeway (modern sequence)
1923
- The Hero as Andrew Lane
- A Prince of a King as Mario
- Souls for Sale as Self - Celebrity Actor in Commissary
- The Untameable as Dr. Copin
- Woman-Proof as Milo Bleech (as John Sainpolis)
- Three Wise Fools as John Crawshay
- 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
- The Great Lover as Jean Paurel
- Old Dad as Jeffrey Bretton
1918
- Stake Uncle Sam to Play Your Hand as Kaiser
- Laughing Bill Hyde as Black Jack Burg
- All Woman as Sam Tupper
1917
- Sleeping Fires as Edwin Bryce
- The Love That Lives as Harvey Brooks
- The Fortunes of Fifi as Duvernet
- The Mark of Cain as Judge Hoyt
- The Public Defender as David Moulton
- Sapho as Dejoie
- 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