Russell Simpson
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 16, 1880, Danville, California, USA
- Died
- December 12, 1959
- Movies
- 198
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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 acting classes in Seattle, Washington. In 1910 he married Gertrude Alter from New York City.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 1959 | The Horse Soldiers | Henry Goodbody |
| 1957 | The Tin Star | Clem Hall |
| 1957 | The Lonely Man | |
| 1956 | The Brass Legend | Deputy 'Pop' Jackson |
| 1956 | Friendly Persuasion | Brother Griffith - Elder (uncredited) |
| 1955 | Oklahoma! | The Minister (uncredited) |
| 1955 | The Tall Men | Emigrant (uncredited) |
| 1955 | The Last Command | The Parson |
| 1954 | Broken Lance | Judge (uncredited) |
| 1954 | Seven Brides for Seven Brothers | Fred Bixby |
| 1953 | The Sun Shines Bright | Lewt Lake |
| 1953 | Meet Me at the Fair | Sheriff Evans |
| 1952 | The Ghost of Crossbone Canyon | Sam Stanton |
| 1952 | Lone Star | Maynard Cole |
| 1952 | Feudin' Fools | Grandpa Smith |
| 1952 | Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair | Clem Johnson |
| 1951 | Comin' Round the Mountain | Judge |
| 1950 | Call of the Klondike | Andy McKay |
| 1950 | Saddle Tramp | Pop |
| 1950 | Wagon Master | Adam Perkins |
| 1950 | The Outriders | Farmer (uncredited) |
| 1949 | Free For All | Farmer |
| 1949 | The Gal Who Took the West | Bartender (as old Timer) |
| 1949 | Tuna Clipper | Capt. Fergus MacLennan |
| 1948 | Joan of Arc | Old Man with Pipe (uncredited) |
| 1948 | Sundown in Santa Fe | Sheriff Jim Wyatt |
| 1948 | The Untamed Breed | Minister |
| 1948 | Tap Roots | Big Sam Dabney |
| 1948 | Coroner Creek | Walt Hardison |
| 1948 | Albuquerque | Abner Huggins |
| 1947 | Bowery Buckaroos | Luke Barlow |
| 1947 | The Fabulous Texan | Wade Clayton |
| 1947 | The Romance of Rosy Ridge | Dan Yeary |
| 1946 | A Boy and His Dog | Mr. Thornycroft |
| 1946 | My Dog Shep | Mathew Hodgkins |
| 1946 | My Darling Clementine | John Simpson |
| 1946 | Death Valley | Old Silas Bagley |
| 1946 | Bad Bascomb | Elijah Walker |
| 1946 | California Gold Rush | Colonel Parker |
| 1945 | They Were Expendable | 'Dad' Knowland |
| 1945 | Along Came Jones | Pop de Longpre |
| 1945 | Roughly Speaking | The Colonel - Drill Instructor (uncredited) |
| 1944 | The Big Bonanza | Adam Parker |
| 1944 | Tall in the Saddle | Pat Foster (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Roaring Guns | Farmer MacKenzie |
| 1944 | Texas Masquerade | J.K. Trimble |
| 1943 | The Woman of the Town | Sime |
| 1943 | Moonlight in Vermont | Uncle Rufus |
| 1943 | Riding High | Frenchy McGuire |
| 1943 | Colt Comrades | Sheriff |
| 1943 | Border Patrol | Orestes Krebs |
| 1942 | Tennessee Johnson | Kirby |
| 1942 | The Spoilers | Flapjack |
| 1942 | Lone Star Ranger | Tom Duane |
| 1942 | Nazi Agent | 2nd Captain (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Shut My Big Mouth | Mayor Potter |
| 1942 | Wild Bill Hickok Rides | Ned Nolan |
| 1941 | Swamp Water | Marty McCord |
