
Robert F. Simon
Actor · Died November 29, 1992, aged 83 · Mansfield, Ohio, USA
Robert F. Simon (December 2, 1908 – November 29, 1992) was an American character actor, often portraying military or authority figure roles. Though his face was recognized by audiences, he was mostly unknown by name. A life member of The Actors Studio,[2]Simon appeared in films and on television between 1950 and 1985, having mastered the genre of westerns, drama, and comedy.
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Biography from TMDB.
- December 2, 1908
- November 29, 1992 (aged 83)
- Mansfield, Ohio, USA
- Actor
- 65 on MovieCove · 140 credits in all
What are Robert F. Simon's films like?
Across their 21 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Self.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 0 · Earnest 20
Light 13 · Serious 3 · Dark 5
Grounded 14 · Stylized 7 · Heightened 0
Gentle 5 · Charged 13 · Intense 3
Steady 13 · Shifting 8 · Whiplash 0
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 13 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 5
A split, not a type: Slow burn 11 · Even-paced 10 · Relentless 0
Casual 16 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 11 · Affecting 6 · Heavy 4
Resolved 20 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 1
Roles they play
Usually the Threshold guardian: 3 of 6 analyzed roles.
- Mentoras Dr. Norton in Bigger Than Life (1956)
- Threshold guardianas Harry Brewster in Spring Reunion (1956)
- Threshold guardianas Sheriff Harry Brill in Gunman's Walk (1958)
- Heraldas Capt. J.B. Henderson in Operation Petticoat (1959)
- Threshold guardianas J. Jonah Jameson in Spider-Man Strikes Back (1978)
- Heraldas J. Jonah Jameson in Spider-Man: The Dragon's Challenge (1979)
Moods and endings
- Happy11
- Bittersweet8
- Ambiguous2
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Robert F. Simon's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 31 of their 65 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on The Roku Channel (18).
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) · actor · free
- The Outer Limits (1963) · actor · free
- Tombstone Territory (1957) · actor · free
- Bewitched (1964) · actor · free
- Sea Hunt (1958) · actor · free
- Route 66 (1960) · actor · free
- The Texan (1958) · actor · free
- Bonanza (1959) · actor · free
- McMillan & Wife (1971) · actor · free
- Bat Masterson (1958) · actor · free
- The Lucy Show (1962) · actor · free
- The Six Million Dollar Man (1974) · actor · free
- +6 more
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) · actor · free
- The Andy Griffith Show (1960) · actor · free
- The Outer Limits (1963) · actor · free
- Compulsion (1959) · actor · free
- Tombstone Territory (1957) · actor · free
- Bewitched (1964) · actor · free
- Route 66 (1960) · actor · free
- The Texan (1958) · actor · free
- Bonanza (1959) · actor · free
- Bat Masterson (1958) · actor · free
- The Lucy Show (1962) · actor · free
- Steve Canyon (1958) · actor · free
- +3 more
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) · actor
- Perry Mason (1957) · actor
- Compulsion (1959) · actor
- Sea Hunt (1958) · actor
- Route 66 (1960) · actor
- The Texan (1958) · actor
- McMillan & Wife (1971) · actor
- The Lucy Show (1962) · actor
- Steve Canyon (1958) · actor
- McCloud (1970) · actor
- Barnaby Jones (1973) · actor
- Airwolf (1984) · actor
- +1 more
- The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) · actor · free
- The Twilight Zone (1959) · actor · free
- Perry Mason (1957) · actor · free
- The Andy Griffith Show (1960) · actor · free
- Tombstone Territory (1957) · actor · free
- Sea Hunt (1958) · actor · free
- Route 66 (1960) · actor · free
- The Texan (1958) · actor · free
- Bat Masterson (1958) · actor · free
- The Lucy Show (1962) · actor · free
- Barnaby Jones (1973) · actor · free
- Shout! TV, show their 4 titles on Shout! TV
- ScreenPix, show their 3 titles on ScreenPix
- Cineverse, show their 2 titles on Cineverse
- Howdy, show their 2 titles on Howdy
- Best TV Ever, show their title on Best TV Ever
- Best Westerns Ever, show their title on Best Westerns Ever
- Dove Channel, show their title on Dove Channel
- Great American Pure Flix, show their title on Great American Pure Flix
Subscription and free streaming for Robert F. Simon's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
140 credits, 65 with a MovieCove page.

Hell's Highway: The True Story of Highway Safety Films (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Airwolf(1984)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
Spider-Man Strikes Back(1978)
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
The Amazing Spider-Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
Tail Gunner Joe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

Quincy, M.E. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

Ellery Queen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

Medical Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

Police Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

Winter Kill(1974)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
Barnaby Jones(1973)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all shows
Journey Through the Past (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

The Streets of San Francisco (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

M*A*S*H(1972)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows
Temperatures Rising (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

McMillan & Wife(1971)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all shows
Nichols (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

Columbo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

Private Duty Nurses(1971)
Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films
Wild Women (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

The Partridge Family(1970)
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all showsNancy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

McCloud(1970)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows
Love, American Style (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

Marcus Welby, M.D.(1969)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all shows
Hawaii Five-O(1968)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows
The Mod Squad (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

It Takes a Thief (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

The Legend of Custer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

The Guns of Will Sonnett (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

Custer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

The Reluctant Astronaut(1967)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
The Third Killer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

The Silencers(1966)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
Get Smart(1965)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
Run for Your Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

Across the River (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

Fate Is the Hunter(1964)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
Daniel Boone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

