Sam De Grasse

Born: 1875-06-11 in Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada

Died: 1953-11-29

Known For: Acting

Biography

From Wikipedia Sam De Grasse (June 12, 1875 – November 29, 1953) was a Canadian actor. He traveled to New York City and in 1912 appeared in his first motion picture. At first he played standard secondary characters, but when fellow Canadian Mary Pickford set up her own studio with her husband Douglas Fairbanks, he joined them. He portrayed the villainous Prince John in Fairbanks' 1922 Robin Hood. Afterward, he began to specialize in villainous roles. De Grasse was the uncle of successful cinematographer Robert De Grasse.

Filmography

2019

I Am Not a Racist as The Businessman (archive footage) (uncredited)

1930

Captain of the Guard as Bazin

1929

Wall Street as John Willard
The Last Performance as District Attorney
Silks and Saddles as William Morrissey

1928

The Man Who Laughs as King James II
The Racket as District Attorney Welch
Honor Bound as Blood Keller
Our Dancing Daughters as Freddie's Father

1927

The King of Kings as Pharisee
Captain Salvation as Peter Campbell
When a Man Loves as Comte Guillot de Morfontaine
The Wreck of the Hesperus as Capt. David Slocum
The Country Doctor as Ira Harding
The Fighting Eagle as Talleyrand

1926

The Black Pirate as Pirate Lieutenant
The Eagle of the Sea as Colonel Lestron
Love's Blindness as Benjamin Levy
Mike as Brush
Broken Hearts of Hollywood as Defense Attorney

1925

Sally, Irene and Mary as Officer O'Dare
One Year to Live as Dr. Lucien La Pierre
Sun-Up as Sheriff Weeks

1924

Painted People as Henry Parrish
A Self-Made Failure as Cyrus Cruikshank
The Virgin as Ricardo Ruiz
Pagan Passions as Frank Langley

1923

The Courtship of Miles Standish as John Carver
Slippy McGee as Father De Rance
The Dancer of the Nile as Pasheri
The Spoilers as Judge Stillman
Tiger Rose as Dr. Cusick
A Prince of a King as Duke Roberto
In the Palace of the King as King Philip II
Circus Days as Lord

1922

Robin Hood as Prince John
Forsaking All Others as Dr. Mason

1921

The Cheater Reformed as Thomas Edinburgh
A Wife's Awakening as George Otis

1920

The Little Grey Mouse as John Cumberland
The Devil's Passkey as Warren Goodwright
The Skywayman as Dr. Wayne Leveridge
The Broken Gate as 'Hod' Brooks
Unseen Forces as Capt. Stanley
Moon Madness as Adrien

1919

Heart o' the Hills as Steve Honeycutt
Blind Husbands as Dr. Armstrong
The Mother and the Law as Arthur Jenkins
The Silk Lined Burglar as Boston Blackie
Sis Hopkins as Vibert
The Exquisite Thief as Shaver Michael

1918

The Narrow Path as Malcolm Dion
The Hope Chest as Ballantyne, Sr.
Winner Takes All as Mark Thorne
A Woman's Fool
Brace Up as National Jim
Smashing Through as Earl Foster
A Law Unto Herself as Kurt Von Klassner (as Samuel DeGrasse)
Six-Shooter Andy as Tom Slade
The Guilt of Silence as Gambler Joe
The Mortgaged Wife as Meyer

1917

An Old Fashioned Young Man as Harold T. King
Wild and Woolly as Steve Shelby
Jim Bludso as Ben Merrill
The Scarlet Car as Ernest Peabody
Anything Once as Herbert Wendling
The Empty Gun as Jim
The Winged Mystery as Mortimer Eddington
Her Official Fathers as Ethan Dexter
Madame Bo-Peep as Jose Alvarez

1916

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages as Arthur Jenkins (Modern Story)
The Good Bad-Man as Bud Frazer / The Wolf
The She-Devil
The Half-Breed as Sheriff Dunn
The Children of the Feud as Dr. Richard Cavanagh
An Innocent Magdalene as Forbes Stewart
Diane of the Follies as Phillips Christy
Acquitted as Ira Wolcott

1915

The Birth of a Nation as Senator Charles Sumner (uncredited)
Martyrs of the Alamo as Silent Smith
A Man and His Mate

1914

The Tardy Cannon Ball as Floss
The Badge of Office as The New Sheriff
Turned Back as George Cantor