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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
November 24, 1873
Died
October 8, 1946
Place of Birth
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Also Known As
- John M. Sainpolis
- Johnny Sainpolis
- John Sainpolis
- John Saintpolis
- John M. St. Polis
- John Marie Sainpolis
John St. Polis
1.5 Popularity
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
5.8
Professor (uncredited)
Crossroads
1942
4.4
Simkins
Haunted House
1940
5.5
Doc Hunter
On the Spot
1940
0.0
Joseph Manners
Rocky Mountain Rangers
1940
6.8
Minor Role (uncredited)
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
1940
6.2
Davis
They Shall Have Music
1939
4.0
Superintendent Keene
Boys' Reformatory
1939
5.5
Carl Roemer
Mr. Wong, Detective
1938
6.0
Townsman
The Mysterious Rider
1938
4.2
Pat Doyle
Phantom Ranger
1938
Credits
Crossroads
as Professor (uncredited)
1942
5.8
Haunted House
as Simkins
1940
4.4
On the Spot
as Doc Hunter
1940
5.5
Rocky Mountain Rangers
as Joseph Manners
1940
0.0
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
as Minor Role (uncredited)
1940
6.8
They Shall Have Music
as Davis
1939
6.2
Boys' Reformatory
as Superintendent Keene
1939
4.0
Mr. Wong, Detective
as Carl Roemer
1938
5.5
The Mysterious Rider
as Townsman
1938
6.0
Phantom Ranger
as Pat Doyle
1938
4.2
International Crime
as Roger Morton
1938
5.4
Saleslady
as Crane
1938
0.0
The Shadow Strikes
as Caleb Delthern
1937
4.4
Jungle Menace
as Chandler Elliott
1937
5.0
Paradise Isle
as Coxon
1937
5.0
Borderland
as Doctor
1937
5.0
Below the Deadline
as Mr. Abrams
1936
4.4
Three on the Trail
as Sheriff Sam Corwin
1936
4.5
Call of the Prairie
as Jim
1936
4.7
The Dark Hour
as Dr. Munro
1936
5.6
A Night at the Opera
as Opera Conductor (uncredited)
1935
7.4
The Lady in Scarlet
as Jerome T. Shelby
1935
2.7
Death from a Distance
as Prof. Trowbridge
1935
4.8
The President Vanishes
as Attorney General Davis (uncredited)
1934
5.8
Guilty Parents
as Defense attorney
1934
4.8
Notorious But Nice
as John J. Martin
1933
5.5
Cocktail Hour
as French Police Investigator (uncredited)
1933
4.8
King of the Arena
as Governor
1933
0.0
The World Gone Mad
as Grover Cromwell
1933
4.3
Terror Trail
as Colonel Charles Ormsby
1933
0.0
The Match King
as Banker (uncredited)
1932
6.2
Call Her Savage
as Doctor Consoling Nasa (Uncredited)
1932
5.5
The Gambling Sex
as John Tracy
1932
6.0
If I Had a Million
as Glidden Associate (uncredited)
1932
6.6
False Faces
as Dr. McDonald
1932
3.5
🎬
The Crusader
as Robert Henley
1932
6.3
Symphony of Six Million
as Dr. Schifflen
1932
5.4
Lena Rivers
as John Nichols
1932
5.5
Alias the Doctor
as Dr. Niergardt
1932
5.7
Heartbreak
as U.S. Ambassador
1931
0.0
The Yellow Ticket
as Passport Official at Airport
1931
4.7
The Gay Diplomat
as General
1931
4.0
Their Mad Moment
as Hotel Manager
1931
5.0
Transgression
as Serafin, Arturo's Butler
1931
3.4
Men of the Sky
as Madeleine's Father
1931
0.0
Doctors' Wives
as Dr. Mark Wyndram
1931
0.0
Beau Ideal
as Judge Advocate (as John M. St. Polis)
1931
4.0
The Criminal Code
as Dr. Rinewulf
1931
6.0
Captain Thunder
as Pedro
1930
3.8
Kismet
as The Imam Mahmud
1930
2.7
A Devil with Women
as Don Diego
1930
5.3
The Bad One
as Judge
1930
6.3
The Three Sisters
as Judge
1930
0.0
In the Next Room
as Philip Vantine
1930
0.0
The Melody Man
as Von Kemper
1930
1.0
Party Girl
as John Rountree
1930
3.3
Fast Life
as Andrew Stratton
1929
0.0
Coquette
as Dr. John M. Besant
1929
5.7
Why Be Good?
as Pa Kelly
1929
6.5
Marriage by Contract
as Father
1928
0.0
The Power of Silence
as Defense Attorney
1928
0.0
A Woman's Way
as Mouvet
1928
0.0
The Unknown
as Surgeon (uncredited)
1927
7.5
Too Many Crooks
as Erastus Mason
1927
0.0
The Lily
as Comte de Maigny
1926
0.0
The Greater Glory
as Prof. Leopold Eberhardt (as John Sainpolis)
1926
0.0
The Far Cry
as Count Filippo Sturani
1926
0.0
Paint and Powder
as Mark Kelsey (as John Sainpolis)
1925
0.0
My Lady's Lips
as Inspector
1925
0.0
The Phantom of the Opera
as Comte Philip de Chagny
1925
7.1
The Dixie Handicap
as Dexter
1924
0.0
Folly of Vanity
as Ridgeway (modern sequence)
1924
0.0
The Rose of Paris
as André du Vallois
1924
0.0
In Every Woman's Life
as Dr. Philip Logan
1924
0.0
The Alaskan
as Rossland (as John Sainpolis)
1924
0.0
Those Who Dance
as Monahan
1924
0.0
Mademoiselle Midnight
as Colonel de Gontran (Prologue)
1924
5.4
Three Weeks
as The King
1924
0.0
Held to Answer
as Hiram Burbeck
1923
0.0
Woman-Proof
as Milo Bleech (as John Sainpolis)
1923
0.0
A Prince of a King
as Mario
1923
0.0
The Social Code
as Defense Attorney
1923
0.0
The Untameable
as Dr. Copin
1923
5.0
Three Wise Fools
as John Crawshay
1923
0.0
Souls for Sale
as Self - Celebrity Actor in Commissary
1923
6.2
The Hero
as Andrew Lane
1923
0.0
Shadows
as Nate Snow
1922
6.2
Cappy Ricks
as Skinner (as John Sainpolis)
1921
0.0
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
as Etienne Laurier
1921
6.6
The Great Lover
as Jean Paurel
1920
0.0
Old Dad
as Jeffrey Bretton
1920
0.0
Stake Uncle Sam to Play Your Hand
as Kaiser
1918
0.0
Laughing Bill Hyde
as Black Jack Burg
1918
0.0
All Woman
as Sam Tupper
1918
0.0
The Mark of Cain
as Judge Hoyt
1917
0.0
The Public Defender
as David Moulton
1917
0.0
The Love That Lives
as Harvey Brooks
1917
0.0
The Mystic Hour
as Clavering
1917
0.0
Sleeping Fires
as Edwin Bryce
1917
0.0
Sapho
as Dejoie
1917
0.0
The Fortunes of Fifi
as Duvernet
1917
0.0
The World Against Him
as Dr. Hamilton Welsh
1916
0.0
The Yellow Passport
as Fedia
1916
0.0
🎬
The Salamander
as Albert Sassoon
1916
0.0
🎬
Wormwood
1915
0.0
🎬
Soldiers of Fortune
as Pres. Alvarez
1914
0.0
Joseph and His Coat of Many Colors
1914
0.0