From Wikipedia 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 He portrayed the villainous Prince John in Fairbanks 1922 Robin Hood Afterward he began to specialize in villainous roles De Grasse was the uncle of successful cinematographer Robert De Grasse