Sam De Grasse

Actor

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Birth Place

Bathurst, New Brunswick, CA

Born

June 20, 1875

Died

November 29, 1953

Cause of Death

Heart Attack

Biography

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Sam De Grasse was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. De Grasse's career in acting began with his roles in various films like "The Martyrs of the Alamo" (1915), the Lillian Gish historical feature "Birth of a Nation" (1915) and "The Good Bad Man" (1916). He also appeared in the Lillian Gish historical drama "Intolerance" (1916), "The Hope Chest" (1918) and "Blind Husband...

Filmography

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Captain of the Guard (1930)

Silks and Saddles (1929)

William Morrissey

Wall Street (1929)

Honor Bound (1928)

The Man Who Laughs (1928)

Our Dancing Daughters (1928)

Freddie's father

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When A Man Loves (1927) -- (Movie Clip) Temptations Of The Flesh

When A Man Loves (1927) -- (Movie Clip) Please Trust Me As A Friend

Biography

Sam De Grasse was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. De Grasse's career in acting began with his roles in various films like "The Martyrs of the Alamo" (1915), the Lillian Gish historical feature "Birth of a Nation" (1915) and "The Good Bad Man" (1916). He also appeared in the Lillian Gish historical drama "Intolerance" (1916), "The Hope Chest" (1918) and "Blind Husbands" (1919). His film career continued throughout the twenties in productions like "The Devil's Passkey" (1920), "The Cheater Reformed" (1921) and the Douglas Fairbanks adventure "Robin Hood" (1922). He also appeared in "Circus Days" (1923). In the latter part of his career, he tackled roles in "The Eagle of the Sea" (1926), "King of Kings" (1927) and "Captain Salvation" (1927). He also appeared in "The Fighting Eagle" (1927) and "The Man Who Laughs" (1928). De Grasse last acted in "Wall Street" (1929). De Grasse passed away in November 1953 at the age of 78.

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

Captain of the Guard (1930)

Silks and Saddles (1929)

William Morrissey

Wall Street (1929)

Honor Bound (1928)

The Man Who Laughs (1928)

Our Dancing Daughters (1928)

Freddie's father

The Racket (1928)

District Attorney

The King of Kings (1927)

When a Man Loves (1927)

Comte Guillot de Morfontaine

The Fighting Eagle (1927)

The Country Doctor (1927)

The Wreck of the Hesperus (1927)

Capt. David Slocum

Captain Salvation (1927)

Her Second Chance (1926)

Love's Blindness (1926)

The Eagle of the Sea (1926)

Colonel Lestron

The Black Pirate (1926)

Broken Hearts of Hollywood (1926)

Defense attorney

One Year To Live (1925)

Dr. Lucien La Pierre

On the Threshold (1925)

The Mansion of Aching Hearts (1925)

Sally, Irene and Mary (1925)

Heir-Loons (1925)

The Virgin (1924)

Pagan Passions (1924)

A Self-Made Failure (1924)

Cyrus Cruikshank

Painted People (1924)

The Spoilers (1923)

Slippy McGee (1923)

Father De Rance

Robin Hood (1923)

The Dancer of the Nile (1923)

The Courtship of Miles Standish (1923)

Tiger Rose (1923)

In the Palace of the King (1923)

A Prince of a King (1923)

Circus Days (1923)

Forsaking All Others (1922)

A Wife's Awakening (1921)

The Cheater Reformed (1921)

Thomas Edinburgh

Stephan Blackmoore

The Broken Gate (1920)

The Devil's Passkey (1920)

Warren Goodwright

Moon Madness (1920)

Unseen Forces (1920)

Captain Stanley

Uncharted Channels (1920)

Nicholas Schonn

Sis Hopkins (1919)

The Silk Lined Burglar (1919)

The Mother and the Law (1919)

Heart O' the Hills (1919)

Steve Honeycutt

Brace Up (1918)

The Narrow Path (1918)

The Mortgaged Wife (1918)

The Hope Chest (1918)

Ballantyne, Sr.

