Russell Simpson: movies and TV shows
Russell Simpson has 209 credits in the archive: 198 films and 11 TV series, from 1914 to 1959. Highest rated: The Grapes of Wrath (7.8/10).
Career timeline
1914 – 1959 · busiest year: 1925 (11 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | The Horse Soldiers | Henry Goodbody | Film | 7.0 | 79 |
| 1958 | The Texan | Zeb Waters | TV | 6.0 | 78 |
| 1957 | Wagon Train | Mr. Carr | TV | 6.6 | 77 |
| 1957 | The Tin Star | Clem Hall | Film | 7.0 | 77 |
| 1957 | The Lonely Man | Film | 6.1 | 77 | |
| 1956 | Friendly Persuasion | Brother Griffith - Elder (uncredited) | Film | 6.7 | 76 |
| 1956 | The Brass Legend | Deputy 'Pop' Jackson | Film | 6.3 | 76 |
| 1955 | The 20th Century Fox Hour | Old Man | TV | 6.0 | 75 |
| 1955 | Sergeant Preston of the Yukon | TV | 6.8 | 75 | |
| 1955 | Oklahoma! | The Minister (uncredited) | Film | 6.6 | 75 |
| 1955 | The Tall Men | Emigrant (uncredited) | Film | 6.5 | 75 |
| 1955 | The Last Command | The Parson | Film | 6.7 | 75 |
| 1954 | Public Defender | Lundquist | TV | 6.3 | 74 |
| 1954 | Seven Brides for Seven Brothers | Fred Bixby | Film | 7.1 | 74 |
| 1954 | Broken Lance | Judge (uncredited) | Film | 6.6 | 74 |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | TV | 6.8 | 73 | |
| 1953 | The Sun Shines Bright | Lewt Lake | Film | 6.5 | 73 |
| 1953 | Meet Me at the Fair | Sheriff Evans | Film | 7.7 | 73 |
| 1952 | Cavalcade of America | Quatermaster | TV | 4.6 | 72 |
| 1952 | Cavalcade of America | TV | 4.6 | 72 | |
| 1952 | Cavalcade of America | Judge Grant | TV | 4.6 | 72 |
| 1952 | Lone Star | Maynard Cole | Film | 5.7 | 72 |
| 1952 | The Ghost of Crossbone Canyon | Sam Stanton | Film | 9.0 | 72 |
| 1952 | Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair | Clem Johnson | Film | 6.6 | 72 |
| 1952 | Feudin' Fools | Grandpa Smith | Film | 5.5 | 72 |
| 1951 | The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok | Sam | TV | 5.3 | 71 |
| 1951 | Comin' Round the Mountain | Judge | Film | 6.1 | 71 |
| 1950 | Wagon Master | Adam Perkins | Film | 6.7 | 70 |
| 1950 | The Outriders | Farmer (uncredited) | Film | 7.3 | 70 |
| 1950 | Saddle Tramp | Pop | Film | 6.5 | 70 |
| 1950 | Call of the Klondike | Andy McKay | Film | 7.3 | 70 |
| 1949 | The Lone Ranger | Jack Brewster | TV | 6.8 | 69 |
| 1949 | Free For All | Farmer | Film | 6.3 | 69 |
| 1949 | The Gal Who Took the West | Bartender (as old Timer) | Film | 6.0 | 69 |
| 1949 | Tuna Clipper | Capt. Fergus MacLennan | Film | 7.8 | 69 |
| 1948 | Joan of Arc | Old Man with Pipe (uncredited) | Film | 6.2 | 68 |
| 1948 | Tap Roots | Big Sam Dabney | Film | 6.9 | 68 |
