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)
- On the Spot as Doc Hunter
- Rocky Mountain Rangers as Joseph Manners
- Haunted House as Simkins
1939
- They Shall Have Music as Davis
- Boys' Reformatory as Superintendent Keene
1938
- Mr. Wong, Detective as Carl Roemer
- International Crime as Roger Morton
- The Mysterious Rider as Townsman
- 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
- Below the Deadline as Mr. Abrams
- The Dark Hour as Dr. Munro
- Call of the Prairie as Jim
- Three on the Trail as Sheriff Sam Corwin
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)
- Notorious But Nice as John J. Martin
- The World Gone Mad as Grover Cromwell
- King of the Arena as Governor
- Terror Trail as Colonel Charles Ormsby
1932
- If I Had a Million as Glidden Associate (uncredited)
- Call Her Savage as Doctor Consoling Nasa (Uncredited)
- The Match King as Banker (uncredited)
- Symphony of Six Million as Dr. Schifflen
- Alias the Doctor as Dr. Niergardt
- The Crusader as Robert Henley
- False Faces as Dr. McDonald
- Lena Rivers as John Nichols
- The Gambling Sex as John Tracy
1931
- The Criminal Code as Dr. Rinewulf
- Transgression as Serafin, Arturo's Butler
- Doctors' Wives as Dr. Mark Wyndram
- Beau Ideal as Judge Advocate (as John M. St. Polis)
- The Yellow Ticket as Passport Official at Airport
- Heartbreak as U.S. Ambassador
- The Gay Diplomat as General
- Their Mad Moment as Hotel Manager
- Men of the Sky as Madeleine's Father
1930
- Party Girl as John Rountree
- The Melody Man as Von Kemper
- The Bad One as Judge
- A Devil with Women as Don Diego
- Kismet as The Imam Mahmud
- Guilty? as Polk
- Captain Thunder as Pedro
- In the Next Room as Philip Vantine
- The Three Sisters as Judge
1929
- Why Be Good? as Pa Kelly
- Coquette as Dr. John M. Besant
- Fast Life as Andrew Stratton
1928
- Marriage by Contract as Father
- The Power of Silence as Defense Attorney
- A Woman's Way as Mouvet
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
- Those Who Dance as Monahan
- Mademoiselle Midnight as Colonel de Gontran (Prologue)
- The Rose of Paris as André du Vallois
- Folly of Vanity as Ridgeway (modern sequence)
- The Dixie Handicap as Dexter
- The Alaskan as Rossland (as John Sainpolis)
- Three Weeks as The King
1923
- The Hero as Andrew Lane
- Souls for Sale as Self - Celebrity Actor in Commissary
- Three Wise Fools as John Crawshay
- The Untameable as Dr. Copin
- 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
- 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
- Sleeping Fires as Edwin Bryce
- The Love That Lives as Harvey Brooks
- The Fortunes of Fifi as Duvernet
- The Public Defender as David Moulton
- The Mark of Cain as Judge Hoyt
- The Mystic Hour as Clavering
- Sapho as Dejoie
1916
- The Yellow Passport as Fedia
- The Social Highwayman as Hanby
- The World Against Him as Dr. Hamilton Welsh
- The Salamander as Albert Sassoon
1914
- Joseph and His Coat of Many Colors
- Soldiers of Fortune as Pres. Alvarez