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Robert F. Simon
★ Acting

Robert F. Simon

1908 – 1992 · Mansfield, Ohio, USA · Active 1947–2003

Robert F. Simon, born in 1908, was a character actor whose career spanned from the 1950s to the 1980s. Known for his portrayals of authority figures, Simon made notable appearances in Rogue Cop (1954) and Private Duty Nurses (1971), showcasing his versatility in both crime dramas and exploitation cinema. His role in Wild Women (1970) further cemented his place within the cult film landscape, where his commanding presence contributed to the unique narratives of the era. A life member of The Actors Studio, Simon's work resonates with fans of classic grindhouse and exploitation films.

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Private Duty Nurses

Private Duty Nurses

1971 ★ 4.3
as Dr. Sutton

A trio of beautiful private-duty nurses that practice more than the medical arts must confront underground drug traffickers, racism and murder in their local hospital.

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Filmography

175 credits
2000s 1 credit
2003
Movie ★ 5.7
1990s 1 credit
1990
Movie ★ 8.0
1980s 2 credits
1984
Airwolf as The Admiral
TV ★ 7.6
1981
Movie ★ 5.5
1970s 27 credits
1978
Spider-Man Strikes Back as J. Jonah Jameson
Movie ★ 5.9
1978
The Amazing Spider-Man as J. Jonah Jameson
TV ★ 6.4
1977
Tail Gunner Joe as Drew Pearson
Movie ★ 6.0
1977
The Girl in the Empty Grave as Jedediah Partridge
Movie ★ 7.1
1976
Quincy, M.E. as Mr. Brady
TV ★ 7.5
1976
Quincy, M.E. as Colonel Wilcox
TV ★ 7.5
1976
Quincy, M.E. as Dr. Fry
TV ★ 7.5
1976
Quincy, M.E. as State Sen. Howard Morganthal
TV ★ 7.5
1975
Ellery Queen as Eben Wright
TV ★ 7.5
1975
Medical Story as Chief of Staff
TV ★ 5.0
1974
Winter Kill as Harvey
Movie ★ 7.2
1974
TV ★ 7.3
1974
Police Woman as Dr. Foreman
TV ★ 6.4
1973
Movie ★ 6.7
1973
Barnaby Jones as Mr. Strand
TV ★ 7.0
1972
Movie ★ 6.4
1972
M*A*S*H as Gen. Maynard M. Mitchell
TV ★ 7.9
1972
The Streets of San Francisco as Capt. Rudy Olsen
TV ★ 7.0
1972
TV ★ 7.5
1972
The Streets of San Francisco as Police Commissioner
TV ★ 7.0
1971
Movie ★ 4.6
1971
Columbo as Dr. Westrum
TV ★ 8.1
1971
Nichols as Slade
TV ★ 6.3
1971
McMillan & Wife as Military Judge
TV ★ 7.0
1970
Wild Women as Col. Donahue
Movie ★ 6.3
1970
Nancy as Uncle Everett McPherson
TV ★ 6.3
1970
TV ★ 6.9
1960s 50 credits
1969
Love, American Style as Paul Grayson
TV ★ 6.1
1969
Marcus Welby, M.D. as Dr.Byron V. Anders
TV ★ 6.6
1969
Marcus Welby, M.D. as Dr. Graham
TV ★ 6.6
1968
The Legend of Custer as General Alfred Terry
Movie ★ 5.0
1968
Hawaii Five-O as Hugh Tilles
TV ★ 7.2
1968
The Mod Squad as Dean McIntyre
TV ★ 6.1
1968
The Mod Squad as Fred Styles
