John St. Polis

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1873-11-24 (73 years old)

Deathday

1946-10-08

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 Ph...

Acting

1925

The Phantom of the Opera

as Comte Philip de Chagny

1938

Mr. Wong, Detective

as Carl Roemer

1930

The Bad One

as Judge

1931

The Criminal Code

as Dr. Rinewulf

1922

Shadows

as Nate Snow

1924

Those Who Dance

as Monahan

1928

A Woman's Way

as Mouvet

1930

1929

Coquette

as Dr. John M. Besant

1932

Symphony of Six Million

as Dr. Schifflen

1917

Sapho

as Dejoie

1917

1935

A Night at the Opera

as Opera Conductor (uncredited)

1931

Heartbreak

as U.S. Ambassador

1937

The Shadow Strikes

as Caleb Delthern

1940

On the Spot

as Doc Hunter

1933

The World Gone Mad

as Grover Cromwell

1932

The Match King

as Banker (uncredited)

1932

If I Had a Million

as Glidden Associate (uncredited)

1937

1932

Lena Rivers

as John Nichols

1938

Saleslady

as Crane

1938

International Crime

as Roger Morton

1936

The Dark Hour

as Dr. Munro

1936

Below the Deadline

as Mr. Abrams

1930

Party Girl

as John Rountree

1939

Boys' Reformatory

as Superintendent Keene

1923

Held to Answer

as Hiram Burbeck

1932

The Crusader

as Robert Henley

1931

1937

Jungle Menace

as Chandler Elliott

1930

Kismet

as The Imam Mahmud

1938

Phantom Ranger

as Pat Doyle

1938

1931

Transgression

as Serafin, Arturo's Butler

1933

Notorious But Nice

as John J. Martin

1933

1935

Death from a Distance

as Prof. Trowbridge

1935

The Lady in Scarlet

as Jerome T. Shelby

1932

False Faces

as Dr. McDonald

1917

The Public Defender

as David Moulton

1920

The Great Lover

as Jean Paurel

1924

Three Weeks

as The King

1930

A Devil with Women

as Don Diego

1924

Mademoiselle Midnight

as Colonel de Gontran (Prologue)

1918

All Woman

as Sam Tupper

1918

Laughing Bill Hyde

as Black Jack Burg

1923

Three Wise Fools

as John Crawshay

1932

Alias the Doctor

as Dr. Niergardt

1923

Souls for Sale

as Self - Celebrity Actor in Commissary

1934

The President Vanishes

as Attorney General Davis (uncredited)

1929

Why Be Good?

as Pa Kelly

1924

The Alaskan

as Rossland (as John Sainpolis)

1937

Borderland

as Doctor

1932

The Gambling Sex

as John Tracy

1933

Terror Trail

as Colonel Charles Ormsby

1930

1931

The Yellow Ticket

as Passport Official at Airport

1940

Abe Lincoln in Illinois

as Minor Role (uncredited)

1931

Beau Ideal

as Judge Advocate (as John M. St. Polis)

1934

Guilty Parents

as Defense attorney

1936

Three on the Trail

as Sheriff Sam Corwin

1931

Their Mad Moment

as Hotel Manager

1930

In the Next Room

as Philip Vantine

1923

The Untameable

as Dr. Copin

1940

Haunted House

as Simkins

1940

Rocky Mountain Rangers

as Joseph Manners

1928

The Power of Silence

as Defense Attorney

1929

Fast Life

as Andrew Stratton

1925

My Lady's Lips

as Inspector

1942

Crossroads

as Professor (uncredited)

1923

Woman-Proof

as Milo Bleech (as John Sainpolis)

1930

The Melody Man

as Von Kemper

1926

The Greater Glory

as Prof. Leopold Eberhardt (as John Sainpolis)

1923

The Social Code

as Defense Attorney

1917

The Love That Lives

as Harvey Brooks

1926

The Lily

as Comte de Maigny

1921

Cappy Ricks

as Skinner (as John Sainpolis)

1924

The Rose of Paris

as André du Vallois

1927

The Unknown

as Surgeon (uncredited)

1925

Folly of Vanity

as Ridgeway (modern sequence)

1925

Paint and Powder

as Mark Kelsey (as John Sainpolis)

1924

1931

Men of the Sky

as Madeleine's Father

1927

Too Many Crooks

as Erastus Mason

1932

Call Her Savage

as Doctor Consoling Nasa (Uncredited)

1931

Doctors' Wives

as Dr. Mark Wyndram

1916

The Salamander

as Albert Sassoon

1917

The Mystic Hour

as Clavering

1933

Cocktail Hour

as French Police Investigator (uncredited)

1916

The World Against Him

as Dr. Hamilton Welsh

1920

Old Dad

as Jeffrey Bretton

1917

The Mark of Cain

as Judge Hoyt

1914

Soldiers of Fortune

as Pres. Alvarez

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