| 1948 | Coroner Creek | Walt Hardison | Film | 6.2 | 68 |
| 1948 | Albuquerque | Abner Huggins | Film | 6.8 | 68 |
| 1948 | The Untamed Breed | Minister | Film | 6.5 | 68 |
| 1948 | Sundown in Santa Fe | Sheriff Jim Wyatt | Film | 10.0 | 68 |
| 1947 | The Romance of Rosy Ridge | Dan Yeary | Film | 6.7 | 67 |
| 1947 | The Fabulous Texan | Wade Clayton | Film | 6.5 | 67 |
| 1947 | Bowery Buckaroos | Luke Barlow | Film | 6.6 | 67 |
| 1946 | My Darling Clementine | John Simpson | Film | 7.5 | 66 |
| 1946 | Death Valley | Old Silas Bagley | Film | 5.7 | 66 |
| 1946 | My Dog Shep | Mathew Hodgkins | Film | 6.3 | 66 |
| 1946 | Bad Bascomb | Elijah Walker | Film | 7.3 | 66 |
| 1946 | California Gold Rush | Colonel Parker | Film | 7.5 | 66 |
| 1946 | A Boy and His Dog | Mr. Thornycroft | Film | 5.9 | 66 |
| 1945 | They Were Expendable | 'Dad' Knowland | Film | 6.5 | 65 |
| 1945 | Along Came Jones | Pop de Longpre | Film | 5.8 | 65 |
| 1945 | Roughly Speaking | The Colonel - Drill Instructor (uncredited) | Film | 6.8 | 65 |
| 1944 | Tall in the Saddle | Pat Foster (uncredited) | Film | 6.6 | 64 |
| 1944 | The Big Bonanza | Adam Parker | Film | 6.3 | 64 |
| 1944 | Roaring Guns | Farmer MacKenzie | Film | 8.0 | 64 |
| 1944 | Texas Masquerade | J.K. Trimble | Film | 6.5 | 64 |
| 1943 | Riding High | Frenchy McGuire | Film | 5.6 | 63 |
| 1943 | Border Patrol | Orestes Krebs | Film | 6.2 | 63 |
| 1943 | The Woman of the Town | Sime | Film | 6.4 | 63 |
| 1943 | Colt Comrades | Sheriff | Film | 5.9 | 63 |
| 1943 | Moonlight in Vermont | Uncle Rufus | Film | 6.5 | 63 |
| 1942 | The Spoilers | Flapjack | Film | 6.2 | 62 |
| 1942 | Wild Bill Hickok Rides | Ned Nolan | Film | 5.5 | 62 |
| 1942 | Tennessee Johnson | Kirby | Film | 6.4 | 62 |
| 1942 | Nazi Agent | 2nd Captain (uncredited) | Film | 6.6 | 62 |
| 1942 | Shut My Big Mouth | Mayor Potter | Film | 8.3 | 62 |
| 1942 | Lone Star Ranger | Tom Duane | Film | 5.3 | 62 |
| 1941 | Meet John Doe | (uncredited) | Film | 7.3 | 61 |
| 1941 | Tobacco Road | Chief of Police | Film | 6.8 | 61 |
| 1941 | Swamp Water | Marty McCord | Film | 6.4 | 61 |
| 1941 | Bad Men of Missouri | Hank Younger | Film | 6.2 | 61 |
| 1941 | Citadel of Crime | Jess Meekins | Film | 9.0 | 61 |
| 1941 | Wild Geese Calling | Marshal Len Baker | Film | 6.5 | 61 |
| 1941 | Last of the Duanes | Tom Duane | Film | 6.5 | 61 |
| 1940 | The Grapes of Wrath | Pa Joad | Film | 7.8 | 60 |
| 1940 | Brigham Young | U.S. Army Major | Film | 4.6 | 60 |
| 1940 | Santa Fe Trail | Shubel Morgan | Film | 5.8 | 60 |
| 1940 | Virginia City | Gaylord | Film | 6.3 | 60 |
| 1940 | Wyoming | Mr. Bronson | Film | 6.7 | 60 |
