Sam De Grasse
Actor, Film actor
1875 – 1953
Who was Sam De Grasse?
Samuel Alfred De Grasse was a Canadian actor. He was born in Bathurst, New Brunswick, he trained to be a dentist.
He married Annie McDonnell in 1904. Their daughter, Clementine Bell, was born in 1906. Annie died in 1909, probably in childbirth with another daughter, Olive. In 1910, Samuel practiced dentistry and he and Clementine were living in Providence, Rhode Island along with his older sister and her 14 year old son, Jerome Fauchy.
Sam married British actress Ada Fuller Golden and became a step-father to her three children. His older brother Joe went into the fledgling movie business and Sam 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 was the uncle of successful cinematographer Robert De Grasse. He lived on the west coast until his death in Hollywood.
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- Born
- Jun 12, 1875
Bathurst - Also known as
- Samuel Alfred de Grasse
- Sam Grasse De Grasse
- Sam DeGrasse
- Sam de Grasse
- Samuel DeGrasse
- Mr. Sam de Grasse
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Ada Fuller
(1918 - ) - Annie McDonnell
(1904 - 1909)
- Ada Fuller
- Children
- Nationality
- Canada
- Profession
- Lived in
- Gloucester County, New Brunswick
- Died
- Nov 29, 1953
Hollywood
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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