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