Acting · Glasgow, Scotland, UK · Born February 4, 1875
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).
TVThe Philco Television Playhouse
1948
MovieMy Girl Tisa
1948
MovieJane Eyre
1943
as Mr. Woods - the Minister
MovieMy Kingdom for a Cook
1943
as Professor Harlow
MovieAbove Suspicion
1943
as Porter in Oxford (Uncredited)
MovieThis Land Is Mine
1943
as Judge
MovieTwo Weeks to Live
1943
as Professor Albert Frisby (as Ivan Simpson)
MovieForever and a Day
1943
as Dexter
MovieRandom Harvest
1942
as The Vicar
MovieNightmare
1942
as Money Changer
MovieEagle Squadron
1942
as Simms
MovieThey All Kissed the Bride
1942
as Dr. Cassell
MovieThe Male Animal
1942
as Dean Frederick Damon
MovieNazi Agent
1942
as Professor Sterling (as Ivan Simpson)
MovieThe Body Disappears
1941
as Dean Claxton
MovieNew Moon
1940
as Guizot
MovieThe Invisible Man Returns
1940
as Mr. Cotton (uncredited)
MovieThe Earl of Chicago
1940
as Hargraves (uncredited)
MovieTower of London
1939
as Anne's Protector
MovieRulers of the Sea
1939
as Secretary (Uncredited)
MovieThe Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
1939
as Gates - Trial Prosecutor (uncredited)
MovieThe Sun Never Sets
1939
as A Doctor
MovieNever Say Die
1939
as Kretsky
MovieMade for Each Other
1939
as Simon (uncredited)
MovieMarie Antoinette
1938
as Sauce (uncredited)
MovieKidnapped
1938
as Old Man
MovieThe Adventures of Robin Hood
1938
as Proprietor of Kent Road Tavern (uncredited)
MovieInvisible Enemy
1938
as Michael (as Ivan Simpson)
MovieThe Baroness and the Butler
1938
as Count Dormo
MovieYouth on Parole
1937
as Henchman (uncredited)
MovieLondon by Night
1937
as Burroughs
MovieNight of Mystery
1937
MovieThe Prince and the Pauper
1937
as Clemens
MovieMaid of Salem
1937
as Rev. Parris
MovieLloyd's of London
1936
as Old Man
MovieTrouble for Two
1936
as Collins (as Ivan Simpson)
MovieLittle Lord Fauntleroy
1936
as Reverend Mordaunt
MovieCaptain Blood
1935
as Prosecutor
MovieThe Great Impersonation
1935
as Dr. Harrison
MovieEast of Java
1935
as Resident
MovieSplendor
1935
as Fletcher
MovieMutiny on the Bounty
1935
as Morgan
MovieThe Bishop Misbehaves
1935
as Mr. Grantham
MovieMark of the Vampire
1935
as Jan
MovieShadow of Doubt
1935
as Morse
MovieDavid Copperfield
1935
as Littimer
MovieThe Little Minister
1934
as Sanders Webster
MovieAmong the Missing
1934
as Smeed
MovieBritish Agent
1934
as 'Poohbah' Evans
MovieThe World Moves On
1934
as Clumber
MovieStingaree
1934
as Man with Beard (uncredited)
MovieThe House of Rothschild
1934
as Amschel Rothschild
MovieThe Mystery of Mr. X
1934
as Hutchinson
MovieMan of Two Worlds
1934
as Dr. Lott
MovieHer Secret
1933
as Lathrop
MovieCharlie Chan's Greatest Case
1933
as Brade
MovieMidnight Mary
1933
as Tindle
MovieThe Silk Express
1933
as Johnson, Kilgore's Secretary
MovieThe Secret of Madame Blanche
1933
as Aubrey's Lawyer (Uncredited)
MovieThe Past of Mary Holmes
1933
as Jacob Riggs
MovieThe Monkey's Paw
1933
as Mr. White
MovieSherlock Holmes
1932
as Faulkner
MovieThe Phantom of Crestwood
1932
as Mr. Vayne
MovieThe Crash
1932
as Hodge
MovieA Passport to Hell
1932
as Simms
MovieThe Man Who Played God
1932
as Battle
MovieSafe in Hell
1931
as Crunch
MovieThe Reckless Hour
1931
as Stevens - Adams' Butler (uncredited)
MovieThe Lady Who Dared
1931
as Butler
MovieThe Millionaire
1931
as Davis
MovieThe Sea God
1930
as Pearly Nick
MovieThe Way of All Men
1930
as Higgins
MovieOld English
1930
as Joe Pillin
MovieManslaughter
1930
as Morson
MovieInside the Lines
1930
as Capper
MovieIsle of Escape
1930
as Judge
MovieThe Green Goddess
1930
as Watkins
MovieDisraeli
1929
as Sir Hugh Myers
MovieWomanhandled
1925
as Butler
MovieA Kiss for Cinderella
1925
as Mr. Cutaway
MovieLovers in Quarantine
1925
as The Silent Passenger
MovieWild, Wild Susan
1925
as Malcolm
MovieMiss Bluebeard
1925
as Bounds
Twenty Dollars a Week
1924
as James Pettison
MovieThe Green Goddess
1923
as Watkins
MovieThe Man Who Played God
1922
as Battle
MovieOut of the Drifts
1916
as Martin
MovieThe Dictator
1915
as Simpson
