Ivan F. Simpson
Acting
Народився 4 лютого 1875, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ivan F. Simpson (8 February 1875 – 12 October 1951) was a Scottish film and stage actor. Ivan Simpson was born in Scotland and went as a young man to New York City, where he worked for four decades on Broadway from 1906 until his death. In 1915 he started his film silent career and starred in notable silent films like The Green Goddess from 1923, where he played the role of Mister Watkins. He also replied in this role seven years later in the sound film version of The Green Goddess. In 1929 he portrayed Hugh Myers in Disraeli, where he played along his close friend George Arliss. Arliss and Simpson appeared together in a total of nine films. Especially in the 1930s, Simpson was a successful character actor in supporting and bit parts and appeared in many classics. He often played servants, like in MGM's literature adaption David Copperfield as Littimer and the horror movie Mark of the Vampire. He also portrayed priests like in Little Lord Fauntleroy and Random Harvest, judges like in This Land Is Mine or doctors like in They All Kissed the Bride. Simpson was also a frequent actor in the Errol Flynn movies, he appeared in The Adventures of Robin Hood, The Prince and the Pauper and Captain Blood. Ivan F. Simpson starred in over 100 Hollywood films, his last was My Girl Tisa from 1948. He died three years later at the age of 76 years and was buried in Kensico Cemetery. His daughter was actress Pamela Simpson (1905-2002).
Фільмографія
- 1948My Girl Tisa
- The Philco Television Playhouse
- 1943Above Suspicion — Porter in Oxford (Uncredited)
- 1943Forever and a Day — Dexter
- 1943Jane Eyre — Mr. Woods - the Minister
- 1943My Kingdom for a Cook — Professor Harlow
- 1943This Land Is Mine — Judge
- 1943Two Weeks to Live — Professor Albert Frisby (as Ivan Simpson)
- 1942Eagle Squadron — Simms
- 1942Nazi Agent — Professor Sterling (as Ivan Simpson)
- 1942Nightmare — Money Changer
- 1942Random Harvest — The Vicar
- 1942The Male Animal — Dean Frederick Damon
- 1942They All Kissed the Bride — Dr. Cassell
- 1941The Body Disappears — Dean Claxton
- 1940New Moon — Guizot
- 1940The Earl of Chicago — Hargraves (uncredited)
- 1940The Invisible Man Returns — Mr. Cotton (uncredited)
- 1939Made for Each Other — Simon (uncredited)
- 1939Never Say Die — Kretsky
- 1939Rulers of the Sea — Secretary (Uncredited)
- 1939The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes — Gates - Trial Prosecutor (uncredited)
- 1939The Sun Never Sets — A Doctor
- 1939Tower of London — Anne's Protector
- 1938Invisible Enemy — Michael (as Ivan Simpson)
- 1938Kidnapped — Old Man
- 1938Marie Antoinette — Sauce (uncredited)
- 1938The Baroness and the Butler — Count Dormo
- 1938Пригоди Робіна Гуда — Proprietor of Kent Road Tavern (uncredited)
- 1937London by Night — Burroughs
- 1937Maid of Salem — Rev. Parris
- 1937Night of Mystery
- 1937The Prince and the Pauper — Clemens
- 1937Youth on Parole — Henchman (uncredited)
- 1936Little Lord Fauntleroy — Reverend Mordaunt
- 1936Lloyd's of London — Old Man
- 1936Trouble for Two — Collins (as Ivan Simpson)
- 1935Captain Blood — Prosecutor
- 1935David Copperfield — Littimer
- 1935East of Java — Resident
- 1935Mark of the Vampire — Jan
- 1935Shadow of Doubt — Morse
- 1935Splendor — Fletcher
- 1935The Bishop Misbehaves — Mr. Grantham
- 1935The Great Impersonation — Dr. Harrison
- 1935Заколот на Баунті — Morgan
- 1934Among the Missing — Smeed
- 1934British Agent — 'Poohbah' Evans
- 1934Man of Two Worlds — Dr. Lott
- 1934Stingaree — Man with Beard (uncredited)
- 1934The House of Rothschild — Amschel Rothschild
- 1934The Little Minister — Sanders Webster
- 1934The Mystery of Mr. X — Hutchinson
- 1934The World Moves On — Clumber
- 1933Charlie Chan's Greatest Case — Brade
- 1933Her Secret — Lathrop
- 1933Midnight Mary — Tindle
- 1933The Monkey's Paw — Mr. White
- 1933The Past of Mary Holmes — Jacob Riggs
- 1933The Secret of Madame Blanche — Aubrey's Lawyer (Uncredited)
- 1933The Silk Express — Johnson, Kilgore's Secretary
- 1932A Passport to Hell — Simms
- 1932Sherlock Holmes — Faulkner
- 1932The Crash — Hodge
- 1932The Man Who Played God — Battle
- 1932The Phantom of Crestwood — Mr. Vayne
- 1931Safe in Hell — Crunch
- 1931The Lady Who Dared — Butler
- 1931The Millionaire — Davis
- 1931The Reckless Hour — Stevens - Adams' Butler (uncredited)
- 1930Inside the Lines — Capper
- 1930Isle of Escape — Judge
- 1930Manslaughter — Morson
- 1930Old English — Joe Pillin
- 1930The Green Goddess — Watkins
- 1930The Sea God — Pearly Nick
- 1930The Way of All Men — Higgins
- 1929Disraeli — Sir Hugh Myers
- 1925A Kiss for Cinderella — Mr. Cutaway
- 1925Lovers in Quarantine — The Silent Passenger
- 1925Miss Bluebeard — Bounds
- 1925Wild, Wild Susan — Malcolm
- 1925Womanhandled — Butler
- 1924Twenty Dollars a Week — James Pettison
- 1923The Green Goddess — Watkins
- 1922The Man Who Played God — Battle
- 1916Out of the Drifts — Martin
- 1915The Dictator — Simpson