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Sam De Grasse

From Wikipedia Samuel Alfred De Grasse (June 12, 1875 – November 29, 1953) was a Canadian actor. He was born in Bathurst, New Brunswick, he trained to be a dentist. He married Annie McDonnell in 1904. Their daughter, Clementine Bell, was born in 1906. Annie died in 1909, probably in childbirth with another daughter, Olive. In 1910, Samuel practiced dentistry and he and Clementine were living in Providence, Rhode Island along with his older sister (also named Clementine) and her 14 year old son, Jerome Fauchy. Sam married British actress Ada Fuller Golden and became a step-father to her three children. His older brother Joe went into the fledgling movie business and Sam decided to also give it a try. He traveled to New York City and in 1912 he 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. He was the uncle of successful cinematographer Robert De Grasse. He lived on the west coast until his death in Hollywood. He is interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California.


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Born:
Jun 12, 1875 In Bathurst - New Brunswick - Canada
Movie/TV Credits:
52
First Appeared:
In the movie The Birth of a Nation 1915-02-08
Latest Project:
Movie Captain of the Guard 1930-03-28
Known For
Poster of The Cheater Reformed
Poster of Sis Hopkins
Poster of Wild and Woolly
Filmography
Movie Captain of the Guard Bazin 1930-03-28
Movie The Last Performance District Attorney 1929-10-13
Movie Wall Street John Willard 1929-12-01
Movie The Man Who Laughs King James II 1928-04-27
Movie The Racket District Attorney Welch 1928-11-01
Movie Our Dancing Daughters Freddie's Father 1928-09-01
Movie Captain Salvation Peter Campbell 1927-05-14
Movie When a Man Loves Comte Guillot de Morfontaine 1927-08-21
Movie The King of Kings Pharisee 1927-04-19
Movie The Country Doctor Ira Harding 1927-08-22
Movie The Wreck of the Hesperus Capt. David Slocum 1927-10-31
Movie The Fighting Eagle Talleyrand 1927-08-28
Movie The Black Pirate Pirate Lieutenant 1926-03-08
Movie The Eagle of the Sea Colonel Lestron 1926-10-17
Movie Broken Hearts of Hollywood Defense Attorney 1926-08-14
Movie Sally, Irene and Mary Officer O'Dare 1925-12-27
Movie Painted People Henry Parrish 1924-01-28
Movie The Virgin Ricardo Ruiz 1924-08-01
Movie The Courtship of Miles Standish John Carver 1923-12-30
Movie The Dancer of the Nile Pasheri 1923-10-28
Movie Tiger Rose Dr. Cusick 1923-12-09
Movie Robin Hood Prince John 1922-10-18
Movie The Cheater Reformed Thomas Edinburgh 1921-01-02
Movie The Skywayman Dr. Wayne Leveridge 1920-09-05
Movie The Devil's Passkey Warren Goodwright 1920-08-08
Movie Unseen Forces Capt. Stanley 1920-11-29
Movie Sis Hopkins Vibert 1919-03-02
Movie The Silk Lined Burglar Boston Blackie 1919-03-31
Movie The Exquisite Thief Shaver Michael 1919-04-28
Movie Heart o' the Hills Steve Honeycutt 1919-11-30
Movie Blind Husbands Dr. Armstrong 1919-10-21
Movie The Mother and the Law Arthur Jenkins 1919-08-18
Movie Brace Up National Jim 1918-03-18
Movie Six-Shooter Andy Tom Slade 1918-02-24
Movie Winner Takes All Mark Thorne 1918-07-20
Movie The Narrow Path Malcolm Dion 1918-12-15
Movie A Woman's Fool 1918-08-17
Movie A Law Unto Herself Kurt Von Klassner (as Samuel DeGrasse) 1918-08-19
Movie An Old Fashioned Young Man Harold T. King 1917-04-14
Movie Madame Bo-Peep Jose Alvarez 1917-05-26
Movie Her Official Fathers Ethan Dexter 1917-04-07
Movie The Scarlet Car Ernest Peabody 1917-12-24
Movie Wild and Woolly Steve Shelby 1917-06-24
Movie The Winged Mystery Mortimer Eddington 1917-11-26
Movie Anything Once Herbert Wendling 1917-10-08
Movie The Good Bad Man Bud Frazer / The Wolf 1916-04-21
Movie An Innocent Magdalene Forbes Stewart 1916-06-18
Movie Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages Arthur Jenkins (Modern Story) 1916-09-04
Movie The Half-Breed Sheriff Dunn 1916-07-30
Movie Diane of the Follies Phillips Christy 1916-09-24
Movie The Birth of a Nation Charles Sumner 1915-02-08
Movie Martyrs of the Alamo Silent Smith 1915-11-20