Ivan F. Simpson
Acting
- Nacimiento:
- 1875-02-04
- Fallecimiento:
- 1951-10-12
- Lugar de nacimiento:
- Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Biografía
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).
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Filmografía
The Philco Television Playhouse
My Girl Tisa
Alma rebelde
My Kingdom for a Cook
Bajo sospecha
Esta tierra es mía
Two Weeks to Live
Forever and a Day
Niebla en el pasado
Noche de pesadilla
Eagle Squadron
Todos besaron a la novia
El macho
Nazi Agent
The Body Disappears
Luna llena
El hombre invisible vuelve
The Earl of Chicago
La torre de Londres
Rulers of the Sea
Las aventuras de Sherlock Holmes
The Sun Never Sets
Never Say Die
Lazo sagrado
Maria Antonieta
Kidnapped
Robin de los Bosques
Invisible Enemy
The Baroness and the Butler
Youth on Parole
London by Night
Night of Mystery
El príncipe y el mendigo
Maid of Salem
Lloyds de Londres
Trouble for Two
El pequeño Lord
El capitán Blood
The Great Impersonation
East of Java
Splendor
La tragedia de la Bounty
Su señoría se divierte
La marca del vampiro
Shadow of Doubt
David Copperfield
Sangre gitana
Among the Missing
El agente británico
Paz en la tierra
Stingaree
The House of Rothschild
The Mystery of Mr. X
Hombre de dos mundos
Her Secret
Charlie Chan's Greatest Case
Rosa de medianoche
The Silk Express
The Secret of Madame Blanche
The Past of Mary Holmes
The Monkey's Paw
Una aventura de Sherlock Holmes
The Phantom of Crestwood
The Crash
A Passport to Hell
La oculta providencia
A salvo en el Infierno
The Reckless Hour
The Lady Who Dared
The Millionaire
The Sea God
The Way of All Men
Old English
Manslaughter
Inside the Lines
Isle of Escape
The Green Goddess
Disraeli
Womanhandled
A Kiss for Cinderella
Lovers in Quarantine
Wild, Wild Susan
Miss Bluebeard
Twenty Dollars a Week
The Green Goddess
The Man Who Played God
Out of the Drifts
The Dictator