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person_profile-Russell Simpson

Russell Simpson Died at age: 79

Actor | Producer

Date of Birth:

Jun 16, 1880

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Dec 12, 1959

Biography of

Russell Simpson

    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.

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Filmography of

Russell Simpson

Found 167 Movies in total

The Horse Soldiers

Henry Goodbody ( Actor )

... 1959

The Tin Star

Clem Hall ( Actor )

... 1957

... 1957

The Brass Legend

Deputy 'Pop' Jackson ( Actor )

... 1956

Friendly Persuasion

Brother Griffith - Elder (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1956

Oklahoma!

The Minister (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1955

The Tall Men

Emigrant (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1955

The Last Command

The Parson ( Actor )

... 1955

Broken Lance

Judge (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1954

... 1954

The Sun Shines Bright

Lewt Lake ( Actor )

... 1953

Meet Me at the Fair

Sheriff Evans ( Actor )

... 1953

The Ghost of Crossbone Canyon

Sam Stanton ( Actor )

... 1952

Lone Star

Maynard Cole ( Actor )

... 1952

Feudin' Fools

Grandpa Smith ( Actor )

... 1952

Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair

Clem Johnson ( Actor )

... 1952

... 1951

Call of the Klondike

Andy McKay ( Actor )

... 1950

Saddle Tramp

Pop ( Actor )

... 1950

Wagon Master

Adam Perkins ( Actor )

... 1950

The Outriders

Farmer (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1950

Free For All

Farmer ( Actor )

... 1949

The Gal Who Took the West

Bartender (as old Timer) ( Actor )

... 1949

Tuna Clipper

Capt. Fergus MacLennan ( Actor )

... 1949

Joan of Arc

Old Man with Pipe (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1948

Sundown in Santa Fe

Sheriff Jim Wyatt ( Actor )

... 1948

The Untamed Breed

Minister ( Actor )

... 1948

Tap Roots

Big Sam Dabney ( Actor )

... 1948

Coroner Creek

Walt Hardison ( Actor )

... 1948

Albuquerque

Abner Huggins ( Actor )

... 1948

Bowery Buckaroos

Luke Barlow ( Actor )

... 1947

The Fabulous Texan

Wade Clayton ( Actor )

... 1947

The Romance of Rosy Ridge

Dan Yeary ( Actor )

... 1947

My Dog Shep

Mathew Hodgkins ( Actor )

... 1946

My Darling Clementine

John Simpson ( Actor )

... 1946

Death Valley

Old Silas Bagley ( Actor )

... 1946

Bad Bascomb

Elijah Walker ( Actor )

... 1946

California Gold Rush

Colonel Parker ( Actor )

... 1946

They Were Expendable

'Dad' Knowland ( Actor )

... 1945

Along Came Jones

Pop de Longpre ( Actor )

... 1945

Roughly Speaking

The Colonel - Drill Instructor (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1945

The Big Bonanza

Adam Parker ( Actor )

... 1944

Texas Masquerade

J.K. Trimble ( Actor )

... 1944

... 1943

Moonlight in Vermont

Uncle Rufus ( Actor )

... 1943

Riding High

Frenchy McGuire ( Actor )

... 1943

Colt Comrades

Sheriff ( Actor )

... 1943

Border Patrol

Orestes Krebs ( Actor )

... 1943

Tennessee Johnson

Kirby ( Actor )

... 1942

The Spoilers

Flapjack ( Actor )

... 1942

Lone Star Ranger

Tom Duane ( Actor )

... 1942

Nazi Agent

2nd Captain (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1942

Shut My Big Mouth

Mayor Potter ( Actor )

... 1942

Wild Bill Hickok Rides

Ned Nolan ( Actor )

... 1942

Swamp Water

Marty McCord ( Actor )

... 1941

Last of the Duanes

Tom Duane ( Actor )

... 1941

Wild Geese Calling

Marshal Len Baker ( Actor )

... 1941

Bad Men of Missouri

Hank Younger ( Actor )

... 1941

Meet John Doe

(uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1941

Tobacco Road

Chief of Police ( Actor )

... 1941

Santa Fe Trail

Shubel Morgan ( Actor )

... 1940

Brigham Young

U.S. Army Major ( Actor )

... 1940

Wyoming

Mr. Bronson ( Actor )

... 1940

Three Faces West

Minister ( Actor )

... 1940

Virginia City

Gaylord ( Actor )

... 1940

The Grapes of Wrath

Pa Joad ( Actor )

... 1940

Geronimo

Scout ( Actor )

... 1939

Drums Along the Mohawk

Dr. Petry ( Actor )

... 1939

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Kenneth Allen (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1939

Desperate Trails

Sheriff Big Bill Tanner ( Actor )

... 1939

Western Caravans

Winchester Thompson ( Actor )

... 1939

Young Mr. Lincoln

Woolridge (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1939

Dodge City

Orth ( Actor )

... 1939

Heart of the North

Dave MacMillan ( Actor )

... 1938

Valley of the Giants

McKenzie ( Actor )

... 1938

The Girl of the Golden West

Fred - Outrider in Prologue ( Actor )

... 1938

Gold Is Where You Find It

MacKenzie ( Actor )

... 1938

That I May Live

Bish Plivens ( Actor )

... 1937

Paradise Isle

Baxter ( Actor )

... 1937

Wild West Days

Matt Keeler ( Actor )

... 1937

Yodelin' Kid from Pine Ridge

Bayliss Baynum ( Actor )

... 1937

Parnell

Dead Child's Father ( Actor )

