Ivan F. Simpson
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1875-02-04
Day of Death
1951-10-12 (76 years old)
Place of Birth
Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Ivan F. Simpson
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).
Known For
Acting
(1948)
(1943)
Jane Eyre
as Mr. Woods - the Minister
(1943)
Two Weeks to Live
as Professor Albert Frisby (as Ivan Simpson)
(1943)
This Land Is Mine
as Judge
(1943)
Above Suspicion
as Porter in Oxford (Uncredited)
(1943)
Forever and a Day
as Dexter
(1943)
My Kingdom for a Cook
as Professor Harlow
(1942)
Random Harvest
as The Vicar
(1942)
Nazi Agent
as Professor Sterling (as Ivan Simpson)
(1942)
The Male Animal
as Dean Frederick Damon
(1942)
Eagle Squadron
as Simms
(1942)
They All Kissed the Bride
as Dr. Cassell
(1942)
Nightmare
as Money Changer
(1941)
The Body Disappears
as Dean Claxton
(1940)
The Invisible Man Returns
as Mr. Cotton (uncredited)
(1940)
New Moon
as Guizot
(1940)
The Earl of Chicago
as Hargraves (uncredited)
(1939)
Made for Each Other
as Simon (uncredited)
(1939)
Tower of London
as Anne's Protector
(1939)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
as Gates - Trial Prosecutor (uncredited)
(1939)
Never Say Die
as Kretsky
(1939)
Rulers of the Sea
as Secretary (Uncredited)
(1939)
The Sun Never Sets
as A Doctor
(1938)
The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Proprietor of Kent Road Tavern (uncredited)
(1938)
Marie Antoinette
as Sauce (uncredited)
(1938)
Invisible Enemy
as Michael (as Ivan Simpson)
(1938)
The Baroness and the Butler
as Count Dormo
(1938)
Kidnapped
as Old Man
(1937)
The Prince and the Pauper
as Clemens
(1937)
Maid of Salem
as Rev. Parris
(1937)
Youth on Parole
as Henchman (uncredited)
(1937)
London by Night
as Burroughs
(1937)
(1936)
Little Lord Fauntleroy
as Reverend Mordaunt
(1936)
Lloyd's of London
as Old Man
(1936)
Trouble for Two
as Collins (as Ivan Simpson)
(1935)
Mutiny on the Bounty
as Morgan
(1935)
Captain Blood
as Prosecutor
(1935)
David Copperfield
as Littimer
(1935)
Mark of the Vampire
as Jan
(1935)
Splendor
as Fletcher
(1935)
The Bishop Misbehaves
as Mr. Grantham
(1935)
East of Java
as Resident
(1935)
The Great Impersonation
as Dr. Harrison
(1935)
Shadow of Doubt
as Morse
(1934)
The House of Rothschild
as Amschel Rothschild
(1934)
Stingaree
as Man with Beard (uncredited)
(1934)
The Little Minister
as Sanders Webster
(1934)
British Agent
as 'Poohbah' Evans
(1934)
The World Moves On
as Clumber
(1934)
Among the Missing
as Smeed
(1934)
The Mystery of Mr. X
as Hutchinson
(1934)
Man of Two Worlds
as Dr. Lott
(1933)
Midnight Mary
as Tindle
(1933)
The Silk Express
as Johnson, Kilgore's Secretary
(1933)
The Past of Mary Holmes
as Jacob Riggs
(1933)
Charlie Chan's Greatest Case
as Brade
(1933)
The Secret of Madame Blanche
as Aubrey's Lawyer (Uncredited)
(1933)
The Monkey's Paw
as Mr. White
(1933)
Her Secret
as Lathrop
(1932)
The Crash
as Hodge
(1932)
The Man Who Played God
as Battle
(1932)
Sherlock Holmes
as Faulkner
(1932)
The Phantom of Crestwood
as Mr. Vayne
(1932)
A Passport to Hell
as Simms
(1931)
Safe in Hell
as Crunch
(1931)
The Millionaire
as Davis
(1931)
The Lady Who Dared
as Butler
(1931)
The Reckless Hour
as Stevens - Adams' Butler (uncredited)
(1930)
Inside the Lines
as Capper
(1930)
Manslaughter
as Morson
(1930)
Old English
as Joe Pillin
(1930)
Isle of Escape
as Judge
(1930)
The Green Goddess
as Watkins
(1930)
The Sea God
as Pearly Nick
(1930)
The Way of All Men
as Higgins
(1929)
Disraeli
as Sir Hugh Myers
(1925)
Miss Bluebeard
as Bounds
(1925)
A Kiss for Cinderella
as Mr. Cutaway
(1925)
Wild, Wild Susan
as Malcolm
(1925)
Womanhandled
as Butler
(1925)
Lovers in Quarantine
as The Silent Passenger
(1924)
Twenty Dollars a Week
as James Pettison
(1923)
The Green Goddess
as Watkins
(1922)
The Man Who Played God
as Battle
(1915)
The Dictator
as Simpson