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Russell McCaskill Simpson was an American character actor.
Birth Name
Russell McCaskill Simpson
Born
Thursday, 17 June 1880
Died
Saturday, 12 December 1959
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years | Actor 'The Grapes of Wrath' | 1997 |
| The Republic Pictures Story | Dr. Lewt Lake (clip from The Sun Shines Bright (1953)) | 1991 |
| The Horse Soldiers | Sheriff Goodbody / Henry Goodbody | 1959 |
| Mackenzie's Raiders | Albert Penn | 1958 |
| The Texan | Zeb Waters | 1958 |
| The Tin Star | Clem Hall | 1957 |
| The Court of Last Resort | Glover | 1957 |
| The Gray Ghost | Slocum | 1957 |
| Goodyear Theatre | Mr. Austin | 1957 |
| Wagon Train | Mr. Carr | 1957 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years | Actor 'The Grapes of Wrath' | 1997 |
| The Republic Pictures Story | Dr. Lewt Lake (clip from The Sun Shines Bright (1953)) | 1991 |
| The Horse Soldiers | Sheriff Goodbody / Henry Goodbody | 1959 |
| Mackenzie's Raiders | Albert Penn | 1958 |
| The Texan | Zeb Waters | 1958 |
| The Tin Star | Clem Hall | 1957 |
| The Court of Last Resort | Glover | 1957 |
| The Gray Ghost | Slocum | 1957 |
| Goodyear Theatre | Mr. Austin | 1957 |
| Wagon Train | Mr. Carr | 1957 |
| The Lonely Man | Red Bluff Poker Player | 1957 |
| The Brass Legend | Deputy 'Pop' Jackson | 1956 |
| Friendly Persuasion | Brother Griffith - Elder | 1956 |
| These Wilder Years | Farmer | 1956 |
| Oklahoma! | The Minister | 1955 |
| The 20th Century-Fox Hour | Old Man | 1955 |
| Sergeant Preston of the Yukon | Jonah | 1955 |
| The Tall Men | Emigrant | 1955 |
| The Last Command | The Parson | 1955 |
| Gadgets Galore | Man in Theatre Audience | 1955 |
| Many Rivers to Cross | Man at Inn | 1955 |
| The Millionaire | 1955 | |
| TV Reader's Digest | Sheriff Jim Roberts | 1955 |
| Broken Lance | Judge | 1954 |
| Seven Brides for Seven Brothers | Mr. Bixby / Fred Bixby | 1954 |
| Public Defender | Lundquist | 1954 |
| Gypsy Colt | Mr. Minter | 1954 |
| The Sun Shines Bright | Dr. Lewt Lake / Lewt Lake | 1953 |
| Meet Me at the Fair | Sheriff Evans | 1953 |
| The Ghost of Crossbone Canyon | Sam Stanton | 1952 |
| Cavalcade of America | Quatermaster / Judge Grant | 1952 |
| Feudin' Fools | Grandpa Smith | 1952 |
| Lone Star | Maynard Cole | 1952 |
| Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair | Clem Johnson | 1952 |
| Across the Wide Missouri | Hoback | 1951 |
| Comin' Round the Mountain | Judge | 1951 |
| Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok | Sam | 1951 |
| Call of the Klondike | Andy McKay | 1950 |
| Saddle Tramp | Pop | 1950 |
| Wagon Master | Adam Perkins | 1950 |
| The Outriders | Farmer | 1950 |
| Free for All | Farmer | 1949 |
| The Lone Ranger | Jack Brewster | 1949 |
| The Gal Who Took the West | Bartender (as old Timer) / Bartender | 1949 |
| The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend | Grandpa | 1949 |
| Tuna Clipper | Capt. Fergus MacLennan | 1949 |
| Joan of Arc | Old Man with Pipe | 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 | 1948 |
| Bowery Buckaroos | Luke Barlow | 1947 |
| The Fabulous Texan | Wade Clayton | 1947 |
| The Romance of Rosy Ridge | Dan Yeary | 1947 |
