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John St. Polis

Known For: Acting
Born: November 24, 1873
Place of Birth: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Died: October 8, 1946

John St. Polis

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 …

Filmography

Crossroads

1942 · Professor (uncredited)

Haunted House

1940 · Simkins

On the Spot

1940 · Doc Hunter

Rocky Mountain Rangers

1940 · Joseph Manners

Abe Lincoln in Illinois

1940 · Minor Role (uncredited)

They Shall Have Music

1939 · Davis

Boys' Reformatory

1939 · Superintendent Keene

Mr. Wong, Detective

1938 · Carl Roemer

The Mysterious Rider

1938 · Townsman

Phantom Ranger

1938 · Pat Doyle

International Crime

1938 · Roger Morton

Saleslady

1938 · Crane

The Shadow Strikes

1937 · Caleb Delthern

Jungle Menace

1937 · Chandler Elliott

Paradise Isle

1937 · Coxon

Borderland

1937 · Doctor

Below the Deadline

1936 · Mr. Abrams

Three on the Trail

1936 · Sheriff Sam Corwin

Call of the Prairie

1936 · Jim

The Dark Hour

1936 · Dr. Munro

A Night at the Opera

1935 · Opera Conductor (uncredited)

The Lady in Scarlet

1935 · Jerome T. Shelby

Death from a Distance

1935 · Prof. Trowbridge

The President Vanishes

1934 · Attorney General Davis (uncredited)

Guilty Parents

1934 · Defense attorney

Notorious But Nice

1933 · John J. Martin

Cocktail Hour

1933 · French Police Investigator (uncredited)

King of the Arena

1933 · Governor

The World Gone Mad

1933 · Grover Cromwell

Terror Trail

1933 · Colonel Charles Ormsby

The Match King

1932 · Banker (uncredited)

Call Her Savage

1932 · Doctor Consoling Nasa (Uncredited)

The Gambling Sex

1932 · John Tracy

If I Had a Million

1932 · Glidden Associate (uncredited)

False Faces

1932 · Dr. McDonald

The Crusader

1932 · Robert Henley

Symphony of Six Million

1932 · Dr. Schifflen

Lena Rivers

1932 · John Nichols

Alias the Doctor

1932 · Dr. Niergardt

Heartbreak

1931 · U.S. Ambassador

The Yellow Ticket

1931 · Passport Official at Airport

The Gay Diplomat

1931 · General

Their Mad Moment

1931 · Hotel Manager

Transgression

1931 · Serafin, Arturo's Butler

Men of the Sky

1931 · Madeleine's Father

Doctors' Wives

1931 · Dr. Mark Wyndram

Beau Ideal

1931 · Judge Advocate (as John M. St. Polis)

The Criminal Code

1931 · Dr. Rinewulf

Captain Thunder

1930 · Pedro

Kismet

1930 · The Imam Mahmud

A Devil with Women

1930 · Don Diego

The Bad One

1930 · Judge

The Three Sisters

1930 · Judge

Guilty?

1930 · Polk

In the Next Room

1930 · Philip Vantine

The Melody Man

1930 · Von Kemper

Party Girl

1930 · John Rountree

Fast Life

1929 · Andrew Stratton

Coquette

1929 · Dr. John M. Besant

Why Be Good?

1929 · Pa Kelly

Marriage by Contract

1928 · Father

The Power of Silence

1928 · Defense Attorney

A Woman's Way

1928 · Mouvet

The Unknown

1927 · Surgeon (uncredited)

Too Many Crooks

1927 · Erastus Mason

The Lily

1926 · Comte de Maigny

The Greater Glory

1926 · Prof. Leopold Eberhardt (as John Sainpolis)

The Far Cry

1926 · Count Filippo Sturani

Paint and Powder

1925 · Mark Kelsey (as John Sainpolis)

My Lady's Lips

1925 · Inspector

The Phantom of the Opera

1925 · Comte Philip de Chagny

The Dixie Handicap

1924 · Dexter

Folly of Vanity

1924 · Ridgeway (modern sequence)

The Rose of Paris

1924 · André du Vallois

In Every Woman's Life

1924 · Dr. Philip Logan

The Alaskan

1924 · Rossland (as John Sainpolis)

Those Who Dance

1924 · Monahan

Mademoiselle Midnight

1924 · Colonel de Gontran (Prologue)

Three Weeks

1924 · The King

Held to Answer

1923 · Hiram Burbeck

Woman-Proof

1923 · Milo Bleech (as John Sainpolis)

A Prince of a King

1923 · Mario

The Social Code

1923 · Defense Attorney

The Untameable

1923 · Dr. Copin

Three Wise Fools

1923 · John Crawshay

Souls for Sale

1923 · Self - Celebrity Actor in Commissary

The Hero

1923 · Andrew Lane

Shadows

1922 · Nate Snow

Cappy Ricks

1921 · Skinner (as John Sainpolis)

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

1921 · Etienne Laurier

The Great Lover

1920 · Jean Paurel

Old Dad

1920 · Jeffrey Bretton

Stake Uncle Sam to Play Your Hand

1918 · Kaiser

Laughing Bill Hyde

1918 · Black Jack Burg

All Woman

1918 · Sam Tupper

The Mark of Cain

1917 · Judge Hoyt

The Public Defender

1917 · David Moulton

The Love That Lives

1917 · Harvey Brooks

The Mystic Hour

1917 · Clavering

Sleeping Fires

1917 · Edwin Bryce

Sapho

1917 · Dejoie

The Fortunes of Fifi

1917 · Duvernet

The World Against Him

1916 · Dr. Hamilton Welsh

The Social Highwayman

1916 · Hanby

The Yellow Passport

1916 · Fedia

The Salamander

1916 · Albert Sassoon

Bondwomen

1915 · Dr. Hugh Ellis

Wormwood

1915

Joseph and His Coat of Many Colors

1914

Soldiers of Fortune

Soldiers of Fortune

1914 · Pres. Alvarez

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