From Wikipedia
Samuel Alfred De Grasse (June 12, 1875 – November 29, 1953)
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
(also named Clementine) 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. He is interred in the
Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California.