
Sam De Grasse
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
From Wikipedia Sam De Grasse (June 12, 1875 β 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

The Birth of a Nation
Senator Charles Sumner (uncredited)

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
Arthur Jenkins (Modern Story)

The King of Kings
Pharisee

The Man Who Laughs
King James II

The Black Pirate
Pirate Lieutenant

Robin Hood
Prince John

Moon Madness
Adrien

When a Man Loves
Comte Guillot de Morfontaine
Filmography

I Am Not a Racist
2019
as The Businessman (archive footage) (uncredited)

Captain of the Guard
1930
as Bazin

The Last Performance
1929
as District Attorney

Wall Street
1929
as John Willard

Silks and Saddles
1929
as William Morrissey

Our Dancing Daughters
1928
as Freddie's Father

Honor Bound
1928
as Blood Keller

The Racket
1928
as District Attorney Welch

The Man Who Laughs
1928
as King James II

Captain Salvation
1927
as Peter Campbell

The Fighting Eagle
1927
as Talleyrand

The Country Doctor
1927
as Ira Harding

The Wreck of the Hesperus
1927
as Capt. David Slocum

When a Man Loves
1927
as Comte Guillot de Morfontaine

The King of Kings
1927
as Pharisee

Broken Hearts of Hollywood
1926
as Defense Attorney

Love's Blindness
1926
as Benjamin Levy

The Eagle of the Sea
1926
as Colonel Lestron
Mike
1926
as Brush

The Black Pirate
1926
as Pirate Lieutenant

Sun-Up
1925
as Sheriff Weeks

One Year to Live
1925
as Dr. Lucien La Pierre

Sally, Irene and Mary
1925
as Officer O'Dare

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 Spoilers
1923
as Judge Stillman

Circus Days
1923
as Lord

The Dancer of the Nile
1923
as Pasheri

The Courtship of Miles Standish
1923
as John Carver

Tiger Rose
1923
as Dr. Cusick

Slippy McGee
1923
as Father De Rance

In the Palace of the King
1923
as King Philip II

A Prince of a King
1923
as Duke Roberto

Robin Hood
1922
as Prince John

Forsaking All Others
1922
as Dr. Mason

The Cheater Reformed
1921
as Thomas Edinburgh

A Wife's Awakening
1921
as George Otis

The Broken Gate
1920
as 'Hod' Brooks

Unseen Forces
1920
as Capt. Stanley

The Devil's Passkey
1920
as Warren Goodwright

The Skywayman
1920
as Dr. Wayne Leveridge

The Little Grey Mouse
1920
as John Cumberland

Moon Madness
1920
as Adrien

Blind Husbands
1919
as Dr. Armstrong

Heart o' the Hills
1919
as Steve Honeycutt

Sis Hopkins
1919
as Vibert

The Mother and the Law
1919
as Arthur Jenkins

The Exquisite Thief
1919
as Shaver Michael

The Silk Lined Burglar
1919
as Boston Blackie

The Hope Chest
1918
as Ballantyne, Sr.

Smashing Through
1918
as Earl Foster

A Law Unto Herself
1918
as Kurt Von Klassner (as Samuel DeGrasse)

A Woman's Fool
1918

Brace Up
1918
as National Jim

The Narrow Path
1918
as Malcolm Dion

Winner Takes All
1918
as Mark Thorne

Six-Shooter Andy
1918
as Tom Slade

The Mortgaged Wife
1918
as Meyer

The Guilt of Silence
1918
as Gambler Joe

The Scarlet Car
1917
as Ernest Peabody

Wild and Woolly
1917
as Steve Shelby
The Empty Gun
1917
as Jim
Jim Bludso
1917
as Ben Merrill

Madame Bo-Peep
1917
as Jose Alvarez
An Old Fashioned Young Man
1917
as Harold T. King

Her Official Fathers
1917
as Ethan Dexter

Anything Once
1917
as Herbert Wendling

The Winged Mystery
1917
as Mortimer Eddington

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916
as Arthur Jenkins (Modern Story)

The Good Bad-Man
1916
as Bud Frazer / The Wolf

The Half-Breed
1916
as Sheriff Dunn

An Innocent Magdalene
1916
as Forbes Stewart
Diane of the Follies
1916
as Phillips Christy
The She-Devil
1916
Acquitted
1916
as Ira Wolcott

The Children of the Feud
1916
as Dr. Richard Cavanagh

Martyrs of the Alamo
1915
as Silent Smith

The Birth of a Nation
1915
as Senator Charles Sumner (uncredited)
A Man and His Mate
1915
The Tardy Cannon Ball
1914
as Floss
The Badge of Office
1914
as The New Sheriff
Turned Back
1914
as George Cantor