Robert F. Simon

Actor Dec 2 (died age 83) Mansfield, Ohio, USA 1947–2003 (56 year career)

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Biography

Robert F. Simon (December 2, 1908 – November 29, 1992) was an American character actor, often portraying military or authority figure roles. Though his face was recognized by audiences, he was mostly unknown by name. A life member of The Actors Studio,[2]Simon appeared in films and on television between 1950 and 1985, having mastered the genre of westerns, drama, and comedy.

Known For

Film

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

Handy Strong

Film

Operation Petticoat

Captain J.B. Henderson

Film

Where the Sidewalk Ends

Insp. Nicholas Foley (uncredited)

Film

Bigger Than Life

Dr. Norton

Film

Compulsion

Police Lt. Johnson

Film

Edge of the City

George Nordmann

Film

Gunman's Walk

Sheriff Harry Brill

Film

The Catered Affair

Mr. Joe Halloran

Filmography

Acting (136)

Movies (55)

Hell's Highway: The True Story of Highway Safety Films

2003

as Rellik (archive footage)

5.3

Crazy Horse and Custer: The Untold Story

1990

as Gen. Terry

Spider-Man: The Dragon's Challenge

1981

as J. Jonah Jameson

5.5

Spider-Man Strikes Back

as J. Jonah Jameson

Tail Gunner Joe

as Drew Pearson

The Girl in the Empty Grave

1977

as Jedediah Partridge

7.1

Winter Kill

1974

as Harvey

7.2

The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War

1973

as Capt. Walker

6.5

Journey Through the Past

as The General

Private Duty Nurses

as Dr. Sutton

Wild Women

as Col. Donahue

The Legend of Custer

as General Alfred Terry

5.0

The Reluctant Astronaut

1967

as Cervantes

5.9

The Third Killer

1966

as Mr. Rellik

The Silencers

1966

as Big O associate (uncredited)

Across the River

as Policeman

Fate Is the Hunter

as Proctor

Captain Newman, M.D.

as Lt. Col. M.B. Larrabee

A New Kind of Love

as Bertram Chalmers

Wall of Noise

as Dave McRaab

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

as Handy Strong

The Spiral Road

as Dr. Martens

Ricochet

as Colonel

The Wizard of Baghdad

as shamadin

Alcatraz Express

Pay or Die!

as Police Commissioner

7.2

Tess of the Storm Country

1960

as Mr. Graves

The Facts of Life

as Motel Clerk

The Last Angry Man

as Lyman Gattling

Operation Petticoat

as Captain J.B. Henderson

Face of Fire

as The Judge

Compulsion

as Police Lt. Johnson

The Buccaneer

as Capt. Brown

Gunman's Walk

as Sheriff Harry Brill

6.6

The Nine Lives of Elfego Baca

1958

as Deputy Sherrif

7.0

The Last Tycoon

1957

as Brady

Spring Reunion

as Harry Brewster

Edge of the City

as George Nordmann

Bigger Than Life

as Dr. Norton

The Catered Affair

as Mr. Joe Halloran

Never Say Goodbye

as Dr. Kenneth Evans

The First Traveling Saleslady

as Cal

The Rack

as Law Officer

The Benny Goodman Story

1956

as Papa Dave Goodman

6.3

5 Against the House

1955

as Old Guard (uncredited)

Foxfire

as Ernest Tyson

Chief Crazy Horse

as Jeff Mantz

The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell

1955

as Admiral Gage

6.8

The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing

1955

as Stage Manager (as Robert Simon)

6.0

Roogie's Bump

1954

as Boxey

The Black Dakotas

1954

as U.S. Marshal Whit Collins (as Robert Simon)

5.1

Rogue Cop

1954

as Ackerman

5.3

A Long Time Till Dawn

as Lt. Case

Bright Victory

as Psychiatrist

Where the Sidewalk Ends

1950

as Insp. Nicholas Foley (uncredited)

7.2

Television (81)

Airwolf

1984

as The Admiral

7.6

The Amazing Spider-Man

as J. Jonah Jameson

Quincy, M.E.

as Mr. Brady

Ellery Queen

as Eben Wright

The Six Million Dollar Man

as The Sheriff

Police Woman

as Dr. Foreman

Barnaby Jones

as Mr. Strand

M*A*S*H

as Gen. Maynard M. Mitchell

7.9

The Streets of San Francisco

as Capt. Rudy Olsen

Temperatures Rising

as Lowell

Columbo

as Dr. Westrum

McMillan & Wife

as Military Judge

Nichols

as Slade

The Partridge Family

as Mr. Gordon

Nancy

as Uncle Everett McPherson

Love, American Style

as Paul Grayson

Marcus Welby, M.D.

as Dr.Byron V. Anders

Hawaii Five-O

as Hugh Tilles

It Takes a Thief

as Vogel

The Mod Squad

as Dean McIntyre

The Guns of Will Sonnett

as Sheriff Devon

Custer

as Alfred H. Terry

Get Smart

as Stueben

Run for Your Life

as The Judge

Bewitched

as Frank Stephens

Daniel Boone

as Blackfish

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

as President

The Fugitive

as Murphy

The Outer Limits

as Gen. Maximillian R. Hart

7.8

Arrest and Trial

1963

as Judge James Shaw

7.7

The Greatest Show on Earth

as Greenwalt

The Virginian

as Ben Wainwright

The Lucy Show

as Dr. Robert F. Simon

7.0

McHale's Navy

1962

as John Burton

6.6

The Lloyd Bridges Show

1962

as Chief Petty Officer

Sam Benedict

as Bill Gottlieb

Saints and Sinners

as Dave Tabak

The Defenders

as Dr. Ernest Montgomery

5.9

The Andy Griffith Show

as Mr. Crawford

Route 66

as Mr. Pepperell

Stagecoach West

as Tom Osgood, Sr.

Bonanza

as Len Keith

The Twilight Zone

as Harvey

Rawhide

as Asa Junkin

The Untouchables

as Police Chief Towers

7.8

Adventures in Paradise

as Ned Hogue

Hawaiian Eye

as Roland Davidson

Lock-Up

as Martin Reeves

Johnny Ringo

as Sam

Black Saddle

as Judge McKinney

Law of the Plainsman

as Frank Keller

Sea Hunt

as Prof. Aaron Halliday

Bat Masterson

as Harrison Whitney

77 Sunset Strip

as Frank Harrison

Lawman

as Mr. Harmon

The Texan

as Sheriff Will Crandall

5.5

Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer

as Eugene T. Oland

Steve Canyon

as Col. Hampton

Perry Mason

as Edward Bannister

Have Gun, Will Travel

as Colonel Lathrop

Wagon Train

as Jay Thorton

Tombstone Territory

as Governor Armstrong

6.6

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

1956

as Sheriff John Hanley

State Trooper

as Colonel Greenlee

Broken Arrow

as Gen. Everitt

Cheyenne

as Chad Wilcox

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Sgt. Halloran

Gunsmoke

as Ben Stancil

The 20th Century Fox Hour

as Ben Slade

The Alcoa Hour

as Mr. Price

Studio 57

as Gen. Elijah Carruthers

The Wonderful World of Disney

as Ed Morgan

Topper

as F.K. Marsten

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as Harry Lewis

Danger

Lux Video Theatre

as Peterson

Suspense

Man Against Crime

as Barney (

Hands of Murder

Studio One

as Tom

Kraft Television Theatre

1947

as Lt. Case

7.5