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).
87 movies · 1 shows
My Girl Tisa
1948·9.0
Jane Eyre
1943·6.9
My Kingdom for a Cook
1943·8.0
Above Suspicion
1943·6.2
This Land Is Mine
1943·7.1
Two Weeks to Live
1943·4.5
Forever and a Day
1943·7.5
Random Harvest
1942·7.3
Nightmare
1942·6.3
Eagle Squadron
1942·7.0
They All Kissed the Bride
1942·5.9
The Male Animal
1942·4.5
Nazi Agent
1942·6.6
The Body Disappears
1941·6.1
New Moon
1940·6.9
The Invisible Man Returns
1940·6.3
The Earl of Chicago
1940·6.3
Tower of London
1939·6.1
Rulers of the Sea
1939·6.7
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
1939·6.9
The Sun Never Sets
1939·5.5
Never Say Die
1939·7.3
Made for Each Other
1939·6.1
Marie Antoinette
1938·6.6
Kidnapped
1938·6.0
The Adventures of Robin Hood
1938·7.5
Invisible Enemy
1938·7.5
The Baroness and the Butler
1938·5.3
Youth on Parole
1937·3.9
London by Night
1937·6.1
Night of Mystery
1937·10.0
The Prince and the Pauper
1937·6.8
Maid of Salem
1937·6.2
Lloyd's of London
1936·7.3
Trouble for Two
1936·6.5
Little Lord Fauntleroy
1936·6.8
Captain Blood
1935·7.2
The Great Impersonation
1935·7.5
East of Java
1935·7.5
Splendor
1935·6.7
Mutiny on the Bounty
1935·7.4
The Bishop Misbehaves
1935·6.0
Mark of the Vampire
1935·6.2
Shadow of Doubt
1935·6.6
David Copperfield
1935·6.7
The Little Minister
1934·5.8
Among the Missing
1934·6.5
British Agent
1934·5.8
The World Moves On
1934·5.9
Stingaree
1934·6.1
The House of Rothschild
1934·6.2
The Mystery of Mr. X
1934·6.8
Man of Two Worlds
1934·6.5
Her Secret
1933·9.0
Charlie Chan's Greatest Case
1933·8.0
Midnight Mary
1933·6.8
The Silk Express
1933·5.0
The Secret of Madame Blanche
1933·4.2
The Past of Mary Holmes
1933·10.0
The Monkey's Paw
1933·6.5
Sherlock Holmes
1932·5.9
The Phantom of Crestwood
1932·5.9
The Crash
1932·5.5
A Passport to Hell
1932·5.0
The Man Who Played God
1932·7.2
Safe in Hell
1931·6.7
The Reckless Hour
1931·6.8
The Lady Who Dared
1931·7.0
The Millionaire
1931·7.9
The Sea God
1930·5.5
The Way of All Men
1930·5.3
Old English
1930·6.3
Manslaughter
1930·7.0
Inside the Lines
1930·5.5
Isle of Escape
1930·6.5
The Green Goddess
1930·4.9
Disraeli
1929·5.2
Womanhandled
1925·7.0
A Kiss for Cinderella
1925·6.0
Lovers in Quarantine
1925·8.0
Wild, Wild Susan
1925·7.0
Miss Bluebeard
1925·6.7
Twenty Dollars a Week
1924·10.0
The Green Goddess
1923·7.0
The Man Who Played God
1922·7.0
Out of the Drifts
1916·0.0
The Dictator
1915·0.0