Russell Simpson

🎂 Data nașterii: 1880-06-16 (Danville, California, USA)

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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Fructele mâniei

Santa Fe Trail

Draga mea Clementine

The Tin Star

The Earth Woman

Bunty Pulls the Strings

Carolina

Desert Gold

Now We're in the Air

Wagon Master

Coroner Creek

The Girl of the Golden West

The Border Legion

The Hoosier Schoolmaster

Hello Trouble

Border Patrol

Along Came Jones

Silver Dollar

Ioana d'Arc

The Power and the Glory

Broken Lance

Law and Order

The Sun Shines Bright

Feudin' Fools

The Big Bonanza

Friendly Persuasion

Saddle Tramp

Ramona

Motive for Revenge

Paradise Isle

Lena Rivers

The Splendid Road

Blue Jeans

That I May Live

Billy the Kid

Sundown in Santa Fe

Snowblind

Way Down East

The Harvester

Yodelin' Kid from Pine Ridge

Tuna Clipper

Mountain Justice

The Great Meadow

Comin' Round the Mountain

The First Auto

The Brand

The Horse Soldiers

Face in the Sky

After the Fog

Gold Is Where You Find It

Thunder Mountain

Susan Lenox

Man to Man

The Old Homestead

Innocents of Paris

Abraham Lincoln

The Cabin in the Cotton

Wild West Days

Tobacco Road

Wild Geese Calling

Defying Destiny

Lone Star

The Branding Iron

Stolen by Gypsies or Beer and Bicycles

The Sap

Roughly Speaking

Last of the Duanes

The Honor of the Press

The Kingdom Within

Breakers Ahead

The Lonely Man

Paddy O'Day

The Eagle

Virginia City

The Famous Ferguson Case

Ever Since Eve

Dodge City

Young Mr. Lincoln