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).
Acting
Movie
The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Proprietor of Kent Road Tavern (uncredited)
1938
Movie
Mutiny on the Bounty
as Morgan
1935
Movie
Captain Blood
as Prosecutor
1935
Movie
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
as Gates - Trial Prosecutor (uncredited)
1939
Movie
Jane Eyre
as Mr. Woods - the Minister
1943
Movie
Mark of the Vampire
as Jan
1935
Movie
The Invisible Man Returns
as Mr. Cotton (uncredited)
1940
Movie
Random Harvest
as The Vicar
1942
Movie
David Copperfield
as Littimer
1935
Movie
This Land Is Mine
as Judge
1943
Movie
Little Lord Fauntleroy
as Reverend Mordaunt
1936
Movie
Made for Each Other
as Simon (uncredited)
1939
Movie
Tower of London
as Anne's Protector
1939
Movie
Safe in Hell
as Crunch
1931
Movie
The Prince and the Pauper
as Clemens
1937
Movie
Above Suspicion
as Porter in Oxford (Uncredited)
1943
Movie
Marie Antoinette
as Sauce (uncredited)
1938
Movie
Disraeli
as Sir Hugh Myers
1929
Movie
Midnight Mary
as Tindle
1933
Movie
Lloyd's of London
as Old Man
1936
Movie
The House of Rothschild
as Amschel Rothschild
1934
Movie
British Agent
as 'Poohbah' Evans
1934
Movie
The Phantom of Crestwood
as Mr. Vayne
1932
Movie
The Little Minister
as Sanders Webster
1934