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Ivan F. Simpson
🎂 Feb 4, 1875 — 🕯️ Oct 12, 1951 (76 years)
Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Ivan F. Simpson (8 February 1875 – 12 October 1951) was a Scottish film and stage actor.
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The Adventures of Robin Hood
1938
Mutiny on the Bounty
1935
Captain Blood
1935
Jane Eyre
1943
The Baroness and the Butler
1938
The Male Animal
1942
The Invisible Man Returns
1940
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
1939
David Copperfield
1935
Made for Each Other
1939
Midnight Mary
1933
The House of Rothschild
1934
Marie Antoinette
1938
Nazi Agent
1942
Random Harvest
1942
Forever and a Day
1943
The Little Minister
1934
Little Lord Fauntleroy
1936
Shadow of Doubt
1935
The World Moves On
1934
Safe in Hell
1931
Stingaree
1934
Kidnapped
1938
The Prince and the Pauper
1937
New Moon
1940
The Body Disappears
1941
Tower of London
1939
Mark of the Vampire
1935
Splendor
1935
Above Suspicion
1943
They All Kissed the Bride
1942
Never Say Die
1939
Youth on Parole
1937
Among the Missing
1934
Lloyd's of London
1936
Manslaughter
1930
Maid of Salem
1937
The Silk Express
1933
The Earl of Chicago
1940
Trouble for Two
1936
Disraeli
1929
The Man Who Played God
1932
Inside the Lines
1930
The Crash
1932
Sherlock Holmes
1932
The Secret of Madame Blanche
1933
The Mystery of Mr. X
1934
British Agent
1934
The Millionaire
1931
The Green Goddess
1930
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Ivan F. Simpson
1875-02-04 · Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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).