| The Millerson Case | Squire Tuttle | 1947 |
| A Boy and His Dog | Mr. Thornycroft | 1946 |
| My Dog Shep | Matt Hodgkins / Mathew Hodgkins | 1946 |
| Lady Luck | Daniel Boone | 1946 |
| My Darling Clementine | John Simpson | 1946 |
| Death Valley | Old Silas Bagley | 1946 |
| Bad Bascomb | Elijah Walker | 1946 |
| California Gold Rush | Colonel Parker | 1946 |
| They Were Expendable | 'Dad' Knowland | 1945 |
| Incendiary Blonde | Jenkins | 1945 |
| Along Came Jones | Pop de Longpre | 1945 |
| Roughly Speaking | The Colonel - Drill Instructor | 1945 |
| The Big Bonanza | Adam Parker | 1944 |
| Tall in the Saddle | Pat Foster | 1944 |
| Man from Frisco | Dr. Hershey | 1944 |
| Trial by Trigger | Homesteader | 1944 |
| Roaring Guns | Farmer MacKenzie | 1944 |
| Texas Masquerade | J.K. Trimble | 1944 |
| The Woman of the Town | Sime | 1943 |
| Moonlight in Vermont | Uncle Rufus | 1943 |
| Riding High | Frenchy McQuire / Frenchy McGuire | 1943 |
| Colt Comrades | Sheriff | 1943 |
| Border Patrol | Orestes Krebs | 1943 |
| Tennessee Johnson | Kirby | 1942 |
| The Spoilers | Flapjack Sims | 1942 |
| Lone Star Ranger | Tom Duane | 1942 |
| Nazi Agent | 2nd Captain | 1942 |
| Shut My Big Mouth | Mayor Potter | 1942 |
| Wild Bill Hickok Rides | Edward 'Ned' Nolan / Ned Nolan | 1942 |
| 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 |
| Tobacco Road | Chief of Police | 1941 |
| 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 | 1940 |
| Geronimo | Scout / Army Scout | 1939 |
| Drums Along the Mohawk | Dr. Petry | 1939 |
| Mr. Smith Goes to Washington | Kenneth Allen | 1939 |
| Desperate Trails | Sheriff Big Bill Tanner | 1939 |
| The Bill of Rights | Frontiersman | 1939 |
| Western Caravans | Winchester Thompson | 1939 |
| Young Mr. Lincoln | Woolridge | 1939 |
| Dodge City | Jack Orth / Orth | 1939 |
| Land of Liberty | (archive footage) | 1939 |
| Heart of the North | Dave MacMillan | 1938 |
| The Sisters | First Sailor | 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 | 1938 |
| Paradise Isle | Baxter | 1937 |
| Wild West Days | Matt Keeler | 1937 |
| Yodelin' Kid from Pine Ridge | Bayliss Baynum | 1937 |
| Parnell | Dead Child's Father | 1937 |
| That I May Live | Bish Plivens | 1937 |
| Mountain Justice | Mr. Matthew Turnbull / Matthew Turnbull | 1937 |
| Maid of Salem | Village Marshal / Village Marshal (Uncredited) | 1937 |
| Green Light | Sheep Man | 1937 |
| Wild Brian Kent | Race Judge | 1936 |
| Ramona | Scroggs | 1936 |
| Back to Nature | Sheriff | 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 | 1936 |
| Paddy O'Day | Benton | 1936 |
| Way Down East | Squire Amasa Bartlett | 1935 |
| Motive for Revenge | McAllister | 1935 |
| The Hoosier Schoolmaster | Doc Small | 1935 |
| The County Chairman | Vance Jimmison | 1935 |
| West of the Pecos | Roy Neal | 1934 |
| The World Moves On | Notary (1825) | 1934 |
| Ever Since Eve | Jim Wood | 1934 |
| Carolina | Richards | 1934 |
| Sixteen Fathoms Deep | A.B. Crockett | 1934 |
| The Power and the Glory | College Engineering Professor | 1933 |
| Stolen by Gypsies or Beer and Bicycles | Speaker | 1933 |
| Secrets | Doctor | 1933 |
| Face in the Sky | Pa Nathan Brown | 1933 |
| Silver Dollar | Hamlin | 1932 |