| 1940 | Three Faces West | Minister | Film | 5.7 | 60 |
| 1939 | Mr. Smith Goes to Washington | Kenneth Allen (uncredited) | Film | 7.8 | 59 |
| 1939 | Young Mr. Lincoln | Woolridge (uncredited) | Film | 7.2 | 59 |
| 1939 | Drums Along the Mohawk | Dr. Petry | Film | 6.5 | 59 |
| 1939 | Dodge City | Orth | Film | 6.9 | 59 |
| 1939 | Geronimo | Scout | Film | 5.3 | 59 |
| 1939 | The Bill of Rights | Frontiersman | Film | 6.5 | 59 |
| 1939 | Desperate Trails | Sheriff Big Bill Tanner | Film | 5.7 | 59 |
| 1939 | Western Caravans | Winchester Thompson | Film | 7.0 | 59 |
| 1938 | Gold Is Where You Find It | MacKenzie | Film | 7.0 | 58 |
| 1938 | Heart of the North | Dave MacMillan | Film | 5.2 | 58 |
| 1938 | Valley of the Giants | McKenzie | Film | 6.7 | 58 |
| 1938 | The Girl of the Golden West | Fred - Outrider in Prologue | Film | 5.3 | 58 |
| 1937 | Maid of Salem | Village Marshal (Uncredited) | Film | 6.2 | 57 |
| 1937 | Parnell | Dead Child's Father | Film | 4.6 | 57 |
| 1937 | Mountain Justice | Matthew Turnbull | Film | 6.3 | 57 |
| 1937 | Green Light | Sheep Man | Film | 6.7 | 57 |
| 1937 | Wild West Days | Matt Keeler | Film | 8.0 | 57 |
| 1937 | That I May Live | Bish Plivens | Film | 7.3 | 57 |
| 1937 | Paradise Isle | Baxter | Film | 6.0 | 57 |
| 1937 | Yodelin' Kid from Pine Ridge | Bayliss Baynum | Film | 6.7 | 57 |
| 1936 | San Francisco | 'Red' Kelly | Film | 6.6 | 56 |
| 1936 | Girl of the Ozarks | Bascomb Rogers | Film | 6.5 | 56 |
| 1936 | Ramona | Scroggs | Film | 5.8 | 56 |
| 1936 | Paddy O'Day | Benton | Film | 7.0 | 56 |
| 1936 | The Harvester | Abner Prewett | Film | 9.0 | 56 |
| 1936 | Back to Nature | Sheriff | Film | 9.0 | 56 |
| 1936 | Man Hunt | Jeff Parkington | Film | 10.0 | 56 |
| 1935 | Way Down East | Squire Amasa Bartlett | Film | 4.3 | 55 |
| 1935 | The Hoosier Schoolmaster | Doc Small | Film | 4.3 | 55 |
| 1935 | Motive for Revenge | McAllister | Film | 6.3 | 55 |
| 1934 | Carolina | Richards | Film | 6.7 | 54 |
| 1934 | Three on a Honeymoon | Ezra MacDuff | Film | 7.0 | 54 |
| 1934 | Frontier Marshal | Editor Pickett | Film | 7.0 | 54 |
| 1934 | The World Moves On | Notary (1825) | Film | 5.9 | 54 |
| 1934 | West of the Pecos | Roy Neal | Film | 7.0 | 54 |
| 1934 | Sixteen Fathoms Deep | A.B. Crockett | Film | 4.0 | 54 |
| 1934 | Ever Since Eve | Jim Wood | Film | 9.0 | 54 |
| 1934 | Radio Scout | Pappy Tolliver | Film | — | 54 |
| 1933 | Secrets | Doctor (uncredited) | Film | 5.2 | 53 |
| 1933 | Face in the Sky | Pa Nathan Brown | Film | 5.8 | 53 |
| 1933 | The Power and the Glory | Professor (uncredited) | Film | 5.9 | 53 |
