Ivan F. Simpson
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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 |
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Most Rating | 4.851 |
Birthday | 1875-02-04 |
Place of Birth | Glasgow, Scotland, UK |
Also Known As | Ivan Freebody Simpson, Ivan Simpson, Ivan Sampson, I. F. Simpson, |
1942
Random Harvest
7.2/98
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1936
Little Lord Fauntleroy
7/51
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1932
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6.1/12
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1930
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5.1/9
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1937
The Prince and the Pauper
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5.9/14
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1940
New Moon
6.8/6
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1943
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1935
Captain Blood
7.2/222
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6.6/11
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1933
Midnight Mary
6.8/19
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7.5/6
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6.2/4
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6/6
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5.5/2
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1930
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4/1
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1933
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4.8/5
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4.5/10
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5.3/6
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6.333/6
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5/4
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6/1
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6.2/43
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4.8/2
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5.9/38
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1932
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6/2
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6/1
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5.9/7
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1940
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5.6/5
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6.2/114
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7/2
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5/1
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6/1
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7.454/722
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Mutiny on the Bounty
7.3/322
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David Copperfield
6.6/61
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5/2
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6/1
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Charlie Chan's Greatest Case
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6.851/138
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1931
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5/1
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Womanhandled
7/1
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1935
Mark of the Vampire
6.1/125
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1943
My Kingdom for a Cook
0/0
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1942
Eagle Squadron
0/0
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1936
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6/4
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Two Weeks to Live
2/1
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Lovers in Quarantine
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Sherlock Holmes
5/7
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1943
Above Suspicion
6.4/29
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The Great Impersonation
0/0
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6.9/126
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1942
They All Kissed the Bride
5.8/8
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Twenty Dollars a Week
0/0
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1936
Lloyd's of London
7.2/18
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1935
East of Java
6/1
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1933
The Secret of Madame Blanche
4/4
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1939
Rulers of the Sea
6.5/2
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1938
Marie Antoinette
6.22/25
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1942
Nightmare
4/1
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1948
My Girl Tisa
0/0
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1930
Isle of Escape
6/1
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1915
The Dictator
0/0
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1930
The Way of All Men
4.5/2
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1922
The Man Who Played God
0/0
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1934
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5.7/14
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1935
The Bishop Misbehaves
4/1
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1937
Night of Mystery
0/0
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1934
Stingaree
5.9/9
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1937
Youth on Parole
2.7/3
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1943
Forever and a Day
7.2/8
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1941
The Body Disappears
5.2/5
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Wild, Wild Susan
0/0
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