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 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

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

Personal Info

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