Ivan F. Simpson
Acting
1875-02-04 · Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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).
Filmography
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948 · Series
My Girl Tisa
1948 · Movie
Jane Eyre
1943 · Movie
My Kingdom for a Cook
1943 · Movie
Above Suspicion
1943 · Movie
This Land Is Mine
1943 · Movie
Two Weeks to Live
1943 · Movie
Forever and a Day
1943 · Movie
Random Harvest
1942 · Movie
Nightmare
1942 · Movie
Eagle Squadron
1942 · Movie
They All Kissed the Bride
1942 · Movie
The Male Animal
1942 · Movie
Nazi Agent
1942 · Movie
The Body Disappears
1941 · Movie
New Moon
1940 · Movie
The Invisible Man Returns
1940 · Movie
The Earl of Chicago
1940 · Movie
Tower of London
1939 · Movie
Rulers of the Sea
1939 · Movie
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
1939 · Movie
The Sun Never Sets
1939 · Movie
Never Say Die
1939 · Movie
Made for Each Other
1939 · Movie
Marie Antoinette
1938 · Movie
Kidnapped
1938 · Movie
The Adventures of Robin Hood
1938 · Movie
Invisible Enemy
1938 · Movie
The Baroness and the Butler
1938 · Movie
Youth on Parole
1937 · Movie
London by Night
1937 · Movie
Night of Mystery
1937 · Movie
The Prince and the Pauper
1937 · Movie
Maid of Salem
1937 · Movie
Lloyd's of London
1936 · Movie
Trouble for Two
1936 · Movie
Little Lord Fauntleroy
1936 · Movie
Captain Blood
1935 · Movie
The Great Impersonation
1935 · Movie
East of Java
1935 · Movie
Mutiny on the Bounty
1935 · Movie
Splendor
1935 · Movie
The Bishop Misbehaves
1935 · Movie
Mark of the Vampire
1935 · Movie
Shadow of Doubt
1935 · Movie
David Copperfield
1935 · Movie
The Little Minister
1934 · Movie
Among the Missing
1934 · Movie
British Agent
1934 · Movie
The World Moves On
1934 · Movie
Stingaree
1934 · Movie
The House of Rothschild
1934 · Movie
The Mystery of Mr. X
1934 · Movie
Man of Two Worlds
1934 · Movie
Her Secret
1933 · Movie
Charlie Chan's Greatest Case
1933 · Movie
Midnight Mary
1933 · Movie
The Silk Express
1933 · Movie
The Secret of Madame Blanche
1933 · Movie
The Past of Mary Holmes
1933 · Movie
The Monkey's Paw
1933 · Movie
Sherlock Holmes
1932 · Movie
The Phantom of Crestwood
1932 · Movie
The Crash
1932 · Movie
A Passport to Hell
1932 · Movie
The Man Who Played God
1932 · Movie
Safe in Hell
1931 · Movie
The Reckless Hour
1931 · Movie
The Lady Who Dared
1931 · Movie
The Millionaire
1931 · Movie
The Sea God
1930 · Movie
The Way of All Men
1930 · Movie
Old English
1930 · Movie
Manslaughter
1930 · Movie
Inside the Lines
1930 · Movie
Isle of Escape
1930 · Movie
The Green Goddess
1930 · Movie
Disraeli
1929 · Movie
Womanhandled
1925 · Movie
A Kiss for Cinderella
1925 · Movie
Lovers in Quarantine
1925 · Movie
Wild, Wild Susan
1925 · Movie
Miss Bluebeard
1925 · Movie
Twenty Dollars a Week
1924 · Movie
The Green Goddess
1923 · Movie
The Man Who Played God
1922 · Movie
Out of the Drifts
1916 · Movie
The Dictator
1915 · Movie