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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
February 4, 1875
Died
October 12, 1951
Place of Birth
Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Also Known As
- Ivan Freebody Simpson
- Ivan Simpson
- Ivan Sampson
- I. F. Simpson
Ivan F. Simpson
0.2 Popularity
Biography
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
6.3
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
0.0
My Girl Tisa
1948
6.9
Mr. Woods - the Minister
Jane Eyre
1943
0.0
Professor Harlow
My Kingdom for a Cook
1943
6.5
Porter in Oxford (Uncredited)
Above Suspicion
1943
7.1
Judge
This Land Is Mine
1943
2.0
Professor Albert Frisby (as Ivan Simpson)
Two Weeks to Live
1943
7.4
Dexter
Forever and a Day
1943
7.3
The Vicar
Random Harvest
1942
4.0
Money Changer
Nightmare
1942
Credits
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
6.3
My Girl Tisa
1948
0.0
Jane Eyre
as Mr. Woods - the Minister
1943
6.9
My Kingdom for a Cook
as Professor Harlow
1943
0.0
Above Suspicion
as Porter in Oxford (Uncredited)
1943
6.5
This Land Is Mine
as Judge
1943
7.1
Two Weeks to Live
as Professor Albert Frisby (as Ivan Simpson)
1943
2.0
Forever and a Day
as Dexter
1943
7.4
Random Harvest
as The Vicar
1942
7.3
Nightmare
as Money Changer
1942
4.0
Eagle Squadron
as Simms
1942
0.0
They All Kissed the Bride
as Dr. Cassell
1942
5.8
The Male Animal
as Dean Frederick Damon
1942
4.1
Nazi Agent
as Professor Sterling (as Ivan Simpson)
1942
6.6
The Body Disappears
as Dean Claxton
1941
5.2
New Moon
as Guizot
1940
6.8
The Invisible Man Returns
as Mr. Cotton (uncredited)
1940
6.2
The Earl of Chicago
as Hargraves (uncredited)
1940
5.6
Tower of London
as Anne's Protector
1939
5.9
Rulers of the Sea
as Secretary (Uncredited)
1939
6.5
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
as Gates - Trial Prosecutor (uncredited)
1939
6.9
The Sun Never Sets
as A Doctor
1939
4.8
Never Say Die
as Kretsky
1939
6.8
Made for Each Other
as Simon (uncredited)
1939
6.1
Marie Antoinette
as Sauce (uncredited)
1938
6.6
Kidnapped
as Old Man
1938
4.7
The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Proprietor of Kent Road Tavern (uncredited)
1938
7.5
Invisible Enemy
as Michael (as Ivan Simpson)
1938
6.0
The Baroness and the Butler
as Count Dormo
1938
5.2
Youth on Parole
as Henchman (uncredited)
1937
2.8
London by Night
as Burroughs
1937
5.9
Night of Mystery
1937
0.0
The Prince and the Pauper
as Clemens
1937
6.8
Maid of Salem
as Rev. Parris
1937
5.9
Lloyd's of London
as Old Man
1936
7.1
Trouble for Two
as Collins (as Ivan Simpson)
1936
6.0
Little Lord Fauntleroy
as Reverend Mordaunt
1936
6.7
Captain Blood
as Prosecutor
1935
7.2
The Great Impersonation
as Dr. Harrison
1935
0.0
East of Java
as Resident
1935
6.0
Mutiny on the Bounty
as Morgan
1935
7.3
Splendor
as Fletcher
1935
6.3
The Bishop Misbehaves
as Mr. Grantham
1935
4.0
Mark of the Vampire
as Jan
1935
6.1
Shadow of Doubt
as Morse
1935
6.2
David Copperfield
as Littimer
1935
6.7
The Little Minister
as Sanders Webster
1934
5.9
Among the Missing
as Smeed
1934
6.3
British Agent
as 'Poohbah' Evans
1934
5.5
The World Moves On
as Clumber
1934
5.6
Stingaree
as Man with Beard (uncredited)
1934
5.9
The House of Rothschild
as Amschel Rothschild
1934
6.2
The Mystery of Mr. X
as Hutchinson
1934
7.0
Man of Two Worlds
as Dr. Lott
1934
6.0
Her Secret
as Lathrop
1933
0.0
Charlie Chan's Greatest Case
as Brade
1933
6.0
Midnight Mary
as Tindle
1933
6.9
The Silk Express
as Johnson, Kilgore's Secretary
1933
4.7
The Secret of Madame Blanche
as Aubrey's Lawyer (Uncredited)
1933
4.0
The Past of Mary Holmes
as Jacob Riggs
1933
0.0
The Monkey's Paw
as Mr. White
1933
6.0
Sherlock Holmes
as Faulkner
1932
5.1
The Phantom of Crestwood
as Mr. Vayne
1932
6.0
The Crash
as Hodge
1932
5.2
A Passport to Hell
as Simms
1932
5.3
The Man Who Played God
as Battle
1932
7.2
Safe in Hell
as Crunch
1931
6.8
The Reckless Hour
as Stevens - Adams' Butler (uncredited)
1931
7.0
The Lady Who Dared
as Butler
1931
5.0
The Millionaire
as Davis
1931
7.5
The Sea God
as Pearly Nick
1930
4.7
The Way of All Men
as Higgins
1930
4.5
Old English
as Joe Pillin
1930
4.0
Manslaughter
as Morson
1930
5.5
Inside the Lines
as Capper
1930
5.1
Isle of Escape
as Judge
1930
6.0
The Green Goddess
as Watkins
1930
4.5
Disraeli
as Sir Hugh Myers
1929
5.1
Womanhandled
as Butler
1925
7.0
A Kiss for Cinderella
as Mr. Cutaway
1925
5.0
Lovers in Quarantine
as The Silent Passenger
1925
0.0
Wild, Wild Susan
as Malcolm
1925
0.0
Miss Bluebeard
as Bounds
1925
5.5
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Twenty Dollars a Week
as James Pettison
1924
0.0
The Green Goddess
as Watkins
1923
5.0
The Man Who Played God
as Battle
1922
0.0
The Dictator
as Simpson
1915
0.0