Russell Simpson

Acting · 0.7 popularity

Age

146

Movies

198

Born: June 16, 1880 – December 12, 1959
From: Danville, California, USA

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Russell McCaskill Simpson (June 17, 1880, Danville, California – December 12, 1959, Woodland Hills, California) was an American character actor who appeared in over 500 movies. He is best known for his "grizzled old man" appearances. Gaunt, lanky, and rustic-sounding, Simpson was a familiar character actor for almost forty-five years, particularly as a member of the John Ford Stock Company. At age 18 Simpson prospected for gold in Alaska. He began taking acting classes in Seattle, Washington. In 1910 he married Gertrude Alter from New York City. By 1909, he had gone into the theatre. He appeared in at least two plays on Broadway between 1909 and 1912, and made his motion picture debut in Cecil B. DeMille's 1914 original film version of The Virginian in a bit part. By 1923, when the film was remade, Simpson had progressed to playing the lead villain. Throughout his career, Simpson worked for 12 years in road shows, stock companies, and on Broadway. He didn't usually perform lead roles, but he did star in many movies throughout the silent movie era. He performed a lead role as the grandfather in Out of the Dust (1920). Simpson is best known for his work in the films of John Ford and, in particular, for his portrayal of Pa Joad in The Grapes of Wrath (1940). His final film was The Horse Soldiers, his tenth film for Ford. Simpson worked up to 1959, the year of his death. He was the president of the Overseas Phonograph Accessories Corporation.

Works

198 films

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

19397.8

The Grapes of Wrath

19407.8

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

19547.1

My Darling Clementine

19467.5

Oklahoma!

19556.6

The Tin Star

19577.0

Joan of Arc

19486.2

The Tall Men

19556.5

The Horse Soldiers

19596.9

Tall in the Saddle

19446.6

Friendly Persuasion

19566.6

Wagon Master

19506.7

Tap Roots

19486.9

Dodge City

19396.9

Susan Lenox

19316.1

They Were Expendable

19456.5

Young Mr. Lincoln

19397.2

Broken Lance

19546.5

Meet John Doe

19417.3

The Ghost of Crossbone Canyon

19529.0

The Gal Who Took the West

19496.0

Santa Fe Trail

19405.8

Along Came Jones

19455.8

Lone Star

19525.7

Carolina

19346.7

Snowblind

19219.0

Drums Along the Mohawk

19396.5

Brigham Young

19404.6

Hello Trouble

19327.0

The Spoilers

19426.2

The Sun Shines Bright

19536.5

San Francisco

19366.6

The Barrier

1917

Lovely Mary

1916

Virginia City

19406.3

The Lonely Man

19576.1

Tobacco Road

19416.8

Call Her Savage

19325.8

Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair

19526.6

Fighting Cressy

191910.0

The Last Command

19556.7

Lahoma

192010.0

The Outriders

19507.3

Breakers Ahead

1918

Defying Destiny

19236.7

Parnell

19374.6

Painted People

192410.0

Swamp Water

19416.4

Comin' Round the Mountain

19516.1

Abraham Lincoln

19305.5

Death Valley

19465.7

Gold Is Where You Find It

19387.0

Saddle Tramp

19506.5

The Brand

1919

The Girl of the Golden West

19385.3

Shut My Big Mouth

19428.3

Valley of the Giants

19386.7

Law and Order

19325.0

Desire

19237.0

Noisy Neighbors

19299.0

The Eagle

19256.3

Way Down East

19354.3

Citadel of Crime

19419.0

Oh, Johnny!

