Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
December 2, 1908
Place of Birth:
Mansfield, Ohio, USA
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Robert F. Simon
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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Hell's Highway: The True Story of Highway Safety Films | Rellik (archive footage) |
| 1990 | Crazy Horse and Custer: The Untold Story | Gen. Terry |
| 1981 | Spider-Man: The Dragon's Challenge | J. Jonah Jameson |
| 1978 | Spider-Man Strikes Back | J. Jonah Jameson |
| 1977 | Tail Gunner Joe | Drew Pearson |
| 1977 | The Girl in the Empty Grave | Jedediah Partridge |
| 1974 | Winter Kill | Harvey |
| 1973 | The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War | Capt. Walker |
| 1972 | Journey Through the Past | The General |
| 1971 | Private Duty Nurses | Dr. Sutton |
| 1970 | Wild Women | Col. Donahue |
| 1968 | The Legend of Custer | General Alfred Terry |
| 1967 | The Reluctant Astronaut | Cervantes |
| 1966 | The Silencers | Big O associate (uncredited) |
| 1966 | The Third Killer | Mr. Rellik |
| 1965 | Across the River | Policeman |
| 1964 | Fate Is the Hunter | Proctor |
| 1963 | A New Kind of Love | Bertram Chalmers |
| 1963 | Captain Newman, M.D. | Lt. Col. M.B. Larrabee |
| 1963 | Wall of Noise | Dave McRaab |
| 1962 | The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance | Handy Strong |
| 1962 | The Spiral Road | Dr. Martens |
| 1961 | Ricochet | Colonel |
| 1961 | The Wizard of Baghdad | shamadin |
| 1960 | Pay or Die! | Police Commissioner |
| 1960 | The Facts of Life | Motel Clerk |
| 1960 | Tess of the Storm Country | Mr. Graves |
| 1959 | Operation Petticoat | Captain J.B. Henderson |
| 1959 | Compulsion | Police Lt. Johnson |
| 1959 | The Last Angry Man | Lyman Gattling |
| 1959 | Face of Fire | The Judge |
| 1958 | The Buccaneer | Capt. Brown |
| 1958 | Gunman's Walk | Sheriff Harry Brill |
| 1958 | The Nine Lives of Elfego Baca | Deputy Sherrif |
| 1957 | Edge of the City | George Nordmann |
| 1957 | Spring Reunion | Harry Brewster |
| 1957 | The Last Tycoon | Brady |
| 1956 | Bigger Than Life | Dr. Norton |
| 1956 | The Benny Goodman Story | Papa Dave Goodman |
| 1956 | The Rack | Law Officer |
| 1956 | The Catered Affair | Mr. Joe Halloran |
| 1956 | The First Traveling Saleslady | Cal |
| 1956 | Never Say Goodbye | Dr. Kenneth Evans |
| 1955 | The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell | Admiral Gage |
| 1955 | 5 Against the House | Old Guard (uncredited) |
| 1955 | The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing | Stage Manager (as Robert Simon) |
| 1955 | Foxfire | Ernest Tyson |
| 1955 | Chief Crazy Horse | Jeff Mantz |
| 1954 | Rogue Cop | Ackerman |
| 1954 | Roogie's Bump | Boxey |
| 1954 | The Black Dakotas | U.S. Marshal Whit Collins (as Robert Simon) |
| 1953 | A Long Time Till Dawn | Lt. Case |
| 1951 | Bright Victory | Psychiatrist |
| 1950 | Where the Sidewalk Ends | Insp. Nicholas Foley (uncredited) |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Airwolf | The Admiral |
| 1978 | The Amazing Spider-Man | J. Jonah Jameson |
| 1976 | Quincy, M.E. | Mr. Brady |
| 1976 | Quincy, M.E. | Colonel Wilcox |
| 1976 | Quincy, M.E. | Dr. Fry |
| 1976 | Quincy, M.E. | State Sen. Howard Morganthal |
| 1975 | Ellery Queen | Eben Wright |
| 1974 | The Six Million Dollar Man | The Sheriff |
| 1974 | Police Woman | Dr. Foreman |
| 1973 | Barnaby Jones | Mr. Strand |
| 1972 | M*A*S*H | Gen. Maynard M. Mitchell |
| 1972 | The Streets of San Francisco | Capt. Rudy Olsen |
| 1972 | Temperatures Rising | Lowell |
| 1972 | The Streets of San Francisco | Police Commissioner |
| 1971 | Columbo | Dr. Westrum |
| 1971 | Nichols | Slade |
| 1971 | McMillan & Wife | Military Judge |
| 1970 | Nancy | Uncle Everett McPherson |
| 1970 | The Partridge Family | Mr. Gordon |
| 1969 | Love, American Style | Paul Grayson |
| 1969 | Marcus Welby, M.D. | Dr.Byron V. Anders |
| 1969 | Marcus Welby, M.D. | Dr. Graham |
| 1968 | Hawaii Five-O | Hugh Tilles |
| 1968 | The Mod Squad | Dean McIntyre |
| 1968 | The Mod Squad | Fred Styles |
| 1968 | It Takes a Thief | Vogel |
| 1967 | Custer | Alfred H. Terry |
