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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).
Born
Monday, 24 November 1873
Died
Tuesday, 08 October 1946
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Assignment in Brittany | Old Man at Inn | 1943 |
Crossroads | Professor | 1942 |
Reap the Wild Wind | Devereaux Foreign Agent | 1942 |
Hurricane Smith | Doctor | 1941 |
The Hard-Boiled Canary | Opera Conductor | 1941 |
Federal Fugitives | Doctor | 1941 |
Haunted House | Simkins | 1940 |
On the Spot | Doc Hunter | 1940 |
Rocky Mountain Rangers | Joseph Manners | 1940 |
Knights of the Range | Doctor | 1940 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Assignment in Brittany | Old Man at Inn | 1943 |
Crossroads | Professor | 1942 |
Reap the Wild Wind | Devereaux Foreign Agent | 1942 |
Hurricane Smith | Doctor | 1941 |
The Hard-Boiled Canary | Opera Conductor | 1941 |
Federal Fugitives | Doctor | 1941 |
Haunted House | Simkins | 1940 |
On the Spot | Doc Hunter | 1940 |
Rocky Mountain Rangers | Joseph Manners | 1940 |
Knights of the Range | Doctor | 1940 |
Abe Lincoln in Illinois | Minor Role | 1940 |
They Shall Have Music | Davis | 1939 |
Boys' Reformatory | Superintendent Keene | 1939 |
Mr. Wong, Detective | Carl Roemer / Roemer | 1938 |
The Mysterious Rider | Townsman | 1938 |
Phantom Ranger | Pat Doyle | 1938 |
International Crime | Roger Morton | 1938 |
Saleslady | Crane | 1938 |
The Shadow Strikes | Caleb Delthern | 1937 |
Jungle Menace | Chandler Elliott [Ch. 1] / Chandler Elliott | 1937 |
Rustlers' Valley | Banker Crawford | 1937 |
Paradise Isle | Coxon | 1937 |
A Day at the Races | Musician in orchestra | 1937 |
Borderland | The Doctor / Doctor | 1937 |
Woman in Distress | Duval | 1937 |
The Border Patrolman | Manning | 1936 |
Below the Deadline | Mr. Abrams | 1936 |
Three on the Trail | Sheriff Sam Corwin | 1936 |
Call of the Prairie | Banker Jim / Jim | 1936 |
The Dark Hour | Dr. Munro | 1936 |
Magnificent Obsession | Seabury | 1935 |
A Night at the Opera | Opera Conductor | 1935 |
The Lady in Scarlet | Jerome T. Shelby | 1935 |
Death from a Distance | Prof. Trowbridge | 1935 |
The President Vanishes | Attorney General Davis | 1935 |
Guilty Parents | Defense Attorney | 1934 |
Sing Sinner Sing | James Parks | 1933 |
Notorious But Nice | John J. Martin | 1933 |
Cocktail Hour | French Police Investigator | 1933 |
King of the Arena | Governor / Texas Governor | 1933 |
The World Gone Mad | Grover Cromwell | 1933 |
The Match King | Banker | 1932 |
Call Her Savage | Doctor Consoling Nasa / Doctor Consoling Nasa (Uncredited) | 1932 |
The Gambling Sex | John Tracy | 1932 |
If I Had a Million | Glidden Associate | 1932 |
False Faces | Dr. McDonald | 1932 |
The Crusader | Robert Henley | 1932 |
Symphony of Six Million | Dr. Schifflen | 1932 |
Lena Rivers | John Nichols | 1932 |
Alias the Doctor | Dr. Niergardt | 1932 |
The Yellow Ticket | Passport Official at Airport | 1931 |
The Gay Diplomat | General | 1931 |
Their Mad Moment | Hotel Manager | 1931 |
Transgression | Serafin, Arturo's Butler | 1931 |
Doctors' Wives | Dr. Mark Wyndram | 1931 |
Beau Ideal | Judge Advocate (as John M. St. Polis) / Judge Advocate | 1931 |
The Criminal Code | Dr. Rinewulf | 1930 |
Captain Thunder | Pedro / Pedro Dominguez | 1930 |
Kismet | The Imam Mahmud | 1930 |
A Devil with Women | Don Diego | 1930 |
The Bad One | Judge | 1930 |
Guilty? | Polk | 1930 |
In the Next Room | Philip Vantine | 1930 |
Party Girl | John Rountree | 1930 |
Coquette | Dr. John Besant / Dr. John M. Besant | 1929 |
Why Be Good? | Pa Kelly | 1929 |
Marriage by Contract | Father | 1928 |
The Power of Silence | Defense Attorney | 1928 |
The Grain of Dust | Mr. Burroughs | 1928 |
The Unknown | Surgeon | 1927 |
Too Many Crooks | Erastus Mason | 1927 |
The Lily | Comte de Maigny | 1926 |
The Greater Glory | Prof. Leopold Eberhardt (as John Sainpolis) / Prof. Leopold Eberhardt | 1926 |
The Far Cry | Count Filippo Sturani | 1926 |
The Phantom of the Opera | Comte Philip de Chagny | 1925 |
Paint and Powder | Mark Kelsey / Mark Kelsey (as John Sainpolis) | 1925 |
My Lady's Lips | Inspector | 1925 |
Folly of Vanity | Ridgeway (modern sequence) | 1924 |
The Rose of Paris | André du Vallois | 1924 |
The Alaskan | Rossland / Rossland (as John Sainpolis) | 1924 |
Mademoiselle Midnight | Colonel de Gontran (Prologue) | 1924 |
Three Weeks | The King | 1924 |
A Fool's Awakening | Lt. Wedderburn | 1924 |
Held to Answer | Hiram Burbeck | 1923 |
Woman-Proof | Milo Bleech / Milo Bleech (as John Sainpolis) | 1923 |
A Prince of a King | Mario | 1923 |
The Untameable | Dr. Copin | 1923 |
Three Wise Fools | John Crawshay | 1923 |
Souls for Sables | Himself - Celebrity Actor in Commissary | 1923 |
Souls for Sale | John Sainpolis / Himself - Celebrity Actor in Commissary | 1923 |
Shadows | Nate Snow | 1922 |
Old Dad | Jeffrey Bretton | 1922 |
Cappy Ricks | Skinner / Skinner (as John Sainpolis) | 1921 |
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse | Etienne Laurier | 1921 |
The Great Lover | Jean Paurel | 1920 |
Laughing Bill Hyde | Black Jack Burg | 1918 |
All Woman | Sam Tupper | 1918 |
Resurrection | Simonson | 1918 |
The Love That Lives | Harvey Brooks | 1917 |
Sleeping Fires | Edwin Bryce | 1917 |
The Fortunes of Fifi | Duvernet | 1917 |
The Social Highwayman | Hanby | 1916 |
Bondwomen | Dr. Hugh Ellis | 1915 |