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Russell Simpson

Russell Simpson

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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

Born

Jun 16, 1880

Danville, California, USA

Died

Dec 12, 1959

Known For

Acting

Movies

197 acting

0 crew

Popularity

1.0

Known For

Oklahoma!
Oklahoma!
1955 as The Minister (uncredited)
★ 6.6
The Horse Soldiers
The Horse Soldiers
1959 as Henry Goodbody
★ 7.0
The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath
1940 as Pa Joad
★ 7.8
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939 as Kenneth Allen (uncredited)
★ 7.8
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
1954 as Fred Bixby
★ 7.1
Friendly Persuasion
Friendly Persuasion
1956 as Brother Griffith - Elder (uncredited)
★ 6.7
My Darling Clementine
My Darling Clementine
1946 as John Simpson
★ 7.5
They Were Expendable
They Were Expendable
1945 as 'Dad' Knowland
★ 6.5
Dodge City
Dodge City
1939 as Orth
★ 6.9
The Tall Men
The Tall Men
1955 as Emigrant (uncredited)
★ 6.4
The Tin Star
The Tin Star
1957 as Clem Hall
★ 7.0
Wagon Master
Wagon Master
1950 as Adam Perkins
★ 6.7
Santa Fe Trail
Santa Fe Trail
1940 as Shubel Morgan
★ 5.8
Broken Lance
Broken Lance
1954 as Judge (uncredited)
★ 6.5
Joan of Arc
Joan of Arc
1948 as Old Man with Pipe (uncredited)
★ 6.1
Tall in the Saddle
Tall in the Saddle
1944 as Pat Foster (uncredited)
★ 6.6
Young Mr. Lincoln
Young Mr. Lincoln
1939 as Woolridge (uncredited)
★ 7.2
Drums Along the Mohawk
Drums Along the Mohawk
1939 as Dr. Petry
★ 6.5
San Francisco
San Francisco
1936 as 'Red' Kelly
★ 6.6
The Spoilers
The Spoilers
1942 as Flapjack
★ 6.3
Parnell
Parnell
1937 as Dead Child's Father
★ 4.6
The Romance of Rosy Ridge
The Romance of Rosy Ridge
1947 as Dan Yeary
★ 6.7
Three Faces West
Three Faces West
1940 as Minister
★ 5.5
The Outriders
The Outriders
1950 as Farmer (uncredited)
★ 7.3
Meet John Doe
Meet John Doe
1941 as (uncredited)
★ 7.3
Bad Men of Missouri
Bad Men of Missouri
1941 as Hank Younger
★ 6.2
Tobacco Road
Tobacco Road
1941 as Chief of Police
★ 6.8
The Sun Shines Bright
The Sun Shines Bright
1953 as Lewt Lake
★ 6.5
Comin' Round the Mountain
Comin' Round the Mountain
1951 as Judge
★ 6.0
Virginia City
Virginia City
1940 as Gaylord
★ 6.2
Lone Star
Lone Star
1952 as Maynard Cole
★ 5.7
Brigham Young
Brigham Young
1940 as U.S. Army Major
★ 4.6
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
1942 as Ned Nolan
★ 5.5
Saddle Tramp
Saddle Tramp
1950 as Pop
★ 6.5
Tap Roots
Tap Roots
1948 as Big Sam Dabney
★ 6.9
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
1930 as Lincoln's Employer
★ 5.5
Ramona
Ramona
1936 as Scroggs
★ 5.8
The Cabin in the Cotton
The Cabin in the Cotton
1932 as Uncle Joe
★ 6.3
Secrets
Secrets
1933 as Doctor (uncredited)
★ 5.2
The Woman of the Town
The Woman of the Town
1943 as Sime
★ 6.4
The Last Command
The Last Command
1955 as The Parson
★ 6.7
Maid of Salem
Maid of Salem
1937 as Village Marshal (Uncredited)
★ 6.2
The Girl of the Golden West
The Girl of the Golden West
1938 as Fred - Outrider in Prologue
