---
name: "Sam De Grasse"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/sam-de-grasse"
fi1m_id: "sam-de-grasse"
imdb_id: "nm0208659"
tmdb_id: 29952
wikidata_id: "Q350905"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "11 June 1875"
died: "29 November 1953"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-24T23:27:36.394448+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Sam De Grasse

## Identity

Sam De Grasse

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/sam-de-grasse
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** sam-de-grasse
- **IMDb ID:** nm0208659
- **TMDB ID:** 29952
- **Wikidata ID:** Q350905
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_De_Grasse, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q350905, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0208659/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/29952

Actor. Born 11 June 1875 in Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada. Died 29 November 1953.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 11 June 1875, Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada
- **Died:** 29 November 1953
- **Also known as:** Samuel Alfred De Grasse
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 other
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_De_Grasse, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q350905, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0208659/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/29952

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages*](https://film.one/film/intolerance-loves-struggle-throughout-the-ages.md) (83)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Sam De Grasse (also credited as Samuel Alfred De Grasse) was a Canadian actor. Born in Bathurst, New Brunswick, he trained as a dentist before entering films in 1912. His elder brother Joseph De Grasse was already working in the industry.

He appeared in secondary roles before joining the company of fellow Canadians Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks. De Grasse played Prince John in *Robin Hood* (1922) and specialised in villainous parts. His credits include Senator Charles Sumner in *The Birth of a Nation* (1915), Arthur Jenkins in *Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages* (1916), a pirate lieutenant in *The Black Pirate* (1926), a Pharisee in *The King of Kings* (1927), King James II in *The Man Who Laughs* (1928) and District Attorney Welch in *The Racket* (1928).

He was the uncle of cinematographer Robert De Grasse. De Grasse died in 1953.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Performed in (1) — the average rests on these

- *Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages* (1916), Fi1m 83, as Arthur Jenkins (Modern Story) — [page](https://film.one/film/intolerance-loves-struggle-throughout-the-ages.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *The Birth of a Nation* (1915), Fi1m 32, as Senator Charles Sumner (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-birth-of-a-nation.md)

