Ivan F. Simpson
Acting • Born 1875-02-04 – Died 1951-10-12
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).
Filmography
88 credits
Night of Mystery
Movie • 1937
My Girl Tisa
Movie • 1948
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Movie • 1936
Reverend Mordaunt
Random Harvest
Movie • 1942
The Vicar
The Phantom of Crestwood
Movie • 1932
Mr. Vayne
Isle of Escape
Movie • 1930
Judge
The Prince and the Pauper
Movie • 1937
Clemens
The Dictator
Movie • 1915
Simpson
New Moon
Movie • 1940
Guizot
The Little Minister
Movie • 1934
Sanders Webster
The Way of All Men
Movie • 1930
Higgins
The Man Who Played God
Movie • 1922
Battle
This Land Is Mine
Movie • 1943
Judge
Captain Blood
Movie • 1935
Prosecutor
Nazi Agent
Movie • 1942
Professor Sterling (as Ivan Simpson)
Midnight Mary
Movie • 1933
Tindle
Safe in Hell
Movie • 1931
Crunch
The Baroness and the Butler
Movie • 1938
Count Dormo
Disraeli
Movie • 1929
Sir Hugh Myers
Stingaree
Movie • 1934
Man with Beard (uncredited)
Youth on Parole
Movie • 1937
Henchman (uncredited)
Never Say Die
Movie • 1939
Kretsky
The Man Who Played God
Movie • 1932
Battle
The World Moves On
Movie • 1934
Clumber
British Agent
Movie • 1934
'Poohbah' Evans
The Mystery of Mr. X
Movie • 1934
Hutchinson
Her Secret
Movie • 1933
Lathrop
The Millionaire
Movie • 1931
Davis
Shadow of Doubt
Movie • 1935
Morse
London by Night
Movie • 1937
Burroughs
Manslaughter
Movie • 1930
Morson
Old English
Movie • 1930
Joe Pillin
The Silk Express
Movie • 1933
Johnson, Kilgore's Secretary
Inside the Lines
Movie • 1930
Capper
The Green Goddess
Movie • 1930
Watkins
The Bishop Misbehaves
Movie • 1935
Mr. Grantham
A Passport to Hell
Movie • 1932
Simms
Splendor
Movie • 1935
Fletcher
The Male Animal
Movie • 1942
Dean Frederick Damon
A Kiss for Cinderella
Movie • 1925
Mr. Cutaway
Miss Bluebeard
Movie • 1925
Bounds
Made for Each Other
Movie • 1939
Simon (uncredited)
The Sun Never Sets
Movie • 1939
A Doctor
Tower of London
Movie • 1939
Anne's Protector
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Movie • 1939
Gates - Trial Prosecutor (uncredited)
The Crash
Movie • 1932
Hodge
Forever and a Day
Movie • 1943
Dexter
Kidnapped
Movie • 1938
Old Man
Man of Two Worlds
Movie • 1934
Dr. Lott
Among the Missing
Movie • 1934
Smeed
Maid of Salem
Movie • 1937
Rev. Parris
The Reckless Hour
Movie • 1931
Stevens - Adams' Butler (uncredited)
The Earl of Chicago
Movie • 1940
Hargraves (uncredited)
The Invisible Man Returns
Movie • 1940
Mr. Cotton (uncredited)
The Body Disappears
Movie • 1941
Dean Claxton
The Monkey's Paw
Movie • 1933
Mr. White
The Green Goddess
Movie • 1923
Watkins
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Movie • 1938
Proprietor of Kent Road Tavern (uncredited)
Mutiny on the Bounty
Movie • 1935
Morgan
David Copperfield
Movie • 1935
Littimer
The Sea God
Movie • 1930
Pearly Nick
Invisible Enemy
Movie • 1938
Michael (as Ivan Simpson)
Charlie Chan's Greatest Case
Movie • 1933
Brade
Wild, Wild Susan
Movie • 1925
Malcolm
The Lady Who Dared
Movie • 1931
Butler
Womanhandled
Movie • 1925
Butler
Mark of the Vampire
Movie • 1935
Jan
My Kingdom for a Cook
Movie • 1943
Professor Harlow
Eagle Squadron
Movie • 1942
Simms
The Past of Mary Holmes
Movie • 1933
Jacob Riggs
Trouble for Two
Movie • 1936
Collins (as Ivan Simpson)
Two Weeks to Live
Movie • 1943
Professor Albert Frisby (as Ivan Simpson)
Lovers in Quarantine
Movie • 1925
The Silent Passenger
Sherlock Holmes
Movie • 1932
Faulkner
Above Suspicion
Movie • 1943
Porter in Oxford (Uncredited)
The Great Impersonation
Movie • 1935
Dr. Harrison
Jane Eyre
Movie • 1943
Mr. Woods - the Minister
They All Kissed the Bride
Movie • 1942
Dr. Cassell
Twenty Dollars a Week
Movie • 1924
James Pettison
Lloyd's of London
Movie • 1936
Old Man
East of Java
Movie • 1935
Resident
The Secret of Madame Blanche
Movie • 1933
Aubrey's Lawyer (Uncredited)
Rulers of the Sea
Movie • 1939
Secretary (Uncredited)
Marie Antoinette
Movie • 1938
Sauce (uncredited)
Nightmare
Movie • 1942
Money Changer
The House of Rothschild
Movie • 1934
Amschel Rothschild
Out of the Drifts
Movie • 1916
Martin
The Philco Television Playhouse
TV • 1948