★ 5.3
Tennessee Johnson
Tennessee Johnson
1942 as Kirby
★ 6.4
Swamp Water
Swamp Water
1941 as Marty McCord
★ 6.3
The Lonely Man
★ 6.1
Valley of the Giants
Valley of the Giants
1938 as McKenzie
★ 6.7
Nazi Agent
Nazi Agent
1942 as 2nd Captain (uncredited)
★ 6.7
Free For All
Free For All
1949 as Farmer
★ 6.3
Riding High
Riding High
1943 as Frenchy McGuire
★ 5.6
Shut My Big Mouth
Shut My Big Mouth
1942 as Mayor Potter
★ 8.3
Geronimo
Geronimo
1939 as Scout
★ 5.3
Wyoming
Wyoming
1940 as Mr. Bronson
★ 6.7
The World Moves On
The World Moves On
1934 as Notary (1825)
★ 5.9
Roughly Speaking
Roughly Speaking
1945 as The Colonel - Drill Instructor (uncredited)
★ 6.8
The Eagle
The Eagle
1925 as The Eagle's Lieutenant / Coach Driver (uncredited)
★ 6.3
Bad Bascomb
Bad Bascomb
1946 as Elijah Walker
★ 7.3
Albuquerque
Albuquerque
1948 as Abner Huggins
★ 6.8
Colt Comrades
Colt Comrades
1943 as Sheriff
★ 5.9
Mountain Justice
Mountain Justice
1937 as Matthew Turnbull
★ 6.3
The Brass Legend
The Brass Legend
1956 as Deputy 'Pop' Jackson
★ 6.3
Coroner Creek
Coroner Creek
1948 as Walt Hardison
★ 6.2
The Bill of Rights
The Bill of Rights
1939 as Frontiersman
★ 6.3
Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise)
★ 6.1
Last of the Duanes
Last of the Duanes
1941 as Tom Duane
★ 6.5
Law and Order
Law and Order
1932 as Judge R.W. Williams
★ 5.4
Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair
Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair
1952 as Clem Johnson
★ 6.5
The Untamed Breed
The Untamed Breed
1948 as Minister
★ 6.5
West of the Pecos
West of the Pecos
1934 as Roy Neal
★ 7.0
Bowery Buckaroos
Bowery Buckaroos
1947 as Luke Barlow
★ 6.6
Silver Dollar
Silver Dollar
1932 as Hamlin
★ 6.2
Wild Geese
Wild Geese
1927 as Caleb Gare
★ 10.0
Border Patrol
Border Patrol
1943 as Orestes Krebs
★ 6.3
Call Her Savage
Call Her Savage
1932 as Old Man in Wagon Train
★ 5.8
Face in the Sky
Face in the Sky
1933 as Pa Nathan Brown
★ 5.8
My Dog Shep
My Dog Shep
1946 as Mathew Hodgkins
★ 6.3
Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton
1931 as Harvey Taylor - First Ex-Soldier
★ 4.4
The Big Bonanza
The Big Bonanza
1944 as Adam Parker
★ 6.3
Frontier Marshal
Frontier Marshal
1934 as Editor Pickett
★ 7.0
Lena Rivers
Lena Rivers
1932 as Grandfather Nichols
★ 7.0
Heart of the North
Heart of the North
1938 as Dave MacMillan
★ 5.2
Gold Is Where You Find It
Gold Is Where You Find It
1938 as MacKenzie
★ 7.0
Billy the Kid
Billy the Kid
1930 as Angus McSween
★ 4.6
Along Came Jones
Along Came Jones
1945 as Pop de Longpre
★ 5.8
Green Light
Green Light
1937 as Sheep Man
★ 6.7
Paddy O'Day
Paddy O'Day
1936 as Benton
★ 7.0
The Fabulous Texan
The Fabulous Texan
1947 as Wade Clayton
★ 6.5
The Gal Who Took the West
The Gal Who Took the West
1949 as Bartender (as old Timer)
★ 6.0
The Sap
The Sap
1929 as The Banker
★ 10.0
Riders of the Night
Riders of the Night
1918 as Sally's Grandfather
★ 7.0
The Ghost of Crossbone Canyon
The Ghost of Crossbone Canyon
1952 as Sam Stanton
★ 9.0
Tuna Clipper
Tuna Clipper
1949 as Capt. Fergus MacLennan
★ 7.8
Man Hunt
