Robert F. Simon

Inaugurating his career at the Cleveland Playhouse, American character actor Robert F. Simon made his first Broadway appearance in Clifford Odets' Clash By Night. In 1949, Simon succeeded Lee J. Cobb in the role of Willy Loman in Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman. He made his film debut in 1954, spending the next two decades playing a steady stream of generals, doctors, executives and journalists. One of Simon's most prominent film roles was the father of the title character in 1956's The Benny Goodman Story. On television, Simon played bombastic newspaper editor J. Jonah Jameson in the weekly adventure series The Amazing Spider-Man (1977-78), and could also be seen in recurring roles on Saints and Sinners (1961), Bewitched (1964), Custer (1967), Nancy (1970) and MASH (1972-73 season, as General Mitchell).

Highest Rated Movies

Rating	Title	Credit	Box Office	Year
No Score Yet	The Reluctant Astronaut	Cervantes	—	1967
No Score Yet	Blindfold	Police Lieutenant	—	1965
No Score Yet	Fate Is The Hunter	Proctor	—	1964
No Score Yet	Captain Newman, M.D.	Lt. Col. Larrabee	—	1963
14%	A New Kind of Love	Bertram Chalmers	—	1963
No Score Yet	The Spiral Road	Dr. Martens	—	1962
93%	The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance	Handy Strong	—	1962
No Score Yet	The Wizard Of Baghdad	Shamadin	—	1960
No Score Yet	The Facts of Life	Motel Clerk	—	1960
No Score Yet	Pay or Die	Commissioner	—	1960
No Score Yet	The Last Angry Man	Lyman Gattling	—	1959
85%	Operation Petticoat	Capt. J.B. Henderson	—	1959
100%	Compulsion	Lt. Johnson	—	1959
No Score Yet	The Buccaneer	Capt. Brown	—	1958
No Score Yet	Gunman's Walk	Harry Brill	—	1958
No Score Yet	Edge of the City	Mr. Nordmann	—	1957
No Score Yet	The Rack	Law Officer	—	1956
90%	Bigger Than Life	Dr. Norton	—	1956
No Score Yet	The First Traveling Saleslady	Cal	—	1956
17%	The Catered Affair	Mr. Halloran	—	1956
No Score Yet	Never Say Goodbye	Dr. Kenneth Evans	—	1956
No Score Yet	The Benny Goodman Story	Pop Goodman	—	1956
No Score Yet	The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing	Stage Manager	—	1955
No Score Yet	Rogue Cop	Ackerman	—	1955
No Score Yet	Chief Crazy Horse	Jeff Mantz	—	1955
100%	The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell	Adm. Gage	—	1955
No Score Yet	The Black Dakotas	Marshal Collins	—	1954
No Score Yet	Long Time Till Dawn	Actor	—	1953
No Score Yet	Bright Victory	Psychiatrist	—	1951
100%	Where the Sidewalk Ends	Insp. Nicholas Foley	—	1950

Rating	Title	Credit	Year
No Score Yet	MAS*H 1972-1983	Gen. Mitchell	1973 1972
No Score Yet	Marcus Welby, M.D. 1969-1976	Anders	1970
No Score Yet	Bonanza 1959-1973	Keith Thurston	1970 1960
No Score Yet	The Andy Griffith Show 1960-1968	Crawford	1968
No Score Yet	Get Smart 1965-1970	Steuben	1966
No Score Yet	Bewitched 1964-1972	Stephens Father	1966 1965 1964
No Score Yet	Gunsmoke 1955-1975	Grilk Tucker Hutchison Price Stancil Will Jessup	1966 1965 1964 1958 1957
91%	The Outer Limits (1963) 1963-1965		1963
80%	The Twilight Zone 1959-1964	Harvey	1963
No Score Yet	Perry Mason 1957-1966	Beldon Hillman	1963 1960
No Score Yet	Rawhide 1959-1965	Barber Mackie	1962 1960
No Score Yet	Alfred Hitchcock Presents 1955-1962	Halloran	1955
20%	The Amazing Spider-Man 1977-1979	J. Jonah Jameson