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Sam De Grasse. Samuel Alfred De Grasse (June 12, 1875 – November 29, 1953) was a Canadian actor. He was the uncle of cinematographer Robert De Grasse . Biography. Samuel Alfred De Grasse was born in Bathurst, New Brunswick to Lange De Grasse and Helene ( née Comeau), both of French-Canadian descent.
Sam De Grasse. Actor: The Man Who Laughs. Born in Canada, Sam De Grasse entered films in 1912 and specialized in playing thoroughly disreputable, nasty, slimy bad guys. Douglas Fairbanks was so impressed with De Grasse's villainy that he used the actor in several of his more memorable productions.
- June 12, 1875
- November 29, 1953
Sam De Grasse. Actor: The Man Who Laughs. Born in Canada, Sam De Grasse entered films in 1912 and specialized in playing thoroughly disreputable, nasty, slimy bad guys. Douglas Fairbanks was so impressed with De Grasse's villainy that he used the actor in several of his more memorable productions.
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- Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada
- January 1, 1
- Hollywood, California, USA
Jul 12, 2019 · Sam De Grasse was an actor from the stage who appeared in over 100 silent films. His brother Joseph De Grasse was also an actor and a director, and his nephew Robert De Grasse was a cinematographer. Our Dancing Daughters (1928) as Freddie's Father (Credited as Sam de Grasse)
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.
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).
Samuel Alfred De Grasse was a Canadian actor, born in Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada. Sam immigrated to the USA around 1880 as a young child. He was the uncle of cinematographer Robert De Grasse and the brother of Joseph De Grasse.
