Russell Simpson
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Birth Name: Russell McCaskill Simpson
Born: 17 June 1880 Died: 12 December 1959
Country of origin: United States
Height: 6' 1"
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American actor Russell Simpson is another of those character players who seemed to have been born in middle age. From his first screen appearance in 1910 to his last in 1959, Simpson personified the grizzled, taciturn mountain man who held strangers at bay with his shotgun and vowed that his daughter would never marry into that family he'd been feudin' with fer nigh on to forty years. It was not always thus. After prospecting in the 1898 Alaska gold rush, Simpson returned to the States and launched a career as a touring actor in stock -- most frequently cast in romantic leads. This led to a long association with Broadway impresa
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1. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Rating: | 668 Watched |
2. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
Rating: | 532 Watched |
3. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)
Rating: | 305 Watched |
5. Meet John Doe (1941)
Rating: | 137 Watched |
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1. The Lone Ranger (1949)
Rating: | 26 Watched |
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