Russell Simpson

Actor Jun 16 (died age 79) Danville, California, USA 1914–1959 (45 year career)

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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

Film

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Kenneth Allen (uncredited)

Film

The Grapes of Wrath

Pa Joad

Film

My Darling Clementine

John Simpson

Film

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

Fred Bixby

Film

Meet John Doe

(uncredited)

Film

The Horse Soldiers

Henry Goodbody

Film

Young Mr. Lincoln

Woolridge (uncredited)

Film

The Tin Star

Clem Hall

Filmography

Acting (205)

Movies (196)

The Horse Soldiers

as Henry Goodbody

The Lonely Man

The Tin Star

as Clem Hall

Friendly Persuasion

as Brother Griffith - Elder (uncredited)

6.7

The Brass Legend

1956

as Deputy 'Pop' Jackson

6.2

Oklahoma!

1955

as The Minister (uncredited)

6.6

The Tall Men

1955

as Emigrant (uncredited)

6.4

The Last Command

1955

as The Parson

6.4

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

1954

as Fred Bixby

7.1

Broken Lance

1954

as Judge (uncredited)

6.5

The Sun Shines Bright

as Lewt Lake

Meet Me at the Fair

as Sheriff Evans

Lone Star

as Maynard Cole

Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair

1952

as Clem Johnson

6.4

The Ghost of Crossbone Canyon

1952

as Sam Stanton

Feudin' Fools

1952

as Grandpa Smith

4.0

Comin' Round the Mountain

as Judge

Wagon Master

as Adam Perkins

The Outriders

as Farmer (uncredited)

Call of the Klondike

as Andy McKay

Saddle Tramp

as Pop

Free For All

as Farmer

Tuna Clipper

as Capt. Fergus MacLennan

6.5

The Gal Who Took the West

1949

as Bartender (as old Timer)

Tap Roots

as Big Sam Dabney

Coroner Creek

as Walt Hardison

Joan of Arc

as Old Man with Pipe (uncredited)

Albuquerque

as Abner Huggins

The Untamed Breed

as Minister

Sundown in Santa Fe

as Sheriff Jim Wyatt

The Fabulous Texan

as Wade Clayton

Bowery Buckaroos

as Luke Barlow

The Romance of Rosy Ridge

as Dan Yeary

California Gold Rush

as Colonel Parker

My Darling Clementine

as John Simpson

Death Valley

as Old Silas Bagley

Bad Bascomb

as Elijah Walker

My Dog Shep

as Mathew Hodgkins

A Boy and His Dog

as Mr. Thornycroft

They Were Expendable

as 'Dad' Knowland

Along Came Jones

as Pop de Longpre

Roughly Speaking

as The Colonel - Drill Instructor (uncredited)

6.8

Roaring Guns

1944

as Farmer MacKenzie

Texas Masquerade

1944

as J.K. Trimble

3.0

Tall in the Saddle

1944

as Pat Foster (uncredited)

The Big Bonanza

as Adam Parker

Moonlight in Vermont

as Uncle Rufus

Riding High

as Frenchy McGuire

Colt Comrades

as Sheriff

Border Patrol

as Orestes Krebs

The Woman of the Town

as Sime

Tennessee Johnson

as Kirby

Nazi Agent

as 2nd Captain (uncredited)

The Spoilers

as Flapjack

Shut My Big Mouth

as Mayor Potter

Wild Bill Hickok Rides

as Ned Nolan

Lone Star Ranger

as Tom Duane

Last of the Duanes

as Tom Duane

Tobacco Road

as Chief of Police

Meet John Doe

as (uncredited)

Swamp Water

as Marty McCord

Citadel of Crime

as Jess Meekins

Bad Men of Missouri

as Hank Younger

Wild Geese Calling

as Marshal Len Baker

Brigham Young

as U.S. Army Major

Santa Fe Trail

as Shubel Morgan

The Grapes of Wrath

as Pa Joad

Wyoming

as Mr. Bronson

Virginia City

as Gaylord

Three Faces West

as Minister

Dodge City

as Orth

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

1939

as Kenneth Allen (uncredited)

7.8

Drums Along the Mohawk

1939

as Dr. Petry

6.5

Young Mr. Lincoln

1939

as Woolridge (uncredited)

Geronimo

as Scout

The Bill of Rights

as Frontiersman

Western Caravans

as Winchester Thompson

Desperate Trails

1939

as Sheriff Big Bill Tanner

4.5

Valley of the Giants

1938

as McKenzie

6.0

Gold Is Where You Find It

as MacKenzie

Heart of the North

as Dave MacMillan

The Girl of the Golden West

1938

as Fred - Outrider in Prologue

4.6

Wild West Days

1937

as Matt Keeler

Parnell

1937

as Dead Child's Father

4.1

Mountain Justice

1937

as Matthew Turnbull

5.5

Yodelin' Kid from Pine Ridge

as Bayliss Baynum

Green Light

as Sheep Man

Paradise Isle

as Baxter

Maid of Salem

as Village Marshal (Uncredited)

That I May Live

as Bish Plivens

San Francisco

as 'Red' Kelly

Ramona

as Scroggs

Back to Nature

as Sheriff

Paddy O'Day

as Benton

Girl of the Ozarks

as Bascomb Rogers

The Harvester

as Abner Prewett

Man Hunt

1936

as Jeff Parkington

The Hoosier Schoolmaster

1935

as Doc Small

3.6

Way Down East

1935

as Squire Amasa Bartlett

Motive for Revenge

as McAllister

Three on a Honeymoon

as Ezra MacDuff

Ever Since Eve

1934

as Jim Wood

The World Moves On

as Notary (1825)

