Sam De Grasse
ActingFrom 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
The Birth of a Nation
Senator Charles Sumner (uncredited)
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
Arthur Jenkins (Modern Story)
The Man Who Laughs
King James II
The King of Kings
Pharisee
Robin Hood
Prince John
The Racket
District Attorney Welch
The Black Pirate
Pirate Lieutenant
The Half-Breed
Sheriff Dunn
The Mother and the Law
Arthur Jenkins
Sally, Irene and Mary
Officer O'Dare
Filmography — Acting
The Birth of a Nation
Senator Charles Sumner (uncredited)
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
Arthur Jenkins (Modern Story)
The Man Who Laughs
King James II
The King of Kings
Pharisee
Robin Hood
Prince John
The Racket
District Attorney Welch
The Black Pirate
Pirate Lieutenant
The Half-Breed
Sheriff Dunn
The Mother and the Law
Arthur Jenkins
Sally, Irene and Mary
Officer O'Dare
Our Dancing Daughters
Freddie's Father
Anything Once
Herbert Wendling
Honor Bound
Blood Keller
A Self-Made Failure
Cyrus Cruikshank
Captain Salvation
Peter Campbell
When a Man Loves
Comte Guillot de Morfontaine
A Prince of a King
Duke Roberto
A Woman's Fool
Forsaking All Others
Dr. Mason
The Good Bad-Man
Bud Frazer / The Wolf
Wall Street
John Willard
Painted People
Henry Parrish
Tiger Rose
Dr. Cusick
Blind Husbands
Dr. Armstrong
The Last Performance
District Attorney
Brace Up
National Jim
Jim Bludso
Ben Merrill
Heart o' the Hills
Steve Honeycutt
One Year to Live
Dr. Lucien La Pierre
I Am Not a Racist
The Businessman (archive footage) (uncredited)
Martyrs of the Alamo
Silent Smith
Captain of the Guard
Bazin
An Innocent Magdalene
Forbes Stewart
Sis Hopkins
Vibert
The Scarlet Car
Ernest Peabody
In the Palace of the King
King Philip II
The Spoilers
Judge Stillman
Wild and Woolly
Steve Shelby
Unseen Forces
Capt. Stanley
The She-Devil
The Empty Gun
Jim
Mike
Brush
Broken Hearts of Hollywood
Defense Attorney
Slippy McGee
Father De Rance
The Devil's Passkey
Warren Goodwright
Sun-Up
Sheriff Weeks
Acquitted
Ira Wolcott
Silks and Saddles
William Morrissey
The Winged Mystery
Mortimer Eddington
Smashing Through
Earl Foster
Six-Shooter Andy
Tom Slade
The Eagle of the Sea
Colonel Lestron
The Wreck of the Hesperus
Capt. David Slocum
The Skywayman
Dr. Wayne Leveridge
The Fighting Eagle
Talleyrand
Love's Blindness
Benjamin Levy
The Little Grey Mouse
John Cumberland
Winner Takes All
Mark Thorne
The Exquisite Thief
Shaver Michael
A Law Unto Herself
Kurt Von Klassner (as Samuel DeGrasse)
Her Official Fathers
Ethan Dexter
An Old Fashioned Young Man
Harold T. King
Madame Bo-Peep
Jose Alvarez
The Narrow Path
Malcolm Dion
The Tardy Cannon Ball
Floss
A Wife's Awakening
George Otis
The Silk Lined Burglar
Boston Blackie
The Country Doctor
Ira Harding
The Virgin
Ricardo Ruiz
The Badge of Office
The New Sheriff
Circus Days
Lord
Turned Back
George Cantor
The Dancer of the Nile
Pasheri
The Broken Gate
'Hod' Brooks
The Cheater Reformed
Thomas Edinburgh
The Hope Chest
Ballantyne, Sr.
A Man and His Mate
The Children of the Feud
Dr. Richard Cavanagh
The Mortgaged Wife
Meyer
The Courtship of Miles Standish
John Carver
Diane of the Follies
Phillips Christy
Moon Madness
Adrien
Pagan Passions
Frank Langley
The Guilt of Silence
Gambler Joe