
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).
110 acting credits
Acting · 110

The Phantom of the Opera
1925

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
1921

A Night at the Opera
1935

The Unknown
1927

Mr. Wong, Detective
1938

If I Had a Million
1932

The Criminal Code
1931

Lena Rivers
1932

Kismet
1930

Cocktail Hour
1933

Abe Lincoln in Illinois
1940

Souls for Sale
1923

Doctors' Wives
1931

The President Vanishes
1934

Jungle Menace
1937

Phantom Ranger
1938

The Greater Glory
1926

Three Weeks
1924

Call of the Prairie
1936

Call Her Savage
1932

Coquette
1929

Crossroads
1942

The Shadow Strikes
1937

The Yellow Ticket
1931

Transgression
1931

Beau Ideal
1931

Borderland
1937

On the Spot
1940

The Match King
1932

They Shall Have Music
1939

Mademoiselle Midnight
1924

The Mysterious Rider
1938

Boys' Reformatory
1939

Below the Deadline
1936

Heartbreak
1931

Haunted House
1940

The Untameable
1923

Three Wise Fools
1923

Sapho
1917

Fast Life
1929

Guilty Parents
1934

Guilty?
1930

Party Girl
1930

Terror Trail
1933

All Woman
1918

False Faces
1932

Shadows
1922

The Lily
1926

Why Be Good?
1929

Captain Thunder
1930

Alias the Doctor
1932

Their Mad Moment
1931
The Salamander
1916

International Crime
1938

Rocky Mountain Rangers
1940

Symphony of Six Million
1932

The Alaskan
1924

The Hero
1923

Death from a Distance
1935

Those Who Dance
1924

A Devil with Women
1930

Notorious But Nice
1933

Stake Uncle Sam to Play Your Hand
1918

Saleslady
1938

The Bad One
1930

Woman-Proof
1923

King of the Arena
1933

The Gambling Sex
1932

Old Dad
1920

Three on the Trail
1936

Cappy Ricks
1921

Bondwomen
1915
The Crusader
1932

The Dark Hour
1936

The Gay Diplomat
1931

The Far Cry
1926

The Power of Silence
1928

My Lady's Lips
1925

The Lady in Scarlet
1935

The Three Sisters
1930

The World Gone Mad
1933

The Dixie Handicap
1924

The Great Lover
1920

A Woman's Way
1928
Wormwood
1915

Folly of Vanity
1924

The Mark of Cain
1917

Paint and Powder
1925

In the Next Room
1930

The Fortunes of Fifi
1917

Men of the Sky
1931

Held to Answer
1923

The Social Code
1923

The Rose of Paris
1924

Paradise Isle
1937

The Yellow Passport
1916

Laughing Bill Hyde
1918

A Prince of a King
1923

The World Against Him
1916

Too Many Crooks
1927

Joseph and His Coat of Many Colors
1914

The Melody Man
1930

The Public Defender
1917
Soldiers of Fortune
1914

The Social Highwayman
1916

In Every Woman's Life
1924

Marriage by Contract
1928

The Love That Lives
1917

The Mystic Hour
1917

Sleeping Fires
1917