Russell Simpson
Acting
- Naissance:
- 1880-06-16
- Décès:
- 1959-12-12
- Lieu de naissance:
- Danville, California, USA
Biographie
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Russell McCaskill Simpson (June 17, 1880, Danville, California – December 12, 1959, Woodland Hills, California) was an American character actor who appeared in over 500 movies. He is best known for his "grizzled old man" appearances. Gaunt, lanky, and rustic-sounding, Simpson was a familiar character actor for almost forty-five years, particularly as a member of the John Ford Stock Company. At age 18 Simpson prospected for gold in Alaska. He began taking acting classes in Seattle, Washington. In 1910 he married Gertrude Alter from New York City. By 1909, he had gone into the theatre. He appeared in at least two plays on Broadway between 1909 and 1912, and made his motion picture debut in Cecil B. DeMille's 1914 original film version of The Virginian in a bit part. By 1923, when the film was remade, Simpson had progressed to playing the lead villain. Throughout his career, Simpson worked for 12 years in road shows, stock companies, and on Broadway. He didn't usually perform lead roles, but he did star in many movies throughout the silent movie era. He performed a lead role as the grandfather in Out of the Dust (1920). Simpson is best known for his work in the films of John Ford and, in particular, for his portrayal of Pa Joad in The Grapes of Wrath (1940). His final film was The Horse Soldiers, his tenth film for Ford. Simpson worked up to 1959, the year of his death. He was the president of the Overseas Phonograph Accessories Corporation.
Connu pour
Filmographie
Les Cavaliers
The Texan
Du sang dans le désert
Wagon Train
Jicop le proscrit
The Brass Legend
La Loi du Seigneur
Oklahoma!
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Sergeant Preston of the Yukon
Les implacables
Quand le clairon sonnera
La Lance brisée
Les sept femmes de Barbe-Rousse
Public Defender
Le soleil brille pour tout le monde
General Electric Theater
Meet Me at the Fair
The Ghost of Crossbone Canyon
L'Étoile du destin
Cavalcade of America
Feudin' Fools
Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair
Deux nigauds chez les barbus
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
Call of the Klondike
Le vagabond et les lutins
Le Convoi des braves
Le Convoi maudit
Free For All
The Lone Ranger
La Belle Aventurière
Tuna Clipper
Jeanne d'Arc
Sundown in Santa Fe
The Untamed Breed
Le Sang de la terre
Ton heure a sonné
La descente tragique
Bowery Buckaroos
The Fabulous Texan
L'heure Du Pardon
A Boy and His Dog
My Dog Shep
La Poursuite infernale
Death Valley
Bad Bascomb
California Gold Rush
Les Sacrifiés
Le grand Bill
Roughly Speaking
The Big Bonanza
L'Amazone aux yeux verts
Roaring Guns
Texas Masquerade
The Woman of the Town
Moonlight in Vermont
Riding High
Colt Comrades
Border Patrol
Tennessee Johnson
Les Écumeurs
Lone Star Ranger
Nazi Agent
Shut My Big Mouth
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
L'Étang tragique
Last of the Duanes
Wild Geese Calling
Bad Men of Missouri
Citadel of Crime
L'Homme de la rue
La Route au tabac
La Piste de Santa Fé
L'Odyssée des Mormons
Wyoming
Les Déracinés
La Caravane héroïque
Les Raisins de la colère
Geronimo
Sur la piste des Mohawks
Monsieur Smith au Sénat
Desperate Trails
The Bill of Rights
Western Caravans
Vers sa destinée
Les Conquérants
Heart of the North
Valley of the Giants
The Girl of the Golden West
Gold Is Where You Find It
That I May Live
Paradise Isle
Wild West Days
Yodelin' Kid from Pine Ridge
Parnell
Justice des montagnes
La Lumière verte
Maid of Salem
Ramona
Back to Nature
San Francisco
Girl of the Ozarks
The Harvester
Man Hunt
Paddy O'Day
Way Down East
Motive for Revenge
The Hoosier Schoolmaster
West of the Pecos
Radio Scout
Le Monde en marche
Ever Since Eve
Three on a Honeymoon
Carolina
Frontier Marshal
Sixteen Fathoms Deep
The Power and the Glory
Stolen by Gypsies or Beer and Bicycles
Secrets
Face in the Sky
Silver Dollar
Call Her Savage
Ombres vers le sud
Hello Trouble
The Honor of the Press
Flames
The Riding Tornado
The Famous Ferguson Case
Lena Rivers
Law and order
Ridin' for Justice
La Courtisane
Alexander Hamilton
The Great Meadow
Man to Man
Abraham Lincoln / La Révolte des esclaves
Billy the Kid
The Lone Star Ranger
After the Fog
The Sap
My Lady's Past
All Faces West
Noisy Neighbors
Innocents of Paris
Tropical Nights
The Bushranger
Life's Mockery
Wild Geese
Now We're in the Air
The First Auto
The Frontiersman
The Heart of the Yukon
Annie Laurie
Lovey Mary
The Social Highwayman
Rustlin' for Cupid
The Earth Woman
Ship of Souls
The Splendid Road
The Eagle
Why Women Love
Thunder Mountain
Paint and Powder
Faint Perfume
Old Shoes
Beauty and the Bad Man
The Re-Creation of Brian Kent
The Narrow Street
Painted People
Desire
Defying Destiny
The Virginian
The Huntress
Circus Days
The Girl of the Golden West
Hearts Aflame
The Kingdom Within
Peg o' My Heart
Rags to Riches
Human Hearts
Across the Dead-Line
Under the Lash
Snowblind
Bunty Pulls the Strings
Godless Men
The Branding Iron
Lahoma
The Deadlier Sex
Fighting Cressy
Desert Gold
The Blue Bandanna
Bill Apperson's Boy
The Brand
The Challenge Accepted
Oh, Johnny!
Riders of the Night
The Uphill Path
The Border Legion
Breakers Ahead
A Weaver of Dreams
Blue Jeans
The Food Gamblers
The Barrier
Lovely Mary
The Old Homestead
The Virginian