Carolina

as Richards

Sixteen Fathoms Deep

as A.B. Crockett

Frontier Marshal

as Editor Pickett

West of the Pecos

as Roy Neal

Radio Scout

1934

as Pappy Tolliver

Secrets

1933

as Doctor (uncredited)

4.8

The Power and the Glory

1933

as Professor (uncredited)

5.7

Stolen by Gypsies or Beer and Bicycles

as Speaker

Face in the Sky

as Pa Nathan Brown

The Riding Tornado

as Sheriff

The Famous Ferguson Case

as Banker Craig

Flames

as Jake

Hello Trouble

as Jonathan Kenyon

Call Her Savage

as Old Man in Wagon Train

5.5

Silver Dollar

1932

as Hamlin

5.7

The Cabin in the Cotton

1932

as Uncle Joe

6.3

Law and Order

1932

as Judge R.W. Williams

4.9

Lena Rivers

1932

as Grandfather Nichols

5.5

The Honor of the Press

1932

as Dan Perkins

6.0

Ridin' for Justice

1932

as Marshal Joseph Slyde

The Great Meadow

1931

as Thomas Hall

5.0

Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise)

1931

as Doctor

6.1

Alexander Hamilton

1931

as Harvey Taylor - First Ex-Soldier

Man to Man

as Uncle Cal

Abraham Lincoln

as Lincoln's Employer

Billy the Kid

as Angus McSween

The Lone Star Ranger

as Colonel John Aldridge

5.0

My Lady's Past

1929

Innocents of Paris

1929

as Emile Leval

The Sap

1929

as The Banker

After the Fog

1929

as Joshua Barker

6.0

All Faces West

1929

as Gunner Bill

Noisy Neighbors

1929

as Ebenezer

Tropical Nights

1928

as Singapore Joe

The Bushranger

1928

as Sir Eric

Annie Laurie

as Sandy

The First Auto

as Hank Armstrong

The Frontiersman

as Andrew Jackson

Now We're in the Air

1927

as Lord Abercrombie McTavish

6.2

Wild Geese

1927

as Caleb Gare

The Heart of the Yukon

1927

as 'Cash' Cynon

The Earth Woman

1926

as Ezra Tilden

Lovey Mary

1926

as Stubbins

Rustlin' for Cupid

1926

as Hank Blatchford

The Social Highwayman

1926

as The Mayor's Partner

Ship of Souls

1925

as Angus Garth

1.0

Paint and Powder

1925

as Riley

Beauty and the Bad Man

1925

as Chuckwalla Bill

Faint Perfume

1925

as Grandpa Crumb

Thunder Mountain

1925

as Si Pace

Old Shoes

1925

The Eagle

1925

as The Eagle's Lieutenant / Coach Driver (uncredited)

6.3

The Narrow Street

1925

as Garvey

Why Women Love

1925

as Silas Martin

The Splendid Road

1925

as Capt. Lightfoot

The Re-Creation of Brian Kent

1925

as Jap Taylor

Painted People

1924

as Fred Lane

The Girl of the Golden West

1923

as Jack Rance

Defying Destiny

as Mr. Wilkens

The Virginian

as Trampas

The Huntress

as Big Jack Skinner

Circus Days

1923

as Eben Holt

6.3

Desire

1923

as Patrick Ryan

Hearts Aflame

1923

as Black Joe

Human Hearts

1922

as Paul Logan

The Kingdom Within

1922

as Caleb Deming

Rags to Riches

as The Sheriff

Peg o' My Heart

as Jim O'Connell

Across the Dead-Line

as Enoch Kidder

Snowblind

1921

as Hugh Garth

Under the Lash

1921

as Simeon Krillet

Bunty Pulls the Strings

1921

as Tammas Biggar

The Branding Iron

1920

as John Carver

Lahoma

1920

as 'Brick' Willock

Godless Men

as 'Black' Pawl

The Deadlier Sex

as Jim Willis

Desert Gold

as Ladd

The Brand

1919

as Dan McGill

Fighting Cressy

1919

as Hiram McKinstry

The Blue Bandanna

1919

as Jim Yancy

Bill Apperson's Boy

1919

as Bill Apperson

The Uphill Path

1918

as James Lawton

Riders of the Night

1918

as Sally's Grandfather

7.0

The Border Legion

1918

as Overland Bradley

Breakers Ahead

1918

as Captain Scudder

The Challenge Accepted

1918

as Uncle Zeke Sawyer

A Weaver of Dreams

1918

as Martin Chandler

Oh, Johnny!

1918

as Adele's Father

Blue Jeans

1917

as Jacob Tutwiler

5.9

The Barrier

1917

as John Gaylord / John Tale

Lovely Mary

1916

as Peter Nelson

The Old Homestead

1915

as Sheriff

The Virginian

1914

as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

5.6

Television (9)

The Texan

as Zeb Waters

Wagon Train

as Mr. Carr

The 20th Century Fox Hour

1955

as Old Man

5.4

Sergeant Preston of the Yukon

Public Defender

as Lundquist

General Electric Theater

Cavalcade of America

as Quatermaster

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

as Sam

The Lone Ranger

as Jack Brewster