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Russell Simpson (I) (1880–1959)

His grim, beady-eyed, sharp-nosed, weatherbeaten face was always familiar despite the small roles he appeared in. Every once in a while character actor Russell Simpson would stand out in a small scene, but his main purpose seemed to be adding rustic authenticity to his westerns or small-town dramas... See full bio »

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1959 The Horse Soldiers
Acting Sheriff Henry Goodbody
 
1959 The Texan (TV series)
Zeb Waters
The Man Behind the Star (1959) … Zeb Waters
 
1958 The Court of Last Resort (TV series)
Glover
The Joel Sheldon Case (1958) … Glover
 
1958 The Gray Ghost (TV series)
Slocum
Epidemic (1958) … Slocum
 
1957 Sergeant Preston of the Yukon (TV series)
Jonah
The Old Timer (1957) … Jonah
 
1957 G.E. True Theater (TV series)
 
1957 The Tin Star
Clem Hall
 
1957 Wagon Train (TV series)
Mr. Carr
The Ruth Owens Story (1957) … Mr. Carr
 
1957 The Lonely Man
Red Bluff Poker Player (uncredited)
 
1956 The Brass Legend
Deputy 'Pop' Jackson
 
1956 Friendly Persuasion
Brother Griffith - Elder (uncredited)
 
1956 These Wilder Years
Farmer (uncredited)
 
1956 Crossroads (TV series)
 
1955 The 20th Century-Fox Hour (TV series)
Old Man
The Ox-Bow Incident (1955) … Old Man
 
1955 Oklahoma!
The Minister (uncredited)
 
1955 The Tall Men
Emigrant (uncredited)
 
1955 The Last Command
The Parson
 
1955 Many Rivers to Cross
Man at Inn (uncredited)
 
1955 TV Reader's Digest (TV series)
Sheriff Jim Roberts
The Last of the Old Time Shooting Sheriffs (1955) … Sheriff Jim Roberts
 
1953-1954 Cavalcade of America (TV series)
Judge Grant / Quatermaster
The Forge (1954) … Judge Grant
Young Andy Jackson (1954)
Night Strike (1953) … Quatermaster
 
1954 Broken Lance
Judge (uncredited)
 
1954 Gypsy Colt
Mr. Minter (uncredited)
 
1953 The Lone Ranger (TV series)
Jack Brewster
The Old Cowboy (1953) … Jack Brewster
 
1953 The Sun Shines Bright
Dr. Lewt Lake
 
1953 Meet Me at the Fair
Sheriff Evans
 
1952 Feudin' Fools
Grandpa Smith
 
1952 Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair
Clem Johnson
 
1951 Across the Wide Missouri
Hoback (uncredited)
 
1951 Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (TV series)
Sam Overman
Ghost Town Story (1951) … Sam Overman
 
1950 Call of the Klondike
Andy McKay
 
1950 Saddle Tramp
Pop
 
1950 Wagon Master
Adam Perkins
 
1950 The Outriders
The Farmer (uncredited)
 
1949 Free for All
Farmer
 
1949 The Gal Who Took the West
Bartender (as old Timer)
 
1949 The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
Grandpa (uncredited)
 
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
The Minister (uncredited)
 
1948 Tap Roots
Big Sam Dabney
 
1948 Coroner Creek
Walt Hardison
 
1948 Albuquerque
Abner Huggins
 
1947 The Fabulous Texan
Wade Clayton
 
1947 Bowery Buckaroos
Sheriff Luke Barlow
 
1947 The Romance of Rosy Ridge
Dan Yeary
 
1947 The Millerson Case
Squire Tuttle (uncredited)
 
1946 A Boy and His Dog (short)
Mr. Thornycroft
 
1946 My Dog Shep
Matt Hodgkins
 
1946 Lady Luck
Daniel Boone (uncredited)
 
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 Incendiary Blonde
Jenkins (uncredited)
 
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 Man from Frisco
Dr. Hershey
 
