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.
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Russell Simpson
Filmography
Movies
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The Last Command | The Parson (Character) | - | 1955 |
60% |
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The Sun Shines Bright | Dr. Lewt Lake (Character) | - | 1954 |
89% |
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Seven Brides for Seven Brothers | Fred Bixby (Character) | - | 1954 |
100% | No Score Yet | Meet Me at the Fair | Sheriff Evans (Character) | - | 1953 |
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Lone Star | Maynard Cole (Character) | - | 1952 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Saddle Tramp | Pop (Character) | - | 1950 |
100% |
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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 |
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Tap Roots | Big Sam Dabney (Character) | - | 1948 |
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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 |
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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% |
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Along Came Jones | Pop de Longpre (Character) | - | 1945 |
92% |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Three Faces West | Minister (Character) | - | 1940 |
100% |
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The Grapes of Wrath | Pa Joad (Character) | - | 1940 |
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Virginia City | Gaylord (Character) | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Desperate Trails | Sheriff Bill Tanner (Character) | - | 1939 |
82% |
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Drums Along the Mohawk | Dr. Petry (Character) | - | 1939 |
97% |
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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington | Kenneth Allen (uncredited) (Character) | - | 1939 |
100% |
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Dodge City | Orth (Character) | - | 1939 |
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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 |
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Way Down East | Squire Bartlett (Character) | - | 1935 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | West of the Pecos | Roy Neal (Character) | - | 1935 |
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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 |
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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% |
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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 |
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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
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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 |