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).

Death from a Distance

Prof. Trowbridge

The Phantom of the Opera

Comte Philip de Chagny

International Crime

Roger Morton

Mr. Wong, Detective

Carl Roemer

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

Etienne Laurier

The Unknown

Surgeon (uncredited)

A Night at the Opera

Opera Conductor (uncredited)

The Shadow Strikes

Caleb Delthern

Souls for Sale

Self - Celebrity Actor in Commissary

They Shall Have Music

Davis

If I Had a Million

Glidden Associate (uncredited)

King of the Arena

Governor

Borderland

Doctor

The Mysterious Rider

Townsman

Coquette

Dr. John M. Besant

Abe Lincoln in Illinois

Minor Role (uncredited)

Haunted House

Simkins

Jungle Menace

Chandler Elliott

The Rose of Paris

André du Vallois

The Criminal Code

Dr. Rinewulf

Party Girl

John Rountree

Why Be Good?

Pa Kelly

The Match King

Banker (uncredited)

Too Many Crooks

Erastus Mason

Captain Thunder

Pedro

Crossroads

Professor (uncredited)

Stake Uncle Sam to Play Your Hand

Kaiser

The Lady in Scarlet

Jerome T. Shelby

Kismet

The Imam Mahmud

The Yellow Ticket

Passport Official at Airport

Three on the Trail

Sheriff Sam Corwin

Cocktail Hour

French Police Investigator (uncredited)

Alias the Doctor

Dr. Niergardt

The President Vanishes

Attorney General Davis (uncredited)

Call of the Prairie

Jim

The Bad One

Judge

Below the Deadline

Mr. Abrams

Shadows

Nate Snow

Paradise Isle

Coxon

Beau Ideal

Judge Advocate (as John M. St. Polis)

Phantom Ranger

Pat Doyle

Call Her Savage

Doctor Consoling Nasa (Uncredited)

Cappy Ricks

Skinner (as John Sainpolis)

Fast Life

Andrew Stratton

All Woman

Sam Tupper

A Devil with Women

Don Diego

Rocky Mountain Rangers

Joseph Manners

On the Spot

Doc Hunter

The Social Code

Defense Attorney

The Lily

Comte de Maigny

The Dark Hour

Dr. Munro

Laughing Bill Hyde

Black Jack Burg

Three Weeks

The King

Sapho

Dejoie

Guilty Parents

Defense attorney

Three Wise Fools

John Crawshay

The World Gone Mad

Grover Cromwell

The Great Lover

Jean Paurel

Notorious But Nice

John J. Martin

The Crusader

Robert Henley

Folly of Vanity

Ridgeway (modern sequence)

Old Dad

Jeffrey Bretton

Boys' Reformatory

Superintendent Keene

Men of the Sky

Madeleine's Father

Mademoiselle Midnight

Colonel de Gontran (Prologue)

The Greater Glory

Prof. Leopold Eberhardt (as John Sainpolis)

Saleslady

Crane

The Alaskan

Rossland (as John Sainpolis)

The Melody Man

Von Kemper

Transgression

Serafin, Arturo's Butler

Lena Rivers

John Nichols

The Dixie Handicap

Dexter

Paint and Powder

Mark Kelsey (as John Sainpolis)

Symphony of Six Million

Dr. Schifflen

Those Who Dance

Monahan

The Gambling Sex

John Tracy

Their Mad Moment

Hotel Manager

Terror Trail

Colonel Charles Ormsby

The Gay Diplomat

General

Doctors' Wives

Dr. Mark Wyndram

False Faces

Dr. McDonald

Joseph and His Coat of Many Colors

The World Against Him

Dr. Hamilton Welsh

The Three Sisters