| 1941 | Last of the Duanes | Tom Duane |
| 1941 | Wild Geese Calling | Marshal Len Baker |
| 1941 | Bad Men of Missouri | Hank Younger |
| 1941 | Citadel of Crime | Jess Meekins |
| 1941 | Meet John Doe | (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Tobacco Road | Chief of Police |
| 1940 | Santa Fe Trail | Shubel Morgan |
| 1940 | Brigham Young | U.S. Army Major |
| 1940 | Wyoming | Mr. Bronson |
| 1940 | Three Faces West | Minister |
| 1940 | Virginia City | Gaylord |
| 1940 | The Grapes of Wrath | Pa Joad |
| 1939 | Geronimo | Scout |
| 1939 | Drums Along the Mohawk | Dr. Petry |
| 1939 | Mr. Smith Goes to Washington | Kenneth Allen (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Desperate Trails | Sheriff Big Bill Tanner |
| 1939 | The Bill of Rights | Frontiersman |
| 1939 | Western Caravans | Winchester Thompson |
| 1939 | Young Mr. Lincoln | Woolridge (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Dodge City | Orth |
| 1938 | Heart of the North | Dave MacMillan |
| 1938 | Valley of the Giants | McKenzie |
| 1938 | The Girl of the Golden West | Fred - Outrider in Prologue |
| 1938 | Gold Is Where You Find It | MacKenzie |
| 1937 | That I May Live | Bish Plivens |
| 1937 | Paradise Isle | Baxter |
| 1937 | Wild West Days | Matt Keeler |
| 1937 | Yodelin' Kid from Pine Ridge | Bayliss Baynum |
| 1937 | Parnell | Dead Child's Father |
| 1937 | Mountain Justice | Matthew Turnbull |
| 1937 | Green Light | Sheep Man |
| 1937 | Maid of Salem | Village Marshal (Uncredited) |
| 1936 | Ramona | Scroggs |
| 1936 | Back to Nature | Sheriff |
| 1936 | San Francisco | 'Red' Kelly |
| 1936 | Girl of the Ozarks | Bascomb Rogers |
| 1936 | The Harvester | Abner Prewett |
| 1936 | Man Hunt | Jeff Parkington |
| 1936 | Paddy O'Day | Benton |
| 1935 | Way Down East | Squire Amasa Bartlett |
| 1935 | Motive for Revenge | McAllister |
| 1935 | The Hoosier Schoolmaster | Doc Small |
| 1934 | West of the Pecos | Roy Neal |
| 1934 | Radio Scout | Pappy Tolliver |
| 1934 | The World Moves On | Notary (1825) |
| 1934 | Ever Since Eve | Jim Wood |
| 1934 | Three on a Honeymoon | Ezra MacDuff |
| 1934 | Carolina | Richards |
| 1934 | Frontier Marshal | Editor Pickett |
| 1934 | Sixteen Fathoms Deep | A.B. Crockett |
| 1933 | The Power and the Glory | Professor (uncredited) |
| 1933 | Stolen by Gypsies or Beer and Bicycles | Speaker |
| 1933 | Secrets | Doctor (uncredited) |
| 1933 | Face in the Sky | Pa Nathan Brown |
| 1932 | Silver Dollar | Hamlin |
| 1932 | Call Her Savage | Old Man in Wagon Train |
| 1932 | The Cabin in the Cotton | Uncle Joe |
| 1932 | Hello Trouble | Jonathan Kenyon |
| 1932 | The Honor of the Press | Dan Perkins |
| 1932 | Flames | Jake |
| 1932 | The Riding Tornado | Sheriff |
| 1932 | The Famous Ferguson Case | Banker Craig |
| 1932 | Lena Rivers | Grandfather Nichols |
| 1932 | Law and Order | Judge R.W. Williams |
| 1932 | Ridin' for Justice | Marshal Joseph Slyde |
| 1931 | Susan Lenox | Doctor |
| 1931 | Alexander Hamilton | Harvey Taylor - First Ex-Soldier |
| 1931 | The Great Meadow | Thomas Hall |
| 1930 | Man to Man | Uncle Cal |
