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      Simon Oakland

      Simon Oakland

      Highest Rated: 100% On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1970)

      Lowest Rated: Not Available

      Birthday: Aug 28, 1915

      Birthplace: New York, New York, USA

      Tough-talking actor Simon Oakland started out as a concert violinist before moving into acting on stage in the late 1940s. In the late 1950s, Oakland made some appearances on television before getting the pivotal role of Edward Montgomery, a newspaper reporter trying to get the full story in Susan Hayward's campy yet harrowing Oscar-winner "I Want to Live!." After that, in 1960, Oakland earned immortality as a glib doctor trying to offer a pat explanation for the behavior of the killer Norman Bates in Alfred Hitchcock's classic thriller "Psycho." He appeared in the Oscar-winning musical "West Side Story" in 1961, and then mainly appeared on television shows such as the mind-bending anthology series "Twilight Zone" and the Prohibition-era crime drama "The Untouchables" in the mid-'60s. Oakland played a doctor again on the big screen in Vincente Minnelli's musical "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever" in 1970, and then finished out his career on television.

      Highest rated movies

      The Night Strangler
      On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
      Bullitt
      Psycho
      I Want to Live!
      West Side Story
      The Night Stalker
      The Sand Pebbles

      Photos

      THE RISE AND FALL OF LEGS DIAMOND, Simon Oakland, Ray Danton, 1960 WEST SIDE STORY, Simon Oakland (suit), George Chakiris (arm outstretched), 1961 WEST SIDE STORY, Richard Beymer, Natalie Wood, Simon Oakland, Russ Tamblyn, 1961 THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV, seated from left: Harry Toenes, Yul Brynner, Simon Oakland (standing rear), Maria Schell (standing right), 1958 THE HUNTING PARTY, from left: Simon Oakland, Gene Hackman, 1971 FOLLOW THAT DREAM, Jack Kruschen, Simon Oakland, Elvis Presley, 1962

      Filmography

      Movies

      Credit
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Drive, Lady, Drive Bruno (Character) - 1979
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Young Joe, the Forgotten Kennedy Delaney (Character) - 1977
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Black Sheep Squadron Brig. Gen. Thomas Moore (Character) - 1976
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Flying Misfits Brig. Gen. Thomas Moore (Character) - 1976
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Demon and the Mummy Tony Vincenzo (Character) - 1975
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Crackle of Death Tony Vincenzo (Character) - 1974
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Best of All the Safecrackers Inspector Spooner (Character) - 1974
      63% 84% Emperor of the North Policeman (Character) - 1973
      100% 86% The Night Strangler Tony Vincenzo (Character) - 1973
      No Score Yet 55% Happy Mother's Day, Love George Roy (Character) - 1973
      No Score Yet 57% Chato's Land Jubal Hooker (Character) - 1972
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Toma: The Safecracker Inspector Spooner (Character) - 1972
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Toma Inspector Spooner (Character) - 1972
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Key West General Tom Luker (Character) - 1972
      20% 54% The Hunting Party Matthew Gunn (Character) - 1971
      20% No Score Yet Scandalous John Barton Whittaker (Character) - 1971
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Cable Car Murder Capt. E.J. Goodlad (Character) - 1971
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Crosscurrent Capt. E.J. Goodlad (Character) - 1971
      88% 77% The Night Stalker Tony Vincenzo (Character) - 1971
      100% 75% On a Clear Day You Can See Forever Dr. Conrad Fuller (Character) - 1970
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Revolutionary Luis Fierro (Character) - 1969
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Chubasco Laurindo (Character) - 1968
      98% 85% Bullitt Captain Sam Bennett (Character) - 1968
      63% 58% Tony Rome Rudy Kosterman (Character) - 1967
      85% 88% The Sand Pebbles Stawski (Character) - 1966
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Plainsman Chief Black Kettle (Character) - 1966
      57% 45% The Satan Bug Tasserly (Character) - 1965
      No Score Yet 17% Alexander the Great Attalos (Character) - 1964
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Raiders Sgt. Austin Tremaine (Character) - 1964
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Wall of Noise Johnny Papadakis (Character) - 1963
      0% 60% Adventures of a Young Man Joe Boulton (Character) - 1962
      No Score Yet 64% Follow That Dream Nick (Character) - 1962
      92% 84% West Side Story Lieutenant Schrank (Character) - 1961
      71% 85% The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond Lt. Moody (Character) - 1960
      No Score Yet 48% Murder, Inc. Det. Sgt. William Tobin (Character) - 1960
      97% 95% Psycho Dr. Fred Richmond (Character) - 1960
      94% 83% I Want to Live! Edward S. "Ed" Montgomery (Character) - 1958
      25% 57% The Brothers Karamazov Mavrayek (Character) - 1958

