Russell Simpson — Actor (17)
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The Big Bonanza (1944) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Big Bonanza
director: George Archainbaud actor: Richard Arlen / Jane Frazee …
Having been falsely court marshaled for cowardice and sentenced to prison by the Army, Jed Kilton escapes and heads to Nevada Springs to see his kid brother. There he meets his old school friend Sam Ballou. But the two old friends soon find themselves on opposite sides and Sam has Jed arrested. Then when Jed's young brother sees one of Sam's men kill another man, the boy becomes Sam's intended victim.
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Peg o' My Heart (1922) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Peg o' My Heart
director: King Vidor actor: Laurette Taylor / Mahlon Hamilton …
other title: Tin-Tin de mi corazón / Peg de mon cœur …
PEG O MY HEART (Metro Studios, 1922), directed by King Vidor, under the supervision of J. Hartley Manners, introduces the legendary theatrical actress Laurette Taylor (1884-1946) to the screen reprising the role she made famous as a poor Irish farm girl who inherits a fortune but would rather have happiness instead. While a bit too old for the character supposedly in her late teens or early twenties, Laurette was tailor made for it.
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Blue Jeans (1917) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Blue Jeans
director: John H. Collins actor: Viola Dana / Bob Walker …
other title: Teenager lieben Heiß / ブルージーンズ (1917年の映画)
June, a young orphan, is befriended by Perry Bascom when he shares his lunch with her on the road to Rising Sun. They soon fall in love and marry, only to find out that a woman in Perry's past has come to town to make trouble. Teaming up with the local political bully, the schemers set out to make Perry's life miserable, but June sticks by her husband to the end.
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The Hoosier Schoolmaster (1935) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Hoosier Schoolmaster
director: Lewis D. Collins actor: Norman Foster / Charlotte Henry …
Right after the Civil War, an ex-Union soldier sets out to become a schoolmaster in his small town, even though many locals still harbor a resentment against "Yankees". He goes up against the town bully, who both want the same girl, and his troubles multiply when a vicious band of nightriders set out to drive him out of town.
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Now We're in the Air (1927) [Movie] IMDb Douban
Now We're in the Air
director: 弗兰克·R·斯特雷耶 actor: 华莱士·比里 / 雷蒙德·哈顿 …
other title: 大闹天空
Wally and Ray are cousins intent upon getting the fortune of their Scots grandad, an aviation nut. They become mixed-up with the U. S. flying corps and are wafted over the enemy lines in a runaway balloon. Through misunderstanding they are honored as heroes of the enemy forces, and sent back to the U.S. lines to spy. Here they are captured and almost shot, but everything ends happily. Only 20 minutes of this 6 reel comedy are extant.
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The Outriders (1950) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Outriders
director: Roy Rowland actor: Joel McCrea / Arlene Dahl …
other title: Blutiger Staub / Le Convoi maudit …
Late in the Civil War, three Confederate soldiers escape from a Union prison camp in Missouri. They soon fall into the hands of pro-Confederate raiders, who force them to act as "outriders" (escorts) for a civilian wagon train that will be secretly transporting Union gold from Santa Fe, New Mexico, to St. Louis, Missouri. The three men are to lead the wagons into a raider trap in Missouri, but one of them starts to have misgivings....
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Billy the Kid (1930) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Billy the Kid
director: King Vidor actor: Johnny Mack Brown / Wallace Beery …
other title: Geächtet, gefürchtet, geliebt - Billy the Kid / Billy el niño : El terror de la pradera …
Billy, after shooting down land baron William Donovan's henchmen for killing Billy's boss, is hunted down and captured by his friend, Sheriff Pat Garrett. He escapes and is on his way to Mexico when Garrett, recapturing him, must decide whether to bring him in or to let him go.
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The Eagle (1925) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Eagle
director: Clarence Brown actor: 鲁道夫·瓦伦蒂诺 / Vilma Banky …
other title: 검은 독수리 / A Águia Negra …
Vladimir Dubrouvsky, a lieutenant in the Russian army, catches the eye of Czarina Catherine II. He spurns her advances and flees, and she puts out a warrant for his arrest, dead or alive. Vladimir learns that his father's lands have been taken by the evil Kyrilla Troekouroff, and his father dies. He dons a black mask, and becomes the outlaw The Black Eagle. He enters the Troekouroff household disguised as a French instructor for Kyrilla's daughter Mascha. He is after vengeance, but instead falls in love with Mascha.