Russell Simpson

Russell Simpson

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

16/06/1880

Day of Death

12/12/1959
(79) years old

Place of Birth

Danville, California, USA

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-so... Read More

Filmography

Cast

1959

The Horse Soldiers

as Henry Goodbody

1957

The Tin Star

as Clem Hall

1956

The Brass Legend

as Deputy 'Pop' Jackson

1956

Friendly Persuasion

as Brother Griffith - Elder (uncredited)

1955

Oklahoma!

as The Minister (uncredited)

1955

The Tall Men

as Emigrant (uncredited)

1955

The Last Command

as The Parson

1954

Broken Lance

as Judge (uncredited)

1953

The Sun Shines Bright

as Lewt Lake

1953

Meet Me at the Fair

as Sheriff Evans

1952

Lone Star

as Maynard Cole

1952

Feudin' Fools

as Grandpa Smith

1952

Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair

as Clem Johnson

1950

Call of the Klondike

as Andy McKay

1950

Saddle Tramp

as Pop

1950

Wagon Master

as Adam Perkins

1950

The Outriders

as Farmer (uncredited)

1949

Free For All

as Farmer

1949

The Gal Who Took the West

as Bartender (as old Timer)

1949

Tuna Clipper

as Capt. Fergus MacLennan

1948

Joan of Arc

as Old Man with Pipe (uncredited)

1948

Sundown in Santa Fe

as Sheriff Jim Wyatt

1948

The Untamed Breed

as Minister

1948

Tap Roots

as Big Sam Dabney

1948

Coroner Creek

as Walt Hardison

1948

Albuquerque

as Abner Huggins

1947

Bowery Buckaroos

as Luke Barlow

1947

The Fabulous Texan

as Wade Clayton

1946

A Boy and His Dog

as Mr. Thornycroft

1946

My Dog Shep

as Mathew Hodgkins

1946

My Darling Clementine

as John Simpson

1946

Death Valley

as Old Silas Bagley

1946

Bad Bascomb

as Elijah Walker

1946

California Gold Rush

as Colonel Parker

1945

They Were Expendable

as 'Dad' Knowland

1945

Along Came Jones

as Pop de Longpre

1945

Roughly Speaking

as The Colonel - Drill Instructor (uncredit...

1944

The Big Bonanza

as Adam Parker

1944

Roaring Guns

as Farmer MacKenzie

1944

Texas Masquerade

as J.K. Trimble

1943

Moonlight in Vermont

as Uncle Rufus

1943

Riding High

as Frenchy McGuire

1943

Colt Comrades

as Sheriff

1943

Border Patrol

as Orestes Krebs

1942

Tennessee Johnson

as Kirby

1942

The Spoilers

as Flapjack

1942

Lone Star Ranger

as Tom Duane

1942

Nazi Agent

as 2nd Captain (uncredited)

1942

Shut My Big Mouth

as Mayor Potter

1942

Wild Bill Hickok Rides

as Ned Nolan

1941

Swamp Water

as Marty McCord

1941

Last of the Duanes

as Tom Duane

1941

Wild Geese Calling

as Marshal Len Baker

1941

Bad Men of Missouri

as Hank Younger

1941

Citadel of Crime

as Jess Meekins

1941

Meet John Doe

as (uncredited)

1941

Tobacco Road

as Chief of Police

1940

Santa Fe Trail

as Shubel Morgan

1940

Brigham Young

as U.S. Army Major

1940

Wyoming

as Mr. Bronson

1940

Three Faces West

as Minister

1940

Virginia City

as Gaylord

1940

The Grapes of Wrath

as Pa Joad

1939

Geronimo

as Scout

1939

Drums Along the Mohawk

as Dr. Petry

1939

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

as Kenneth Allen (uncredited)

1939

Desperate Trails

as Sheriff Big Bill Tanner

1939

The Bill of Rights

as Frontiersman

1939

Western Caravans

as Winchester Thompson

1939

Young Mr. Lincoln

as Woolridge (uncredited)

1939

Dodge City

as Orth

1938

Heart of the North

as Dave MacMillan

1938

Valley of the Giants

as McKenzie

1938

The Girl of the Golden West

as Fred - Outrider in Prologue

1937

That I May Live

as Bish Plivens

1937

Paradise Isle

as Baxter

1937

Wild West Days

as Matt Keeler

1937

Yodelin' Kid from Pine Ridge

as Bayliss Baynum

1937

Parnell

as Dead Child's Father

1937

Mountain Justice

as Matthew Turnbull

1937

Green Light

as Sheep Man

1937

Maid of Salem

as Village Marshal (Uncredited)

