---
name: "John Simpson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-simpson-1288949"
fi1m_id: "john-simpson-1288949"
imdb_id: "nm0801054"
tmdb_id: 1288949
roles: []
born: "25 December 1931"
died: "14 July 2011"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T16:45:09.980137+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# John Simpson

## Identity

John Simpson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/john-simpson-1288949
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** john-simpson-1288949
- **IMDb ID:** nm0801054
- **TMDB ID:** 1288949
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0801054/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1288949

Actor. Born 25 December 1931 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Died 14 July 2011.

## Details

- **Born:** 25 December 1931, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- **Died:** 14 July 2011
- **Also known as:** Paul Simpson
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0801054/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1288949

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Night of the Living Dead*](https://film.one/film/night-of-the-living-dead.md) (88)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

John Simpson (1931–2011) was an American actor, also credited as Paul Simpson. He played a zombie in George A. Romero's *Night of the Living Dead* (1968).

His other screen credits include the television film *Archie* (1964), in which he performed a song, and the feature *Clay Farmers* (1988) as Tom. He appeared in single episodes of the series *Taxi!* (1963) and *The Patty Duke Show* (1964), and later in the television films *Derby* (1995) and *Winner Takes All* (1998). Simpson was a retired calculus teacher living in Clymer, Pennsylvania.

*Sources: imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Night of the Living Dead* (1968), Fi1m 88, as Zombie — [page](https://film.one/film/night-of-the-living-dead.md)

## Complete filmography (4)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Winner Takes All* (1998), as Drug Enforcement
- *Derby* (1995), as Vet
- *Night of the Living Dead* (1968), as Zombie — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/night-of-the-living-dead.md)
- *Archie* (1964), as Archie Andrews

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