Sam De Grasse
Actor
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
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
as Arthur Jenkins (Modern Story) 1916
The Man Who Laughs
as King James II 1928
The King of Kings
as Pharisee 1927
The Black Pirate
as Pirate Lieutenant 1926
Robin Hood
as Prince John 1922
The Racket
as District Attorney Welch 1928
Blind Husbands
as Dr. Armstrong 1919
Our Dancing Daughters
as Freddie's Father 1928
Wild and Woolly
as Steve Shelby 1917
The Good Bad-Man
as Bud Frazer / The Wolf 1916
The Last Performance
as District Attorney 1929
The Scarlet Car
as Ernest Peabody 1917
Martyrs of the Alamo
as Silent Smith 1915
Heart o' the Hills
as Steve Honeycutt 1919
The Half-Breed
as Sheriff Dunn 1916
When a Man Loves
as Comte Guillot de Morfontaine 1927