Sam De Grasse
Known for Acting
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 cinematographer Robert De Grasse.
Filmography
The Birth of a Nation
1915
as Senator Charles Sumner (uncredited)
Robin Hood
1922
as Prince John
The Man Who Laughs
1928
as King James II
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916
as Arthur Jenkins (Modern Story)
The Good Bad-Man
1916
as Bud Frazer / The Wolf
The King of Kings
1927
as Pharisee
The Scarlet Car
1917
as Ernest Peabody
Anything Once
1917
as Herbert Wendling
Wild and Woolly
1917
as Steve Shelby
Sally, Irene and Mary
1925
as Officer O'Dare
The Exquisite Thief
1919
as Shaver Michael
Painted People
1924
as Henry Parrish
The Empty Gun
1917
as Jim
The Half-Breed
1916
as Sheriff Dunn
Martyrs of the Alamo
1915
as Silent Smith
When a Man Loves
1927
as Comte Guillot de Morfontaine
Honor Bound
1928
as Blood Keller
The Racket
1928
as District Attorney Welch
The She-Devil
1916
Diane of the Follies
1916
as Phillips Christy