Name
Ivan F. Simpson
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1875-02-04
Deathday
1951-10-12 (76 years old)
Place of Birth
Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Biography
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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
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- 1937 Night of Mystery
- 1948 My Girl Tisa
- 1936 Little Lord Fauntleroy as Reverend Mordaunt
- 1942 Random Harvest as The Vicar
- 1932 The Phantom of Crestwood as Mr. Vayne
- 1930 Isle of Escape as Judge
- 1937 The Prince and the Pauper as Clemens
- 1915 The Dictator as Simpson
- 1940 New Moon as Guizot
- 1934 The Little Minister as Sanders Webster
- 1930 The Way of All Men as Higgins
- 1922 The Man Who Played God as Battle
- 1943 This Land Is Mine as Judge
- 1935 Captain Blood as Prosecutor
- 1942 Nazi Agent as Professor Sterling (as Ivan Simpson)
- 1933 Midnight Mary as Tindle
- 1931 Safe in Hell as Crunch
- 1938 The Baroness and the Butler as Count Dormo
- 1929 Disraeli as Sir Hugh Myers
- 1934 Stingaree as Man with Beard (uncredited)
- 1937 Youth on Parole as Henchman (uncredited)
- 1939 Never Say Die as Kretsky
- 1932 The Man Who Played God as Battle
- 1934 The World Moves On as Clumber
- 1934 British Agent as 'Poohbah' Evans
- 1934 The Mystery of Mr. X as Hutchinson
- 1933 Her Secret as Lathrop
- 1931 The Millionaire as Davis
- 1935 Shadow of Doubt as Morse
- 1937 London by Night as Burroughs
- 1930 Manslaughter as Morson
- 1930 Old English as Joe Pillin
- 1933 The Silk Express as Johnson, Kilgore's Secretary
- 1930 Inside the Lines as Capper
- 1930 The Green Goddess as Watkins
- 1935 The Bishop Misbehaves as Mr. Grantham
- 1932 A Passport to Hell as Simms
- 1935 Splendor as Fletcher
- 1942 The Male Animal as Dean Frederick Damon
- 1925 A Kiss for Cinderella as Mr. Cutaway
- 1925 Miss Bluebeard as Bounds
- 1939 Made for Each Other as Simon (uncredited)
- 1939 The Sun Never Sets as A Doctor
- 1939 Tower of London as Anne's Protector
- 1939 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes as Gates - Trial Prosecutor (uncredited)
- 1932 The Crash as Hodge
- 1943 Forever and a Day as Dexter
- 1938 Kidnapped as Old Man
- 1934 Man of Two Worlds as Dr. Lott
- 1934 Among the Missing as Smeed
- 1937 Maid of Salem as Rev. Parris
- 1931 The Reckless Hour as Stevens - Adams' Butler (uncredited)
- 1940 The Earl of Chicago as Hargraves (uncredited)
- 1940 The Invisible Man Returns as Mr. Cotton (uncredited)
- 1941 The Body Disappears as Dean Claxton
- 1933 The Monkey's Paw as Mr. White
- 1923 The Green Goddess as Watkins
- 1938 The Adventures of Robin Hood as Proprietor of Kent Road Tavern (uncredited)
- 1935 Mutiny on the Bounty as Morgan
- 1935 David Copperfield as Littimer
- 1930 The Sea God as Pearly Nick
- 1938 Invisible Enemy as Michael (as Ivan Simpson)
- 1933 Charlie Chan's Greatest Case as Brade
- 1925 Wild, Wild Susan as Malcolm
- 1931 The Lady Who Dared as Butler
- 1925 Womanhandled as Butler
- 1935 Mark of the Vampire as Jan
- 1943 My Kingdom for a Cook as Professor Harlow
- 1942 Eagle Squadron as Simms
- 1933 The Past of Mary Holmes as Jacob Riggs
- 1936 Trouble for Two as Collins (as Ivan Simpson)
- 1943 Two Weeks to Live as Professor Albert Frisby (as Ivan Simpson)
- 1925 Lovers in Quarantine as The Silent Passenger
- 1932 Sherlock Holmes as Faulkner
- 1943 Above Suspicion as Porter in Oxford (Uncredited)
- 1935 The Great Impersonation as Dr. Harrison
- 1943 Jane Eyre as Mr. Woods - the Minister
- 1942 They All Kissed the Bride as Dr. Cassell
- 1924 Twenty Dollars a Week as James Pettison
- 1936 Lloyd's of London as Old Man
- 1935 East of Java as Resident
- 1933 The Secret of Madame Blanche as Aubrey's Lawyer (Uncredited)
- 1939 Rulers of the Sea as Secretary (Uncredited)
- 1938 Marie Antoinette as Sauce (uncredited)
- 1942 Nightmare as Money Changer
- 1934 The House of Rothschild as Amschel Rothschild
- 1916 Out of the Drifts as Martin
- 1948 The Philco Television Playhouse ( 1 episode )