1944 Roaring Guns (short)
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 McQuire (uncredited)
 
1943 Colt Comrades
Sheriff (uncredited)
 
1943 Border Patrol
Mayor Orestes Krebs
 
1942 Tennessee Johnson
Kirby
 
1942 The Spoilers
Flapjack Sims
 
1942 Shut My Big Mouth
Mayor Potter
 
1942 Wild Bill Hickok Rides
Edward 'Ned' Nolan
 
1942 Nazi Agent
2nd Captain (uncredited)
 
1941 Swamp Water
Marty McCord
 
1941 Wild Geese Calling
Marshal Len Baker
 
1941 Bad Men of Missouri
Henry '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 Wyoming
Mr. Bronson (uncredited)
 
1940 Brigham Young
U.S. Army Major
 
1940 Three Faces West
Minister
 
1940 Virginia City
Gaylord
 
1939 Geronimo
Scout (uncredited)
 
1939 Drums Along the Mohawk
Dr. Petry
 
1939 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Kenneth Allen (uncredited)
 
1939 Desperate Trails
Sheriff Bill Tanner
 
1939 The Bill of Rights (short)
Frontiersman (uncredited)
 
1939 Western Caravans
Winchester Thompson
 
1939 Young Mr. Lincoln
Woolridge (uncredited)
 
1939 Dodge City
Orth
 
1938 Heart of the North
Dave MacMillan
 
1938 The Sisters
First Sailor (uncredited)
 
1938 Valley of the Giants
'Mac' McKenzie
 
1938 Sons of the Plains (short)
 
1938 The Girl of the Golden West
Fred - Outrider in Prologue (uncredited)
 
1938 Gold Is Where You Find It
Farmer John 'Mac' McKenzie
 
1937 Paradise Isle
Baxter
 
1937 Wild West Days
Matt Keeler
 
1937 Yodelin' Kid from Pine Ridge
Bayliss Baynum
 
1937 Parnell
Father of Dead Child (uncredited)
 
1937 That I May Live
Bish Plivens
 
1937 Mountain Justice
Mr. Matthew Turnbull
 
1937 Maid of Salem
Village Marshal
 
1937 Green Light
Sheep Man
 
1936 Wild Brian Kent
Race Judge (uncredited)
 
1936 Ramona
Scroggs
 
1936 Back to Nature
Sheriff (uncredited)
 
1936 The Crime of Dr. Forbes
Sheriff Neil
 
1936 San Francisco
'Red' Kelly
 
1936 Girl of the Ozarks
Bascomb Rogers
 
1936 The Harvester
Abner Prewett
 
1936 Man Hunt
Jeff Parkington
 
1935 Paddy O'Day
Benton
 
1935 Way Down East
Squire Amasa Bartlett
 
1935 Motive for Revenge
McAllister
 
1935 The Hoosier Schoolmaster
Doc Small
 
1935 The County Chairman
Vance Jimmison
 
1934 West of the Pecos
Roy Neal
 
1934 The World Moves On
Notary (1825)
 
1934 Three on a Honeymoon
Ezra MacDuff
 
1934 Carolina
Richards
 
1934 Frontier Marshal
Editor Pickett
 
1934 Radio Scout (short)
 
1934 Sixteen Fathoms Deep
A.B. Crockett
 
1933 The Power and the Glory
College Engineering Professor (uncredited)
 
1933 Stolen by Gypsies or Beer and Bicycles (short)
Speaker
 
1933 The Moonshiner's Daughter (short)
Paw Catfield - The Moonshiner (as Russel Simpson)
 
1933 Face in the Sky
Pa Nathan Brown
 
1932 Silver Dollar
Hamlin
 
1932 Call Her Savage
Old Man in Wagon Train
 
1932 White Eagle
Gray Wolf (uncredited)
 
1932 The Cabin in the Cotton
Uncle Joe
 
1932 Hello Trouble
Jonathan Kenyon
 
1932 The Honor of the Press
City Editor Dan Perkins
 
1932 Flames
Jake
 
1932 The Famous Ferguson Case
Craig
 
1932 The Riding Tornado
Sheriff
 
1932 Rule 'Em and Weep (short)
King's Aide
 
1932 Lena Rivers
Grandfather
 
1932 Law and Order
Judge R.W. Williams
 
1932 Ridin' for Justice
Marshal Joseph Slyde
 
1932 Born to Fight
Jackson
 
1931 Alexander Hamilton
Harvey Taylor - First Ex-Soldier (uncredited)
 