| 1967 | The Guns of Will Sonnett | Sheriff Devon |
| 1965 | Run for Your Life | The Judge |
| 1965 | Get Smart | Stueben |
| 1964 | Bewitched | Frank Stephens |
| 1964 | Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea | President |
| 1964 | Daniel Boone | Blackfish |
| 1963 | The Fugitive | Murphy |
| 1963 | The Outer Limits | Gen. Maximillian R. Hart |
| 1963 | Arrest and Trial | Judge James Shaw |
| 1963 | The Greatest Show on Earth | Greenwalt |
| 1962 | Saints and Sinners | Dave Tabak |
| 1962 | Sam Benedict | Bill Gottlieb |
| 1962 | The Lloyd Bridges Show | Chief Petty Officer |
| 1962 | The Virginian | Ben Wainwright |
| 1962 | The Virginian | Eric Larsen |
| 1962 | The Virginian | Rafe Potter |
| 1962 | The Virginian | Sam Burmeister |
| 1962 | The Lucy Show | Dr. Robert F. Simon |
| 1962 | McHale's Navy | John Burton |
| 1962 | McHale's Navy | Capt. Shepard |
| 1961 | The Defenders | Dr. Ernest Montgomery |
| 1960 | The Andy Griffith Show | Mr. Crawford |
| 1960 | Stagecoach West | Tom Osgood, Sr. |
| 1960 | Route 66 | Mr. Pepperell |
| 1960 | Route 66 | Jed Wharton |
| 1959 | Black Saddle | Judge McKinney |
| 1959 | The Twilight Zone | Harvey |
| 1959 | Law of the Plainsman | Frank Keller |
| 1959 | Rawhide | Mackie |
| 1959 | Bonanza | George Thurston |
| 1959 | Johnny Ringo | Sam |
| 1959 | The Untouchables | Cummings |
| 1959 | The Untouchables | Police Chief Towers |
| 1959 | Lock-Up | Martin Reeves |
| 1959 | Adventures in Paradise | Ned Hogue |
| 1959 | Bonanza | Len Keith |
| 1959 | Rawhide | Asa Junkin |
| 1959 | Hawaiian Eye | Roland Davidson |
| 1958 | The Texan | Vance |
| 1958 | The Texan | Sheriff Will Crandall |
| 1958 | Steve Canyon | Col. Hampton |
| 1958 | Lawman | Pa Beason |
| 1958 | Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer | Eugene T. Oland |
| 1958 | 77 Sunset Strip | Frank Harrison |
| 1958 | Sea Hunt | Prof. Aaron Halliday |
| 1958 | Sea Hunt | Dr.Tomaso Ricou |
| 1958 | Lawman | Mr. Harmon |
| 1958 | Bat Masterson | Harrison Whitney |
| 1957 | Perry Mason | Edward Bannister |
| 1957 | Wagon Train | Jay Thorton |
| 1957 | Have Gun, Will Travel | Samuel Keel |
| 1957 | Have Gun, Will Travel | Morgan Gibbs |
| 1957 | Tombstone Territory | Governor Armstrong |
| 1957 | Tombstone Territory | Gov. Armstrong |
| 1957 | Wagon Train | Samuel Schofield |
| 1957 | Perry Mason | Anthony Beldon |
| 1957 | Perry Mason | Philip Hillman |
| 1957 | Have Gun, Will Travel | Colonel Lathrop |
| 1957 | Have Gun, Will Travel | Frank Wellman |
| 1956 | State Trooper | Colonel Greenlee |
| 1956 | Broken Arrow | Gen. Everitt |
| 1956 | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Sheriff John Hanley |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Ben Stancil |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Jesse |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Pa Grilk |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Shell Tucker |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Colonel Amos Jessup |
| 1955 | The Alcoa Hour | Mr. Price |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Sgt. Halloran |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Jonah |
| 1955 | The 20th Century Fox Hour | Ben Slade |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Will Lukens |
| 1955 | Cheyenne | Chad Wilcox |
| 1955 | Cheyenne | Hub Lassiter |
| 1954 | The Wonderful World of Disney | Ed Morgan |
| 1954 | Studio 57 | Gen. Elijah Carruthers |
| 1954 | The Wonderful World of Disney | Deputy Marshal Ed Morgan |
| 1953 | Topper | F.K. Marsten |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Harry Lewis |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Captain Gideon |
| 1950 | Danger | |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Peterson |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Jeff |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Joey |
| 1949 | Hands of Murder | |
| 1949 | Suspense | |
| 1949 | Man Against Crime | Barney ( |
| 1948 | Studio One | Tom |
| 1948 | Studio One | William Rutch |
| 1947 | Kraft Television Theatre | |
| 1947 | Kraft Television Theatre | Lt. Case |
| 1947 | Kraft Television Theatre | Harold |