Biography
Simon Oakland (August 28, 1915 – August 29, 1983) was an American actor of stage, screen, and television.
Known For
Complete Filmography
Psycho Tom
2017
as Dr. Fred Richman
24 Hour Psycho
1993
as Dr. Richmond (archive footage)
24 Hour Psycho is the title of an art installation created by artist Douglas Gordon in 1993. The work consists entirely of an appropriation of Alfred ...
Evening in Byzantium
1978
as Walter Klein
While the prestigious Cannes Film Festival goes on around him, American movie producer Jesse Craig struggles to develop a pitch-worthy thriller about ...
Young Joe, the Forgotten Kennedy
1977
as Delaney
The story of U.S. President John F. Kennedy's older brother Joseph, who undertakes a dangerous mission during World War II.
The Flying Misfits
1976
as Brig. Gen. Thomas Moore
The dramatized World War II adventures of US Major Gregory "Pappy" Boyington and his Marine Attack Squadron 214, AKA The Black Sheep Squadron. The fil...
Crackle of Death
1976
as Tony Vincenzo
The first of two Kolchak: The Night Stalker compilation TV films. It combines two episodes of the Kolchak TV series, Firefall (about the ghost of an a...
Demon and the Mummy
1976
as Tony Vincenzo
The second of two Kolchak: The Night Stalker compilation TV films. It combines two episodes of the Kolchak TV series, Demon In Lace (about a succubus ...
Please Call It Murder
1975
as Mickey Costigan
The wife of an executive finds her husband shot to death and destroys his suicide note in order to claim his insurance.
Key West
1973
as Gen. Tom Luker
A former CIA agent and his friend, operating a charter boat service in Florida, find themselves the target of an eccentric millionaire with a score to...
Happy Mother's Day, Love George
1973
as Sheriff Roy
An adopted teen who runs away to what he believes to be his birth town and mother, in the hopes of putting together the missing pieces of his sense of...
Emperor of the North
1973
as Policeman
Hobos encounter a sadistic railway conductor that will not let anyone "ride the rails" for free.
Toma
1973
as Lieutenant Spooner
This TV-pilot, later made into a TV-series, is about a cop in Newark, New Jersey, who defies his superiors to try to bring down the head of a Mafia nu...
The Night Strangler
1973
as Tony Vincenzo
After being run out of Las Vegas, reporter Carl Kolchak heads for Seattle and another reporting job with the local paper. It's not long before he is o...
Chato's Land
1972
as Jubal Hooker
In 1870s New Mexico, a half-breed kills a bigoted sheriff in self-defense but the posse that eventually hunts him finds itself in dangerous territory.
The Night Stalker
1972
as Tony Vincenzo
Wisecracking reporter Carl Kolchak investigates a string of murders in Las Vegas and suspects the culprit is a vampire. His editor thinks he's crazy a...
Crosscurrent
1971
as Capt. E. J. Goodlad
Two San Francisco detectives investigating a murder committed on one of the city's famous cable cars discover that the victim was the son of a shippin...
The Hunting Party
1971
as Matthew Gunn
A ruthless rancher, and his gang, use extremely long range rifles to kill the men who kidnapped his wife.
Scandalous John
1971
as Barton Whittaker
A crotchety old ranch owner fights to be able to live his life the way he wants to, and not the way other people--and the law--tell him he has to.
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
1970
as Dr. Conrad Fuller
Daisy Gamble, an unusual woman who hears phones before they ring, and does wonders with her flowers, wants to quit smoking to please her fiancé, Warre...
Bullitt
1968
as Captain Sam Bennett
Senator Walter Chalmers is aiming to take down mob boss Pete Ross with the help of testimony from the criminal's hothead brother Johnny, who is in pro...
Chubasco
1968
as Laurindo
A wild beach boy takes a job on a tuna fishing boat.
Alexander The Great
1968
as Attalos
An historical film that follows the life of Alexander the Great, the Macedonian king that united all ancient Greek tribes and led them against the vas...
Tony Rome
1967
as Rudy Kosterman
Tony Rome, a tough Miami PI living on a houseboat, is hired by a local millionaire to find jewelry stolen from his daughter, and in the process has se...
The Sand Pebbles
1966
as Stawski
Engineer Jake Holman arrives aboard the gunboat USS San Pablo, assigned to patrol a tributary of the Yangtze in the middle of exploited and revolution...
The Plainsman
1966
as Chief Black Kettle
Calamity Jane tries to help Buffalo Bill Cody and Wild Bill Hickock stop an Indian war.
The Satan Bug
1965
as Tasserly
A US government germ warfare lab has had an accident. The first theory is that one of the germs has been released and killed several scientists. The b...
Ready for the People
1964
as Murray Brock
In a barroom fight over Connie Zelenko, Eddie Dickinson is badly wounded and Connie's boyfriend is killed. Witnesses claim Dickinson is the killer, bu...
The Raiders
1963
as Sgt. Austin Tremaine
Wild Bill Hickok, Buffalo Bill and Calamity Jane help a Texas rancher against the railroad.
Wall of Noise
1963
as Johnny Papadakis
The lives and loves behind the scenes at the racetrack are detailed in this thoroughbred soap opera. An ambitious young trainer, Joel Tarrant (Ty Hard...
Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man
1962
as Joe Boulton
Young and restless Nick Adams, the only son of a domineering mother and a weak but noble doctor father, leaves his rural Michigan home to embark on an...
Third of a Man
1962
as Doon
A prominent man in a small U.S. town, tries to forget his brother in a mental home, but the director of the hospital sets about his rehabilitation.
Follow That Dream
1962
as Nick
When the Kwimper family car runs out of fuel on a new Florida highway and an officious state supervisor tries to run them off, Pop Kwimper digs in his...
West Side Story
1961
as Lieutenant Schrank
In the slums of the upper West Side of Manhattan, tensions are high as a gang of Polish-Americans compete against a gang of recently immigrated Puerto...
Murder, Inc.
1960
as William Tobin
Chronicles the rise and fall of the organised crime syndicate known as Murder, Incorporated, focusing on powerful boss Lepke and violent hit man Reles...
Psycho
1960
as Dr. Fred Richman
When larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starting a new life, she ends up at the notorious Bates ...
Who Was That Lady?
1960
as Belka
In order to get back into the good graces with his wife with whom he has had a misunderstanding, a young chemistry professor concocts a wild story tha...
The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond
1960
as Lt. Moody
Jack Diamond and his sickly brother arrive in prohibition New York as jewelry thieves. After a spell in jail, the coldly ambitious Diamond hits on the...
I Want to Live!
1958
as Edward S. 'Ed' Montgomery
Brazen perpetual offender Barbara Graham tries to go straight but she finds herself implicated in a murder and sent to death row.
The Brothers Karamazov
1958
as Mavrayek
Ryevsk, Russia, 1870. Tensions abound in the Karamazov family. Fyodor is a wealthy libertine who holds his purse strings tightly. His four grown sons ...
The Desperate Hours
1955
as State Trooper (uncredited)
Escaped convicts terrorize a suburban family they're holding hostage.
Red Light
1949
as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Nick Cherney, in prison for embezzling from Torno Freight Co., sees a chance to get back at Johnny Torno through his young priest brother Jess. He pay...