Simon Oakland
Biografia
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Simon Oakland (August 28, 1915 – August 29, 1983) was an American actor of stage, screen, and television. During his career, Oakland performed primarily on television, appearing in over 130 series and made-for-television movies between 1951 and 1983. His most notable big-screen roles were in Psycho (1960), West Side Story (1961), The Sand Pebbles (1966), Bullitt (1968), The Hunting Party (1971), and Chato's Land (1972). On television, he was a regular on the cult classic horror series Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974-1975), and the military drama Baa Baa Black Sheep (1976-1978). Early life and career Oakland was born in Brooklyn, New York, the eldest of the three sons of immigrant Jewish parents, Jacob Weiss and Ethel Oaklander, born in Romania and the Russian Empire respectively. His father was a plasterer and builder. While he later claimed in media interviews to have been born in 1922 (a date repeated in his New York Times obituary), Social Security and vital records indicate he was born Simon Weiss in 1915; his stage name was derived from his mother's maiden name, Oaklander. Film and television In 1955, Oakland made his film debut, albeit uncredited, as an Indiana state trooper in The Desperate Hours. He appeared in two films released in 1958: as Mavrayek in The Brothers Karamazov and as journalist Edward Montgomery in I Want to Live! Oakland's notable performance in I Want to Live! led to his playing a long series of tough-guys, either as authority figures or villains or a mix of both. He appeared in Psycho as the psychiatrist who, at the end of the film, explains Norman Bates's multiple personality disorder. He appeared in the films West Side Story, The Sand Pebbles, and Bullitt. He made two guest appearances as murder victims on CBS's Perry Mason. He appeared in the syndicated crime drama, Decoy, starring Beverly Garland. Oakland appeared once on the CBS Western Dundee and the Culhane and once on the series Sheriff of Cochise. He was also a regular, in a comedic supporting role, as General Thomas Moore, on NBC's Baa Baa Black Sheep, starring Robert Conrad. He appeared in two episodes of the original The Twilight Zone TV series (“The Rip Van Winkle Caper” and “The Thirty-Fathom Grave”) and in The Outer Limits as the alien birdman in "Second Chance". In 1974 and 1975, he was a series regular on Kolchak: The Night Stalker, playing newspaper editor Tony Vincenzo. (He had previously played the same character in two made-for-television movies. Personal life Oakland was married to Lois Lorraine Porta. The couple had one daughter, Barbara. Death Oakland continued working up to the year of his death. His last credited acting appearance was in the episode "Living and Presumed Dead" on the CBS television series Tucker's Witch. That episode aired three months before Oakland's death from colon cancer in Cathedral City, California, on August 29, 1983, the day after his 68th birthday. CLR
Filmografia
Filmy i seriale od najnowszych
Tucker's Witch
Serial • 1982
David Cassidy: Man Under Cover
Serial • 1978
jako Sgt. Abrams
Vega$
Serial • 1978
Evening in Byzantium
Serial • 1978
jako Walter Klein
Lou Grant
Serial • 1977
Young Joe, the Forgotten Kennedy
Film • 1977
jako Delaney
CHiPs
Serial • 1977
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
Serial • 1977
Quincy, M.E.
Serial • 1976
Aniołki Charliego
Serial • 1976
jako Sgt. Cates
The Flying Misfits
Film • 1976
jako Brig. Gen. Thomas Moore
Baa Baa Black Sheep
Serial • 1976
jako Thomas Moore
Crackle of Death
Film • 1976
jako Tony Vincenzo
Demon and the Mummy
Film • 1976
jako Tony Vincenzo
Ellery Queen
Serial • 1975
Switch
Serial • 1975
jako Sam
Please Call It Murder
Film • 1975
jako Mickey Costigan
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
Serial • 1974
jako Tony Vincenzo
The Rockford Files
Serial • 1974
jako Vern St. Cloud
Key West
Film • 1973
jako Gen. Tom Luker
Kojak
Serial • 1973
jako Tom Donnelly
Toma
Serial • 1973
jako Inspector Spooner
The Starlost
Serial • 1973
jako Dr. Asgard
Happy Mother's Day, Love George
Film • 1973
jako Sheriff Roy
Władca Północy
Film • 1973
jako Policeman
Toma
Film • 1973
jako Lieutenant Spooner
Police Story
Serial • 1973
The Night Strangler
Film • 1973
jako Tony Vincenzo
Chato
Film • 1972
jako Jubal Hooker
The Night Stalker
Film • 1972
jako Tony Vincenzo
Crosscurrent
Film • 1971
jako Capt. E. J. Goodlad
Young Dr. Kildare
Serial • 1971
jako Attorney
Polowanie
Film • 1971
jako Matthew Gunn
Scandalous John
Film • 1971
jako Barton Whittaker
The Young Lawyers
Serial • 1970
W pogodny dzień zobaczysz przeszłość
Film • 1970
jako Dr. Conrad Fuller
Medical Center
Serial • 1969
Hawaii Five-O
Serial • 1969
jako Benny Kalua
Bullitt
Film • 1968
jako Captain Sam Bennett
The Mod Squad
Serial • 1968
The Name of the Game
Serial • 1968
jako Luis Fierro
The Outsider
Serial • 1968
Chubasco
Film • 1968
jako Laurindo
Alexander The Great
Film • 1968
jako Attalos
Tony Rome
Film • 1967
jako Rudy Kosterman
Judd, for the Defense
Serial • 1967
Cimarron Strip
Serial • 1967
Good Morning World
Serial • 1967
jako Harry Lewis
Ironside
Serial • 1967
Captain Nice
Serial • 1967
Ziarnka piasku
Film • 1966
jako Stawski
Mission: Impossible
Serial • 1966
jako Jack Wellman
Felony Squad
Serial • 1966
Tarzan
Serial • 1966
The Plainsman
Film • 1966
jako Chief Black Kettle
The F.B.I.
