Personal Info
Known Credits
180
Gender
Male
Birthdate
1880-06-16 (145 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Danville, California, USA
Also Known For
Russell McCaskill SimpsonRussel Simpson
Russell Simpson
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 a ...
Acting
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 --
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
|
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 --
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 (Her Fall and Rise)
| 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 --
Innocents of Paris
| Emile Leval
1928 --
Tropical Nights
| Singapore Joe
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 --
Annie Laurie
| Sandy
1926 --
Lovey Mary
| Stubbins
1926 --
Rustlin' for Cupid
| Hank Blatchford
1926 --
The Earth Woman
| Ezra Tilden
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 --
The Narrow Street
| Garvey
1924 --
Painted People
| Fred Lane
1923 --
The Virginian
| Trampas
1923 --
Defying Destiny
| Mr. Wilkens
1923 --
The Huntress
| Big Jack Skinner
1923 --
Circus Days
| Eben Holt
1923 --
The Girl of the Golden West
| Jack Rance
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 --
Desert Gold
| Ladd
1919 --
Bill Apperson's Boy
| Bill Apperson
1919 --
The Brand
| Dan McGill
1918 --
The Challenge Accepted
| Uncle Zeke Sawyer
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
1915 --
The Old Homestead
| Sheriff
1914 --
The Virginian
| Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)