Biographies: Ivan F. Simpson - Actor

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A British actor born in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom on February 4, 1875 as Ivan Freebody Simpson and died in New York City, New York, USA on October 12, 1951. His works include Captain Blood (1935), David Copper Field (1935), Maid of Salem (1937), and The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938). He became a Hollywood supporting actor and worked 4 decades on Broadway from 1906 until his death. He worked in cinema since 1915 in silent cinema, and his first film was The Dictator (1915), and in the thirties, he was a successful character actor in talking cinema in supporting roles and appeared in many classics. His last film was My Girl Tisa (1948), and he died in 1951 at the age of 76.

• 3 October 2021
• Christina Aziz