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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…
Known for
- The Horse Soldiers — Henry Goodbody1959
- The Texan — Zeb Waters1958
- The Tin Star — Clem Hall1957
- The Lonely Man1957
- Wagon Train — Mr. Carr1957
- Friendly Persuasion — Brother Griffith - Elder (uncredited)1956
- The Brass Legend — Deputy 'Pop' Jackson1956
- The Last Command — The Parson1955
- The Tall Men — Emigrant (uncredited)1955
- Oklahoma! — The Minister (uncredited)1955
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Russell
- Family name
- Simpson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- San Francisco
- Place of death
- Woodland Hills
- Occupation
- stage actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Genre
- Western
- Image
- Russell Simpson in The Grapes of Wrath trailer.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1880-06-17
- date of death
- 1959-12-12
- place of burial
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park
- Commons category
- Russell Simpson (actor)
- end of work period
- 1959-00-00
- start of work period
- 1914-00-00
- writing language
- English language
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