John St. Polis

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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).

The Unknown

Surgeon (uncredited)

The Phantom of the Opera

Comte Philip de Chagny

A Night at the Opera

Opera Conductor (uncredited)

Abe Lincoln in Illinois

Minor Role (uncredited)

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

Etienne Laurier

If I Had a Million

Glidden Associate (uncredited)

They Shall Have Music

Davis

The Match King

Banker (uncredited)

Mr. Wong, Detective

Carl Roemer

Cocktail Hour

French Police Investigator (uncredited)

International Crime

Roger Morton

The Mysterious Rider

Townsman

Souls for Sale

Self - Celebrity Actor in Commissary

The President Vanishes

Attorney General Davis (uncredited)

False Faces

Dr. McDonald

Notorious But Nice

John J. Martin

Crossroads

Professor (uncredited)

Jungle Menace

Chandler Elliott

Three Wise Fools

John Crawshay

The Yellow Ticket

Passport Official at Airport

Beau Ideal

Judge Advocate (as John M. St. Polis)

Why Be Good?

Pa Kelly

Phantom Ranger

Pat Doyle

The Criminal Code

Dr. Rinewulf

Below the Deadline

Mr. Abrams

The Shadow Strikes

Caleb Delthern

Call Her Savage

Doctor Consoling Nasa (Uncredited)

Coquette

Dr. John M. Besant

Rocky Mountain Rangers

Joseph Manners

Haunted House

Simkins

Borderland

Doctor

Party Girl

John Rountree

On the Spot

Doc Hunter

The Dark Hour

Dr. Munro

Three on the Trail

Sheriff Sam Corwin

Symphony of Six Million

Dr. Schifflen

The World Gone Mad

Grover Cromwell

Call of the Prairie

Jim

Heartbreak

U.S. Ambassador

Boys' Reformatory

Superintendent Keene

Those Who Dance

Monahan

The Greater Glory

Prof. Leopold Eberhardt (as John Sainpolis)

Alias the Doctor

Dr. Niergardt

My Lady's Lips

Inspector

Captain Thunder

Pedro

The Lady in Scarlet

Jerome T. Shelby

All Woman

Sam Tupper

The Gay Diplomat

General

Shadows

Nate Snow

Three Weeks

The King

Terror Trail

Colonel Charles Ormsby

Doctors' Wives

Dr. Mark Wyndram

Guilty Parents

Defense attorney

The Crusader

Robert Henley

Kismet

The Imam Mahmud

Men of the Sky

Madeleine's Father

A Devil with Women

Don Diego

King of the Arena

Governor

The Bad One

Judge

Fast Life

Andrew Stratton

The Three Sisters

Judge

Too Many Crooks

Erastus Mason

The Gambling Sex

John Tracy

The Alaskan

Rossland (as John Sainpolis)

The Lily

Comte de Maigny

Paradise Isle

Coxon

Death from a Distance

Prof. Trowbridge

Woman-Proof

Milo Bleech (as John Sainpolis)

Transgression

Serafin, Arturo's Butler

The Fortunes of Fifi

Duvernet

Saleslady

Crane

The Social Code

Defense Attorney

Stake Uncle Sam to Play Your Hand

Kaiser

Lena Rivers

John Nichols

The Love That Lives

Harvey Brooks

Folly of Vanity

Ridgeway (modern sequence)

Held to Answer

Hiram Burbeck

Paint and Powder

Mark Kelsey (as John Sainpolis)

Their Mad Moment

Hotel Manager

Sapho

Dejoie

The Great Lover

Jean Paurel

Cappy Ricks

Skinner (as John Sainpolis)

Old Dad

Jeffrey Bretton

A Woman's Way

Mouvet

The Dixie Handicap

Dexter

The Untameable

Dr. Copin

The Public Defender

David Moulton

The Rose of Paris

André du Vallois

Wormwood

The Mark of Cain

Judge Hoyt

In the Next Room

Philip Vantine

The Power of Silence