- Films
- 24
- Avg rating
- 6.71
- Peak run
- 1932’42
- 7+ run
- 2 films
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
Russell by the numbers
Average
6.71
10 rated films
Vote weighted
6.79
bigger films count more
Median
6.7
half are better
Consistency
±0.64
rating spread
Career
27y
1927 to 1953
Total votes
137K
across every film
Best
8.1
The Grapes of Wrath
Worst
5.7
Abraham Lincoln
Newest first
Filmography
| 1953 | The Sun Shines Bright | Dr. Lewt Lake | 6.9 | 2,082 |
| 1952 | Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair | Clem Johnson | · | 732 |
| 1950 | Saddle Tramp | Pop | · | 844 |
| 1950 | Wagon Master | Adam Perkins | 7.1 | 6,350 |
| 1947 | Bowery Buckaroos | Luke Barlow | · | 371 |
| 1946 | Bad Bascomb | Elijah Walker | · | 568 |
| 1945 | Along Came Jones | Pop de Longpre | 6.5 | 2,706 |
| 1943 | Border Patrol | Orestes Krebs | · | 366 |
| 1942 | The Spoilers | Flapjack Sims | 6.7 | 3,679 |
| 1941 | Bad Men of Missouri | Hank Younger | · | 353 |
| 1940 |  The Grapes of Wrath | Pa Joad | 8.1 | 108K |
| 1940 | Three Faces West | Minister | 6.2 | 1,084 |
| 1936 | Paddy O'Day | Benton | · | 273 |
| 1935 | Way Down East | Squire Amasa Bartlett | · | 257 |
| 1932 | The Cabin in the Cotton | Uncle Joe | 6.6 | 2,010 |
| 1932 | Call Her Savage | Old Man in Wagon Train | 7.0 | 1,332 |
| 1932 | Law and Order | Judge R.W. Williams | · | 418 |
| 1932 | Silver Dollar | Hamlin | · | 549 |
| 1931 | Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise) | Doctor | 6.3 | 1,461 |
| 1930 | Abraham Lincoln | Lincoln's Employer | 5.7 | 1,912 |
Better together?
Russell Simpson's regulars
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On Russell Simpson
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