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The Sun Shines Bright

as Lewt Lake

1953
Meet Me at the Fair

as Sheriff Evans

1953
Wagon Master

as Adam Perkins

1950
Saddle Tramp

as Pop

1950
Sundown in Santa Fe

as Sheriff Jim Wyatt

1948
Bad Bascomb

as Elijah Walker

1946
Death Valley

as Old Silas Bagley

1946
Along Came Jones

as Pop de Longpre

1945
Texas Masquerade

as J.K. Trimble

1944
The Big Bonanza

as Adam Parker

1944
Border Patrol

as Orestes Krebs

1943
The Spoilers

as Flapjack

1942
Shut My Big Mouth

as Mayor Potter

1942
Bad Men of Missouri

as Hank Younger

1941
The Grapes of Wrath

as Pa Joad

1940
Three Faces West

as Minister

1940
Yodelin' Kid from Pine Ridge

as Bayliss Baynum

1937
Motive for Revenge

as McAllister

1935
Ever Since Eve

as Jim Wood

1934
Face in the Sky

as Pa Nathan Brown

1933
The Cabin in the Cotton

as Uncle Joe

1932
Law and Order

as Judge R.W. Williams

1932
Abraham Lincoln

as Lincoln's Employer

1930
Billy the Kid

as Angus McSween

1930
After the Fog

as Joshua Barker

1929
Innocents of Paris

as Emile Leval

1929
The Frontiersman

as Andrew Jackson

1927
Russell Simpson Russell Simpson

Birthday

1880-06-17

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-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.
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