Ivan F. Simpson
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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).
Known for
Credits
Jane Eyre (1943)
as Mr. Woods - the Minister
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
as Proprietor of Kent Road Tavern (uncredited)
Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
as Morgan
Captain Blood (1935)
as Prosecutor
The Invisible Man Returns (1940)
as Mr. Cotton (uncredited)
Mark of the Vampire (1935)
as Jan
David Copperfield (1935)
as Littimer
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939)
as Gates - Trial Prosecutor (uncredited)
The Baroness and the Butler (1938)
as Count Dormo
Marie Antoinette (1938)
as Sauce (uncredited)
Random Harvest (1942)
as The Vicar
Made for Each Other (1939)
as Simon (uncredited)
Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936)
as Reverend Mordaunt
The Prince and the Pauper (1937)
as Clemens
The Millionaire (1931)
as Davis
Tower of London (1939)
as Anne's Protector
The House of Rothschild (1934)
as Amschel Rothschild
British Agent (1934)
as 'Poohbah' Evans
Above Suspicion (1943)
as Porter in Oxford (Uncredited)
This Land Is Mine (1943)
as Judge
They All Kissed the Bride (1942)
as Dr. Cassell
Safe in Hell (1931)
as Crunch
Manslaughter (1930)
as Morson
Forever and a Day (1943)
as Dexter
Lloyd's of London (1936)
as Old Man
Disraeli (1929)
as Sir Hugh Myers
Stingaree (1934)
as Man with Beard (uncredited)
New Moon (1940)
as Guizot
Nazi Agent (1942)
as Professor Sterling (as Ivan Simpson)
Youth on Parole (1937)
as Henchman (uncredited)
Maid of Salem (1937)
as Rev. Parris
The Earl of Chicago (1940)
as Hargraves (uncredited)
The Phantom of Crestwood (1932)
as Mr. Vayne
The Man Who Played God (1932)
as Battle
Night of Mystery (1937)
Actor
Midnight Mary (1933)
as Tindle
The Male Animal (1942)
as Dean Frederick Damon
Never Say Die (1939)
as Kretsky
The Great Impersonation (1935)
as Dr. Harrison
Sherlock Holmes (1932)
as Faulkner
Eagle Squadron (1942)
as Simms
The Little Minister (1934)
as Sanders Webster
Kidnapped (1938)
as Old Man
My Girl Tisa (1948)
Actor
The Bishop Misbehaves (1935)
as Mr. Grantham
Out of the Drifts (1916)
as Martin
Splendor (1935)
as Fletcher
Trouble for Two (1936)
as Collins (as Ivan Simpson)
The World Moves On (1934)
as Clumber
London by Night (1937)
as Burroughs
The Lady Who Dared (1931)
as Butler
Charlie Chan's Greatest Case (1933)
as Brade
The Body Disappears (1941)
as Dean Claxton
The Crash (1932)
as Hodge
The Sea God (1930)
as Pearly Nick
The Reckless Hour (1931)
as Stevens - Adams' Butler (uncredited)
Isle of Escape (1930)
as Judge
Old English (1930)
as Joe Pillin
The Sun Never Sets (1939)
as A Doctor
Among the Missing (1934)
as Smeed
Rulers of the Sea (1939)
as Secretary (Uncredited)
A Kiss for Cinderella (1925)
as Mr. Cutaway
Nightmare (1942)
as Money Changer
East of Java (1935)
as Resident
The Way of All Men (1930)
as Higgins
Invisible Enemy (1938)
as Michael (as Ivan Simpson)
The Mystery of Mr. X (1934)
as Hutchinson
The Green Goddess (1930)
as Watkins
The Silk Express (1933)
as Johnson, Kilgore's Secretary
Inside the Lines (1930)
as Capper
Two Weeks to Live (1943)
as Professor Albert Frisby (as Ivan Simpson)
Wild, Wild Susan (1925)
as Malcolm
The Monkey's Paw (1933)
as Mr. White
The Past of Mary Holmes (1933)
as Jacob Riggs
A Passport to Hell (1932)
as Simms
The Dictator (1915)
as Simpson
The Secret of Madame Blanche (1933)
as Aubrey's Lawyer (Uncredited)
Shadow of Doubt (1935)
as Morse
Her Secret (1933)
as Lathrop
Miss Bluebeard (1925)
as Bounds
Womanhandled (1925)
as Butler
Man of Two Worlds (1934)
as Dr. Lott
My Kingdom for a Cook (1943)
as Professor Harlow
The Man Who Played God (1922)
as Battle
Twenty Dollars a Week (1924)
as James Pettison
The Green Goddess (1923)
as Watkins
Lovers in Quarantine (1925)
as The Silent Passenger