8.0
8.0
The Great Impersonation
1935
as Dr. Harrison
Ivan F. Simpson
Acting
Born:February 4, 1875
Died:October 12, 1951(aged 76)
Birthplace:Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Nationality:United Kingdom
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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 (63 movies)
7.5
7.5
The Millionaire
1931
as Davis
7.4
7.4
Mutiny on the Bounty
1935
as Morgan
7.3
7.3
Random Harvest
1942
as The Vicar
7.2
7.2
This Land Is Mine
1943
as Judge
7.2
7.2
The Man Who Played God
1932
as Battle
7.0
7.0
Womanhandled
1925
as Butler
7.0
7.0
The Reckless Hour
1931
as Stevens - Adams' Butler (uncredited)
6.9
6.9
The Mystery of Mr. X
1934
as Hutchinson
6.8
6.8
Midnight Mary
1933
as Tindle
6.8
6.8
Never Say Die
1939
as Kretsky
6.8
6.8
The Prince and the Pauper
1937
as Clemens
6.7
6.7
Little Lord Fauntleroy
1936
as Reverend Mordaunt
6.7
6.7
Safe in Hell
1931
as Crunch
6.6
6.6
Nazi Agent
1942
as Professor Sterling (as Ivan Simpson)
6.5
6.5
New Moon
1940
as Guizot
6.3
6.3
Among the Missing
1934
as Smeed
6.3
6.3
Splendor
1935
as Fletcher
6.2
6.2
The House of Rothschild
1934
as Amschel Rothschild
6.2
6.2
Shadow of Doubt
1935
as Morse
6.1
6.1
Mark of the Vampire
1935
as Jan
6.0
6.0
Charlie Chan's Greatest Case
1933
as Brade
6.0
6.0
Invisible Enemy
1938
as Michael (as Ivan Simpson)
6.0
6.0
Trouble for Two
1936
as Collins (as Ivan Simpson)
6.0
6.0
Man of Two Worlds
1934
as Dr. Lott
6.0
6.0
The Monkey's Paw
1933
as Mr. White
6.0
6.0
Isle of Escape
1930
as Judge
5.9
5.9
London by Night
1937
as Burroughs
5.9
5.9
Maid of Salem
1937
as Rev. Parris
5.9
5.9
The Phantom of Crestwood
1932
as Mr. Vayne
5.8
5.8
They All Kissed the Bride
1942
as Dr. Cassell
5.5
5.5
Manslaughter
1930
as Morson
5.5
5.5
British Agent
1934
as 'Poohbah' Evans
5.5
5.5
Miss Bluebeard
1925
as Bounds
5.2
5.2
The Body Disappears
1941
as Dean Claxton
5.1
5.1
Sherlock Holmes
1932
as Faulkner
5.1
5.1
Inside the Lines
1930
as Capper
5.0
5.0
Disraeli
1929
as Sir Hugh Myers
5.0
5.0
The Baroness and the Butler
1938
as Count Dormo
5.0
5.0
The Lady Who Dared
1931
as Butler
5.0
5.0
Nightmare
1942
as Money Changer
5.0
5.0
A Kiss for Cinderella
1925
as Mr. Cutaway
5.0
5.0
The Green Goddess
1923
as Watkins
4.8
4.8
The Crash
1932
as Hodge
4.7
4.7
A Passport to Hell
1932
as Simms
4.7
4.7
The Sea God
1930
as Pearly Nick
4.7
4.7
The Silk Express
1933
as Johnson, Kilgore's Secretary
4.5
4.5
The Green Goddess
1930
as Watkins
4.0
4.0
Old English
1930
as Joe Pillin
4.0
4.0
The Way of All Men
1930
as Higgins
4.0
4.0
The Bishop Misbehaves
1935
as Mr. Grantham
3.9
3.9
The Male Animal
1942
as Dean Frederick Damon
2.0
2.0
Two Weeks to Live
1943
as Professor Albert Frisby (as Ivan Simpson)
The Dictator
1915
as Simpson
Twenty Dollars a Week
1924
as James Pettison
The Past of Mary Holmes
1933
as Jacob Riggs
Lovers in Quarantine
1925
as The Silent Passenger
The Man Who Played God
1922
as Battle
Wild, Wild Susan
1925
as Malcolm
My Kingdom for a Cook
1943
as Professor Harlow
Night of Mystery
1937
Out of the Drifts
1916
as Martin
Her Secret
1933
as Lathrop
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