Bewitched(1964)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows
Captain Newman, M.D.(1963)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
A New Kind of Love(1963)
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
The Fugitive (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)
The Greatest Show on Earth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

The Outer Limits(1963)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows
Arrest and Trial (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

Wall of Noise (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

McHale's Navy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

The Lucy Show(1962)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows
The Virginian (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

Saints and Sinners (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

Sam Benedict (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

The Lloyd Bridges Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

The Spiral Road(1962)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
Ricochet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

The Defenders (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

Kraft Mystery Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

The Wizard of Baghdad(1960)
Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all filmsAlcatraz Express (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)
Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
The Facts of Life(1960)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
Route 66(1960)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows
Stagecoach West (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

The Andy Griffith Show(1960)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
Pay or Die! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

Operation Petticoat(1959)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
The Last Angry Man(1959)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
The Untouchables (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

Hawaiian Eye (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

Adventures in Paradise (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

Johnny Ringo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

The Twilight Zone(1959)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
Law of the Plainsman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

Lock-Up (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

Bonanza(1959)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows
Face of Fire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

Compulsion(1959)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
Black Saddle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

Rawhide (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

The Buccaneer(1958)
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
77 Sunset Strip (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

Bat Masterson(1958)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all shows
Lawman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

The Nine Lives of Elfego Baca (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

The Texan(1958)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows
Steve Canyon(1958)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows
Gunman's Walk(1958)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

Sea Hunt(1958)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows
Tombstone Territory(1957)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows
Perry Mason(1957)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows
Wagon Train(1957)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all shows
Have Gun, Will Travel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

The Last Tycoon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

Spring Reunion(1956)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
Edge of the City(1957)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
Bigger Than Life(1956)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
The Rack(1956)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)
Broken Arrow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)
State Trooper (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)
Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films
The Catered Affair(1956)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
Never Say Goodbye(1956)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
The Benny Goodman Story(1956)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
The Alcoa Hour (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

The 20th Century Fox Hour (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
Cheyenne(1955)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows
Gunsmoke (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

Foxfire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

5 Against the House(1955)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
Chief Crazy Horse(1955)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
The Wonderful World of Disney (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

Studio 57 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

Rogue Cop (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

The Black Dakotas(1954)
Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films
Roogie's Bump(1954)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
A Long Time Till Dawn (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

Topper (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

You Are There (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

Bright Victory(1951)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all filmsLux Video Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)
Danger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

Where the Sidewalk Ends(1950)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
Man Against Crime (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)
Hands of Murder (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

Suspense (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

Studio One (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

Kraft Television Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)
Career shape
Star power in the 95th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 140 titles from 1947 to 2003; peak year 1963.
Film career
Peak 1963 · back in prominent film roles after a quiet stretch. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 1955Screen debut· Chief Crazy Horse
- 1978Career best· Spider-Man Strikes Back
Billing
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.
How do Robert F. Simon's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 58th percentile, the median of all 38; across their 21 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 55th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up24
- 50th to 74th23
- 25th to 49th11
- Below 25th7
Shape of the crowd
35 of their 65 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved11
- Cult Classic2
- Crowd Pleaser35
- Broadly Agreed4
- Mixed13
Reviewers score the acting 66/100 in their films, across 20 reviewed titles; fans 76, detractors 44. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Robert F. Simon work with?
People who share at least 2 of Robert F. Simon's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Richard Murphy shares the most, 2.
Writers
- Richard MurphyShared titles: Compulsion (1959), The Last Angry Man (1959)See all 2 shared titles with Richard Murphy
- Robert Alan AurthurShared titles: Edge of the City (1957), Spring Reunion (1956)See all 2 shared titles with Robert Alan Aurthur

Actors
- Chip FieldsShared titles: Spider-Man: The Dragon's Challenge (1979), Spider-Man Strikes Back (1978)See all 2 shared titles with Chip Fields

- Nicholas HammondShared titles: Spider-Man: The Dragon's Challenge (1979), Spider-Man Strikes Back (1978)See all 2 shared titles with Nicholas Hammond

- Simon ScottShared titles: Spider-Man Strikes Back (1978), The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War (1973)See all 2 shared titles with Simon Scott

- Richard AndersonShared titles: The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War (1973), Compulsion (1959)See all 2 shared titles with Richard Anderson

Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Erwin DumbrilleShared titles: Spider-Man: The Dragon's Challenge (1979), Spider-Man Strikes Back (1978)See all 2 shared titles with Erwin Dumbrille
- Stu PhillipsShared titles: Spider-Man Strikes Back (1978), The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War (1973)See all 2 shared titles with Stu Phillips
- Ellis W. CarterShared titles: The Wizard of Baghdad (1960), The Black Dakotas (1954)See all 2 shared titles with Ellis W. Carter
- Irving GertzShared titles: The Wizard of Baghdad (1960), The First Traveling Saleslady (1956)See all 2 shared titles with Irving Gertz
Producers
- Charles W. FriesShared titles: Spider-Man: The Dragon's Challenge (1979), Spider-Man Strikes Back (1978)See all 2 shared titles with Charles W. Fries

- Daniel R. GoodmanShared titles: Spider-Man: The Dragon's Challenge (1979), Spider-Man Strikes Back (1978)See all 2 shared titles with Daniel R. Goodman
- Ron SatlofShared titles: Spider-Man Strikes Back (1978), The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War (1973)See all 2 shared titles with Ron Satlof

- Fred KohlmarShared titles: The Last Angry Man (1959), Gunman's Walk (1958)See all 2 shared titles with Fred Kohlmar

