Ivan F. Simpson

Acting · 0.5 popularity

Age

151

Movies

Born: February 4, 1875 – October 12, 1951
From: Glasgow, Scotland, UK

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).

Works

87 films

Jane Eyre

19436.9

The Adventures of Robin Hood

19387.5

Mutiny on the Bounty

19357.4

Captain Blood

19357.2

The Invisible Man Returns

19406.3

David Copperfield

19356.7

The Millionaire

19317.6

The Baroness and the Butler

19385.3

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

19396.9

The Prince and the Pauper

19376.8

British Agent

19345.8

Random Harvest

19427.3

Little Lord Fauntleroy

19366.8

Made for Each Other

19396.1

The House of Rothschild

19346.2

Disraeli

19295.2

Marie Antoinette

19386.6

They All Kissed the Bride

19425.9

Safe in Hell

19316.7

This Land Is Mine

19437.1

Stingaree

19346.1

Night of Mystery

193710.0

Above Suspicion

19436.2

Charlie Chan's Greatest Case

19338.0

The Little Minister

19345.8

Manslaughter

19307.0

Mark of the Vampire

19356.2

A Kiss for Cinderella

19256.0

Lloyd's of London

19367.3

Eagle Squadron

19427.0

Midnight Mary

19336.8

The Male Animal

19424.5

New Moon

19406.9

Tower of London

19396.1

The Earl of Chicago

19406.3

Maid of Salem

19376.2

Rulers of the Sea

19396.7

The Secret of Madame Blanche

19334.2

Forever and a Day

19437.5

Nazi Agent

19426.6

My Girl Tisa

19489.0

The Lady Who Dared

19317.0

Never Say Die

19397.3

The World Moves On

19345.9

Youth on Parole

19373.9

London by Night

19376.1

The Bishop Misbehaves

19356.0

The Body Disappears

19416.1

Isle of Escape

19306.5

The Crash

19325.5

Miss Bluebeard

19256.7

The Great Impersonation

19357.5

The Sea God

19305.5

Lovers in Quarantine

19258.0

Kidnapped

19386.0

Inside the Lines

19305.5

Nightmare

19426.3

East of Java

19357.5

The Sun Never Sets

19395.5

Old English

19306.3

The Man Who Played God

19327.2

My Kingdom for a Cook

19438.0

Out of the Drifts

1916

Two Weeks to Live

19434.5

The Silk Express

19335.0

The Mystery of Mr. X

19346.8

Splendor

19356.7

Among the Missing

19346.5

Invisible Enemy

19387.5

The Reckless Hour

19316.8

Sherlock Holmes

19325.9

A Passport to Hell

19325.0

Shadow of Doubt

19356.6

The Phantom of Crestwood

19325.9

Man of Two Worlds

19346.5

Womanhandled

19257.0

The Dictator

1915

The Past of Mary Holmes

193310.0

Trouble for Two

19366.5

The Monkey's Paw

19336.5

The Man Who Played God

19227.0

Wild, Wild Susan

19257.0

Her Secret

19339.0

Twenty Dollars a Week

192410.0

The Green Goddess

19304.9

The Green Goddess

19237.0

The Way of All Men

19305.3