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Russell Simpson
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Russell Simpson
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1880-06-16,Danville, California, USA
Gender
Male
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 least two plays on Broadway between 1909 and 1912, and made his motion picture debut in Cecil B. DeMille's 1914 original film version of The Virginian in a bit part. By 1923, when the film was remade, Simpson had progressed to playing the lead villain. Throughout his career, Simpson worked for 12 years in road shows, stock companies, and on Broadway. He didn't usually perform lead roles, but he did star in many movies throughout the silent movie era. He performed a lead role as the grandfather in Out of the Dust (1920). Simpson is best known for his work in the films of John Ford and, in particular, for his portrayal of Pa Joad in The Grapes of Wrath (1940). His final film was The Horse Soldiers, his tenth film for Ford. Simpson worked up to 1959, the year of his death. He was the president of the Overseas Phonograph Accessories Corporation.

Filmography

The Grapes of Wrath

7.8

The Grapes of Wrath
1940-03-15

5.6

Santa Fe Trail
1940-12-20

My Darling Clementine

7.4

My Darling Clementine
1946-10-17

7

The Tin Star
1957-10-23

The Earth Woman

0

The Earth Woman
1926-04-04

Bunty Pulls the Strings

0

Bunty Pulls the Strings
1921-01-02

6

Carolina
1934-02-02

0

Desert Gold
1919-11-21

Now We're in the Air

6.2

Now We're in the Air
1927-10-21

6.7

Wagon Master
1950-04-22

6

Coroner Creek
1948-07-01

The Girl of the Golden West

4.6

The Girl of the Golden West
1938-03-18

The Border Legion

0

The Border Legion
1918-07-28

The Hoosier Schoolmaster

4.2

The Hoosier Schoolmaster
1935-05-14

6

Hello Trouble
1932-07-15

6

Border Patrol
1943-04-02

Along Came Jones

5.8

Along Came Jones
1945-07-19

5.7

Silver Dollar
1932-12-22

6.079

Joan of Arc
1948-12-22

The Power and the Glory

5.8

The Power and the Glory
1933-10-06

6.3

Broken Lance
1954-09-25

4

Law and Order
1932-02-09

The Sun Shines Bright

6.4

The Sun Shines Bright
1953-05-02

4

Feudin' Fools
1952-09-21

The Big Bonanza

5.5

The Big Bonanza
1944-12-30

Friendly Persuasion

6.588

Friendly Persuasion
1956-11-25

6.3

Saddle Tramp
1950-09-21

5.1

Ramona
1936-09-25

5

Paradise Isle
1937-07-21

Motive for Revenge

5

Motive for Revenge
1935-05-15

5.5

Lena Rivers
1932-03-27

The Splendid Road

0

The Splendid Road
1925-12-06

5.5

Blue Jeans
1917-12-10

That I May Live

6.5

That I May Live
1937-09-13

4.2

Billy the Kid
1930-10-16

Sundown in Santa Fe

0

Sundown in Santa Fe
1948-11-05

0

Snowblind
1921-03-22

3

Way Down East
1935-10-25

0

The Harvester
1936-04-18

Yodelin' Kid from Pine Ridge

5.5

Yodelin' Kid from Pine Ridge
1937-06-14

6.5

Tuna Clipper
1949-04-11

Mountain Justice

5.5

Mountain Justice
1937-04-24

The Great Meadow

5

The Great Meadow
1931-01-24

Comin' Round the Mountain

6

Comin' Round the Mountain
1951-07-26

3.7

The First Auto
1927-06-27

0

The Brand
1919-03-09

The Horse Soldiers

7

The Horse Soldiers
1959-06-11

Face in the Sky

4.5

Face in the Sky
1933-01-15

6

After the Fog
1929-12-15

Gold Is Where You Find It

6.9

Gold Is Where You Find It
1938-02-12

Thunder Mountain

0

Thunder Mountain
1925-10-11

Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise)