TV ★ 6.1
1968
TV ★ 7.2
1967
Movie ★ 6.0
1967
Custer as Alfred H. Terry
TV ★ 6.4
1967
TV ★ 6.3
1966
The Silencers as Big O associate (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.0
1966
The Third Killer as Mr. Rellik
Movie ★ 9.0
1965
Across the River as Policeman
Movie ★ 7.5
1965
Run for Your Life as The Judge
TV ★ 7.1
1965
Get Smart as Stueben
TV ★ 7.9
1964
Movie ★ 6.5
1964
Bewitched as Frank Stephens
TV ★ 7.9
1964
TV ★ 7.7
1964
Daniel Boone as Blackfish
TV ★ 7.0
1963
A New Kind of Love as Bertram Chalmers
Movie ★ 6.2
1963
Captain Newman, M.D. as Lt. Col. M.B. Larrabee
Movie ★ 6.7
1963
Wall of Noise as Dave McRaab
Movie ★ 4.1
1963
The Fugitive as Murphy
TV ★ 7.3
1963
The Outer Limits as Gen. Maximillian R. Hart
TV ★ 7.8
1963
Arrest and Trial as Judge James Shaw
TV ★ 8.3
1963
TV ★ 7.5
1962
Movie ★ 7.8
1962
The Spiral Road as Dr. Martens
Movie ★ 5.5
1962
Saints and Sinners as Dave Tabak
TV ★ 7.0
1962
Sam Benedict as Bill Gottlieb
TV ★ 6.7
1962
The Lloyd Bridges Show as Chief Petty Officer
TV ★ 6.0
1962
The Virginian as Ben Wainwright
TV ★ 6.5
1962
The Virginian as Eric Larsen
TV ★ 6.5
1962
The Virginian as Rafe Potter
TV ★ 6.5
1962
The Virginian as Sam Burmeister
TV ★ 6.5
1962
The Lucy Show as Dr. Robert F. Simon
TV ★ 7.1
1962
McHale's Navy as John Burton
TV ★ 6.7
1962
McHale's Navy as Capt. Shepard
TV ★ 6.7
1961
Ricochet as Colonel
Movie
1961
Movie ★ 7.0
1961
Movie ★ 7.0
1961
The Defenders as Dr. Ernest Montgomery
TV ★ 6.3
1960
Pay or Die! as Police Commissioner
Movie ★ 7.5
1960
The Facts of Life as Motel Clerk
Movie ★ 5.3
1960
Movie ★ 10.0
1960
The Andy Griffith Show as Mr. Crawford
TV ★ 7.6
1960
Stagecoach West as Tom Osgood, Sr.
TV ★ 6.7
1960
Route 66 as Mr. Pepperell
TV ★ 6.7
1960
Route 66 as Jed Wharton
TV ★ 6.7
1950s 86 credits
1959
Operation Petticoat as Captain J.B. Henderson
Movie ★ 7.2
1959
Compulsion as Police Lt. Johnson
Movie ★ 7.1
1959
The Last Angry Man as Lyman Gattling
Movie ★ 6.9
1959
Face of Fire as The Judge
Movie ★ 5.8
1959
Black Saddle as Judge McKinney
TV ★ 6.2
1959
TV ★ 8.5
1959
Law of the Plainsman as Frank Keller
TV ★ 7.3
1959
Rawhide as Mackie
TV ★ 7.2
1959
Bonanza as George Thurston
TV ★ 7.5
1959
TV ★ 5.9
1959
The Untouchables as Cummings
TV ★ 7.9
1959
The Untouchables as Police Chief Towers
TV ★ 7.9
1959
Lock-Up as Martin Reeves
TV ★ 6.4
1959
TV ★ 6.1
1959
Bonanza as Len Keith
TV ★ 7.5
1959
Rawhide as Asa Junkin
TV ★ 7.2
1959
Hawaiian Eye as Roland Davidson
TV ★ 5.6
1958
The Buccaneer as Capt. Brown
Movie ★ 6.5
1958
Gunman's Walk as Sheriff Harry Brill
Movie ★ 6.7
1958
Movie ★ 7.0
1958
The Texan as Vance
TV ★ 6.0
1958
The Texan as Sheriff Will Crandall
TV ★ 6.0
1958
Steve Canyon as Col. Hampton
TV ★ 7.3
1958