1936

Ramona

as Scroggs

1936

Back to Nature

as Sheriff

1936

San Francisco

as 'Red' Kelly

1936

Girl of the Ozarks

as Bascomb Rogers

1936

The Harvester

as Abner Prewett

1936

Man Hunt

as Jeff Parkington

1936

Paddy O'Day

as Benton

1935

Way Down East

as Squire Amasa Bartlett

1935

Motive for Revenge

as McAllister

1935

The Hoosier Schoolmaster

as Doc Small

1934

West of the Pecos

as Roy Neal

1934

Radio Scout

as Pappy Tolliver

1934

The World Moves On

as Notary (1825)

1934

Ever Since Eve

as Jim Wood

1934

Three on a Honeymoon

as Ezra MacDuff

1934

Carolina

as Richards

1934

Frontier Marshal

as Editor Pickett

1934

Sixteen Fathoms Deep

as A.B. Crockett

1933

The Power and the Glory

as Professor (uncredited)

1933

Face in the Sky

as Pa Nathan Brown

1932

Silver Dollar

as Hamlin

1932

Call Her Savage

as Old Man in Wagon Train

1932

The Cabin in the Cotton

as Uncle Joe

1932

Hello Trouble

as Jonathan Kenyon

1932

The Honor of the Press

as Dan Perkins

1932

Flames

as Jake

1932

The Riding Tornado

as Sheriff

1932

The Famous Ferguson Case

as Banker Craig

1932

Lena Rivers

as Grandfather Nichols

1932

Law and Order

as Judge R.W. Williams

1932

Ridin' for Justice

as Marshal Joseph Slyde

1931

Alexander Hamilton

as Harvey Taylor - First Ex-Soldier

1931

The Great Meadow

as Thomas Hall

1930

Man to Man

as Uncle Cal

1930

Abraham Lincoln

as Lincoln's Employer

1930

Billy the Kid

as Angus McSween

1930

The Lone Star Ranger

as Colonel John Aldridge

1929

After the Fog

as Joshua Barker

1929

The Sap

as The Banker

1929

All Faces West

as Gunner Bill

1929

Innocents of Paris

as Emile Leval

1928

Tropical Nights

as Singapore Joe

1927

Wild Geese

as Caleb Gare

1927

Now We're in the Air

as Lord Abercrombie McTavish

1927

The First Auto

as Hank Armstrong

1927

The Frontiersman

as Andrew Jackson

1927

Annie Laurie

as Sandy

1926

Lovey Mary

as Stubbins

1926

Rustlin' for Cupid

as Hank Blatchford

1926

The Earth Woman

as Ezra Tilden

1925

Ship of Souls

as Angus Garth

1925

The Splendid Road

as Capt. Lightfoot

1925

The Eagle

as The Eagle's Lieutenant / Coach Driver (u...

1925

Why Women Love

as Silas Martin

1925

Thunder Mountain

as Si Pace

1925

Paint and Powder

as Riley

1925

Faint Perfume

as Grandpa Crumb

1925

The Narrow Street

as Garvey

1924

Painted People

as Fred Lane

1923

Defying Destiny

as Mr. Wilkens

1923

The Virginian

as Trampas

1923

The Huntress

as Big Jack Skinner

1923

Circus Days

as Eben Holt

1922

The Kingdom Within

as Caleb Deming

1922

Peg o' My Heart

as Jim O'Connell

1922

Rags to Riches

as The Sheriff

1922

Human Hearts

as Paul Logan

1922

Across the Dead-Line

as Enoch Kidder

1921

Under the Lash

as Simeon Krillet

1921

Snowblind

as Hugh Garth

1921

Bunty Pulls the Strings

as Tammas Biggar

1920

Godless Men

as 'Black' Pawl

1920

The Branding Iron

as John Carver

1920

Lahoma

as 'Brick' Willock

1920

The Deadlier Sex

as Jim Willis

1919

Desert Gold

as Ladd

1919

Bill Apperson's Boy

as Bill Apperson

1919

The Brand

as Dan McGill

1918

The Challenge Accepted

as Uncle Zeke Sawyer

1918

Riders of the Night

as Sally's Grandfather

1918

The Uphill Path

as James Lawton

1918

The Border Legion

as Overland Bradley

1918

Breakers Ahead

as Captain Scudder

1918

A Weaver of Dreams

as Martin Chandler

1917

Blue Jeans

as Jacob Tutwiler

1915

The Old Homestead

as Sheriff

1914

The Virginian

as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)