Russell Simpson
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Acting Credits
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 a...
Known For
Filmography
The Horse Soldiers
1959
as Henry Goodbody
The Texan
1958
as Zeb Waters
The Tin Star
1957
as Clem Hall
The Lonely Man
1957
Wagon Train
1957
as Mr. Carr
Friendly Persuasion
1956
as Brother Griffith - Elder (uncredited)
The Brass Legend
1956
as Deputy 'Pop' Jackson
The Last Command
1955
as The Parson
The Tall Men
1955
as Emigrant (uncredited)
Oklahoma!
1955
as The Minister (uncredited)
Sergeant Preston of the Yukon
1955
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
as Old Man
Broken Lance
1954
as Judge (uncredited)
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
1954
as Fred Bixby
Public Defender
1954
as Lundquist
The Sun Shines Bright
1953
as Lewt Lake
Meet Me at the Fair
1953
as Sheriff Evans
General Electric Theater
1953
Feudin' Fools
1952
as Grandpa Smith
Lone Star
1952
as Maynard Cole
The Ghost of Crossbone Canyon
1952
as Sam Stanton
Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair
1952
as Clem Johnson
Cavalcade of America
1952
as Quatermaster
Cavalcade of America
1952
Cavalcade of America
1952
as Judge Grant
Comin' Round the Mountain
1951
as Judge
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951
as Sam
Wagon Master
1950
as Adam Perkins
Saddle Tramp
1950
as Pop
Call of the Klondike
1950
as Andy McKay
The Outriders
1950
as Farmer (uncredited)
Tuna Clipper
1949
as Capt. Fergus MacLennan
Free For All
1949
as Farmer
The Gal Who Took the West
1949
as Bartender (as old Timer)
The Lone Ranger
1949
as Jack Brewster
Coroner Creek
1948
as Walt Hardison
Joan of Arc
1948
as Old Man with Pipe (uncredited)
Sundown in Santa Fe
1948
as Sheriff Jim Wyatt
The Untamed Breed
1948
as Minister
Albuquerque
1948
as Abner Huggins
Tap Roots
1948
as Big Sam Dabney
The Fabulous Texan
1947
as Wade Clayton
Bowery Buckaroos
1947
as Luke Barlow
The Romance of Rosy Ridge
1947
as Dan Yeary
My Darling Clementine
1946
as John Simpson
Death Valley
1946
as Old Silas Bagley
Bad Bascomb
1946
as Elijah Walker
California Gold Rush
1946
as Colonel Parker
My Dog Shep
1946
as Mathew Hodgkins
A Boy and His Dog
1946
as Mr. Thornycroft
Along Came Jones
1945
as Pop de Longpre
Roughly Speaking
1945
as The Colonel - Drill Instructor (uncredited)
They Were Expendable
1945
as 'Dad' Knowland
The Big Bonanza
1944
as Adam Parker
Texas Masquerade
1944
as J.K. Trimble
Roaring Guns
1944
as Farmer MacKenzie
Tall in the Saddle
1944
as Pat Foster (uncredited)
Border Patrol
1943
as Orestes Krebs
The Woman of the Town
1943
as Sime
Colt Comrades
1943
as Sheriff
Riding High
1943
as Frenchy McGuire
Moonlight in Vermont
1943
as Uncle Rufus
Nazi Agent
1942
as 2nd Captain (uncredited)
Shut My Big Mouth
1942
as Mayor Potter
Lone Star Ranger
1942
as Tom Duane
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
1942
as Ned Nolan
The Spoilers
1942
as Flapjack
Tennessee Johnson
1942
as Kirby
Tobacco Road
1941
as Chief of Police
Wild Geese Calling
1941
as Marshal Len Baker
Last of the Duanes
1941
as Tom Duane
Citadel of Crime
1941
as Jess Meekins
Swamp Water
1941
as Marty McCord
Meet John Doe
1941
as (uncredited)
Bad Men of Missouri
1941
as Hank Younger
The Grapes of Wrath
1940
as Pa Joad
Santa Fe Trail
1940
as Shubel Morgan
Virginia City
1940
as Gaylord
Wyoming
1940
as Mr. Bronson
Brigham Young
1940
as U.S. Army Major
Three Faces West
1940
as Minister
Dodge City
1939
as Orth
Young Mr. Lincoln
1939
as Woolridge (uncredited)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939
as Kenneth Allen (uncredited)
Drums Along the Mohawk
1939
as Dr. Petry
Western Caravans
1939
as Winchester Thompson
Desperate Trails
1939
as Sheriff Big Bill Tanner
Geronimo
1939
as Scout
The Bill of Rights
1939
as Frontiersman
The Girl of the Golden West
1938
as Fred - Outrider in Prologue
Gold Is Where You Find It
1938
as MacKenzie
Heart of the North
1938
as Dave MacMillan
Valley of the Giants
1938
as McKenzie
Paradise Isle
1937
as Baxter
That I May Live
1937
as Bish Plivens
Yodelin' Kid from Pine Ridge
1937
as Bayliss Baynum
Mountain Justice
1937
as Matthew Turnbull
Wild West Days
1937
as Matt Keeler
Green Light
1937
