Simon Oakland

Oyuncu Doğum: 1915-08-28 • New York City, New York, USA

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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

Simon Oakland

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Bus Stop

Third of a Man

Please Call It Murder

Alacakaranlık Kuşağı

Alacakaranlık Kuşağı

Sapık

The Untouchables

Ready for the People

Key West

Combat!

The Rogues

Combat!

Get Smart

The Outer Limits

Kolchak: The Night Stalker

Toma

Perry Mason

Judd, for the Defense

The New Breed

Perry Mason

Baa Baa Black Sheep

Mission: Impossible

The Rockford Files

The Rockford Files

The Wild Wild West

Bonanza

Bonanza

Bonanza

Ellery Queen

Quincy, M.E.

Quincy, M.E.

Crackle of Death

Profiles in Courage

Profiles in Courage

The Starlost

Lou Grant

Men Into Space

Kojak

The Flying Misfits

Rawhide

Have Gun, Will Travel

Mr. Novak

Rawhide

Deadline

Kum Taneleri

Hawaii Five-O

Hawaii Five-O

Hawaii Five-O

Hawaii Five-O

Hawaii Five-O

Gangsterin Kaderi

Batı Yakası Hikayesi

77 Sunset Strip

The Desperate Hours

The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries

I Want to Live!

Crosscurrent

Saints and Sinners

Vega$

Daniel Boone

Police Story

The Young Lawyers

Daniel Boone

Daniel Boone

The Name of the Game

The Night Stalker

Tarzan

Emperor of the North

Ironside

Ironside

Ironside

General Electric Theater

Stoney Burke

Tightrope

CHiPs

CHiPs

The Night Strangler