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Russell Simpson

Russell Simpson

Highest Rated: 100% Wagon Master (1950)

Lowest Rated: 40% Along Came Jones (1945)

Birthday: Jun 17, 1877

Birthplace: Danville, California, USA

Russell Simpson was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Early on in his acting career, Simpson landed roles in various films, including "Blue Jeans" (1918), "Circus Days" (1923) and "Ship of Souls" (1926). He also appeared in "Now We're in the Air" (1927), "The First Auto" (1927) and "Annie Laurie" (1927) with Lillian Gish. He kept working in film throughout the thirties, starring in the George O'Brien western "Frontier Marshal" (1934), the Richard Dix western "West of the Pecos" (1934) and the drama "The World Moves On" (1934) with Madeleine Carroll. He also appeared in the Norman Foster drama "The Hoosier Schoolmaster" (1935). Toward the end of his career, he continued to act in "Tennessee Johnson" (1942), "The Spoilers" (1942) with Marlene Dietrich and the Joe E Brown comedy "Shut My Big Mouth" (1942). He also appeared in "The Woman of the Town" (1943) and the western "Border Patrol" (1943) with Andy Clyde. Simpson last acted in "The Horse Soldiers" (1959). Simpson passed away in December 1959 at the age of 82.

Highest rated movies

100% Meet Me at the Fair
100% 68% Wagon Master
100% 88% The Grapes of Wrath
100% 75% Dodge City
97% 94% Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
92% 73% They Were Expendable
89% 87% Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
82% 60% Drums Along the Mohawk

Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet 41% The Last Command The Parson (Character) - 1955
60% 71% The Sun Shines Bright Dr. Lewt Lake (Character) - 1954
89% 87% Seven Brides for Seven Brothers Fred Bixby (Character) - 1954
100% No Score Yet Meet Me at the Fair Sheriff Evans (Character) - 1953
No Score Yet 58% Lone Star Maynard Cole (Character) - 1952
No Score Yet No Score Yet Saddle Tramp Pop (Character) - 1950
100% 68% Wagon Master Adam Perkins (Character) - 1950
No Score Yet No Score Yet Call of the Klondike Andy McKay (Character) - 1950
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tuna Clipper Capt. Fergus MacLennan (Character) - 1949
No Score Yet 83% Tap Roots Big Sam Dabney (Character) - 1948
No Score Yet 50% The Romance of Rosy Ridge Dan Yeary (Character) - 1947
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bowery Buckaroos Sheriff Luke Barlow (Character) - 1947
No Score Yet No Score Yet Lady Luck Daniel Boone (Character) - 1946
No Score Yet No Score Yet Death Valley Old Silas Bagley (Character) - 1946
No Score Yet 33% Bad Bascomb Elijah Walker (Character) - 1946
No Score Yet No Score Yet California Gold Rush Colonel Parker (Character) - 1946
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Boy and His Dog Mr. Thornycroft (Character) - 1946
40% 52% Along Came Jones Pop de Longpre (Character) - 1945
92% 73% They Were Expendable "Dad" Knowland (Character) - 1945
No Score Yet No Score Yet Big Bonanza Adam Parker (Character) - 1944
No Score Yet No Score Yet Roaring Guns Farmer MacKenzie (Character) - 1944
No Score Yet No Score Yet Border Patrol Orestes Krebs (Character) - 1943
No Score Yet No Score Yet Moonlight in Vermont Uncle Rufus (Character) - 1943
No Score Yet 47% The Spoilers Flapjack Sims (Character) - 1942
No Score Yet No Score Yet Lone Star Ranger Tom Duane (Character) - 1942
No Score Yet No Score Yet Shut My Big Mouth Mayor Potter (Character) - 1942
No Score Yet 70% Swamp Water Marty McCord (Character) - 1941
No Score Yet No Score Yet Last of the Duanes Tom Duane (Character) - 1941
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bad Men of Missouri Henry "Hank" Younger (Character) - 1941
No Score Yet 34% Three Faces West Minister (Character) - 1940
100% 88% The Grapes of Wrath Pa Joad (Character) - 1940
No Score Yet 56% Virginia City Gaylord (Character) - 1940
No Score Yet No Score Yet Desperate Trails Sheriff Bill Tanner (Character) - 1939
82% 60% Drums Along the Mohawk Dr. Petry (Character) - 1939
97% 94% Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Kenneth Allen (uncredited) (Character) - 1939
100% 75% Dodge City Orth (Character) - 1939
No Score Yet 23% Gold Is Where You Find It Farmer John 'Mac' McKenzie (Character) - 1938
No Score Yet No Score Yet Yodelin' Kid From Pine Ridge Bayliss Baynum (Character) - 1937
No Score Yet No Score Yet Green Light Sheep Man (Character) - 1937
No Score Yet No Score Yet Paradise Isle Baxter (Character) - 1937
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mountain Justice Mr. Matthew Turnbull (Character) - 1937
No Score Yet No Score Yet Girl of the Ozarks Bascomb Rogers (Character) - 1936
No Score Yet No Score Yet Motive for Revenge Unknown (Character) - 1935
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Hoosier Schoolmaster Doc Small (Character) - 1935
No Score Yet 20% Way Down East Squire Bartlett (Character) - 1935
No Score Yet No Score Yet West of the Pecos Roy Neal (Character) - 1935
No Score Yet 57% Paddy O'Day Benton (Character) - 1935
No Score Yet No Score Yet Face in the Sky Pa Brown (Character) - 1933
No Score Yet No Score Yet Silver Dollar Hamlin (Character) - 1933
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hello, Everybody Unknown (Character) - 1933
No Score Yet No Score Yet Fire Alarm Jake (Character) - 1932
No Score Yet No Score Yet Honor of the Press City Editor Dan Perkins (Character) - 1932
No Score Yet No Score Yet Lena Rivers Grandfather Nichols (Character) - 1932
No Score Yet No Score Yet Guns A'Blazing Judge R.W. Williams (Character) - 1932
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Famous Ferguson Case Banker Craig (Character) - 1932
No Score Yet No Score Yet Ridin' for Justice Marshal Joseph Slyde (Character) - 1932
No Score Yet No Score Yet West of the Rockies Gunner Bill (Character) - 1931
No Score Yet No Score Yet Man to Man Uncle Cal (Character) - 1931
No Score Yet 59% Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise Doctor (Character) - 1931
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Great Meadow Thomas Hall (Character) - 1931
No Score Yet No Score Yet Billy the Kid Mc Sween (Character) - 1930
75% 37% Abraham Lincoln Uncle Jimmy (Character) - 1930
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Trail of '98 Old Swede (Character) - 1929
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Sap The Banker (Character) - 1929
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Bushranger Sir Eric (Character) - 1928
No Score Yet 57% The First Auto 'Hank' Armstrong (Character) - 1927
No Score Yet No Score Yet Annie Laurie Sandy (Character) - 1927
No Score Yet No Score Yet Now We're in the Air Lord Abercrombie McTavish (Character) - 1927
No Score Yet No Score Yet Lovey Mary Stubbins (Character) - 1926
No Score Yet No Score Yet Beauty and the Bad Man Chuckwalla Bill (Character) - 1925
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Virginian Unknown (Character) - 1923
No Score Yet No Score Yet Peg O' My Heart Jim O'Connell (Character) - 1923
No Score Yet No Score Yet Human Hearts Paul Logan (Character) - 1922
No Score Yet No Score Yet Salt of the Earth Sinful John (Character) - 1917

TV

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet Wagon Train Mr. Carr (Guest Star) 1957
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Lone Ranger Jack Brewster (Guest Star) 1953