Russell Simpson
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1880-06-16 (79 years old)
Deathday
1959-12-12
Place of Birth
Danville, California, USA
Also known As
Russell McCaskill Simpson
Russel Simpson
Russell Simpson
Biography
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 ...
Acting
1940
as Pa Joad
1940
as Shubel Morgan
1946
as John Simpson
1957
as Clem Hall
1926
as Ezra Tilden
1921
as Tammas Biggar
1934
as Richards
1919
as Ladd
1927
as Lord Abercrombie McTavish
1950
as Adam Perkins
1948
as Walt Hardison
1938
as Fred - Outrider in Prologue
1918
as Overland Bradley
1935
as Doc Small
1932
as Jonathan Kenyon
1943
as Orestes Krebs
1945
as Pop de Longpre
1932
as Hamlin
1948
as Old Man with Pipe (uncredited)
1933
as Professor (uncredited)
1954
as Judge (uncredited)
1932
as Judge R.W. Williams
1953
as Lewt Lake
1952
as Grandpa Smith
1944
as Adam Parker
1956
as Brother Griffith - Elder (uncredited)
1950
as Pop
1936
as Scroggs
1937
as Baxter
1935
as McAllister
1932
as Grandfather Nichols
1925
as Capt. Lightfoot
1917
as Jacob Tutwiler
1937
as Bish Plivens
1930
as Angus McSween
1948
as Sheriff Jim Wyatt
1921
as Hugh Garth
1935
as Squire Amasa Bartlett
1936
as Abner Prewett
1937
as Bayliss Baynum
1949
as Capt. Fergus MacLennan
1937
as Matthew Turnbull
1931
as Thomas Hall
1951
as Judge
1927
as Hank Armstrong
1919
as Dan McGill
1959
as Henry Goodbody
1933
as Pa Nathan Brown
1929
as Joshua Barker
1938
as MacKenzie
1925
as Si Pace
1931
as Doctor
1930
as Uncle Cal
1915
as Sheriff
1929
as Emile Leval
1930
as Lincoln's Employer
1932
as Uncle Joe
1937
as Matt Keeler
1941
as Chief of Police
1941
as Marshal Len Baker
1923
as Mr. Wilkens
1952
as Maynard Cole
1920
as John Carver
1933
as Speaker
1929
as The Banker
1945
as The Colonel - Drill Instructor (uncredited)
1941
as Tom Duane
1932
as Dan Perkins
1922
as Caleb Deming
1918
as Captain Scudder
1957
1925
as The Eagle's Lieutenant / Coach Driver (uncredited)
1936
as Benton
1940
as Gaylord
1932
as Banker Craig
1934
as Jim Wood
1939
as Orth
1939
as Woolridge (uncredited)
1939
as Kenneth Allen (uncredited)
1942
as 2nd Captain (uncredited)
1939
as Dr. Petry
1947
as Wade Clayton
1938
as Dave MacMillan
1939
as Winchester Thompson
1949
as Farmer
1955
as The Parson
1948
as Minister
1931
as Harvey Taylor - First Ex-Soldier
1927
as Andrew Jackson
1932
as Old Man in Wagon Train
1936
as Jeff Parkington
1938
as McKenzie
1946
as Old Silas Bagley
1947
as Luke Barlow
1942
as Mayor Potter
1941
as Jess Meekins
1940
as Mr. Bronson
1927
as Sandy
1940
as U.S. Army Major
1939
as Sheriff Big Bill Tanner
1934
as Editor Pickett
1946
as Elijah Walker
1914
as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
1922
as Paul Logan
1932
as Marshal Joseph Slyde
1944
as J.K. Trimble
1941
as Marty McCord
1940
as Minister
1923
as Trampas
1922
as The Sheriff
1926
as Hank Blatchford
1939
as Scout
1941
as (uncredited)
1934
as Roy Neal
1926
as Stubbins
1950
as Andy McKay
1946
as Colonel Parker
1920
as 'Brick' Willock
1949
as Bartender (as old Timer)
1952
as Sam Stanton
1942
as Tom Duane
1942
as Ned Nolan
1948
as Abner Huggins
1941
as Hank Younger
1948
as Big Sam Dabney
1942
as Flapjack
1924
as Fred Lane
1923
as Big Jack Skinner
1943
as Sime
1943
as Sheriff
1956
as Deputy 'Pop' Jackson
1925
as Grandpa Crumb
1936
as 'Red' Kelly
1946
as Mathew Hodgkins
1946
as Mr. Thornycroft
1934
as Ezra MacDuff
1920
as 'Black' Pawl
1954
as Fred Bixby
1937
as Sheep Man
1922
as Jim O'Connell
1947
as Dan Yeary
1934
as Notary (1825)
1925
as Silas Martin
1930
as Colonel John Aldridge
1945
as 'Dad' Knowland
1939
as Frontiersman
1952
as Clem Johnson
1936
as Sheriff
1944
as Farmer MacKenzie
1937
as Village Marshal (Uncredited)
1919
as Bill Apperson
1928
as Singapore Joe
1918
as Sally's Grandfather
1925
1929
1923
as Eben Holt
1925
as Garvey
1923
as Jack Rance
1927
as Caleb Gare
1943
as Frenchy McGuire
1936
as Bascomb Rogers
1920
as Jim Willis
1925
as Riley
1932
as Sheriff
1955
as Emigrant (uncredited)
1942
as Kirby
1953
as Sheriff Evans
1918
as Martin Chandler
1921
as Simeon Krillet
1932
as Jake
1950
as Farmer (uncredited)
1934
as A.B. Crockett
1922
as Enoch Kidder
1943
as Uncle Rufus
1929
as Gunner Bill
1918
as James Lawton
1934
as Pappy Tolliver
1937
as Dead Child's Father
1918
as Uncle Zeke Sawyer
1955
as The Minister (uncredited)
1925
as Angus Garth
1925
as Jap Taylor
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