{{Short description|British actor (1894–1963)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Use British English|date=August 2016}} {{Infobox person | name = Ivan Samson | image = Actor_Ivan_Samson.jpg | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = 28 August 1894 | birth_place = Brighton, Sussex, England, United Kingdom | death_date = 1 May 1963 (aged 68) | death_place = London, England, United Kingdom | other_names = | years_active = 1920–1959 (films) | website = | awards = }} '''Ivan Samson''' (28 August 1894 – 1 May 1963) was a British stage, film and television actor.<ref name=bfi>{{cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/21022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090115035107/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/21022|url-status=dead|archive-date=2009-01-15|title=Ivan Samson}}</ref> Samson appeared regularly in West End plays and from 1920 began appearing in British silent films.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/person/gwn/ivan-samson|title=Ivan Samson – Theatricalia|website=theatricalia.com}}</ref> He played Viscount de Mornay in ''I Will Repay'' and Lord Dudley in ''The Loves of Mary, Queen of Scots''.<ref name=bfi/> In later talkie films, Samson played roles in the literary adaptations ''The Winslow Boy'' (1948) and ''The Browning Version'' (1951).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/ivan-samson-p187775|title=Ivan Samson – Movies and Filmography – AllMovie|publisher=AllMovie}}</ref> His final film appearance was as Admiral Loddon in the 1959 film ''Libel''. He also appeared in television series such as ''The Teckman Biography'', ''Operation Diplomat'' and ''Dixon of Dock Green''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=62993|title=Ivan Samson|website=aveleyman.com}}</ref>
==Selected filmography== * ''Nance'' (1920) * ''I Will Repay'' (1923) * ''The Loves of Mary, Queen of Scots'' (1923) * ''The Fake'' (1927) * ''Many Waters'' (1931) * ''Blossom Time'' (1934) * ''Royal Cavalcade'' (1935) * ''The Student's Romance'' (1935) * ''Honours Easy'' (1935) * ''Hail and Farewell'' (1936) * ''Stepping Toes'' (1938) * ''Waltz Time'' (1945) * ''The Winslow Boy'' (1948) * ''Landfall'' (1949) * ''Golden Arrow'' (1949) * ''Paul Temple's Triumph'' (1950) * ''The Browning Version'' (1951) * ''You Pay Your Money'' (1957) * ''Libel'' (1959)
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==External links== *{{IMDb name|0760176}} *{{IBDB name|59011}}
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