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