Ivan F. Simpson
Acting
Born 1875-02-04
Died 1951-10-12
Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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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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Acting
57 credits
Jane Eyre
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Mutiny on the Bounty
Captain Blood
David Copperfield
Marie Antoinette
The Invisible Man Returns
Random Harvest
The Millionaire
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
The Prince and the Pauper
This Land Is Mine
Made for Each Other
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Above Suspicion
British Agent
The Baroness and the Butler
Stingaree
Safe in Hell
Nazi Agent
Mark of the Vampire
Tower of London
Forever and a Day
The Male Animal
They All Kissed the Bride
The Earl of Chicago
The House of Rothschild
Disraeli
The Little Minister
The Crash
New Moon
The Sun Never Sets
Rulers of the Sea
Maid of Salem
Midnight Mary
Manslaughter
The World Moves On
Eagle Squadron
The Secret of Madame Blanche
A Kiss for Cinderella
London by Night
Lloyd's of London
Kidnapped
The Sea God
The Bishop Misbehaves
Splendor
Trouble for Two
The Past of Mary Holmes
The Body Disappears
The Silk Express
Never Say Die
Isle of Escape
The Lady Who Dared
Among the Missing
Nightmare
The Monkey's Paw
Man of Two Worlds
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