as Sheep Man
Maid of Salem
1937
as Village Marshal (Uncredited)
Parnell
1937
as Dead Child's Father
Ramona
1936
as Scroggs
The Harvester
1936
as Abner Prewett
Paddy O'Day
1936
as Benton
Man Hunt
1936
as Jeff Parkington
San Francisco
1936
as 'Red' Kelly
Back to Nature
1936
as Sheriff
Girl of the Ozarks
1936
as Bascomb Rogers
The Hoosier Schoolmaster
1935
as Doc Small
Motive for Revenge
1935
as McAllister
Way Down East
1935
as Squire Amasa Bartlett
Carolina
1934
as Richards
Ever Since Eve
1934
as Jim Wood
Frontier Marshal
1934
as Editor Pickett
West of the Pecos
1934
as Roy Neal
Three on a Honeymoon
1934
as Ezra MacDuff
The World Moves On
1934
as Notary (1825)
Sixteen Fathoms Deep
1934
as A.B. Crockett
Radio Scout
1934
as Pappy Tolliver
The Power and the Glory
1933
as Professor (uncredited)
Face in the Sky
1933
as Pa Nathan Brown
Stolen by Gypsies or Beer and Bicycles
1933
as Speaker
Secrets
1933
as Doctor (uncredited)
Hello Trouble
1932
as Jonathan Kenyon
Silver Dollar
1932
as Hamlin
Law and Order
1932
as Judge R.W. Williams
Lena Rivers
1932
as Grandfather Nichols
The Cabin in the Cotton
1932
as Uncle Joe
The Honor of the Press
1932
as Dan Perkins
The Famous Ferguson Case
1932
as Banker Craig
Call Her Savage
1932
as Old Man in Wagon Train
Ridin' for Justice
1932
as Marshal Joseph Slyde
The Riding Tornado
1932
as Sheriff
Flames
1932
as Jake
The Great Meadow
1931
as Thomas Hall
Susan Lenox
1931
as Doctor
Alexander Hamilton
1931
as Harvey Taylor - First Ex-Soldier
Billy the Kid
1930
as Angus McSween
Man to Man
1930
as Uncle Cal
Abraham Lincoln
1930
as Lincoln's Employer
The Lone Star Ranger
1930
as Colonel John Aldridge
After the Fog
1929
as Joshua Barker
Innocents of Paris
1929
as Emile Leval
The Sap
1929
as The Banker
My Lady's Past
1929
All Faces West
1929
as Gunner Bill
Noisy Neighbors
1929
as Ebenezer
Tropical Nights
1928
as Singapore Joe
The Bushranger
1928
as Sir Eric
Life's Mockery
1928
as Wolf Miller
Now We're in the Air
1927
as Lord Abercrombie McTavish
The First Auto
1927
as Hank Armstrong
The Frontiersman
1927
as Andrew Jackson
Annie Laurie
1927
as Sandy
Wild Geese
1927
as Caleb Gare
The Heart of the Yukon
1927
as 'Cash' Cynon
The Earth Woman
1926
as Ezra Tilden
Rustlin' for Cupid
1926
as Hank Blatchford
Lovey Mary
1926
as Stubbins
The Social Highwayman
1926
as The Mayor's Partner
The Splendid Road
1925
as Capt. Lightfoot
Thunder Mountain
1925
as Si Pace
The Eagle
1925
as The Eagle's Lieutenant / Coach Driver (uncredited)
Faint Perfume
1925
as Grandpa Crumb
Why Women Love
1925
as Silas Martin
Old Shoes
1925
The Narrow Street
1925
as Garvey
Paint and Powder
1925
as Riley
Ship of Souls
1925
as Angus Garth
The Re-Creation of Brian Kent
1925
as Jap Taylor
Beauty and the Bad Man
1925
as Chuckwalla Bill
Painted People
1924
as Fred Lane
Defying Destiny
1923
as Mr. Wilkens
The Virginian
1923
as Trampas
The Huntress
1923
as Big Jack Skinner
Circus Days
1923
as Eben Holt
The Girl of the Golden West
1923
as Jack Rance
Hearts Aflame
1923
as Black Joe
Desire
1923
as Patrick Ryan
The Kingdom Within
1922
as Caleb Deming
Human Hearts
1922
as Paul Logan
Rags to Riches
1922
as The Sheriff
Peg o' My Heart
1922
as Jim O'Connell
Across the Dead-Line
1922
as Enoch Kidder
Bunty Pulls the Strings
1921
as Tammas Biggar
Snowblind
1921
as Hugh Garth
Under the Lash
1921
as Simeon Krillet
The Branding Iron
1920
as John Carver
Lahoma
1920
as 'Brick' Willock
Godless Men
1920
as 'Black' Pawl
The Deadlier Sex
1920
as Jim Willis
Desert Gold
1919
as Ladd
The Brand
1919
as Dan McGill
Bill Apperson's Boy
1919
as Bill Apperson
The Blue Bandanna
1919
as Jim Yancy
Fighting Cressy
1919
as Hiram McKinstry
The Border Legion
1918
as Overland Bradley
Breakers Ahead
1918
as Captain Scudder
Riders of the Night
1918
as Sally's Grandfather
A Weaver of Dreams
1918
as Martin Chandler
The Uphill Path
1918
as James Lawton
The Challenge Accepted
1918
as Uncle Zeke Sawyer
Oh, Johnny!
1918
as Adele's Father
Blue Jeans
1917
as Jacob Tutwiler
The Barrier
1917
as John Gaylord / John Tale
The Food Gamblers
1917
as Samuel Sloane
Lovely Mary
1916
as Peter Nelson
The Old Homestead
1915
as Sheriff
The Virginian
1914
as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)