Actor
Simon Oakland
August 28, 1915 · New York City, New York, USA
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.
Notable work
8.4Psycho (1960)
as Fred Richman
7.2West Side Story (1961)
as Schrank
7.1Bullitt (1968)
as Captain Sam Bennett
8.5The Twilight Zone (1959)
as De Cruz and cast
7.5Bonanza (1959)
as Frank Scott / Mel Barnes and as William Poole and as Judge Seth Tabor
7.9Get Smart (1965)
as Cowboy
7.6Mission: Impossible (1966)
as Jack Wellman
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