1. Simon Oakland was an American actor of stage, screen, and television.
13 Facts About Simon Oakland
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Simon Oakland began his performing career as a musician.
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Simon Oakland enjoyed a series of Broadway hits, including Light Up the Sky, The Shrike, and Inherit the Wind, and theater was one of his lasting passions.
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In 1955, Simon Oakland made his film debut, albeit uncredited, as an Indiana state trooper in The Desperate Hours.
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Simon Oakland appeared in Psycho as the psychiatrist who, at the end of the film, explains Norman Bates's multiple personality disorder.
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Simon Oakland appeared in the films West Side Story, The Sand Pebbles, and Bullitt.
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Simon Oakland made two guest appearances as murder victims on CBS's Perry Mason.
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Simon Oakland appeared in the syndicated crime drama, Decoy, starring Beverly Garland.
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Simon Oakland appeared once on the CBS Western Dundee and the Culhane and once on the series Sheriff of Cochise.
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Simon Oakland was a regular, in a comedic supporting role, as General Thomas Moore, on NBC's Baa Baa Black Sheep, starring Robert Conrad.
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Simon Oakland appeared in two episodes of the original The Twilight Zone TV series and in The Outer Limits as the alien birdman in "Second Chance".
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Simon Oakland continued working up to the year of his death.
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Simon Oakland's last credited acting appearance was in the episode "Living and Presumed Dead" on the CBS television series Tucker's Witch.