John St. Polis
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1873-11-24
Day of Death
1946-10-08 (72 years old)
Place of Birth
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
John St. Polis
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).
Known For
Acting
(1942)
Crossroads
as Professor (uncredited)
(1940)
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
as Minor Role (uncredited)
(1940)
On the Spot
as Doc Hunter
(1940)
Haunted House
as Simkins
(1940)
Rocky Mountain Rangers
as Joseph Manners
(1939)
They Shall Have Music
as Davis
(1939)
Boys' Reformatory
as Superintendent Keene
(1938)
International Crime
as Roger Morton
(1938)
The Mysterious Rider
as Townsman
(1938)
Mr. Wong, Detective
as Carl Roemer
(1938)
Phantom Ranger
as Pat Doyle
(1938)
Saleslady
as Crane
(1937)
The Shadow Strikes
as Caleb Delthern
(1937)
Borderland
as Doctor
(1937)
Paradise Isle
as Coxon
(1937)
Jungle Menace
as Chandler Elliott
(1936)
Below the Deadline
as Mr. Abrams
(1936)
The Dark Hour
as Dr. Munro
(1936)
Three on the Trail
as Sheriff Sam Corwin
(1936)
Call of the Prairie
as Jim
(1935)
A Night at the Opera
as Opera Conductor (uncredited)
(1935)
Death from a Distance
as Prof. Trowbridge
(1935)
The Lady in Scarlet
as Jerome T. Shelby
(1934)
The President Vanishes
as Attorney General Davis (uncredited)
(1934)
Guilty Parents
as Defense attorney
(1933)
Cocktail Hour
as French Police Investigator (uncredited)
(1933)
The World Gone Mad
as Grover Cromwell
(1933)
Terror Trail
as Colonel Charles Ormsby
(1933)
Notorious But Nice
as John J. Martin
(1933)
King of the Arena
as Governor
(1932)
If I Had a Million
as Glidden Associate (uncredited)
(1932)
Lena Rivers
as John Nichols
(1932)
Alias the Doctor
as Dr. Niergardt
(1932)
The Match King
as Banker (uncredited)
(1932)
The Crusader
as Robert Henley
(1932)
Symphony of Six Million
as Dr. Schifflen
(1932)
False Faces
as Dr. McDonald
(1932)
Call Her Savage
as Doctor Consoling Nasa (Uncredited)
(1932)
The Gambling Sex
as John Tracy
(1931)
Beau Ideal
as Judge Advocate (as John M. St. Polis)
(1931)
The Yellow Ticket
as Passport Official at Airport
(1931)
Transgression
as Serafin, Arturo's Butler
(1931)
The Gay Diplomat
as General
(1931)
Doctors' Wives
as Dr. Mark Wyndram
(1931)
Heartbreak
as U.S. Ambassador
(1931)
The Criminal Code
as Dr. Rinewulf
(1931)
Their Mad Moment
as Hotel Manager
(1931)
Men of the Sky
as Madeleine's Father
(1930)
Kismet
as The Imam Mahmud
(1930)
Party Girl
as John Rountree
(1930)
Captain Thunder
as Pedro
(1930)
In the Next Room
as Philip Vantine
(1930)
The Bad One
as Judge
(1930)
A Devil with Women
as Don Diego
(1930)
The Melody Man
as Von Kemper
(1930)
The Three Sisters
as Judge
(1929)
Coquette
as Dr. John M. Besant
(1929)
Why Be Good?
as Pa Kelly
(1929)
Fast Life
as Andrew Stratton
(1928)
The Power of Silence
as Defense Attorney
(1928)
A Woman's Way
as Mouvet
(1927)
The Unknown
as Surgeon (uncredited)
(1927)
Too Many Crooks
as Erastus Mason
(1926)
The Greater Glory
as Prof. Leopold Eberhardt (as John Sainpolis)
(1926)
The Lily
as Comte de Maigny
(1925)
The Phantom of the Opera
as Comte Philip de Chagny
(1925)
My Lady's Lips
as Inspector
(1925)
Folly of Vanity
as Ridgeway (modern sequence)
(1925)
Paint and Powder
as Mark Kelsey (as John Sainpolis)
(1924)
Those Who Dance
as Monahan
(1924)
Three Weeks
as The King
(1924)
The Rose of Paris
as André du Vallois
(1924)
Mademoiselle Midnight
as Colonel de Gontran (Prologue)
(1924)
The Alaskan
as Rossland (as John Sainpolis)
(1924)
The Dixie Handicap
as Dexter
(1923)
Souls for Sale
as Self - Celebrity Actor in Commissary
(1923)
Three Wise Fools
as John Crawshay
(1923)
Woman-Proof
as Milo Bleech (as John Sainpolis)
(1923)
The Untameable
as Dr. Copin
(1923)
Held to Answer
as Hiram Burbeck
(1923)
The Social Code
as Defense Attorney
(1922)
Shadows
as Nate Snow
(1921)
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
as Etienne Laurier
(1921)
Cappy Ricks
as Skinner (as John Sainpolis)
(1920)
Old Dad
as Jeffrey Bretton
(1920)
The Great Lover
as Jean Paurel
(1918)
All Woman
as Sam Tupper
(1918)
Stake Uncle Sam to Play Your Hand
as Kaiser
(1918)
Laughing Bill Hyde
as Black Jack Burg
(1917)
Sapho
as Dejoie
(1917)
The Fortunes of Fifi
as Duvernet
(1917)
The Mark of Cain
as Judge Hoyt
(1917)
The Love That Lives
as Harvey Brooks
(1917)
The Mystic Hour
as Clavering
(1917)
The Public Defender
as David Moulton
(1916)
(1916)
The World Against Him
as Dr. Hamilton Welsh
(1915)
(1914)