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
- Haunted House as Simkins
- Abe Lincoln in Illinois as Minor Role (uncredited)
- Rocky Mountain Rangers as Joseph Manners
- On the Spot as Doc Hunter
1939
- They Shall Have Music as Davis
- Boys' Reformatory as Superintendent Keene
1938
- International Crime as Roger Morton
- Phantom Ranger as Pat Doyle
- Saleslady as Crane
- Mr. Wong, Detective as Carl Roemer
- The Mysterious Rider as Townsman
1937
- Borderland as Doctor
- Jungle Menace as Chandler Elliott
- The Shadow Strikes as Caleb Delthern
- Paradise Isle as Coxon
1936
- Call of the Prairie as Jim
- Below the Deadline as Mr. Abrams
- The Dark Hour as Dr. Munro
- Three on the Trail as Sheriff Sam Corwin
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
- The World Gone Mad as Grover Cromwell
- Terror Trail as Colonel Charles Ormsby
- Notorious But Nice as John J. Martin
1932
- Lena Rivers as John Nichols
- The Crusader as Robert Henley
- False Faces as Dr. McDonald
- If I Had a Million as Glidden Associate (uncredited)
- Symphony of Six Million as Dr. Schifflen
- The Match King as Banker (uncredited)
- Alias the Doctor as Dr. Niergardt
- Call Her Savage as Doctor Consoling Nasa (Uncredited)
- The Gambling Sex as John Tracy
1931
- Transgression as Serafin, Arturo's Butler
- Heartbreak as U.S. Ambassador
- The Criminal Code as Dr. Rinewulf
- Doctors' Wives as Dr. Mark Wyndram
- Beau Ideal as Judge Advocate (as John M. St. Polis)
- The Yellow Ticket as Passport Official at Airport
- Their Mad Moment as Hotel Manager
- Men of the Sky as Madeleine's Father
- The Gay Diplomat as General
1930
- Kismet as The Imam Mahmud
- In the Next Room as Philip Vantine
- The Three Sisters as Judge
- Party Girl as John Rountree
- Captain Thunder as Pedro
- The Melody Man as Von Kemper
- The Bad One as Judge
- A Devil with Women as Don Diego
1929
- Coquette as Dr. John M. Besant
- Why Be Good? as Pa Kelly
- Fast Life as Andrew Stratton
1928
- Marriage by Contract as Father
- A Woman's Way as Mouvet
- The Power of Silence as Defense Attorney
1927
- The Unknown as Surgeon (uncredited)
- Too Many Crooks as Erastus Mason
1926
- The Lily as Comte de Maigny
- The Greater Glory as Prof. Leopold Eberhardt (as John Sainpolis)
- The Far Cry as Count Filippo Sturani
1925
- Paint and Powder as Mark Kelsey (as John Sainpolis)
- The Phantom of the Opera as Comte Philip de Chagny
- My Lady's Lips as Inspector
1924
- The Alaskan as Rossland (as John Sainpolis)
- Three Weeks as The King
- The Rose of Paris as André du Vallois
- Those Who Dance as Monahan
- In Every Woman's Life as Dr. Philip Logan
- Mademoiselle Midnight as Colonel de Gontran (Prologue)
- Folly of Vanity as Ridgeway (modern sequence)
- The Dixie Handicap as Dexter
1923
- The Hero as Andrew Lane
- Woman-Proof as Milo Bleech (as John Sainpolis)
- The Untameable as Dr. Copin
- Three Wise Fools as John Crawshay
- The Social Code as Defense Attorney
- Souls for Sale as Self - Celebrity Actor in Commissary
- 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
- Sapho as Dejoie
- The Public Defender as David Moulton
- The Mystic Hour as Clavering
- The Mark of Cain as Judge Hoyt
- The Love That Lives as Harvey Brooks
- The Fortunes of Fifi as Duvernet
1916
- The World Against Him as Dr. Hamilton Welsh
- The Salamander as Albert Sassoon
1915
1914
- Soldiers of Fortune as Pres. Alvarez
- Joseph and His Coat of Many Colors