Sam De Grasse(1875-1953)
- Actor
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. He wasn't the only member of the De Grasse
family in films, though. His brother
Joseph De Grasse was an actor and
director, and his nephew
Robert De Grasse was a cinematographer.