Man Hunt
1936 as Jeff Parkington
★ 10.0
The Honor of the Press
The Honor of the Press
1932 as Dan Perkins
★ 8.0
Feudin' Fools
Feudin' Fools
1952 as Grandpa Smith
★ 5.5
The Virginian
The Virginian
1923 as Trampas
★ 6.5
A Boy and His Dog
A Boy and His Dog
1946 as Mr. Thornycroft
★ 5.9
Motive for Revenge
Motive for Revenge
1935 as McAllister
★ 6.5
Now We're in the Air
Now We're in the Air
1927 as Lord Abercrombie McTavish
★ 7.5
Texas Masquerade
Texas Masquerade
1944 as J.K. Trimble
★ 6.5
Godless Men
Godless Men
1920 as 'Black' Pawl
★ 4.0
The Virginian
The Virginian
1914 as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
★ 5.6
Hello Trouble
Hello Trouble
1932 as Jonathan Kenyon
★ 7.0
Call of the Klondike
Call of the Klondike
1950 as Andy McKay
★ 7.3
The Power and the Glory
The Power and the Glory
1933 as Professor (uncredited)
★ 5.9
Man to Man
Man to Man
1930 as Uncle Cal
★ 6.3
Sundown in Santa Fe
Sundown in Santa Fe
1948 as Sheriff Jim Wyatt
★ 10.0
Carolina
Carolina
1934 as Richards
★ 6.7
Meet Me at the Fair
Meet Me at the Fair
1953 as Sheriff Evans
★ 8.5
movie
The Harvester
1936 as Abner Prewett
★ 9.0
Lone Star Ranger
Lone Star Ranger
1942 as Tom Duane
★ 5.3
Way Down East
Way Down East
1935 as Squire Amasa Bartlett
★ 4.3
Thunder Mountain
Thunder Mountain
1925 as Si Pace
★ 7.0
Desert Gold
Desert Gold
1919 as Ladd
★ 9.0
Death Valley
Death Valley
1946 as Old Silas Bagley
★ 5.7
Moonlight in Vermont
Moonlight in Vermont
1943 as Uncle Rufus
★ 6.5
Paint and Powder
Paint and Powder
1925 as Riley
★ 7.0
Wild Geese Calling
Wild Geese Calling
1941 as Marshal Len Baker
★ 6.5
Desperate Trails
Desperate Trails
1939 as Sheriff Big Bill Tanner
★ 5.7
Annie Laurie
Annie Laurie
1927 as Sandy
★ 6.8
The Huntress
The Huntress
1923 as Big Jack Skinner
★ 8.0
The Frontiersman
The Frontiersman
1927 as Andrew Jackson
★ 9.0
The Great Meadow
The Great Meadow
1931 as Thomas Hall
★ 6.0
Paradise Isle
Paradise Isle
1937 as Baxter
★ 6.0
Back to Nature
Back to Nature
1936 as Sheriff
★ 9.0
Wild West Days
Wild West Days
1937 as Matt Keeler
★ 8.0
Girl of the Ozarks
Girl of the Ozarks
1936 as Bascomb Rogers
★ 6.5
Yodelin' Kid from Pine Ridge
Yodelin' Kid from Pine Ridge
1937 as Bayliss Baynum
★ 6.7
Innocents of Paris
Innocents of Paris
1929 as Emile Leval
★ 8.0
The Girl of the Golden West
The Girl of the Golden West
1923 as Jack Rance
★ 8.0
The Famous Ferguson Case
The Famous Ferguson Case
1932 as Banker Craig
★ 6.6
Ever Since Eve
Ever Since Eve
1934 as Jim Wood
★ 9.0
Circus Days
Circus Days
1923 as Eben Holt
★ 7.3
Under the Lash
Under the Lash
1921 as Simeon Krillet
★ 9.0
Three on a Honeymoon
Three on a Honeymoon
1934 as Ezra MacDuff
★ 7.0
Flames
Flames
1932 as Jake
★ 4.3
The Lone Star Ranger
The Lone Star Ranger
1930 as Colonel John Aldridge
★ 7.0
Painted People
Painted People
1924 as Fred Lane
★ 10.0
That I May Live
That I May Live
1937 as Bish Plivens
★ 7.3
Tropical Nights
Tropical Nights
1928 as Singapore Joe
★ 8.0
The Deadlier Sex
The Deadlier Sex
1920 as Jim Willis
★ 7.5
The Splendid Road
The Splendid Road
1925 as Capt. Lightfoot
★ 7.0
The First Auto
