From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaIvan 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 MGMs 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).

Filme indisponibile de la Ivan F. Simpson

Night of Mystery

Film 1937

My Girl Tisa

Film 1948

Little Lord Fauntleroy

Reverend Mordaunt

Film 1936

Random Harvest

The Vicar

Film 1942

The Phantom of Crestwood

Mr. Vayne

Film 1932

Isle of Escape

Judge

Film 1930

The Prince and the Pauper

Clemens

Film 1937

The Dictator

Simpson

Film 1915

New Moon

Guizot

Film 1940

The Way of All Men

Higgins

Film 1930

The Man Who Played God

Battle

Film 1922

This Land Is Mine

Judge

Film 1943

Captain Blood

Prosecutor

Film 1935

Nazi Agent

Professor Sterling (as Ivan Simpson)

Film 1942

Midnight Mary

Tindle

Film 1933

Safe in Hell

Crunch

Film 1931

The Baroness and the Butler

Count Dormo

Film 1938

Disraeli

Sir Hugh Myers

Film 1929

Stingaree

Man with Beard (uncredited)

Film 1934

Youth on Parole

Henchman (uncredited)

Film 1937

The Man Who Played God

Battle

Film 1932

British Agent

'Poohbah' Evans

Film 1934

The Mystery of Mr. X

Hutchinson

Film 1934

Her Secret

Lathrop

Film 1933

The Millionaire

Davis

Film 1931

Shadow of Doubt

Morse

Film 1935

Manslaughter

Morson

Film 1930

Old English

Joe Pillin

Film 1930

The Silk Express

Johnson, Kilgore's Secretary

Film 1933

Inside the Lines

Capper

Film 1930

The Green Goddess

Watkins

Film 1930

The Bishop Misbehaves

Mr. Grantham

Film 1935

A Passport to Hell

Simms

Film 1932

Splendor

Fletcher

Film 1935

The Male Animal

Dean Frederick Damon

Film 1942

A Kiss for Cinderella

Mr. Cutaway

Film 1925

Miss Bluebeard

Bounds

Film 1925

Made for Each Other

Simon (uncredited)

Film 1939

The Sun Never Sets

A Doctor

Film 1939

Tower of London

Anne's Protector

Film 1939

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Gates - Trial Prosecutor (uncredited)

Film 1939

The Crash

Hodge

Film 1932

Kidnapped

Old Man

Film 1938

Man of Two Worlds

Dr. Lott

Film 1934

Maid of Salem

Rev. Parris

Film 1937

The Reckless Hour

Stevens - Adams' Butler (uncredited)

Film 1931

The Earl of Chicago

Hargraves (uncredited)

Film 1940

The Invisible Man Returns

Mr. Cotton (uncredited)

Film 1940

The Body Disappears

Dean Claxton

Film 1941

The Monkey's Paw

Mr. White

Film 1933

The Green Goddess

Watkins

Film 1923

The Adventures of Robin Hood

Proprietor of Kent Road Tavern (uncredited)

Film 1938

Mutiny on the Bounty

Morgan

Film 1935

David Copperfield

Littimer

Film 1935

The Sea God

Pearly Nick

Film 1930

Invisible Enemy

Michael (as Ivan Simpson)

Film 1938

Charlie Chan's Greatest Case

Brade

Film 1933

The Lady Who Dared

Butler

Film 1931

Womanhandled

Butler

Film 1925

Mark of the Vampire

Jan

Film 1935

My Kingdom for a Cook

Professor Harlow

Film 1943

Eagle Squadron

Simms

Film 1942

The Past of Mary Holmes

Jacob Riggs

Film 1933

Trouble for Two

Collins (as Ivan Simpson)

Film 1936

Two Weeks to Live

Professor Albert Frisby (as Ivan Simpson)

Film 1943

Lovers in Quarantine

The Silent Passenger

Film 1925

Sherlock Holmes

Faulkner

Film 1932

Above Suspicion

Porter in Oxford (Uncredited)

Film 1943

The Great Impersonation

Dr. Harrison

Film 1935

Jane Eyre

Mr. Woods - the Minister

Film 1943

They All Kissed the Bride

Dr. Cassell

Film 1942

Twenty Dollars a Week

James Pettison

Film 1924

Lloyd's of London

Old Man

Film 1936

East of Java

Resident

Film 1935

The Secret of Madame Blanche

Aubrey's Lawyer (Uncredited)

Film 1933

Rulers of the Sea

Secretary (Uncredited)

Film 1939

Marie Antoinette

Sauce (uncredited)

Film 1938

Nightmare

Money Changer

Film 1942

Filme seriale TV indisponibile de la Ivan F. Simpson

The Philco Television Playhouse

Tv 1948