... 1937

Mountain Justice

Matthew Turnbull ( Actor )

... 1937

Green Light

Sheep Man ( Actor )

... 1937

Maid of Salem

Village Marshal (Uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1937

Ramona

Scroggs ( Actor )

... 1936

Back to Nature

Sheriff ( Actor )

... 1936

San Francisco

'Red' Kelly ( Actor )

... 1936

... 1936

Man Hunt

Jeff Parkington ( Actor )

... 1936

Paddy O'Day

Benton ( Actor )

... 1936

Way Down East

Squire Amasa Bartlett ( Actor )

... 1935

Motive for Revenge

McAllister ( Actor )

... 1935

The Hoosier Schoolmaster

Doc Small ( Actor )

... 1935

West of the Pecos

Roy Neal ( Actor )

... 1934

The World Moves On

Notary (1825) ( Actor )

... 1934

Ever Since Eve

Jim Wood ( Actor )

... 1934

Three on a Honeymoon

Ezra MacDuff ( Actor )

... 1934

Carolina

Richards ( Actor )

... 1934

Frontier Marshal

Editor Pickett ( Actor )

... 1934

Sixteen Fathoms Deep

A.B. Crockett ( Actor )

... 1934

The Power and the Glory

Professor (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1933

Face in the Sky

Pa Nathan Brown ( Actor )

... 1933

Silver Dollar

Hamlin ( Actor )

... 1932

Call Her Savage

Old Man in Wagon Train ( Actor )

... 1932

The Cabin in the Cotton

Uncle Joe ( Actor )

... 1932

Hello Trouble

Jonathan Kenyon ( Actor )

... 1932

The Honor of the Press

Dan Perkins ( Actor )

... 1932

Flames

Jake ( Actor )

... 1932

The Riding Tornado

Sheriff ( Actor )

... 1932

The Famous Ferguson Case

Banker Craig ( Actor )

... 1932

Lena Rivers

Grandfather Nichols ( Actor )

... 1932

Law and Order

Judge R.W. Williams ( Actor )

... 1932

Ridin' for Justice

Marshal Joseph Slyde ( Actor )

... 1932

... 1931

Alexander Hamilton

Harvey Taylor - First Ex-Soldier ( Actor )

... 1931

The Great Meadow

Thomas Hall ( Actor )

... 1931

Man to Man

Uncle Cal ( Actor )

... 1930

Abraham Lincoln

Lincoln's Employer ( Actor )

... 1930

Billy the Kid

Angus McSween ( Actor )

... 1930

The Lone Star Ranger

Colonel John Aldridge ( Actor )

... 1930

After the Fog

Joshua Barker ( Actor )

... 1929

The Sap

The Banker ( Actor )

... 1929

... 1929

All Faces West

Gunner Bill ( Actor )

... 1929

Innocents of Paris

Emile Leval ( Actor )

... 1929

Tropical Nights

Singapore Joe ( Actor )

... 1928

Wild Geese

Caleb Gare ( Actor )

... 1927

Now We're in the Air

Lord Abercrombie McTavish ( Actor )

... 1927

The First Auto

Hank Armstrong ( Actor )

... 1927

The Frontiersman

Andrew Jackson ( Actor )

... 1927

Annie Laurie

Sandy ( Actor )

... 1927

Rustlin' for Cupid

Hank Blatchford ( Actor )

... 1926

The Earth Woman

Ezra Tilden ( Actor )

... 1926

The Splendid Road

Capt. Lightfoot ( Actor )

... 1925

The Eagle

The Eagle's Lieutenant / Coach Driver (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1925

Why Women Love

Silas Martin ( Actor )

... 1925

Thunder Mountain

Si Pace ( Actor )

... 1925

Paint and Powder

Riley ( Actor )

... 1925

Faint Perfume

Grandpa Crumb ( Actor )

... 1925

The Narrow Street

Garvey ( Actor )

... 1925

Painted People

Fred Lane ( Actor )

... 1924

The Virginian

Trampas ( Actor )

... 1923

The Huntress

Big Jack Skinner ( Actor )

... 1923

Circus Days

Eben Holt ( Actor )

... 1923

Peg o' My Heart

Jim O'Connell ( Actor )

... 1922

Rags to Riches

The Sheriff ( Actor )

... 1922

Human Hearts

Paul Logan ( Actor )

... 1922

Across the Dead-Line

Enoch Kidder ( Actor )

... 1922

Under the Lash

Simeon Krillet ( Actor )

... 1921

Snowblind

Hugh Garth ( Actor )

... 1921

Bunty Pulls the Strings

Tammas Biggar ( Actor )

... 1921

Godless Men

'Black' Pawl ( Actor )

... 1920

The Branding Iron

John Carver ( Actor )

... 1920

Lahoma

'Brick' Willock ( Actor )

... 1920

The Deadlier Sex

Jim Willis ( Actor )

... 1920

Desert Gold

Ladd ( Actor )

... 1919

Bill Apperson's Boy

Bill Apperson ( Actor )

... 1919

The Brand

Dan McGill ( Actor )

... 1919

The Challenge Accepted

Uncle Zeke Sawyer ( Actor )

... 1918

Riders of the Night

Sally's Grandfather ( Actor )

... 1918

The Border Legion

Overland Bradley ( Actor )

... 1918

Breakers Ahead

Captain Scudder ( Actor )

... 1918

A Weaver of Dreams

Martin Chandler ( Actor )

... 1918

Blue Jeans

Jacob Tutwiler ( Actor )

... 1917

The Virginian

Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1914