## Complete filmography (84)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *I Am Not a Racist* (2019), as The Businessman (archive footage) (uncredited)
- *Captain of the Guard* (1930), as Bazin
- *Wall Street* (1929), as John Willard
- *The Last Performance* (1929), as District Attorney
- *Silks and Saddles* (1929), as William Morrissey
- *The Man Who Laughs* (1928), as King James II
- *The Racket* (1928), as District Attorney Welch
- *Our Dancing Daughters* (1928), as Freddie's Father
- *Honor Bound* (1928), as Blood Keller
- *The Wreck of the Hesperus* (1927), as Capt. David Slocum
- *The Fighting Eagle* (1927), as Talleyrand
- *The Country Doctor* (1927), as Ira Harding
- *When a Man Loves* (1927), as Comte Guillot de Morfontaine
- *Captain Salvation* (1927), as Peter Campbell
- *The King of Kings* (1927), as Pharisee
- *Love's Blindness* (1926), as Benjamin Levy
- *The Eagle of the Sea* (1926), as Colonel Lestron
- *Broken Hearts of Hollywood* (1926), as Defense Attorney
- *Mike* (1926), as Brush
- *The Black Pirate* (1926), as Pirate Lieutenant
- *Sally, Irene and Mary* (1925), as Officer O'Dare
- *Sun-Up* (1925), as Sheriff Weeks
- *One Year to Live* (1925), as Dr. Lucien La Pierre
- *The Virgin* (1924), as Ricardo Ruiz
- *A Self-Made Failure* (1924), as Cyrus Cruikshank
- *Pagan Passions* (1924), as Frank Langley
- *Painted People* (1924), as Henry Parrish
- *The Courtship of Miles Standish* (1923), as John Carver
- *Tiger Rose* (1923), as Dr. Cusick
- *The Dancer of the Nile* (1923), as Pasheri
- *In the Palace of the King* (1923), as King Philip II
- *A Prince of a King* (1923), as Duke Roberto
- *The Spoilers* (1923), as Judge Stillman
- *Circus Days* (1923), as Lord
- *Slippy McGee* (1923), as Father De Rance
- *Forsaking All Others* (1922), as Dr. Mason
- *Robin Hood* (1922), as Prince John
- *A Wife's Awakening* (1921), as George Otis
- *The Cheater Reformed* (1921), as Thomas Edinburgh
- *The Broken Gate* (1920), as 'Hod' Brooks
- *Unseen Forces* (1920), as Capt. Stanley
- *The Little Grey Mouse* (1920), as John Cumberland
- *The Skywayman* (1920), as Dr. Wayne Leveridge
- *The Devil's Passkey* (1920), as Warren Goodwright
- *Moon Madness* (1920), as Adrien
- *Heart o' the Hills* (1919), as Steve Honeycutt
- *Blind Husbands* (1919), as Dr. Armstrong
- *The Mother and the Law* (1919), as Arthur Jenkins
- *The Exquisite Thief* (1919), as Shaver Michael
- *The Silk Lined Burglar* (1919), as Boston Blackie
- *Sis Hopkins* (1919), as Vibert
- *The Hope Chest* (1918), as Ballantyne, Sr.
- *The Narrow Path* (1918), as Malcolm Dion
- *A Law Unto Herself* (1918), as Kurt Von Klassner (as Samuel DeGrasse)
- *A Woman's Fool* (1918), Actor
- *The Mortgaged Wife* (1918), as Meyer
- *Winner Takes All* (1918), as Mark Thorne
- *Smashing Through* (1918), as Earl Foster
- *The Guilt of Silence* (1918), as Gambler Joe
- *Brace Up* (1918), as National Jim
- *Six-Shooter Andy* (1918), as Tom Slade
- *The Scarlet Car* (1917), as Ernest Peabody
- *The Winged Mystery* (1917), as Mortimer Eddington
- *Anything Once* (1917), as Herbert Wendling
- *The Empty Gun* (1917), as Jim
- *Wild and Woolly* (1917), as Steve Shelby
- *Madame Bo-Peep* (1917), as Jose Alvarez
- *An Old Fashioned Young Man* (1917), as Harold T. King
- *Her Official Fathers* (1917), as Ethan Dexter
- *Jim Bludso* (1917), as Ben Merrill
- *The Children of the Feud* (1916), as Dr. Richard Cavanagh
- *Diane of the Follies* (1916), as Phillips Christy
- *Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages* (1916), as Arthur Jenkins (Modern Story) — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/intolerance-loves-struggle-throughout-the-ages.md)
- *The Half-Breed* (1916), as Sheriff Dunn
- *An Innocent Magdalene* (1916), as Forbes Stewart
- *The Good Bad-Man* (1916), as Bud Frazer / The Wolf
- *Acquitted* (1916), as Ira Wolcott
- *The She-Devil* (1916), Actor
- *Martyrs of the Alamo* (1915), as Silent Smith
- *A Man and His Mate* (1915), Actor
- *The Birth of a Nation* (1915), as Senator Charles Sumner (uncredited) — Fi1m 32, [page](https://film.one/film/the-birth-of-a-nation.md)
- *The Tardy Cannon Ball* (1914), as Floss
- *The Badge of Office* (1914), as The New Sheriff
- *Turned Back* (1914), as George Cantor

## Gallery

- ![Silent film actor Sam DeGrasse, in the American comedy film Circus Days (1923). Subjects: actors](https://film.one/media/person/3847955/gallery-4754aebf95b4.jpg) Silent film actor Sam DeGrasse, in the American comedy film Circus Days (1923). Subjects: actors — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Silent_film_actor_Sam_DeGrasse_%28SAYRE_22977%29.jpg/1280px-Silent_film_actor_Sam_DeGrasse_%28SAYRE_22977%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Silent film actor Sam DeGrasse in the American drama film The Spoilers (1923). Subjects: actors, motion pictures](https://film.one/media/person/3847955/gallery-4c3af24f3c28.jpg) Silent film actor Sam DeGrasse in the American drama film The Spoilers (1923). Subjects: actors, motion pictures — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Silent_film_actor_Sam_DeGrasse_in_%22The_Spoilers%22_%28SAYRE_23258%29.jpg/1280px-Silent_film_actor_Sam_DeGrasse_in_%22The_Spoilers%22_%28SAYRE_23258%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Still from the American mystery film The Silk-Lined Burglar (1919) with Sam de Grasse and Priscilla Dean, on page 39 of the April 26, 1919 Exhibitors Herald.](https://film.one/media/person/3847955/gallery-23856c6af7e1.jpg) Still from the American mystery film The Silk-Lined Burglar (1919) with Sam de Grasse and Priscilla Dean, on page 39 of the April 26, 1919 Exhibitors Herald. — Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8f/The_Silk-Lined_Burglar_%281919%29_-_2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Lobby card for the American drama film The Devil's Pass Key.](https://film.one/media/person/3847955/gallery-29c95ef3fa96.jpg) Lobby card for the American drama film The Devil's Pass Key. — Jewel Productions / Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Devils_Pass_Key_lobby_card_3.jpg/1280px-Devils_Pass_Key_lobby_card_3.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Sam De Grasse](https://film.one/media/person/3847955/gallery-f00ed88edcd4.png) Sam De Grasse — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/81/Heart_o%27_The_Hills_02.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

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