Sam De Grasse

Actor

Born: June 11, 1875 (78 years old)

Died: November 29, 1953

Place of birth: Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada

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 (21)

• Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916, ★ 7.1)
• The Half-Breed (1916, ★ 6.6)
• The Mother and the Law (1919, ★ 6.9)
• Robin Hood (1922, ★ 6.4)
• The Black Pirate (1926, ★ 6.7)
• The King of Kings (1927, ★ 6.4)
• The Racket (1928, ★ 6.5)
• The Man Who Laughs (1928, ★ 7.3)
• Our Dancing Daughters (1928, ★ 6.2)
• Blind Husbands (1919, ★ 6.3)
• Wild and Woolly (1917, ★ 6.3)
• Heart o' the Hills (1919, ★ 6)
• Captain Salvation (1927, ★ 5.8)
• The Good Bad-Man (1916, ★ 6.3)
• The Last Performance (1929, ★ 6.2)
• The Fighting Eagle (1927, ★ 5)
• When a Man Loves (1927, ★ 5.9)
• The Scarlet Car (1917, ★ 4.6)
• Martyrs of the Alamo (1915, ★ 5.2)
• The Birth of a Nation (1915, ★ 6)
• Sally, Irene and Mary (1925, ★ 5.5)