Actor Robert F. Simon, 83, died of a massive heart attack in Tarzana Nov. 29.
Simon began his career at the Cleveland Playhouse in the 1930s, and made his Broadway debut in Clifford Odets’ “Clash By Night.”
He also performed in Odets’ “The Russian People” and in Arthur Miller’s “All My Sons.” He followed Lee J. Cobb in the role of Willie Loman in Miller’s “Death of a Salesman” and performed in Marc Blitzstein’s “No For An Answer” and “Of Thee I Sing” among many other stage credits.
Arriving in Hollywood in 1954, Simon worked steadily until his retirement in the early 1980s. Film credits include “Fate Is a Hunter,””Girl in the Red Velvet Swing,””Compulsion,””The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence,””Captain Newman M.D., “”Operation Petticoat” and “The Buccaneer.”
Television credits include recurring roles on “Bewitched,””MASH” and “The Amazing Spiderman,” and featured roles on “Playhouse 90,””The Twilight Zone” and “Quincy.”
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Survived by daughters Barbara Callet and Susan Thompson, and sons Robert L. and James Simon, and by three grandchildren.
Memorial will be held at 11 a.m. tomorrow at Oakwood Memorial Park in Chatsworth.
At the family’s request, in lieu of flowers, donations in Simon’s memory may be made to the American Cancer Society.
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