| 1930 | Abraham Lincoln | Lincoln's Employer |
| 1930 | Billy the Kid | Angus McSween |
| 1930 | The Lone Star Ranger | Colonel John Aldridge |
| 1929 | After the Fog | Joshua Barker |
| 1929 | The Sap | The Banker |
| 1929 | My Lady's Past | |
| 1929 | All Faces West | Gunner Bill |
| 1929 | Noisy Neighbors | Ebenezer |
| 1929 | Innocents of Paris | Emile Leval |
| 1928 | Tropical Nights | Singapore Joe |
| 1928 | The Bushranger | Sir Eric |
| 1928 | Life's Mockery | Wolf Miller |
| 1927 | Wild Geese | Caleb Gare |
| 1927 | Now We're in the Air | Lord Abercrombie McTavish |
| 1927 | The First Auto | Hank Armstrong |
| 1927 | The Frontiersman | Andrew Jackson |
| 1927 | The Heart of the Yukon | 'Cash' Cynon |
| 1927 | Annie Laurie | Sandy |
| 1926 | Lovey Mary | Stubbins |
| 1926 | The Social Highwayman | The Mayor's Partner |
| 1926 | Rustlin' for Cupid | Hank Blatchford |
| 1926 | The Earth Woman | Ezra Tilden |
| 1925 | Ship of Souls | Angus Garth |
| 1925 | The Splendid Road | Capt. Lightfoot |
| 1925 | The Eagle | The Eagle's Lieutenant / Coach Driver (uncredited) |
| 1925 | Why Women Love | Silas Martin |
| 1925 | Thunder Mountain | Si Pace |
| 1925 | Paint and Powder | Riley |
| 1925 | Faint Perfume | Grandpa Crumb |
| 1925 | Old Shoes | |
| 1925 | Beauty and the Bad Man | Chuckwalla Bill |
| 1925 | The Re-Creation of Brian Kent | Jap Taylor |
| 1925 | The Narrow Street | Garvey |
| 1924 | Painted People | Fred Lane |
| 1923 | Desire | Patrick Ryan |
| 1923 | Defying Destiny | Mr. Wilkens |
| 1923 | The Virginian | Trampas |
| 1923 | The Huntress | Big Jack Skinner |
| 1923 | Circus Days | Eben Holt |
| 1923 | The Girl of the Golden West | Jack Rance |
| 1923 | Hearts Aflame | Black Joe |
| 1922 | The Kingdom Within | Caleb Deming |
| 1922 | Peg o' My Heart | Jim O'Connell |
| 1922 | Rags to Riches | The Sheriff |
| 1922 | Human Hearts | Paul Logan |
| 1922 | Across the Dead-Line | Enoch Kidder |
| 1921 | Under the Lash | Simeon Krillet |
| 1921 | Snowblind | Hugh Garth |
| 1921 | Bunty Pulls the Strings | Tammas Biggar |
| 1920 | Godless Men | 'Black' Pawl |
| 1920 | The Branding Iron | John Carver |
| 1920 | Lahoma | 'Brick' Willock |
| 1920 | The Deadlier Sex | Jim Willis |
| 1919 | Fighting Cressy | Hiram McKinstry |
| 1919 | Desert Gold | Ladd |
| 1919 | The Blue Bandanna | Jim Yancy |
| 1919 | Bill Apperson's Boy | Bill Apperson |
| 1919 | The Brand | Dan McGill |
| 1918 | The Challenge Accepted | Uncle Zeke Sawyer |
| 1918 | Oh, Johnny! | Adele's Father |
| 1918 | Riders of the Night | Sally's Grandfather |
| 1918 | The Uphill Path | James Lawton |
| 1918 | The Border Legion | Overland Bradley |
| 1918 | Breakers Ahead | Captain Scudder |
| 1918 | A Weaver of Dreams | Martin Chandler |
| 1917 | Blue Jeans | Jacob Tutwiler |
| 1917 | The Food Gamblers | Samuel Sloane |
| 1917 | The Barrier | John Gaylord / John Tale |
| 1916 | Lovely Mary | Peter Nelson |
| 1915 | The Old Homestead | Sheriff |
| 1914 | The Virginian | Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited) |
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