Serial • 1965
jako Nikos Kapralos
Get Smart
Serial • 1965
jako Cowboy
The Wild Wild West
Serial • 1965
jako Diamond Dave Desmond
The Big Valley
Serial • 1965
jako Adam Howard
The Satan Bug
Film • 1965
jako Tasserly
Profiles in Courage
Serial • 1964
jako Captain Bogart
Ready for the People
Film • 1964
jako Murray Brock
Daniel Boone
Serial • 1964
jako Dull Knife
The Rogues
Serial • 1964
jako Absalom MacBride
The Raiders
Film • 1963
jako Sgt. Austin Tremaine
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Serial • 1963
jako Frederic Sterne
My Favorite Martian
Serial • 1963
jako Lt. Murphy
Mr. Novak
Serial • 1963
jako Carl Green
The Bill Dana Show
Serial • 1963
The Outer Limits
Serial • 1963
jako Empyrian
Wall of Noise
Film • 1963
jako Johnny Papadakis
Combat!
Serial • 1962
jako Sgt. Tom Akers
Stoney Burke
Serial • 1962
The Virginian
Serial • 1962
jako Bob Coulter
Saints and Sinners
Serial • 1962
jako Alberto Bianco
Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man
Film • 1962
jako Joe Boulton
Third of a Man
Film • 1962
jako Doon
Doścignąć marzenie
Film • 1962
jako Nick
West Side Story
Film • 1961
jako Schrank
The New Breed
Serial • 1961
jako Felix Pascal
Ben Casey
Serial • 1961
Bus Stop
Serial • 1961
Cain's Hundred
Serial • 1961
jako Walter Hayes
The Defenders
Serial • 1961
jako District Attorney Gardella
Special for Women
Serial • 1960
jako The Father
Route 66
Serial • 1960
Outlaws
Serial • 1960
Murder, Inc.
Film • 1960
jako William Tobin
Psychoza
Film • 1960
jako Fred Richman
Who Was That Lady?
Film • 1960
jako Belka
The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond
Film • 1960
jako Lt. Moody
The Detectives
Serial • 1959
The Untouchables
Serial • 1959
jako Russ Bogan
Adventures in Paradise
Serial • 1959
jako Martin Quirk
The Alaskans
Serial • 1959
The Twilight Zone
Serial • 1959
jako De Cruz
Men Into Space
Serial • 1959
Deadline
Serial • 1959
jako Lyons
Bonanza
Serial • 1959
jako Frank Scott / Mel Barnes
Tightrope
Serial • 1959
Black Saddle
Serial • 1959
jako Grat Mowery
Rawhide
Serial • 1959
jako Bolivar Jagger
Chcę żyć!
Film • 1958
jako Edward S. 'Ed' Montgomery
77 Sunset Strip
Serial • 1958
Naked City
Serial • 1958
jako Duke
Bronco
Serial • 1958
Bracia Karamazow
Film • 1958
jako Mavrayek
Decoy
Serial • 1957
jako Lieutenant
Perry Mason
Serial • 1957
jako Howard Walters
Have Gun, Will Travel
Serial • 1957
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Serial • 1956
jako Corporal Townsend
Godziny rozpaczy
Film • 1955
jako State Trooper (uncredited)
Gunsmoke
Serial • 1955
jako Enoch Mills
General Electric Theater
Serial • 1953
jako Director
Red Light
Film • 1949
jako Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Suspense
Serial • 1949