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