Sam De Grasse

ActorCinematographer Jun 11 (died age 78) Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada 1914–2019 (105 year career)

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Biography

From Wikipedia Sam De Grasse (June 12, 1875 – November 29, 1953) was a Canadian actor. He traveled to New York City and in 1912 appeared in his first motion picture. At first he played standard secondary characters, but when fellow Canadian Mary Pickford set up her own studio with her husband Douglas Fairbanks, he joined them. He portrayed the villainous Prince John in Fairbanks' 1922 Robin Hood. Afterward, he began to specialize in villainous roles. De Grasse was the uncle of successful cine…

Known For

Film

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

Arthur Jenkins (Modern Story)

Film

The Man Who Laughs

King James II

Film

The Birth of a Nation

Senator Charles Sumner (uncredited)

Film

The Black Pirate

Pirate Lieutenant

Film

The King of Kings

Pharisee

Film

Robin Hood

Prince John

Film

The Racket

District Attorney Welch

Film

Born to Be Bad

Additional Director of Photography

Filmography

Acting (83)

Movies (83)

I Am Not a Racist

2019

as the businessman

Captain of the Guard

1930

as Bazin

Silks and Saddles

1929

as William Morrissey

The Last Performance

as District Attorney

Wall Street

as John Willard

Our Dancing Daughters

as Freddie's Father

The Man Who Laughs

as King James II

The Racket

as District Attorney Welch

6.5

Honor Bound

1928

as Blood Keller

When a Man Loves

1927

as Comte Guillot de Morfontaine

Captain Salvation

as Peter Campbell

The King of Kings

as Pharisee

The Fighting Eagle

as Talleyrand

The Country Doctor

as Ira Harding

The Wreck of the Hesperus

1927

as Capt. David Slocum

The Eagle of the Sea

1926

as Colonel Lestron

Mike

1926

as Brush

The Black Pirate

1926

as Pirate Lieutenant

6.7

Broken Hearts of Hollywood

1926

as Defense Attorney

6.5

Love's Blindness

1926

as Benjamin Levy

Sun-Up

1925

as Sheriff Weeks

Sally, Irene and Mary

1925

as Officer O'Dare

5.5

One Year to Live

1925

as Dr. Lucien La Pierre

Painted People

1924

as Henry Parrish

The Virgin

1924

as Ricardo Ruiz

A Self-Made Failure

1924

as Cyrus Cruikshank

Pagan Passions

1924

as Frank Langley

The Dancer of the Nile

1923

as Pasheri

Circus Days

1923

as Lord

6.3

A Prince of a King

1923

as Duke Roberto

Slippy McGee

1923

as Father De Rance

The Courtship of Miles Standish

1923

as John Carver

Tiger Rose

1923

as Dr. Cusick

4.5

The Spoilers

1923

as Judge Stillman

In the Palace of the King

1923

as King Philip II

Robin Hood

1922

as Prince John

6.4

Forsaking All Others

1922

as Dr. Mason

A Wife's Awakening

1921

as George Otis

The Cheater Reformed

1921

as Thomas Edinburgh

The Broken Gate

1920

as 'Hod' Brooks

Moon Madness

1920

as Adrien

The Skywayman

1920

as Dr. Wayne Leveridge

6.0

The Devil's Passkey

1920

as Warren Goodwright

The Little Grey Mouse

1920

as John Cumberland

Unseen Forces

as Capt. Stanley

Heart o' the Hills

as Steve Honeycutt

The Exquisite Thief

as Shaver Michael

Blind Husbands

as Dr. Armstrong

Sis Hopkins

as Vibert

The Mother and the Law

1919

as Arthur Jenkins

6.9

The Silk Lined Burglar

1919

as Boston Blackie

A Woman's Fool

1918

4.0

The Hope Chest

1918

as Ballantyne, Sr.

A Law Unto Herself

1918

as Kurt Von Klassner (as Samuel DeGrasse)

Winner Takes All

1918

as Mark Thorne

Smashing Through

1918

as Earl Foster

The Mortgaged Wife

1918

as Meyer

Brace Up

1918

as National Jim

Six-Shooter Andy

1918

as Tom Slade

The Narrow Path

1918

as Malcolm Dion

The Scarlet Car

1917

as Ernest Peabody

4.5

Madame Bo-Peep

1917

as Jose Alvarez

Wild and Woolly

1917

as Steve Shelby

6.3

The Empty Gun

1917

as Jim

Anything Once

1917

as Herbert Wendling

The Winged Mystery

1917

as Mortimer Eddington

An Old Fashioned Young Man

1917

as Harold T. King

Jim Bludso

1917

as Ben Merrill

Her Official Fathers

1917

as Ethan Dexter

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

1916

as Arthur Jenkins (Modern Story)

7.1

The Good Bad-Man

1916

as Bud Frazer / The Wolf

6.3

The Children of the Feud

1916

as Dr. Richard Cavanagh

The Half-Breed

1916

as Sheriff Dunn

6.6

An Innocent Magdalene

1916

as Forbes Stewart

The She-Devil

1916

Acquitted

1916

as Ira Wolcott

Diane of the Follies

1916

as Phillips Christy

The Birth of a Nation

1915

as Senator Charles Sumner (uncredited)

A Man and His Mate

Martyrs of the Alamo

as Silent Smith

The Tardy Cannon Ball

1914

as Floss

Turned Back

1914

as George Cantor

The Badge of Office

1914

as The New Sheriff

Crew (1)

Movies (1)

Born to Be Bad

1950

Additional Director of Photography

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