Sam De Grasse

Infobox actor
name = Sam De Grasse
birthdate = June 12, 1875
birthplace = Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada
deathdate = November 29, 1953
deathplace = Hollywood, California, USA
othername =
occupation = Actor
yearsactive = 1914 - 1930
imdb_id = 0208659

Samuel Alfred de Grasse (born June 12, 1875, died November 29, 1953) was a Canadian actor. Born in Bathurst, New Brunswick, he trained to be a dentist. After his older brother Joe had gone into the fledgling movie business, de Grasse 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 married actress Ada Fuller Golden and had a daughter, Clementine. 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.

elected filmography

*"The Birth of a Nation" - (1915)
*"The Good Bad Man" - (1915)
*"An Innocent Magdalene" - (1916)
*"Intolerance" - (1916)
*"Diane of the Follies" - (1916)
*"Jim Bludso" - (1917)
*"Wild and Woolly" - (1917)
*"The Empty Gun" - (1917)
*"An Old Fashioned Young Man" - (1917)
*"Anything Once" (1917)
*"The Scarlet Car" (1917)
*"A Woman's Fool" - (1918)
*"The Exquisite Thief" - (1919)
*"Blind Husbands" - (1919)
*"Robin Hood" - (1922)
*"The Spoilers" - (1922)
*"Forsaking All Others" - (1922)
*"Slippy McGee" - (1923)
*"Painted People" - (1924)
*"The Black Pirate" (1926)
*"The Eagle of the Sea" (1926)
*"The Fighting Eagle" - (1927)
*"King of Kings" - (1927)
*"Our Dancing Daughters" - (1928)
*"The Man Who Laughs" - (1928)
*"Wall Street" - (1929)
*"Captain of the Guard" - (1930)

ee also

* Other Canadian pioneers in early Hollywood

References

* Charles Foster, "Stardust and Shadows: Canadians in Early Hollywood", 2000, ISBN 1-55002-348-9

External links

*
*Sam De Grasse at [http://www.northernstars.ca/actorsdef/de_grasse_sam.html Northernstars.ca]

Persondata
NAME= Grasse, Sam De
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=
SHORT DESCRIPTION= Actor
DATE OF BIRTH= June 12, 1875
PLACE OF BIRTH= Bathurst, New Brunswick CAN
DATE OF DEATH= November 29, 1953
PLACE OF DEATH= Hollywood, California USA