| Call Her Savage | Old Man in Wagon Train | 1932 |
| The Cabin in the Cotton | Uncle Joe | 1932 |
| Two Lips and Juleps; or, Southern Love and Northern Exposure | 1932 | |
| Hello Trouble | Jonathan Kenyon | 1932 |
| The Honor of the Press | Dan Perkins - City Editor / 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 | 1932 |
| Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise) | Doctor | 1931 |
| Alexander Hamilton | Harvey Taylor - First Ex-Soldier / Harvey Taylor - Ex-Soldier | 1931 |
| Call of the Rockies | Gunner Bill | 1931 |
| The Great Meadow | Thomas Hall | 1931 |
| Man to Man | Uncle Cal | 1930 |
| Billy the Kid | Angus McSween | 1930 |
| Abraham Lincoln | Lincoln's Employer | 1930 |
| The Lone Star Ranger | Colonel John Aldridge | 1930 |
| After the Fog | Joshua Barker | 1929 |
| Innocents of Paris | Emile Leval | 1929 |
| The Big Diamond Robbery | Stagecoach Driver | 1929 |
| My Lady's Past | John Parker | 1929 |
| The Kid's Clever | John Decker | 1929 |
| Noisy Neighbors | Ebenezer | 1929 |
| Life's Mockery | Wolf Miller | 1928 |
| The Trail of '98 | Old Swede | 1928 |
| Wild Geese | Caleb Gare | 1927 |
| Now We're in the Air | Lord Abercrombie McTavish | 1927 |
| The First Auto | Hank Armstrong | 1927 |
| Annie Laurie | Sandy | 1927 |
| God's Great Wilderness | Richard Stoner | 1927 |
| Lovey Mary | Stubbins | 1926 |
| The Social Highwayman | The Mayor's Partner | 1926 |
| Rustling for Cupid | Hank Blatchford | 1926 |
| The Earth Woman | Ezra Tilden | 1926 |
| Ship of Souls | Angus Garth | 1925 |
| The Eagle | The Eagle's Lieutenant / Coach Driver | 1925 |
| Why Women Love | Silas Martin | 1925 |
| Thunder Mountain | Si Pace | 1925 |
| Paint and Powder | Riley | 1925 |
| Faint Perfume | Grandpa Crumb | 1925 |
| Beauty and the Bad Man | Chuckwalla Bill | 1925 |
| The Re-Creation of Brian Kent | Jap Taylor | 1925 |
| The Narrow Street | Garvey | 1925 |
| Painted People | Fred Lane | 1924 |
| Desire | Patrick Ryan | 1923 |
| The Virginian | Trampas | 1923 |
| Defying Destiny | Mr. Wilkens | 1923 |
| The Rip-Tide | The Maharajah | 1923 |
| Hearts Aflame | Black Joe | 1923 |
| Peg o' My Heart | Jim O'Connell | 1922 |
| Rags to Riches | The Sheriff | 1922 |
| Human Hearts | Paul Logan | 1922 |
| Across the Deadline | Enoch Kidder | 1922 |
| Shadows of Conscience | Jim Logan | 1921 |
| Godless Men | 'Black' Pawl | 1920 |
| The Branding Iron | John Carver | 1920 |
| Lahoma | 'Brick' Willock | 1920 |
| The Deadlier Sex | Jim Willis | 1920 |
| Desert Gold | Ladd | 1919 |
| Bill Apperson's Boy | Bill Apperson | 1919 |
| The Brand | Dan McGill | 1919 |
| The Blue Bandanna | Jim Yancy | 1919 |
| The Border Legion | Overland Bradley | 1918 |
| Riders of the Night | Sally's Grandfather | 1918 |
| Breakers Ahead | Captain Scudder | 1918 |
| A Weaver of Dreams | Martin Chandler | 1918 |
| The Uphill Path | James Lawton | 1918 |
| Blue Jeans | Jacob Tutwiler | 1917 |
| The Girl Without a Soul | Judge | 1917 |
| The Food Gamblers | Samuel Sloane | 1917 |
| The Barrier | John Gaylord / John Tale | 1917 |
| The Feud Girl | Zeb Bassett | 1916 |
| Lovely Mary | Peter Nelson | 1916 |
| The Old Homestead | Sheriff | 1915 |
| Sherman Was Right | 1914 | |
| The Virginian | Rancher | 1914 |
