

Perry Mason (1960-1961, TV series) as Captain Mike Caldwell / Howard Walters.The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond (1960) as Lieutenant Moody.Men Into Space (1959, episode 13: "Quarantine") as Dr.


The Brothers Karamazov (1958) as Mavrayek.The Silent Service (1958, episode: " USS Cavalla: Lucky Lady's Famous First Patrol") as Captain Herman J.The Sheriff of Cochise (1956, Episode: "Question of Honor", season 1) as Charlie Moon.Gunsmoke (1956-1965, TV Series) as Carl Mandee / Miguel / Jim Nation / Enoch Mills.The Desperate Hours (1955) as state trooper (uncredited).Oakland was married to Lois Lorraine Porta. Cloud, a nemesis/ antagonist for Jim Rockford.ĭeath certificate of Simon Oakland Personal life (He had previously played the same character in the two made-for-television movies that served as the pilot for the series.)ĭuring the 1970s, Oakland appeared in multiple episodes of The Rockford Files, three times as blustery private detective Vern St.
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In 19, he was a series regular on Kolchak: The Night Stalker, playing newspaper editor Tony Vincenzo. He appeared in two episodes of the original The Twilight Zone TV series and in The Outer Limits as the alien birdman in " Second Chance". He was also a regular, in a comedic supporting role, as General Thomas Moore, on NBC's Baa Baa Black Sheep, starring Robert Conrad. Oakland appeared once on the CBS Western Dundee and the Culhane and once on the series Sheriff of Cochise.

He appeared in the syndicated crime drama, Decoy, starring Beverly Garland. He made two guest appearances on CBS's Perry Mason, both times as the murder victim. He appeared in the films West Side Story, The Sand Pebbles, and Bullitt. He appeared in Psycho as the psychiatrist who, at the end of the film, explains Norman Bates's multiple personality disorder. Oakland's notable performance in I Want to Live! led to his playing a long series of bullying and dislikable tough-guys, either as authority figures or villains or an admixture of both. He next appeared in two films released in 1958: as Mavrayek in The Brothers Karamazov and as journalist Edward Montgomery in I Want to Live! In 1955, Oakland made his film debut, albeit uncredited, as an Indiana state trooper in The Desperate Hours.