Smashing Through (1918)

Six Shooter Andy (1918)

Winner Takes All (1918)

The Guilt of Silence (1918)

A Woman's Fool (1918)

Her Official Fathers (1917)

The Winged Mystery (1917)

Mortimer Eddington

Anything Once (1917)

Sir Mortimer Beggs

Madame Bo-Peep (1917)

The Scarlet Car (1917)

Jim Bludso (1917)

Wild and Woolly (1917)

An Old Fashioned Young Man (1917)

Cross Currents (1916)

An Innocent Magdalene (1916)

The Half-Breed (1916)

The Good Bad Man (1916)

Acquitted (1916)

Intolerance (1916)

Diane of the Follies (1916)

Phillips Christy

A Man and His Mate (1915)

The Martyrs of the Alamo (1915)

The Birth of a Nation (1915)

A Child of God (1915)

Cinematography (Feature Film)

Director of Photography

Life Events

1912

Film acting debut

Videos

When A Man Loves (1927) -- (Movie Clip) Temptations Of The Flesh Introduction of leading man John Barrymore, meeting Manon (Dolores Costello), en route to life in a convent, in the hit Warner Brothers treatment of Manon Lescaut, the 1731 novel by the Abbe Prevost, restored by UCLA and the George Eastman House, When A Man Loves, 1927.

When A Man Loves (1927) -- (Movie Clip) Please Trust Me As A Friend Fabien (John Barrymore), entranced by the beauty of Manon (Dolores Costello), abandons his pursuit of the priesthood and rescues her from her brother (Warner Oland), who’s just sold her into prostitution, in 18th century France, in When A Man Loves, 1927, adapted from Manon Lescaut.

Good Bad Man, The (1916) -- (Movie Clip) I'm Here To Stay! The just-introduced villain “The Wolf” (Sam De Grasse) arrives to court reluctant Amy (Bessie Love) while the new semi-bandit boarder “Passin’ Through” (Douglas Fairbanks, also author and producer) makes friends with her father, before their first clash, in The Good Bad Man, 1916.

Half-Breed, The (1916) -- (Movie Clip) L'Eau Dormante Confirmed in the prologue as the orphan of a despicable northern Californian and a scorned Indian mother, producer and star Douglas Fairbanks appears in a loincloth in the title role, and learns of the cruel ways of the white man, in The Half-Breed, 1916, from a Bret Harte story.

Half-Breed, The (1916) -- (Movie Clip) My Father Was A White Man! Welcomed at first into a California town, “Lo Dorman” (Douglas Fairbanks), as he’s known to Indian brethren, is separated from Nellie (Jewel Carmen) by her pastor father (Frank Brownlee) then encounters the crooked sheriff (Sam De Grasse), neither knowing of their kinship, in The Half-Breed, 1916.

Black Pirate, The (1926) -- (Movie Clip) Even On This Dark Soil Writer, producer and star Douglas Fairbanks doesn’t appear in the opening, as we join the prologue, pirates looting a taken ship, with general and specific callous acts of murder, Anders Randolf their captain, in the third feature made with two-strip Technicolor, from United Artists, The Black Pirate, 1926.

Black Pirate, The (1926) -- (Movie Clip) I Would Join Your Company! The pirates (Anders Randolf the leader, Donald Crisp their second) who took the ship on which he traveled have appeared on the island where survivor Douglas Fairbanks (the co-writer, producer and star) has just buried, and sworn to avenge, his father, launching his infiltration scheme, in The Black Pirate, 1926.

Captain Salvation (1927) -- (Movie Clip) Down Sea From Boston Opening, fictional 1840 New England, we meet Mary (Marceline Day), her reverend-father (Jay Hunt) and star Lars Hanson, the Swede imported by Lillian Gish to co-star in The Scarlet Letter, playing a seafaring divinity student, plus his grumpy ship-owner uncle (Sam De Grasse), in MGM's Captain Salvation, 1927.

Captain Salvation (1927) -- (Movie Clip) Waterfront Jezebel MGM roars a silent Nor'easter into 1840 New England, among those rescued is de-facto leading lady Pauline Starke as "Bess Morgan," and nobody cares about her except the leading man Lars Hanson, as sailor and ministry student "Anson," his girlfriend Mary (Marceline Day) confused, in Captain Salvation, 1927.

Family

Joseph De Grasse

Brother

Producer.

Bibliography

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