Sam De Grasse

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
- Acting
- Born
- 1875-06-11 · Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada
- Died
- 1953-11-29
Known for
- The Birth of a Nation (1915) — Senator Charles Sumner (uncredited)
- Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916) — Arthur Jenkins (Modern Story)
- The Man Who Laughs (1928) — King James II
- The King of Kings (1927) — Pharisee
- Robin Hood (1922) — Prince John
- The Black Pirate (1926) — Pirate Lieutenant
- The Racket (1928) — District Attorney Welch
- Blind Husbands (1919) — Dr. Armstrong
- Our Dancing Daughters (1928) — Freddie's Father
- Wild and Woolly (1917) — Steve Shelby
- The Good Bad-Man (1916) — Bud Frazer / The Wolf
- The Last Performance (1929) — District Attorney
- The Scarlet Car (1917) — Ernest Peabody
- When a Man Loves (1927) — Comte Guillot de Morfontaine
- Heart o' the Hills (1919) — Steve Honeycutt
- The Half-Breed (1916) — Sheriff Dunn