Cast
Ivan F. Simpson
Acting
Cast
Ivan F. Simpson
Known for
Acting
Born
1875-02-04
From
Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Died
1951-10-12
Also known as Ivan Freebody Simpson, Ivan Simpson, Ivan Sampson
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).
★6.9
MOVIE1943
Jane Eyre
as Mr. Woods - the Minister
★7.5
MOVIE1938
The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Proprietor of Kent Road Tavern (uncredited)
★5.8
MOVIE1934
British Agent
as 'Poohbah' Evans
★7.4
MOVIE1935
Mutiny on the Bounty
as Morgan
★5.3
MOVIE1938
The Baroness and the Butler
as Count Dormo
★7.2
MOVIE1935
Captain Blood
as Prosecutor
★6.3
MOVIE1940
The Invisible Man Returns
as Mr. Cotton (uncredited)
★6.1
MOVIE1934
Stingaree
as Man with Beard (uncredited)
★5.2
MOVIE1929
Disraeli
as Sir Hugh Myers
★6.6
MOVIE1938
Marie Antoinette
as Sauce (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1930
Manslaughter
as Morson
★5.9
MOVIE1942
They All Kissed the Bride
as Dr. Cassell
★6.8
MOVIE1937
The Prince and the Pauper
as Clemens
★6.9
MOVIE1939
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
as Gates - Trial Prosecutor (uncredited)
★6.0
MOVIE1925
A Kiss for Cinderella
as Mr. Cutaway
★7.9
MOVIE1931
The Millionaire
as Davis
★6.8
MOVIE1936
Little Lord Fauntleroy
as Reverend Mordaunt
★7.3
MOVIE1942
Random Harvest
as The Vicar
★6.2
MOVIE1935
Mark of the Vampire
as Jan
★6.7
MOVIE1935
David Copperfield
as Littimer
★6.7
MOVIE1931
Safe in Hell
as Crunch
★4.5
MOVIE1942
The Male Animal
as Dean Frederick Damon
★10.0
MOVIE1937
Night of Mystery
★6.2
MOVIE1934
The House of Rothschild
as Amschel Rothschild
★6.5
MOVIE1930
Isle of Escape
as Judge
★7.3
MOVIE1939
Never Say Die
as Kretsky
★6.1
MOVIE1939
Made for Each Other
as Simon (uncredited)
★6.8
MOVIE1933
Midnight Mary
as Tindle
★7.5
MOVIE1943
Forever and a Day
as Dexter
★5.5
MOVIE1930
The Sea God
as Pearly Nick
★7.1
MOVIE1943
This Land Is Mine
as Judge
★6.1
MOVIE1937
London by Night
as Burroughs
★6.2
MOVIE1943
Above Suspicion
as Porter in Oxford (Uncredited)
★7.3
MOVIE1936
Lloyd's of London
as Old Man
★7.2
MOVIE1932
The Man Who Played God
as Battle
★6.1
MOVIE1939
Tower of London
as Anne's Protector
★6.6
MOVIE1942
Nazi Agent
as Professor Sterling (as Ivan Simpson)
★6.3
MOVIE1940
The Earl of Chicago
as Hargraves (uncredited)
★6.1
MOVIE1941
The Body Disappears
as Dean Claxton
★7.5
MOVIE1935
The Great Impersonation
as Dr. Harrison
★8.0
MOVIE1933
Charlie Chan's Greatest Case
as Brade
★7.0
MOVIE1931
The Lady Who Dared
as Butler
★7.0
MOVIE1934
The Mystery of Mr. X
as Hutchinson
★5.9
MOVIE1932
The Phantom of Crestwood
as Mr. Vayne
★6.2
MOVIE1937
Maid of Salem
as Rev. Parris
★10.0
MOVIE1933
The Past of Mary Holmes
as Jacob Riggs
★4.2
MOVIE1933
The Secret of Madame Blanche
as Aubrey's Lawyer (Uncredited)
★6.0
MOVIE1935
The Bishop Misbehaves
as Mr. Grantham
★7.0
MOVIE1942
Eagle Squadron
as Simms
★5.9
MOVIE1934
The World Moves On
as Clumber
★5.3
MOVIE1930
The Way of All Men
as Higgins
★6.5
MOVIE1936
Trouble for Two
as Collins (as Ivan Simpson)
★6.0
MOVIE1938
Kidnapped
as Old Man
★5.8
MOVIE1934
The Little Minister
as Sanders Webster
★6.5
MOVIE1934
Man of Two Worlds
as Dr. Lott
★4.5
MOVIE1943
Two Weeks to Live
as Professor Albert Frisby (as Ivan Simpson)
MOVIE1916
Out of the Drifts
as Martin
★6.5
MOVIE1934
Among the Missing
as Smeed
★6.7
MOVIE1939
Rulers of the Sea
as Secretary (Uncredited)
★5.5
MOVIE1939
The Sun Never Sets
as A Doctor
★7.5
MOVIE1938
Invisible Enemy
as Michael (as Ivan Simpson)
★6.7
MOVIE1935
Splendor
as Fletcher
★7.5
MOVIE1935
East of Java
as Resident
★8.0
MOVIE1943
My Kingdom for a Cook
as Professor Harlow
★6.6
MOVIE1935
Shadow of Doubt
as Morse
★5.5
MOVIE1932
The Crash
as Hodge
★6.3
MOVIE1942
Nightmare
as Money Changer
★10.0
MOVIE1924
Twenty Dollars a Week
as James Pettison
★9.0
MOVIE1948
My Girl Tisa
★3.9
MOVIE1937
Youth on Parole
as Henchman (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1922
The Man Who Played God
as Battle
★6.8
MOVIE1931
The Reckless Hour
as Stevens - Adams' Butler (uncredited)
★4.9
MOVIE1930
The Green Goddess
as Watkins
★5.5
MOVIE1930
Inside the Lines
as Capper
MOVIE1915
The Dictator
as Simpson
★6.7
MOVIE1925
Miss Bluebeard
as Bounds
★5.9
MOVIE1932
Sherlock Holmes
as Faulkner
★6.9
MOVIE1940
New Moon
as Guizot
★6.5
MOVIE1933
The Monkey's Paw
as Mr. White
★5.0
MOVIE1932
A Passport to Hell
as Simms
★6.3
MOVIE1930
Old English
as Joe Pillin
★7.0
MOVIE1923
The Green Goddess
as Watkins
★8.0
MOVIE1925
Lovers in Quarantine
as The Silent Passenger
★5.0
MOVIE1933
The Silk Express
as Johnson, Kilgore's Secretary
★9.0
MOVIE1933
Her Secret
as Lathrop
★7.0
MOVIE1925
Wild, Wild Susan
as Malcolm
★7.0
MOVIE1925
Womanhandled
as Butler