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