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).
Comte Philip de Chagny
The Phantom of the Opera
Carl Roemer
Mr. Wong, Detective
Joseph and His Coat of Many Colors
Judge
The Bad One
Dr. Rinewulf
The Criminal Code
Nate Snow
Shadows
Monahan
Those Who Dance
Mouvet
A Woman's Way
Judge
The Three Sisters
Kaiser
Stake Uncle Sam to Play Your Hand
Dr. John M. Besant
Coquette
Dr. Schifflen
Symphony of Six Million
Dejoie
Sapho
Duvernet
The Fortunes of Fifi
Opera Conductor (uncredited)
A Night at the Opera
U.S. Ambassador
Heartbreak
Caleb Delthern
The Shadow Strikes
Doc Hunter
On the Spot
Grover Cromwell
The World Gone Mad
Banker (uncredited)
The Match King
Glidden Associate (uncredited)
If I Had a Million
Coxon
Paradise Isle
John Nichols
Lena Rivers
Crane
Saleslady
Roger Morton
International Crime
Dr. Munro
The Dark Hour
Mr. Abrams
Below the Deadline
John Rountree
Party Girl
Superintendent Keene
Boys' Reformatory
Hiram Burbeck
Held to Answer
Robert Henley
The Crusader
General
The Gay Diplomat
Chandler Elliott
Jungle Menace
The Imam Mahmud
Kismet
Pat Doyle
Phantom Ranger
Townsman
The Mysterious Rider
Serafin, Arturo's Butler
Transgression
John J. Martin
Notorious But Nice
Governor
King of the Arena
Prof. Trowbridge
Death from a Distance
Jerome T. Shelby
The Lady in Scarlet
Dr. McDonald
False Faces
David Moulton
The Public Defender
Jean Paurel
The Great Lover
Davis
They Shall Have Music
The King
Three Weeks
Don Diego
A Devil with Women
Colonel de Gontran (Prologue)
Mademoiselle Midnight
Sam Tupper
All Woman
Black Jack Burg
Laughing Bill Hyde
John Crawshay
Three Wise Fools
Dr. Niergardt
Alias the Doctor
Self - Celebrity Actor in Commissary
Souls for Sale
Etienne Laurier
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Attorney General Davis (uncredited)
The President Vanishes
Pa Kelly
Why Be Good?
Rossland (as John Sainpolis)
The Alaskan
Doctor
Borderland
John Tracy
The Gambling Sex
Jim
Call of the Prairie
Colonel Charles Ormsby
Terror Trail
Pedro
Captain Thunder
Wormwood
Passport Official at Airport
The Yellow Ticket
Minor Role (uncredited)
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Judge Advocate (as John M. St. Polis)
Beau Ideal
Defense attorney
Guilty Parents
Sheriff Sam Corwin
Three on the Trail
Hotel Manager
Their Mad Moment
Philip Vantine
In the Next Room
Dr. Copin
The Untameable
Simkins
Haunted House
Joseph Manners
Rocky Mountain Rangers
Defense Attorney
The Power of Silence
Andrew Stratton
Fast Life
Inspector
My Lady's Lips
Professor (uncredited)
Crossroads
Milo Bleech (as John Sainpolis)
Woman-Proof
Von Kemper
The Melody Man
Prof. Leopold Eberhardt (as John Sainpolis)
The Greater Glory
Defense Attorney
The Social Code
Harvey Brooks
The Love That Lives
Comte de Maigny
The Lily
Skinner (as John Sainpolis)
Cappy Ricks
André du Vallois
The Rose of Paris
Surgeon (uncredited)
The Unknown
Ridgeway (modern sequence)
Folly of Vanity
Mark Kelsey (as John Sainpolis)
Paint and Powder
Dexter
The Dixie Handicap
Madeleine's Father
Men of the Sky
Erastus Mason
Too Many Crooks
Doctor Consoling Nasa (Uncredited)
Call Her Savage
Dr. Mark Wyndram
Doctors' Wives
Albert Sassoon
The Salamander
Clavering
The Mystic Hour
French Police Investigator (uncredited)
Cocktail Hour
Dr. Hamilton Welsh
The World Against Him
Jeffrey Bretton
Old Dad
Judge Hoyt
The Mark of Cain
Pres. Alvarez
Soldiers of Fortune
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
100
Gender
Male
Birthday
1873-11-24
Place of Birth
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Also Known As
John M. Sainpolis