Sam De Grasse
Age: 78 | From: Bathurst - New Brunswick - Canada
Person Details
Birthday: 1875-06-12 16:21:06
Death: 1953-11-29 16:21:06
Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Bathurst - New Brunswick - Canada
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 56
TV Involvements: 0
Most Famous Work
Biography
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.
Most Famous Work
The Birth of a Nation
(1915) Charles Sumner
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
(1916) Arthur Jenkins (Modern Story)
The Man Who Laughs
(1928) King James II
Blind Husbands
(1919) Dr. Armstrong
Robin Hood
(1922) Prince John
The Black Pirate
(1926) Pirate Lieutenant
The King of Kings
(1927) Pharisee
Slippy McGee
(1923) Father De RanceActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1930 | Bazin | |
| 1929 | John Willard | |
| District Attorney | ||
| William Morrissey | ||
| 1928 | District Attorney Welch | |
| Freddie's Father | ||
| Blood Keller | ||
| King James II | ||
| 1927 | Capt. David Slocum | |
| Talleyrand | ||
| Ira Harding | ||
| Comte Guillot de Morfontaine | ||
| Peter Campbell | ||
| Pharisee | ||
| 1926 | Benjamin Levy | |
| Colonel Lestron | ||
| Defense Attorney | ||
| Brush | ||
| Pirate Lieutenant | ||
| 1925 | Officer O'Dare | |
| Sheriff Weeks | ||
| 1924 | Ricardo Ruiz | |
| Henry Parrish | ||
| Dr. Cusick | ||
| Pasheri | ||
| Judge Stillman | ||
| Lord | ||
| Father De Rance | ||
| 1922 | Dr. Mason | |
| Prince John | ||
| 1921 | Thomas Edinburgh | |
| 1920 | 'Hod' Brooks | |
| Capt. Stanley | ||
| Dr. Wayne Leveridge | ||
| Warren Goodwright | ||
| 1919 | Steve Honeycutt | |
| Dr. Armstrong | ||
| Arthur Jenkins | ||
| Shaver Michael | ||
| Boston Blackie | ||
| Vibert | ||
| 1918 | Ballantyne, Sr. | |
| Malcolm Dion | ||
| Kurt Von Klassner (as Samuel DeGrasse) | ||
| N/A | ||
| Mark Thorne | ||
| N/A | ||
| National Jim | ||
| Tom Slade | ||
| 1917 | Ernest Peabody | |
| Mortimer Eddington | ||
| Herbert Wendling | ||
| Jim | ||
| Steve Shelby | ||
| Jose Alvarez | ||
| Harold T. King | ||
| Ethan Dexter | ||
| Ben Merrill | ||
| 1916 | Phillips Christy | |
| Arthur Jenkins (Modern Story) | ||
| Sheriff Dunn | ||
| Forbes Stewart | ||
| Bud Frazer / The Wolf | ||
| Ira Wolcott | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1915 | Silent Smith | |
| N/A | ||
| Charles Sumner | ||
| the businessman | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Camera
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | Additional Director of Photography | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
