John M. St. Polis
John M. St. Polis
Dignified character actor John Saint Polis billed himself as Saint Polis when he made his screen bow in 1914. During the pre-WWI era, the actor starred in such important productions as Joseph and His Brethren. During the 1920s, he was established as a character actor, with sizeable roles in Three Weeks (1924) and The Phantom of the Opera (1925), among others. He made an impressive transition to talkies as Mary Pickford's fatally honor-bound father in Coquette (1929), then spent the remainder of his career in roles of varying sizes, usually playing doctors or officials. Like many other venerable silent-film veterans, John Saint Polis made his last appearance in a Cecil B. De Mille production, Reap the Wild Wind (1942). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Filmography of John M. St. Polis:
- Shadows with Lon Sr. Chaney , Harrison Ford
- Beau Ideal with Irene Rich , Myrtle Stedman , Loretta Young
- Reap the Wild Wind with Ray Milland , John Wayne , Paulette Goddard , Raymond Massey , Robert Preston , Susan Hayward , Lynne Overman , Charles Bickford , Walter Hampden , Martha O'Driscoll , Louise Beavers , Elizabeth Risdon , Hedda Hopper , Davison Clark , Milburn Stone , Stanley Andrews , Monte Blue , Barbara Britton , Billy Elmer , James Flavin , Fred Graham , Raymond Hatton , Frank Lackteen , John Farrell MacDonald , George H. Reed , Dorothy Sebastian , Dale vanSickel , Victor Varconi
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