19188.0

Three on a Honeymoon

19347.0

Maid of Salem

19376.2

Nazi Agent

19426.6

Sundown in Santa Fe

194810.0

The Lone Star Ranger

19307.0

Yodelin' Kid from Pine Ridge

19376.7

Sixteen Fathoms Deep

19344.0

Wild Bill Hickok Rides

19425.5

The Untamed Breed

19486.5

Bad Men of Missouri

19416.2

Geronimo

19395.3

My Dog Shep

19466.3

Secrets

19335.2

Girl of the Ozarks

19366.5

Tennessee Johnson

19426.4

Blue Jeans

19175.9

Old Shoes

19259.0

A Boy and His Dog

19465.9

Coroner Creek

19486.2

The Romance of Rosy Ridge

19476.7

Meet Me at the Fair

19538.5

The Big Bonanza

19446.3

Bad Bascomb

19467.3

The Great Meadow

19316.0

Roaring Guns

19448.0

Flames

19324.3

Mountain Justice

19376.3

Life's Mockery

19287.0

Man to Man

19306.2

The Deadlier Sex

19207.5

The Cabin in the Cotton

19326.3

Green Light

19376.7

Wild West Days

19378.0

The Narrow Street

19258.0

Feudin' Fools

19525.5

Border Patrol

19436.2

Colt Comrades

19435.9

Three Faces West

19405.7

Paddy O'Day

19367.0

The Brass Legend

19566.3

Man Hunt

193610.0

The Huntress

19238.0

Free For All

19496.3

Peg o' My Heart

19227.3

The Fabulous Texan

19476.5

Wyoming

19406.7

The Woman of the Town

19436.4

Now We're in the Air

19277.5

West of the Pecos

19347.0

The Branding Iron

19207.0

Riding High

19435.6

Face in the Sky

19335.8

Roughly Speaking

19456.8

The World Moves On

19345.9

Billy the Kid

19304.7

Under the Lash

19219.0

Heart of the North

19385.2

Beauty and the Bad Man

19257.0

The Social Highwayman

19268.0

The Sap

192910.0

Silver Dollar

19326.2

Lena Rivers

19327.0

The Power and the Glory

19335.9

The Hoosier Schoolmaster

19354.3

Albuquerque

19486.8

Wild Geese Calling

19416.5

Back to Nature

19369.0

The Famous Ferguson Case

19326.6

Moonlight in Vermont

19436.5

The Challenge Accepted

19188.0

The Kingdom Within

192210.0

Last of the Duanes

19416.5

Alexander Hamilton

19314.4

The Heart of the Yukon

19277.0

The Frontiersman

19279.0

The Bill of Rights

19396.5

Tuna Clipper

19497.8

California Gold Rush

19467.5

Ramona

19365.8

Thunder Mountain

19257.0

Annie Laurie

19276.8

Texas Masquerade

19446.5

Frontier Marshal

19347.0

The Earth Woman

19268.0

That I May Live

19377.3

Call of the Klondike

19507.3

Desperate Trails

19395.7

Rags to Riches

192210.0

The Harvester

19369.0

Motive for Revenge

19356.3

Bowery Buckaroos

19476.6

Lone Star Ranger

19425.3

The Blue Bandanna

1919

Circus Days

19237.3

The Food Gamblers

1917

The Old Homestead

1915

Desert Gold

19199.0

Paint and Powder

19257.0

The Re-Creation of Brian Kent

19257.0

The First Auto

19275.8

Across the Dead-Line

19228.0

Bill Apperson's Boy

1919

The Virginian

19145.6

Faint Perfume

19257.0

Wild Geese

192710.0

Innocents of Paris

19298.0

Ever Since Eve

19349.0

Why Women Love

19259.0

The Virginian

19236.5

The Girl of the Golden West

19238.0

Tropical Nights

19288.0

Rustlin' for Cupid

19269.0

Western Caravans

19397.0

Godless Men

19204.0

Human Hearts

192210.0

A Weaver of Dreams

1918

Lovey Mary

19268.0

The Riding Tornado

19327.0

The Honor of the Press

19328.0

All Faces West

19299.0

Paradise Isle

19376.0

Riders of the Night

19187.0

Ridin' for Justice

193210.0

After the Fog

19298.0

Bunty Pulls the Strings

19218.0

The Splendid Road

19257.0

The Border Legion

1918

Stolen by Gypsies or Beer and Bicycles

19331.0

Hearts Aflame

19239.0

Radio Scout

1934

The Uphill Path

19187.0

Ship of Souls

19255.0

My Lady's Past

19297.0

The Bushranger

192810.0