Sam De Grasse
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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Movie Appearances
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
as Arthur Jenkins (Modern Story)
1916
The Broken Gate
as 'Hod' Brooks
1920
I Am Not a Racist
as The Businessman (archive footage) (uncredited)
2019
Broken Hearts of Hollywood
as Defense Attorney
1926
The Spoilers
as Judge Stillman
1923
Our Dancing Daughters
as Freddie's Father
1928
Circus Days
as Lord
1923
The Dancer of the Nile
as Pasheri
1923
Blind Husbands
as Dr. Armstrong
1919
Love's Blindness
as Benjamin Levy
1926
The Courtship of Miles Standish
as John Carver
1923
Honor Bound
as Blood Keller
1928
The Scarlet Car
as Ernest Peabody
1917
Wild and Woolly
as Steve Shelby
1917
Sun-Up
as Sheriff Weeks
1925
The Empty Gun
as Jim
1917
Heart o' the Hills
as Steve Honeycutt
1919
Captain Salvation
as Peter Campbell
1927
The Good Bad-Man
as Bud Frazer / The Wolf
1916
The Half-Breed
as Sheriff Dunn
1916