John St. Polis
Birthday: 1873-11-24
Deathday: 1946-10-08
Birthplace: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned
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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).
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1942-07-23 | Crossroads | Professor (uncredited) |
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1940-07-21 | Haunted House | Simkins |
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1940-06-11 | On the Spot | Doc Hunter |
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1940-05-24 | Rocky Mountain Rangers | Joseph Manners |
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1940-02-22 | Abe Lincoln in Illinois | Minor Role (uncredited) |
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1939-08-18 | They Shall Have Music | Davis |
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1939-05-01 | Boys' Reformatory | Superintendent Keene |
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1938-10-05 | Mr. Wong, Detective | Carl Roemer |
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1938-09-21 | The Mysterious Rider | Townsman |
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1938-05-27 | Phantom Ranger | Pat Doyle |
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1938-04-23 | International Crime | Roger Morton |
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1938-01-27 | Saleslady | Crane |
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1937-10-29 | The Shadow Strikes | Caleb Delthern |
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1937-09-01 | Jungle Menace | Chandler Elliott |
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1937-07-21 | Paradise Isle | Coxon |
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1937-02-26 | Borderland | Doctor |
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1936-06-07 | Below the Deadline | Mr. Abrams |
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1936-04-14 | Three on the Trail | Sheriff Sam Corwin |
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1936-03-06 | Call of the Prairie | Jim |
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1936-02-17 | The Dark Hour | Dr. Munro |
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1935-11-15 | A Night at the Opera | Opera Conductor (uncredited) |
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1935-10-20 | The Lady in Scarlet | Jerome T. Shelby |
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1935-07-03 | Death from a Distance | Prof. Trowbridge |
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1934-11-17 | The President Vanishes | Attorney General Davis (uncredited) |
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1934-04-01 | Guilty Parents | Defense attorney |
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1933-08-04 | Notorious But Nice | John J. Martin |
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1933-06-05 | Cocktail Hour | French Police Investigator (uncredited) |
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1933-06-01 | King of the Arena | Governor |
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1933-04-15 | The World Gone Mad | Grover Cromwell |
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1933-02-02 | Terror Trail | Colonel Charles Ormsby |
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1932-12-31 | The Match King | Banker (uncredited) |
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1932-11-24 | Call Her Savage | Doctor Consoling Nasa (Uncredited) |
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1932-11-21 | The Gambling Sex | John Tracy |
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1932-11-18 | If I Had a Million | Glidden Associate (uncredited) |
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1932-10-12 | False Faces | Dr. McDonald |
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1932-10-04 | The Crusader | Robert Henley |
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1932-04-29 | Symphony of Six Million | Dr. Schifflen |
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1932-03-27 | Lena Rivers | John Nichols |
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1932-02-25 | Alias the Doctor | Dr. Niergardt |
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1931-11-08 | Heartbreak | U.S. Ambassador |
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1931-10-30 | The Yellow Ticket | Passport Official at Airport |
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1931-08-22 | The Gay Diplomat | General |
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1931-07-12 | Their Mad Moment | Hotel Manager |
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1931-06-27 | Transgression | Serafin, Arturo's Butler |
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1931-06-20 | Men of the Sky | Madeleine's Father |
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1931-03-14 | Doctors' Wives | Dr. Mark Wyndram |
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1931-01-25 | Beau Ideal | Judge Advocate (as John M. St. Polis) |
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1931-01-03 | The Criminal Code | Dr. Rinewulf |
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1930-12-27 | Captain Thunder | Pedro |
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1930-10-30 | Kismet | The Imam Mahmud |
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1930-10-17 | A Devil with Women | Don Diego |
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1930-05-03 | The Bad One | Judge |
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1930-04-20 | The Three Sisters | Judge |
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1930-01-26 | In the Next Room | Philip Vantine |
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1930-01-15 | The Melody Man | Von Kemper |
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1930-01-01 | Party Girl | John Rountree |
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1929-09-01 | Fast Life | Andrew Stratton |
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1929-03-30 | Coquette | Dr. John M. Besant |
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1929-02-28 | Why Be Good? | Pa Kelly |
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1928-10-20 | The Power of Silence | Defense Attorney |
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1928-02-18 | A Woman's Way | Mouvet |
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1927-05-29 | The Unknown | Surgeon (uncredited) |
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1927-04-02 | Too Many Crooks | Erastus Mason |
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1926-10-03 | The Lily | Comte de Maigny |
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1926-05-02 | The Greater Glory | Prof. Leopold Eberhardt (as John Sainpolis) |
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1925-09-22 | The Phantom of the Opera | Comte Philip de Chagny |
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1925-09-16 | Paint and Powder | Mark Kelsey (as John Sainpolis) |
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1925-07-01 | My Lady's Lips | Inspector |
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1925-01-26 | Folly of Vanity | Ridgeway (modern sequence) |
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1924-12-29 | The Dixie Handicap | Dexter |
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1924-11-09 | The Rose of Paris | André du Vallois |
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1924-09-14 | The Alaskan | Rossland (as John Sainpolis) |
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1924-04-27 | Those Who Dance | Monahan |
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1924-04-14 | Mademoiselle Midnight | Colonel de Gontran (Prologue) |
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1924-02-10 | Three Weeks | The King |
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1923-11-22 | Held to Answer | Hiram Burbeck |
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1923-10-28 | Woman-Proof | Milo Bleech (as John Sainpolis) |
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1923-10-01 | The Social Code | Defense Attorney |
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1923-09-09 | The Untameable | Dr. Copin |
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1923-08-19 | Three Wise Fools | John Crawshay |
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1922-11-10 | Shadows | Nate Snow |
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1921-08-21 | Cappy Ricks | Skinner (as John Sainpolis) |
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1921-03-06 | The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse | Etienne Laurier |
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1920-11-15 | The Great Lover | Jean Paurel |
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1920-11-01 | Old Dad | Jeffrey Bretton |
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1918-10-01 | Stake Uncle Sam to Play Your Hand | Kaiser |
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1918-09-22 | Laughing Bill Hyde | Black Jack Burg |
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1918-06-09 | All Woman | Sam Tupper |
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1917-11-03 | The Public Defender | David Moulton |
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1917-07-09 | The Love That Lives | Harvey Brooks |
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1917-05-17 | The Mystic Hour | Clavering |
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1917-03-11 | Sapho | Dejoie |
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1917-02-26 | The Fortunes of Fifi | Duvernet |
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1916-12-25 | The World Against Him | Dr. Hamilton Welsh |
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1916-01-23 | The Salamander | |
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1915-01-01 | Wormwood | |
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1914-01-01 | Joseph and His Coat of Many Colors |