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