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