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Sam De Grasse
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.
Top Filmography
6.0
The Birth of a Nation
1915 // MOVIE
7.1
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916 // MOVIE
7.3
The Man Who Laughs
1928 // MOVIE
6.4
The King of Kings
1927 // MOVIE
6.7
The Black Pirate
1926 // MOVIE
6.4
Robin Hood
1922 // MOVIE
6.5
The Racket
1928 // MOVIE
6.3
Blind Husbands
1919 // MOVIE
6.2
Our Dancing Daughters
1928 // MOVIE
6.3
Wild and Woolly
1917 // MOVIE
6.3
The Good Bad-Man
1916 // MOVIE
6.2
The Last Performance
1929 // MOVIE
4.5
The Scarlet Car
1917 // MOVIE
5.2
Martyrs of the Alamo
1915 // MOVIE
6.0
Heart o' the Hills
1919 // MOVIE