| 1933 | Stolen by Gypsies or Beer and Bicycles | Speaker | Film | 1.0 | 53 |
| 1932 | Hello Trouble | Jonathan Kenyon | Film | 7.0 | 52 |
| 1932 | Call Her Savage | Old Man in Wagon Train | Film | 5.8 | 52 |
| 1932 | Law and Order | Judge R.W. Williams | Film | 5.0 | 52 |
| 1932 | The Cabin in the Cotton | Uncle Joe | Film | 6.3 | 52 |
| 1932 | The Famous Ferguson Case | Banker Craig | Film | 6.6 | 52 |
| 1932 | Silver Dollar | Hamlin | Film | 6.2 | 52 |
| 1932 | Lena Rivers | Grandfather Nichols | Film | 7.0 | 52 |
| 1932 | The Honor of the Press | Dan Perkins | Film | 8.0 | 52 |
| 1932 | Ridin' for Justice | Marshal Joseph Slyde | Film | 10.0 | 52 |
| 1932 | Flames | Jake | Film | 4.3 | 52 |
| 1932 | The Riding Tornado | Sheriff | Film | 7.0 | 52 |
| 1931 | Susan Lenox | Doctor | Film | 6.1 | 51 |
| 1931 | Alexander Hamilton | Harvey Taylor - First Ex-Soldier | Film | 4.4 | 51 |
| 1931 | The Great Meadow | Thomas Hall | Film | 6.0 | 51 |
| 1930 | Abraham Lincoln | Lincoln's Employer | Film | 5.5 | 50 |
| 1930 | The Lone Star Ranger | Colonel John Aldridge | Film | 7.0 | 50 |
| 1930 | Man to Man | Uncle Cal | Film | 6.2 | 50 |
| 1930 | Billy the Kid | Angus McSween | Film | 4.7 | 50 |
| 1929 | Noisy Neighbors | Ebenezer | Film | 9.0 | 49 |
| 1929 | The Sap | The Banker | Film | 10.0 | 49 |
| 1929 | Innocents of Paris | Emile Leval | Film | 8.0 | 49 |
| 1929 | After the Fog | Joshua Barker | Film | 8.0 | 49 |
| 1929 | All Faces West | Gunner Bill | Film | 9.0 | 49 |
| 1929 | My Lady's Past | Film | 7.0 | 49 | |
| 1928 | Life's Mockery | Wolf Miller | Film | 7.0 | 48 |
| 1928 | Tropical Nights | Singapore Joe | Film | 8.0 | 48 |
| 1928 | The Bushranger | Sir Eric | Film | 10.0 | 48 |
| 1927 | Annie Laurie | Sandy | Film | 6.8 | 47 |
| 1927 | The Heart of the Yukon | 'Cash' Cynon | Film | 7.0 | 47 |
| 1927 | The First Auto | Hank Armstrong | Film | 5.8 | 47 |
| 1927 | Now We're in the Air | Lord Abercrombie McTavish | Film | 7.5 | 47 |
| 1927 | Wild Geese | Caleb Gare | Film | 10.0 | 47 |
| 1927 | The Frontiersman | Andrew Jackson | Film | 9.0 | 47 |
| 1926 | The Social Highwayman | The Mayor's Partner | Film | 8.0 | 46 |
| 1926 | The Earth Woman | Ezra Tilden | Film | 8.0 | 46 |
| 1926 | Lovey Mary | Stubbins | Film | 8.0 | 46 |
| 1926 | Rustlin' for Cupid | Hank Blatchford | Film | 9.0 | 46 |
| 1925 | The Eagle | The Eagle's Lieutenant / Coach Driver (uncredited) | Film | 6.3 | 45 |
| 1925 | Old Shoes | Film | 9.0 | 45 | |
| 1925 | The Narrow Street | Garvey | Film | 8.0 | 45 |
| 1925 | Thunder Mountain | Si Pace | Film | 7.0 | 45 |
| 1925 | Why Women Love | Silas Martin | Film | 9.0 | 45 |