Lawman as Pa Beason
TV ★ 5.8
1958
TV ★ 6.8
1958
77 Sunset Strip as Frank Harrison
TV ★ 7.1
1958
Sea Hunt as Prof. Aaron Halliday
TV ★ 6.7
1958
Sea Hunt as Dr.Tomaso Ricou
TV ★ 6.7
1958
Lawman as Mr. Harmon
TV ★ 5.8
1958
Bat Masterson as Harrison Whitney
TV ★ 6.1
1957
Edge of the City as George Nordmann
Movie ★ 7.2
1957
Spring Reunion as Harry Brewster
Movie ★ 6.2
1957
Movie
1957
Perry Mason as Edward Bannister
TV ★ 7.7
1957
Wagon Train as Jay Thorton
TV ★ 6.6
1957
TV ★ 7.3
1957
Have Gun, Will Travel as Morgan Gibbs
TV ★ 7.3
1957
Tombstone Territory as Governor Armstrong
TV ★ 6.8
1957
Tombstone Territory as Gov. Armstrong
TV ★ 6.8
1957
Wagon Train as Samuel Schofield
TV ★ 6.6
1957
Perry Mason as Anthony Beldon
TV ★ 7.7
1957
Perry Mason as Philip Hillman
TV ★ 7.7
1957
Have Gun, Will Travel as Colonel Lathrop
TV ★ 7.3
1957
Have Gun, Will Travel as Frank Wellman
TV ★ 7.3
1956
Bigger Than Life as Dr. Norton
Movie ★ 7.2
1956
The Benny Goodman Story as Papa Dave Goodman
Movie ★ 6.4
1956
The Rack as Law Officer
Movie ★ 6.6
1956
The Catered Affair as Mr. Halloran
Movie ★ 7.2
1956
Movie ★ 5.6
1956
Never Say Goodbye as Dr. Kenneth Evans
Movie ★ 6.4
1956
State Trooper as Colonel Greenlee
TV ★ 5.7
1956
Broken Arrow as Gen. Everitt
TV ★ 6.2
1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Sheriff John Hanley
TV ★ 6.2
1955
Movie ★ 6.8
1955
5 Against the House as Old Guard (uncredited)
Movie ★ 5.9
1955
The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing as Stage Manager (as Robert Simon)
Movie ★ 6.1
1955
Foxfire as Ernest Tyson
Movie ★ 6.7
1955
Chief Crazy Horse as Jeff Mantz
Movie ★ 5.6
1955
Gunsmoke as Ben Stancil
TV ★ 6.7
1955
Gunsmoke as Jesse
TV ★ 6.7
1955
Gunsmoke as Pa Grilk
TV ★ 6.7
1955
Gunsmoke as Shell Tucker
TV ★ 6.7
1955
Gunsmoke as Colonel Amos Jessup
TV ★ 6.7
1955
The Alcoa Hour as Mr. Price
TV ★ 7.0
1955
TV ★ 7.8
1955
Gunsmoke as Jonah
TV ★ 6.7
1955
TV ★ 6.0
1955
Gunsmoke as Will Lukens
TV ★ 6.7
1955
Cheyenne as Chad Wilcox
TV ★ 6.1
1955
Cheyenne as Hub Lassiter
TV ★ 6.1
1954
Rogue Cop as Ackerman
Movie ★ 5.7
1954
Movie ★ 10.0
1954
The Black Dakotas as U.S. Marshal Whit Collins (as Robert Simon)
Movie ★ 5.5
1954
TV ★ 7.9
1954
Studio 57 as Gen. Elijah Carruthers
TV ★ 8.0
1954
The Wonderful World of Disney as Deputy Marshal Ed Morgan
TV ★ 7.9
1953
Movie ★ 6.0
1953
Topper as F.K. Marsten
TV ★ 6.1
1951
Bright Victory as Psychiatrist
Movie ★ 7.1
1951
TV ★ 7.2
1951
TV ★ 7.2
1950
Where the Sidewalk Ends as Insp. Nicholas Foley (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.2
1950
TV ★ 7.7
1950
TV ★ 6.7
1950
TV ★ 6.7
1950
TV ★ 6.7
1940s 8 credits
1949
TV ★ 5.1
1949
TV ★ 7.5
1948
TV ★ 5.4
1948
Studio One as William Rutch
TV ★ 5.4
1947
TV ★ 7.8
1947
TV ★ 7.8