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.

Known For

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

The Birth of a Nation

The Black Pirate

The Man Who Laughs

The King of Kings

Robin Hood

The Half-Breed

Sally, Irene and Mary

All Movies (84)

• I Am Not a Racist2019 · as The Businessman (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Captain of the Guard1930 · as Bazin
• Wall Street1929 · as John Willard
• The Last Performance1929 · as District Attorney
• Silks and Saddles1929 · as William Morrissey
• The Man Who Laughs1928 · as King James II
• The Racket1928 · as District Attorney Welch
• Our Dancing Daughters1928 · as Freddie's Father
• Honor Bound1928 · as Blood Keller
• The Wreck of the Hesperus1927 · as Capt. David Slocum
• The Fighting Eagle1927 · as Talleyrand
• The Country Doctor1927 · as Ira Harding
• When a Man Loves1927 · as Comte Guillot de Morfontaine
• Captain Salvation1927 · as Peter Campbell
• The King of Kings1927 · as Pharisee
• Love's Blindness1926 · as Benjamin Levy
• The Eagle of the Sea1926 · as Colonel Lestron
• Broken Hearts of Hollywood1926 · as Defense Attorney
• Mike1926 · as Brush
• The Black Pirate1926 · as Pirate Lieutenant
• Sally, Irene and Mary1925 · as Officer O'Dare
• Sun-Up1925 · as Sheriff Weeks
• One Year to Live1925 · as Dr. Lucien La Pierre
• The Virgin1924 · as Ricardo Ruiz
• A Self-Made Failure1924 · as Cyrus Cruikshank
• Pagan Passions1924 · as Frank Langley
• Painted People1924 · as Henry Parrish
• The Courtship of Miles Standish1923 · as John Carver
• Tiger Rose1923 · as Dr. Cusick
• The Dancer of the Nile1923 · as Pasheri
• In the Palace of the King1923 · as King Philip II
• A Prince of a King1923 · as Duke Roberto
• The Spoilers1923 · as Judge Stillman
• Circus Days1923 · as Lord
• Slippy McGee1923 · as Father De Rance
• Forsaking All Others1922 · as Dr. Mason
• Robin Hood1922 · as Prince John
• A Wife's Awakening1921 · as George Otis
• The Cheater Reformed1921 · as Thomas Edinburgh
• The Broken Gate1920 · as 'Hod' Brooks
• Unseen Forces1920 · as Capt. Stanley
• The Little Grey Mouse1920 · as John Cumberland
• The Skywayman1920 · as Dr. Wayne Leveridge
• The Devil's Passkey1920 · as Warren Goodwright
• Moon Madness1920 · as Adrien
• Heart o' the Hills1919 · as Steve Honeycutt
• Blind Husbands1919 · as Dr. Armstrong
• The Mother and the Law1919 · as Arthur Jenkins
• The Exquisite Thief1919 · as Shaver Michael
• The Silk Lined Burglar1919 · as Boston Blackie
• Sis Hopkins1919 · as Vibert
• The Hope Chest1918 · as Ballantyne, Sr.
• The Narrow Path1918 · as Malcolm Dion
• A Law Unto Herself1918 · as Kurt Von Klassner (as Samuel DeGrasse)
• A Woman's Fool1918
• The Mortgaged Wife1918 · as Meyer
• Winner Takes All1918 · as Mark Thorne
• Smashing Through1918 · as Earl Foster
• The Guilt of Silence1918 · as Gambler Joe
• Brace Up1918 · as National Jim
• Six-Shooter Andy1918 · as Tom Slade
• The Scarlet Car1917 · as Ernest Peabody
• The Winged Mystery1917 · as Mortimer Eddington
• Anything Once1917 · as Herbert Wendling
• The Empty Gun1917 · as Jim
• Wild and Woolly1917 · as Steve Shelby
• Madame Bo-Peep1917 · as Jose Alvarez
• An Old Fashioned Young Man1917 · as Harold T. King
• Her Official Fathers1917 · as Ethan Dexter
• Jim Bludso1917 · as Ben Merrill
• The Children of the Feud1916 · as Dr. Richard Cavanagh
• Diane of the Follies1916 · as Phillips Christy
• Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages1916 · as Arthur Jenkins (Modern Story)
• The Half-Breed1916 · as Sheriff Dunn
• An Innocent Magdalene1916 · as Forbes Stewart
• The Good Bad-Man1916 · as Bud Frazer / The Wolf
• Acquitted1916 · as Ira Wolcott
• The She-Devil1916
• Martyrs of the Alamo1915 · as Silent Smith
• A Man and His Mate1915
• The Birth of a Nation1915 · as Senator Charles Sumner (uncredited)
• The Tardy Cannon Ball1914 · as Floss
• The Badge of Office1914 · as The New Sheriff
• Turned Back1914 · as George Cantor