1931 West of the Rockies
Gunner Bill
 
1931 The Great Meadow
Thomas Hall
 
1930 Man to Man
Uncle Cal
 
1930 Billy the Kid
McSween
 
1930 The Lone Star Ranger
Colonel John Aldridge
 
1929 After the Fog
Joshua Barker
 
1929 The Sap
The Banker
 
1929 Innocents of Paris
Emile Leval
 
1929 My Lady's Past
John Parker
 
1929 Kid's Clever
John Decker
 
1929 Noisy Neighbors
Ebenezer
 
1928 Tropical Nights
Singapore Joe
 
1928 The Bushranger
Sir Eric
 
1928 Life's Mockery
Wolf Miller
 
1928 The Trail of '98
Old Swede
 
1927 Wild Geese
Caleb Gare
 
1927 Now We're in the Air
Lord Abercrombie McTavish
 
1927 The First Auto
Hank Armstrong
 
1927 The Heart of the Yukon
'Cash' Cynon
 
1927 Annie Laurie
Sandy
 
1927 God's Great Wilderness
Richard Stoner
 
1926 Lovey Mary
Stubbins
 
1926 The Social Highwayman
The Mayor's Partner
 
1926 Rustling for Cupid
Hank Blatchford
 
1926 The Earth Woman
Ezra Tilden
 
1925 Ship of Souls
Angus Garth
 
1925 The Splendid Road
Captain 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
Gaarvey
 
1924 Painted People
Fred Lane
 
1923 Desire
Patrick Ryan
 
1923 Defying Destiny
Mr. Wilkens
 
1923 The Huntress
Big Jack Skinner
 
1923 Circus Days
Eben Holt
 
1923 The Rip-Tide
The Maharajah
 
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 Fools of Fortune
Magpie Simpkins
 
1922 Human Hearts
Paul Logan
 
1922 Across the Deadline
Enoch Kidder
 
1921 Under the Lash
Simeon Krillet
 
1921 Shadows of Conscience
Jim Logan
 
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
 
1920 Out of the Dust
Captain John Evans, U.S.A.
 
1919 The Blue Bandanna
Jim Yancy
 
1919/I Desert Gold
Ladd
 
1919 Fighting Cressy
Hiram McKinstry
 
1919 Bill Apperson's Boy
Bill Apperson
 
1919 The Brand
Dan McGill
 
1918 The Challenge Accepted
Uncle Zeke Sawyer
 
1918 Oh, Johnny!
Adele's Fatther
 
1918 The Border Legion
Overland Bradley
 
1918 The Uphill Path
James Lawton
 
1918 Riders of the Night
Sally's Grandfather
 
1918 Breakers Ahead
Captain Scudder
 
1918 A Weaver of Dreams
Martin Chandler
 
1917 Salt of the Earth
Sinful John
 
1917 Blue Jeans
Jacob Tutwiler
 
1917 The Girl Without a Soul
Judge (uncredited)
 
1917 The Food Gamblers
Samuel Sloane
 
1917 The Barrier
John Gaylord/John Tale
 
1916 The Feud Girl
Zeb Bassett
 
1916 Lovely Mary
Peter Nelson
 
1915 The Old Homestead
Sheriff
 
1914 The Virginian (uncredited)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (2 titles)
1950 Wagon Master ("CHUCKAWALLA SWING")
 
1941 Bad Men of Missouri (performer: "Darling Nellie Gray" 1856 - uncredited)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (4 titles)
1955 Gadgets Galore (short)
Man in Theatre Audience (uncredited)
 
1944 Trial by Trigger (short)
Homesteader (uncredited)
 
1937 Lest We Forget (short)
Clip from: County Chairman (uncredited)
 

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Alternate Names:

Russel Simpson

Height:

6' 1" (1.85 m)
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Trivia:

With six Technicolor films through 1939, he apparently holds the record for work in early Technicolor. They include Ramona, Gold is Where you Find it, Heart of the North, Valley of the Giants, Dodge City, and Drums Along the Mohawk. See more »

Star Sign:

Gemini