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 Coquette (1929).

Known For: Acting

Born: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, 1873-11-24

Died: 1946-10-08

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1914	Joseph and His Coat of Many Colors		0
2	1915	Wormwood		0
3	1916	The Salamander		0
4	1916	The World Against Him	Dr. Hamilton Welsh	0
5	1917	The Fortunes of Fifi	Duvernet	0
6	1917	Sapho	Dejoie	0
7	1917	The Mystic Hour	Clavering	0
8	1917	The Love That Lives	Harvey Brooks	0
9	1917	The Public Defender	David Moulton	0
10	1918	All Woman	Sam Tupper	0
11	1918	Laughing Bill Hyde	Black Jack Burg	0
12	1918	Stake Uncle Sam to Play Your Hand	Kaiser	0
13	1920	Old Dad	Jeffrey Bretton	0
14	1920	The Great Lover	Jean Paurel	0
15	1921	The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse	Etienne Laurier	66
16	1921	Cappy Ricks	Skinner (as John Sainpolis)	0
17	1922	Shadows	Nate Snow	61
18	1923	Souls for Sale	Self - Celebrity Actor in Commissary	62
19	1923	Three Wise Fools	John Crawshay	0
20	1923	The Untameable	Dr. Copin	50
21	1923	The Social Code	Defense Attorney	0
22	1923	Woman-Proof	Milo Bleech (as John Sainpolis)	0
23	1923	Held to Answer	Hiram Burbeck	0
24	1924	Three Weeks	The King	0
25	1924	Mademoiselle Midnight	Colonel de Gontran (Prologue)	58
26	1924	Those Who Dance	Monahan	0
27	1924	The Alaskan	Rossland (as John Sainpolis)	0
28	1924	The Rose of Paris	André du Vallois	0
29	1924	The Dixie Handicap	Dexter	0
30	1925	Folly of Vanity	Ridgeway (modern sequence)	0
31	1925	My Lady's Lips	Inspector	0
32	1925	Paint and Powder	Mark Kelsey (as John Sainpolis)	0
33	1925	The Phantom of the Opera	Comte Philip de Chagny	71
34	1926	The Greater Glory	Prof. Leopold Eberhardt (as John Sainpolis)	0
35	1926	The Lily	Comte de Maigny	0
36	1927	Too Many Crooks	Erastus Mason	0
37	1927	The Unknown	Surgeon (uncredited)	75
38	1928	A Woman's Way	Mouvet	0
39	1928	The Power of Silence	Defense Attorney	0
40	1929	Why Be Good?	Pa Kelly	65
41	1929	Coquette	Dr. John M. Besant	56
42	1929	Fast Life	Andrew Stratton	0
43	1930	Party Girl	John Rountree	33
44	1930	The Melody Man	Von Kemper	10
45	1930	In the Next Room	Philip Vantine	0
46	1930	The Three Sisters	Judge	0
47	1930	The Bad One	Judge	65
48	1930	A Devil with Women	Don Diego	53
49	1930	Kismet	The Imam Mahmud	35
50	1930	Captain Thunder	Pedro	38
51	1931	The Criminal Code	Dr. Rinewulf	61
52	1931	Beau Ideal	Judge Advocate (as John M. St. Polis)	44
53	1931	Doctors' Wives	Dr. Mark Wyndram	0
54	1931	Men of the Sky	Madeleine's Father	0
55	1931	Transgression	Serafin, Arturo's Butler	40
56	1931	Their Mad Moment	Hotel Manager	50
57	1931	The Gay Diplomat	General	40
58	1931	The Yellow Ticket	Passport Official at Airport	50
59	1931	Heartbreak	U.S. Ambassador	0
60	1932	Alias the Doctor	Dr. Niergardt	57
61	1932	Lena Rivers	John Nichols	55
62	1932	Symphony of Six Million	Dr. Schifflen	54
63	1932	The Crusader	Robert Henley	50
64	1932	False Faces	Dr. McDonald	43
65	1932	If I Had a Million	Glidden Associate (uncredited)	65
66	1932	The Gambling Sex	John Tracy	60
67	1932	Call Her Savage	Doctor Consoling Nasa (Uncredited)	58
68	1932	The Match King	Banker (uncredited)	66
69	1933	Terror Trail	Colonel Charles Ormsby	0
70	1933	The World Gone Mad	Grover Cromwell	43
71	1933	King of the Arena	Governor	0
72	1933	Cocktail Hour	French Police Investigator (uncredited)	48
73	1933	Notorious But Nice	John J. Martin	55
74	1934	Guilty Parents	Defense attorney	48
75	1934	The President Vanishes	Attorney General Davis (uncredited)	70
76	1935	Death from a Distance	Prof. Trowbridge	48
77	1935	The Lady in Scarlet	Jerome T. Shelby	35
78	1935	A Night at the Opera	Opera Conductor (uncredited)	74
79	1936	The Dark Hour	Dr. Munro	55
80	1936	Call of the Prairie	Jim	50
81	1936	Three on the Trail	Sheriff Sam Corwin	50
82	1936	Below the Deadline	Mr. Abrams	52
83	1937	Borderland	Doctor	0
84	1937	Paradise Isle	Coxon	50
85	1937	Jungle Menace	Chandler Elliott	50
86	1937	The Shadow Strikes	Caleb Delthern	46
87	1938	Saleslady	Crane	0
88	1938	International Crime	Roger Morton	54
89	1938	Phantom Ranger	Pat Doyle	42
90	1938	The Mysterious Rider	Townsman	60
91	1938	Mr. Wong, Detective	Carl Roemer	56
92	1939	Boys' Reformatory	Superintendent Keene	55
93	1939	They Shall Have Music	Davis	60
94	1940	Abe Lincoln in Illinois	Minor Role (uncredited)	70
95	1940	Rocky Mountain Rangers	Joseph Manners	0
96	1940	On the Spot	Doc Hunter	53
97	1940	Haunted House	Simkins	44
98	1942	Crossroads	Professor (uncredited)	59

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
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