Sam De Grasse
Acting Born Jun 11, 1875 Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada 24 credits
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.
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Full filmography
- The Birth of a Nation (1915) as Senator Charles Sumner (uncredited)
- Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916) as Arthur Jenkins (Modern Story)
- Robin Hood (1922) as Prince John
- The Man Who Laughs (1928) as King James II
- The King of Kings (1927) as Pharisee
- Honor Bound (1928) as Blood Keller
- The Black Pirate (1926) as Pirate Lieutenant
- Painted People (1924) as Henry Parrish
- Sun-Up (1925) as Sheriff Weeks
- The Half-Breed (1916) as Sheriff Dunn
- Love's Blindness (1926) as Benjamin Levy
- Martyrs of the Alamo (1915) as Silent Smith
- The Mother and the Law (1919) as Arthur Jenkins
- Smashing Through (1918) as Earl Foster
- Pagan Passions (1924) as Frank Langley
- A Law Unto Herself (1918) as Kurt Von Klassner (as Samuel DeGrasse)
- Moon Madness (1920) as Adrien
- The Good Bad-Man (1916) as Bud Frazer / The Wolf
- Turned Back (1914) as George Cantor
- The Children of the Feud (1916) as Dr. Richard Cavanagh
- Heart o' the Hills (1919) as Steve Honeycutt
- Silks and Saddles (1929) as William Morrissey
- I Am Not a Racist (2019) as The Businessman (archive footage) (uncredited)
- The Little Grey Mouse (1920) as John Cumberland