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