      TV

      Credit
      No Score Yet No Score Yet CHiPs Unknown (Guest Star) 1979 1982
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Littlest Hobo Unknown (Guest Star) 1982
      67% No Score Yet Charlie's Angels Unknown (Guest Star) 1980-1981
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Rockford Files Beppy Conigliaro (Guest Star) 1977 1979
      No Score Yet No Score Yet David Cassidy -- Man Undercover Sgt. Abrams (Character) 1978-1979
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Baa Baa Black Sheep Brig. Gen. Thomas Moore (Character) 1976-1978
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries Unknown (Guest Star) 1978
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Kojak Tom Donnelly (Guest Star) 1976
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Gibbsville Unknown (Guest Star) 1976
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Marcus Welby, M.D. Harry Burke (Guest Star) 1976
      100% 92% Kolchak: The Night Stalker Tony Vincenzo (Character) 1974-1975
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Toma Inspector Spooner (Character) 1973-1974
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Dan August Maury Abrams (Guest Star) 1971
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Name of the Game Unknown (Guest Star) 1968 1970
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Mod Squad Lt. Earl Rakosi (Guest Star) 1969
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Daniel Boone Unknown (Guest Star) 1965 1967 1969
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Bonanza Unknown (Guest Star) 1963 1967 1969
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Big Valley Unknown (Guest Star) 1969
      No Score Yet 100% The Wild, Wild West Unknown (Guest Star) 1968
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Good Morning World Harry Lewis (Guest Star) 1968
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Gentle Ben Unknown (Guest Star) 1967
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Felony Squad Charles Murdock (Guest Star) 1967
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Cimarron Strip Unknown (Guest Star) 1967
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Tarzan Thompson (Guest Star) 1967
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Virginian Bob Coulter (Guest Star) 1965
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Gunsmoke Jim Nation (Guest Star) 1956 1958-1959 1965
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Combat! Unknown (Guest Star) 1963 1965
      No Score Yet 79% Get Smart Unknown (Guest Star) 1965
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Rawhide Unknown (Guest Star) 1963 1965
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Mr. Novak Unknown (Guest Star) 1964
      92% 86% The Outer Limits Unknown (Character) 1964
      No Score Yet No Score Yet 77 Sunset Strip Antonio Malfi (Guest Star) 1963
      No Score Yet No Score Yet East Side/West Side Unknown (Guest Star) 1963
      No Score Yet No Score Yet My Favorite Martian Unknown (Guest Star) 1963
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Untouchables Unknown (Guest Star) 1962-1963
      92% 96% The Twilight Zone De Cruz (Character) 1961 1963
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Wagon Train Alonzo Galezio (Guest Star) 1960 1962
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Ben Casey Jake (Guest Star) 1962
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Cain's Hundred Unknown (Guest Star) 1962
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Tales of Wells Fargo Poderio (Guest Star) 1962
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Bus Stop Unknown (Guest Star) 1962
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Route 66 Unknown (Guest Star) 1962
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Perry Mason Howard Walters (Guest Star) 1960-1961
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Law and Mr. Jones Unknown (Guest Star) 1961
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Zane Grey Theater Unknown (Character) 1959-1960
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Laramie Vernon Kane (Guest Star) 1960
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Bronco Unknown (Guest Star) 1960
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Men Into Space Dr. Horton (Guest Star) 1959
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Marshal Dillon Unknown (Guest Star) 1956 1958-1959
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Have Gun -- Will Travel Unknown (Guest Star) 1958
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Thin Man Ernie (Guest Star) 1958
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Alcoa Hour Bert (Character) 1956
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Suspense Unknown (Character) 1950