6.4

Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise)
1931-10-10

5.7

Man to Man
1930-12-05

The Old Homestead

0

The Old Homestead
1915-12-16

Innocents of Paris

0

Innocents of Paris
1929-01-02

Abraham Lincoln

5.4

Abraham Lincoln
1930-11-08

The Cabin in the Cotton

6.3

The Cabin in the Cotton
1932-09-26

0

Wild West Days
1937-07-05

6.6

Tobacco Road
1941-02-20

Wild Geese Calling

5.8

Wild Geese Calling
1941-08-15

Defying Destiny

5.5

Defying Destiny
1923-09-29

5.5

Lone Star
1952-10-24

The Branding Iron

0

The Branding Iron
1920-10-31

Stolen by Gypsies or Beer and Bicycles

1

Stolen by Gypsies or Beer and Bicycles
1933-07-13

0

The Sap
1929-11-09

Roughly Speaking

6.8

Roughly Speaking
1945-01-31

Last of the Duanes

6

Last of the Duanes
1941-09-26

The Honor of the Press

6

The Honor of the Press
1932-07-13

The Kingdom Within

0

The Kingdom Within
1922-12-24

0

Breakers Ahead
1918-03-25

6

The Lonely Man
1957-06-21

7

Paddy O'Day
1936-01-17

6.3

The Eagle
1925-11-08

6.1

Virginia City
1940-03-23

The Famous Ferguson Case

6

The Famous Ferguson Case
1932-04-19

0

Ever Since Eve
1934-03-25

6.9

Dodge City
1939-04-08

Young Mr. Lincoln

7.2

Young Mr. Lincoln
1939-06-09

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

7.9

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939-10-19

6.6

Nazi Agent
1942-03-01

Drums Along the Mohawk

6.429

Drums Along the Mohawk
1939-11-10

The Fabulous Texan

4

The Fabulous Texan
1947-11-09

Heart of the North

3.7

Heart of the North
1938-12-10

Western Caravans

0

Western Caravans
1939-06-14

6

Free For All
1949-11-01

The Last Command

6.5

The Last Command
1955-08-03

The Untamed Breed

5

The Untamed Breed
1948-10-20

Alexander Hamilton

4.5

Alexander Hamilton
1931-09-12

The Frontiersman

0

The Frontiersman
1927-06-11

Call Her Savage

5.6

Call Her Savage
1932-11-24

0

Man Hunt
1936-01-29

Valley of the Giants

6

Valley of the Giants
1938-09-17

5

Death Valley
1946-08-15

Bowery Buckaroos

6.5

Bowery Buckaroos
1947-11-22

Shut My Big Mouth

10

Shut My Big Mouth
1942-02-19

Citadel of Crime

0

Citadel of Crime
1941-07-23

5.9

Wyoming
1940-09-13

6.8

Annie Laurie
1927-05-10

4.4

Brigham Young
1940-09-27

Desperate Trails

4.5

Desperate Trails
1939-09-30

Frontier Marshal

5.5

Frontier Marshal
1934-01-19

6.2

Bad Bascomb
1946-05-26

5.6

The Virginian
1914-09-07

0

Human Hearts
1922-08-19

Ridin' for Justice

0

Ridin' for Justice
1932-01-04

Texas Masquerade

0

Texas Masquerade
1944-02-08

6.3

Swamp Water
1941-11-16

Three Faces West

5.5

Three Faces West
1940-07-03

5

The Virginian
1923-09-29

10

Rags to Riches
1922-09-24

Rustlin' for Cupid

0

Rustlin' for Cupid
1926-04-11

5

Geronimo
1939-11-26

7.282

Meet John Doe
1941-03-14

West of the Pecos

0

West of the Pecos
1934-12-27

0

Lovey Mary
1926-06-20

Call of the Klondike

7

Call of the Klondike
1950-12-17

California Gold Rush

6

California Gold Rush
1946-02-04

0

Lahoma
1920-08-20

The Gal Who Took the West

5.6

The Gal Who Took the West
1949-09-01

The Ghost of Crossbone Canyon

0

The Ghost of Crossbone Canyon
1952-11-01

Lone Star Ranger

3

Lone Star Ranger
1942-03-20

