Sam De Grasse
Personal information
- Known for
- Acting
- Known credits
- 84
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- June 11, 1875
- Died
- November 29, 1953
- Place of birth
- Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada
- Also known as
- Samuel Alfred 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.
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Filmography
Acting
84 titles
1929
1928