The First Auto
1927 as Hank Armstrong
★ 5.6
movie
Breakers Ahead
1918 as Captain Scudder
Bunty Pulls the Strings
Bunty Pulls the Strings
1921 as Tammas Biggar
★ 8.0
Rustlin' for Cupid
Rustlin' for Cupid
1926 as Hank Blatchford
★ 9.0
Roaring Guns
Roaring Guns
1944 as Farmer MacKenzie
★ 10.0
The Hoosier Schoolmaster
The Hoosier Schoolmaster
1935 as Doc Small
★ 4.3
California Gold Rush
California Gold Rush
1946 as Colonel Parker
★ 7.5
Why Women Love
Why Women Love
1925 as Silas Martin
★ 9.0
The Earth Woman
The Earth Woman
1926 as Ezra Tilden
★ 8.0
Lovey Mary
Lovey Mary
1926 as Stubbins
★ 8.0
Across the Dead-Line
Across the Dead-Line
1922 as Enoch Kidder
★ 8.0
movie
Defying Destiny
1923 as Mr. Wilkens
★ 6.7
Faint Perfume
Faint Perfume
1925 as Grandpa Crumb
★ 7.0
Western Caravans
Western Caravans
1939 as Winchester Thompson
★ 7.0
Human Hearts
Human Hearts
1922 as Paul Logan
★ 10.0
movie
The Kingdom Within
1922 as Caleb Deming
★ 10.0
Sixteen Fathoms Deep
Sixteen Fathoms Deep
1934 as A.B. Crockett
★ 4.0
After the Fog
After the Fog
1929 as Joshua Barker
★ 8.0
The Riding Tornado
The Riding Tornado
1932 as Sheriff
★ 7.0
Snowblind
Snowblind
1921 as Hugh Garth
★ 9.0
Peg o' My Heart
Peg o' My Heart
1922 as Jim O'Connell
★ 7.3
movie
The Bushranger
1928 as Sir Eric
★ 10.0
Rags to Riches
Rags to Riches
1922 as The Sheriff
★ 10.0
The Narrow Street
The Narrow Street
1925 as Garvey
★ 8.0
All Faces West
All Faces West
1929 as Gunner Bill
★ 9.0
Ridin' for Justice
Ridin' for Justice
1932 as Marshal Joseph Slyde
★ 10.0
My Lady's Past
★ 7.0
The Branding Iron
The Branding Iron
1920 as John Carver
★ 7.0
movie
★ 9.0
Citadel of Crime
Citadel of Crime
1941 as Jess Meekins
★ 9.0
The Brand
The Brand
1919 as Dan McGill
Stolen by Gypsies or Beer and Bicycles
★ 1.0
A Weaver of Dreams
A Weaver of Dreams
1918 as Martin Chandler
The Re-Creation of Brian Kent
The Re-Creation of Brian Kent
1925 as Jap Taylor
★ 7.0
The Border Legion
The Border Legion
1918 as Overland Bradley
The Challenge Accepted
The Challenge Accepted
1918 as Uncle Zeke Sawyer
★ 8.0
Radio Scout
Radio Scout
1934 as Pappy Tolliver
movie
The Old Homestead
1915 as Sheriff
Oh, Johnny!
Oh, Johnny!
1918 as Adele's Father
★ 8.0
Lahoma
Lahoma
1920 as 'Brick' Willock
★ 10.0
Hearts Aflame
Hearts Aflame
1923 as Black Joe
★ 9.0
Life's Mockery
Life's Mockery
1928 as Wolf Miller
★ 7.0
movie
Ship of Souls
1925 as Angus Garth
★ 5.0
The Blue Bandanna
The Blue Bandanna
1919 as Jim Yancy
Bill Apperson's Boy
Bill Apperson's Boy
1919 as Bill Apperson
Noisy Neighbors
Noisy Neighbors
1929 as Ebenezer
★ 9.0
Blue Jeans
Blue Jeans
1917 as Jacob Tutwiler
★ 5.9
Desire
Desire
1923 as Patrick Ryan
★ 7.0
The Social Highwayman
The Social Highwayman
1926 as The Mayor's Partner
★ 8.0
Beauty and the Bad Man
Beauty and the Bad Man
1925 as Chuckwalla Bill
★ 7.0
movie
The Uphill Path
1918 as James Lawton
★ 7.0
Lovely Mary
Lovely Mary
1916 as Peter Nelson
Fighting Cressy
Fighting Cressy
1919 as Hiram McKinstry
★ 10.0
movie
The Heart of the Yukon
1927 as 'Cash' Cynon
★ 7.0
The Barrier
The Barrier
1917 as John Gaylord / John Tale