Wild Bill Hickok Rides

4.7

Wild Bill Hickok Rides
1942-01-31

6.8

Albuquerque
1948-02-20

Bad Men of Missouri

5.6

Bad Men of Missouri
1941-07-26

6.4

Tap Roots
1948-08-25

6.2

The Spoilers
1942-06-11

0

Painted People
1924-01-28

0

The Huntress
1923-08-20

The Woman of the Town

6

The Woman of the Town
1943-12-31

5.6

Colt Comrades
1943-06-18

The Brass Legend

6.2

The Brass Legend
1956-12-01

0

Faint Perfume
1925-06-08

6.6

San Francisco
1936-06-26

6

My Dog Shep
1946-11-01

A Boy and His Dog

5.273

A Boy and His Dog
1946-12-26

Three on a Honeymoon

0

Three on a Honeymoon
1934-03-22

1

Godless Men
1920-11-06

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

7.2

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
1954-07-22

6.3

Green Light
1937-02-20

Peg o' My Heart

7

Peg o' My Heart
1922-12-17

The Romance of Rosy Ridge

6.6

The Romance of Rosy Ridge
1947-08-04

The World Moves On

5.7

The World Moves On
1934-06-27

0

Why Women Love
1925-10-18

The Lone Star Ranger

5

The Lone Star Ranger
1930-01-05

They Were Expendable

6.514

They Were Expendable
1945-12-07

The Bill of Rights

6

The Bill of Rights
1939-08-19

Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair

5.9

Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair
1952-07-11

0

Back to Nature
1936-08-14

0

Roaring Guns
1944-02-19

5.9

Maid of Salem
1937-02-12

Tropical Nights

0

Tropical Nights
1928-12-10

Bill Apperson's Boy

0

Bill Apperson's Boy
1919-06-22

Riders of the Night

7

Riders of the Night
1918-10-15

0

Old Shoes
1925-04-08

0

My Lady's Past
1929-04-01

6.5

Circus Days
1923-07-30

The Narrow Street

0

The Narrow Street
1925-01-04

The Girl of the Golden West

0

The Girl of the Golden West
1923-05-03

0

Wild Geese
1927-11-15

4

Riding High
1943-11-11

Girl of the Ozarks

6

Girl of the Ozarks
1936-06-12

The Deadlier Sex

5

The Deadlier Sex
1920-03-28

Paint and Powder

0

Paint and Powder
1925-09-16

The Riding Tornado

0

The Riding Tornado
1932-05-04

6.341

The Tall Men
1955-09-22

Tennessee Johnson

6.2

Tennessee Johnson
1942-12-01

Meet Me at the Fair

7

Meet Me at the Fair
1953-01-01

A Weaver of Dreams

0

A Weaver of Dreams
1918-03-02

0

Under the Lash
1921-10-16

4

Flames
1932-05-29

6.9

The Outriders
1950-03-01

Sixteen Fathoms Deep

2.3

Sixteen Fathoms Deep
1934-01-01

Across the Dead-Line

0

Across the Dead-Line
1922-01-09

Moonlight in Vermont

6

Moonlight in Vermont
1943-12-24

0

All Faces West
1929-03-02

The Uphill Path

0

The Uphill Path
1918-10-01

0

Radio Scout

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

4.5

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951-04-15

5.5

The Texan
1958-09-29

Cavalcade of America

3.5

Cavalcade of America
1952-10-01

Sergeant Preston of the Yukon

6

Sergeant Preston of the Yukon
1955-09-29

The 20th Century Fox Hour

4.2

The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955-10-05

6.4

Wagon Train
1957-09-18

Public Defender

5

Public Defender
1954-03-11

The Lone Ranger

6.8

The Lone Ranger
1949-09-15

Cavalcade of America

3.5

Cavalcade of America
1952-10-01

Cavalcade of America

3.5

Cavalcade of America
1952-10-01