John St. Polis
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).
The Phantom of the Opera
as Comte Philip de ChagnyThe deformed Phantom who haunts the Paris Opera House causes murder and mayhem in an attempt to...
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The Unknown
as Surgeon (uncredited)On the lam, criminal Alonzo hides in the circus as The Armless Wonder – a performer who uses his...
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A Night at the Opera
as Opera Conductor (uncredited)The Marx Brothers take on high society and the opera world to bring two lovers together. A sly...
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Mr. Wong, Detective
as Carl RoemerA chemical manufacturer is killed just after asking detective James Wong to help him. So...
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Crossroads
as Professor (uncredited)A French diplomat who's recovered from amnesia is blackmailed over crimes he can't remember.
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The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
as Etienne LaurierSet in the years before and during World War I, this epic tale tells the story of a rich...
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If I Had a Million
as Glidden Associate (uncredited)An elderly business tycoon, believed to be dying, decides to give a million dollars each to...
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Coquette
as Dr. John M. BesantA Southern belle's flirtation with a working man leads to tragedy.
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Souls for Sale
as Self - Celebrity Actor in CommissaryA young woman hits Hollywood, determined to become a star.
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The Criminal Code
as Dr. RinewulfAfter young Robert Graham commits a murder while drunk and defending his girlfriend, he is...
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Abe Lincoln in Illinois
as Minor Role (uncredited)Abe Lincoln in Illinois is a 1940 biographical film which tells the story of the life of Abraham...
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Below the Deadline
as Mr. AbramsAfter a good-natured Irish cop is framed for a diamond robbery and murder and presumed dead in a...
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Call Her Savage
as Doctor Consoling Nasa (Uncredited)A high-spirited, short-tempered, young woman hates her father and loves to rebel against him....
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The Mysterious Rider
as TownsmanBen Wade and his partner Frosty return to Bellounds' ranch where twenty years earlier Wade was...
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The Yellow Ticket
as Passport Official at AirportA young Russian girl is forced into a life of prostitution in Czarist Russia, and she and a...
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The President Vanishes
as Attorney General Davis (uncredited)The President Vanishes, released in the United Kingdom as Strange Conspiracy, is a 1934 American...
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The World Gone Mad
as Grover CromwellA district attorney and a reporter try to find the killer of a D.A. who uncovered a massive...
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The Shadow Strikes
as Caleb DelthernLamont Cranston assumes his secret identity as "The Shadow", to break up an attempted robbery at...
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They Shall Have Music
as DavisThe future is bleak for a troubled boy from a broken home in the slums. He runs away when his...
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The Match King
as Banker (uncredited)Unscrupulous Chicago janitor Paul Kroll uses deceit to fund a return trip to his homeland of...
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Three Wise Fools
as John CrawshaySydney Fairchild, the daughter of a woman who was once loved by three bachelors, surprises the...
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Woman-Proof
as Milo Bleech (as John Sainpolis)At sight of a woman, he got a ticket for speeding.
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The Dark Hour
as Dr. MunroA pair of detectives investigates the murder of an elderly millionaire who was the target of...
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Notorious But Nice
as John J. MartinA lover selflessly steps aside to let her guy go so he can hook up with a rich dame. Sadly, the...
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Call of the Prairie
as JimHoppy returns to find Johnny in trouble. Buck Peters has been shot by Porter who made it look...
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Boys' Reformatory
as Superintendent KeeneA tough street kid takes the rap for a burglary committed by the son of his foster family and is...
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Death from a Distance
as Prof. TrowbridgeWhile a distinguished astronomer is giving a lecture in a planetarium, a shot rings out and one...
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The Lady in Scarlet
as Jerome T. ShelbyWhen a wealthy art dealer is murdered, the private investigator hired for the case discovers a...
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The Melody Man
as Von KemperA Viennese composer Von Kemper (John St.Polis), who after murdering both his unfaithful wife and...
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The Social Code
as Defense AttorneyBabs Van Buren saves her lover from the electric chair and at the same time extricates her older...
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My Lady's Lips
as InspectorA newspaper publisher finds out that his wild daughter has fallen in with a ring of gamblers. A...
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Cocktail Hour
as French Police Investigator (uncredited)Cynthia Warren, independently wealthy through her ability as an illustrator and poster artist,...
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Haunted House
as SimkinsTeenagers try to clear a friend accused of murder.
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Shadows
as Nate SnowYen Sin, a humble Chinese, is washed ashore after a storm and finds himself an outsider in the...
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Captain Thunder
as PedroA notorious Mexican bandit goes all soft and mushy when he falls for a beautiful senorita. ...
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All Woman
as Sam TupperSusan Sweeney inherits a country hotel. When she arrives to take possession, she discovers it to...
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International Crime
as Roger MortonThe second and final Grand National Pictures film to feature The Shadow, played again by Rod La...
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Symphony of Six Million
as Dr. SchifflenA young doctor escapes the slums of New York City to make his fortune as a Park Avenue doctor....
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Transgression
as Serafin, Arturo's ButlerWhen British mining engineer Robert Maury is sent to India on an extended business trip, his...
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Phantom Ranger
as Pat DoyleA Treasury Department engraver is being held captive by a counterfeiting gang that wants him to...
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Borderland
as DoctorHoppy goes undercover as an outlaw (which permits him, for once, to drink and be mean to...
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Three on the Trail
as Sheriff Sam CorwinAn evil gang is involved in both cattle rustling and the robbing of stagecoaches. Hoppy must...
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Why Be Good?
as Pa KellyA flapper unwittingly falls for the boss' son.
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Jungle Menace
as Chandler ElliottMystery and adventure, surrounding a stolen rubber harvest.
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On the Spot
as Doc HunterFrankie Kelly is the soda jerk and embryo scientist in Midvales only drugstore. Two murders and...
