Acting
Simon Oakland
Born August 28, 1915 · New York City, New York, USA
Died August 29, 1983 · aged 68
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), Bul…
Known For
Psycho · 1960Psycho
★ 8.41960
MovieHorrorThriller
When larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starting a new life, she ends up at the notorious Bates Motel, where manager Norman Bates cares for his housebound mother.
West Side Story · 1961West Side Story
★ 7.21961
MovieCrimeDrama
In Manhattan’s Upper West Side, rival gangs of Polish-Americans and newly arrived Puerto Ricans clash for control of the neighborhood, even as two young members from opposite sides fall dangerously in love.
Bullitt · 1968Bullitt
★ 7.11968
MovieActionCrime
Senator Walter Chalmers is aiming to take down mob boss Pete Ross with the help of testimony from the criminal's hothead brother Johnny, who is in protective custody in San Francisco under the watch of police lieutenant Frank Bullitt. When a pair of mob hitmen enter the scene, Bullitt follows their trail through a maze of complications and double-crosses. This thriller includes one of the most famous car chases ever filmed.
The Night Stalker · 1972The Night Stalker
★ 6.91972
MovieMysteryHorror
Wisecracking reporter Carl Kolchak investigates a string of murders in Las Vegas and suspects the culprit is a vampire. His editor thinks he's crazy and the police think he's a nuisance, so Kolchak takes matters into his own hands.
Emperor of the North · 1973Emperor of the North
★ 6.81973
MovieAdventureDrama
Hobos encounter a sadistic railway conductor that will not let anyone "ride the rails" for free.
Chato's Land · 1972Chato's Land
★ 6.51972
MovieWestern
In 1870s New Mexico, a half-breed kills a bigoted sheriff in self-defense but the posse that eventually hunts him finds itself in dangerous territory.
The Sand Pebbles · 1966The Sand Pebbles
★ 7.21966
MovieDramaWar
Engineer Jake Holman arrives aboard the gunboat USS San Pablo, assigned to patrol a tributary of the Yangtze in the middle of exploited and revolution-torn 1926 China. His iconoclasm and cynical nature soon clash with the 'rice-bowl' system which runs the ship and the uneasy symbiosis between Chinese and foreigner on the river. Hostility towards the gunboat's presence reaches a climax when the boat must crash through a river-boom and rescue missionaries upriver at China Light Mission.
The Brothers Karamazov · 1958The Brothers Karamazov
★ 6.51958
MovieDramaHistory
Ryevsk, Russia, 1870. Tensions abound in the Karamazov family. Fyodor is a wealthy libertine who holds his purse strings tightly. His four grown sons include Dmitri, the eldest, an elegant officer, always broke and at odds with his father, betrothed to Katya, herself lovely and rich. The other brothers include a sterile aesthete, a factotum who is a bastard, and a monk. Family tensions erupt when Dmitri falls in love with one of his father's mistresses, the coquette Grushenka. Two brothers see Dmitri's jealousy of their father as an opportunity to inherit sooner. Acts of violence lead to the story's conclusion: trials of honor, conscience, forgiveness, and redemption.
Filmography
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The Desperate Hours · 1955The Desperate Hours
★ 7.01955
MovieCrimeThriller
Escaped convicts terrorize a suburban family they're holding hostage.
State Trooper (uncredited)
I Want to Live! · 1958I Want to Live!
★ 7.01958
MovieDramaCrime
Brazen perpetual offender Barbara Graham tries to go straight but she finds herself implicated in a murder and sent to death row.
Edward S. 'Ed' Montgomery
The Plainsman · 1966The Plainsman
★ 5.61966
MovieWestern
Calamity Jane tries to help Buffalo Bill Cody and Wild Bill Hickock stop an Indian war.
Chief Black Kettle
The Raiders · 1963The Raiders
★ 4.81963
MovieWestern
Wild Bill Hickok, Buffalo Bill and Calamity Jane help a Texas rancher against the railroad.
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