| 1925 | The Re-Creation of Brian Kent | Jap Taylor | Film | 7.0 | 45 |
| 1925 | Beauty and the Bad Man | Chuckwalla Bill | Film | 7.0 | 45 |
| 1925 | The Splendid Road | Capt. Lightfoot | Film | 7.0 | 45 |
| 1925 | Faint Perfume | Grandpa Crumb | Film | 7.0 | 45 |
| 1925 | Paint and Powder | Riley | Film | 7.0 | 45 |
| 1925 | Ship of Souls | Angus Garth | Film | 5.0 | 45 |
| 1924 | Painted People | Fred Lane | Film | 10.0 | 44 |
| 1923 | Desire | Patrick Ryan | Film | 7.0 | 43 |
| 1923 | Defying Destiny | Mr. Wilkens | Film | 6.7 | 43 |
| 1923 | The Huntress | Big Jack Skinner | Film | 8.0 | 43 |
| 1923 | Circus Days | Eben Holt | Film | 7.3 | 43 |
| 1923 | Hearts Aflame | Black Joe | Film | 9.0 | 43 |
| 1923 | The Virginian | Trampas | Film | 6.5 | 43 |
| 1923 | The Girl of the Golden West | Jack Rance | Film | 8.0 | 43 |
| 1922 | The Kingdom Within | Caleb Deming | Film | 10.0 | 42 |
| 1922 | Peg o' My Heart | Jim O'Connell | Film | 7.3 | 42 |
| 1922 | Human Hearts | Paul Logan | Film | 10.0 | 42 |
| 1922 | Rags to Riches | The Sheriff | Film | 10.0 | 42 |
| 1922 | Across the Dead-Line | Enoch Kidder | Film | 8.0 | 42 |
| 1921 | Snowblind | Hugh Garth | Film | 9.0 | 41 |
| 1921 | Under the Lash | Simeon Krillet | Film | 9.0 | 41 |
| 1921 | Bunty Pulls the Strings | Tammas Biggar | Film | 8.0 | 41 |
| 1920 | Lahoma | 'Brick' Willock | Film | 10.0 | 40 |
| 1920 | The Deadlier Sex | Jim Willis | Film | 7.5 | 40 |
| 1920 | Godless Men | 'Black' Pawl | Film | 4.0 | 40 |
| 1920 | The Branding Iron | John Carver | Film | 7.0 | 40 |
| 1919 | Fighting Cressy | Hiram McKinstry | Film | 10.0 | 39 |
| 1919 | The Brand | Dan McGill | Film | — | 39 |
| 1919 | The Blue Bandanna | Jim Yancy | Film | — | 39 |
| 1919 | Bill Apperson's Boy | Bill Apperson | Film | — | 39 |
| 1919 | Desert Gold | Ladd | Film | 9.0 | 39 |
| 1918 | Oh, Johnny! | Adele's Father | Film | 8.0 | 38 |
| 1918 | Breakers Ahead | Captain Scudder | Film | — | 38 |
| 1918 | The Challenge Accepted | Uncle Zeke Sawyer | Film | 8.0 | 38 |
| 1918 | A Weaver of Dreams | Martin Chandler | Film | — | 38 |
| 1918 | The Uphill Path | James Lawton | Film | 7.0 | 38 |
| 1918 | Riders of the Night | Sally's Grandfather | Film | 7.0 | 38 |
| 1918 | The Border Legion | Overland Bradley | Film | — | 38 |
| 1917 | Blue Jeans | Jacob Tutwiler | Film | 5.9 | 37 |
| 1917 | The Barrier | John Gaylord / John Tale | Film | — | 37 |
| 1917 | The Food Gamblers | Samuel Sloane | Film | — | 37 |
| 1916 | Lovely Mary | Peter Nelson | Film | — | 36 |
| 1915 | The Old Homestead | Sheriff | Film | — | 35 |
| 1914 | The Virginian | Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited) | Film | 5.6 | 34 |