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Alias the Doctor
as Dr. NiergardtKarl is the workaholic adopted son while Stephan is the lazy one. They both go to Munich to...
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Saleslady
as CraneA young heiress moves away from home, takes a job in a Chicago department store and weds a...
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Paradise Isle
as CoxonStranded on an island, a blind artist (Warren Hull) falls in love with a native (Movita).
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Rocky Mountain Rangers
as Joseph MannersFrustrated by their inability to take action against a murderous gang who killed a young boy,...
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A Woman's Way
as MouvetSet in Paris, the story concentrates on the romantic triangle involving cabaret singer Liane,...
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Folly of Vanity
as Ridgeway (modern sequence)This drama had two directors: Maurice Elvey handled most of the film, but the fantasy sequence...
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In the Next Room
as Philip VantineThe story starts with a prologue set in 1889 in which we see an angry husband murdering his...
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King of the Arena
as GovernorMysterious deaths have been occurring in the same towns as Miller's Circus and the Governor has...
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The Three Sisters
as JudgeA 1930 American pre-Code film directed by Paul Sloane and starring Louise Dresser, Tom Patricola...
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Party Girl
as John RountreeJay Rountree, a young, rising businessman and a son of a wealthy manufacturer gets caught up in...
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Mademoiselle Midnight
as Colonel de Gontran (Prologue)Renée (Mae Murray) is the heiress of a Mexican ranch, granddaughter of a woman known for her...
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Lena Rivers
as John NicholsYoung Lena Rivers, who was born out of wedlock, goes to live with a rich uncle. Unfortunately,...
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False Faces
as Dr. McDonaldThe philandering Dr. Silas Brenton is fired from his position at a large hospital and given 24...
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The Power of Silence
as Defense AttorneyWould An Innocent Woman Keep Silent? Would the fear of a murderer's death shake her from the...
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Beau Ideal
as Judge Advocate (as John M. St. Polis)An American joins the French Foreign Legion in order to rescue a boyhood friend.
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The Bad One
as JudgeIn this melodrama, a dancer works in a sleazy Marseilles portside dive that is really the front...
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The Alaskan
as Rossland (as John Sainpolis)An Alaskan defies robber barons intent on corrupting the new state.
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Doctors' Wives
as Dr. Mark WyndramThe trials of being a doctor's wife are presented in this drama. The story centers upon the...
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Fast Life
as Andrew StrattonA man is tried and convicted for the murder of a man who flirted with his wife., and sentenced...
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The Crusader
as Robert HenleyGangsters scheme to get rid of a crusading District Attorney by blackmailing him through his...
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Their Mad Moment
as Hotel ManagerDorothy Mackaill stars in this old-fashioned melodrama set in the Basque country of Spain. She...
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The Greater Glory
as Prof. Leopold Eberhardt (as John Sainpolis)A story of Vienna following World War I, in which the butchers became millionaires and the...
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The Gay Diplomat
as GeneralCaptain Orloff is sent to Bucharest to capture a Mata Hari type of spy, but many different women...
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The Rose of Paris
as André du ValloisA French orphan who grew up in a convent sets out to see Paris. It turns out that she is the...
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Paint and Powder
as Mark Kelsey (as John Sainpolis)Elaine Hammerstein stars in this independently produced drama. She plays Mary Dolan, a dancer at...
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Three Weeks
as The KingA young aristocrat strikes up an affair with a mysterious woman for three weeks.
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Those Who Dance
as MonahanA federal agent assigned to stop a bootlegging gang joins forces with the gang leader's wife and...
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Too Many Crooks
as Erastus MasonToo Many Crooks is a lost 1927 American comedy silent film directed by Fred C. Newmeyer, written...
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Terror Trail
as Colonel Charles OrmsbyA gang of horse thieves are able to operate because the crooked local sheriff is in cahoots with...
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The Fortunes of Fifi
as DuvernetFifi is an actress in Napoleon-era France. She wins a lottery and leaves Cartouche, the man she...
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Stake Uncle Sam to Play Your Hand
as KaiserThe Kaiser is playing cards with King Albert of Italy, who loses, but is rescued by Miss Liberty...
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Guilty Parents
as Defense attorneyA young girl is being tried for murder. Her defense attorney attempts to show how her descent...
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Kismet
as The Imam MahmudHajj, a rascally beggar on the periphery of the court of Baghdad, schemes to marry his daughter...
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Cappy Ricks
as Skinner (as John Sainpolis)When seaman Matt Peasley and his friend, Murphy (Hugh Cameron), go ashore in San Francisco, they...
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Held to Answer
as Hiram BurbeckJohn Hampstead gives up his career as an actor and his actress sweetheart, Marian Dounay, to...
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A Devil with Women
as Don DiegoSoldier of fortune Maxton is stranded in a Central American country. He and Tom, the nephew of...
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The Untameable
as Dr. CopinThe Most Shocking Film of 1923! Directed by Herbert Blache, The Untameable dramatizes the...
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Sapho
as DejoieThe classic story of a flower girl from the slums who becomes Sapho.
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The Love That Lives
as Harvey BrooksWhen her husband Pete is shot over a craps game, Molly McGill goes to work as a scrubwoman to...
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The Great Lover
as Jean PaurelEthel Warren returns from studying in Europe to make her debut in New York with the opera...
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The Gambling Sex
as John TracyA wealthy young socialite gets the gambling bug, and soon it goes from being just a fun pastime...
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Laughing Bill Hyde
as Black Jack BurgConvict Bill Hyde and his friend, Danny Dorgan, break out of prison, but in running from the...
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Men of the Sky
as Madeleine's FatherIn the years before World War I, a love affair takes place between an American pilot named Jack...
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