Simon Scott
Biography
Simon Scott was an American character actor who came from Monterey Park, California and died in 1991. Before he found work in Hollywood, he acted with the Peninsula Players at their theater in Fish Creek, Wisconsin, where he was a company member from 1950 and used the name Dan Scott; his stage work there included The Second Man in 1948, You Can't Take It with You in 1950 and The Night of the Iguana in 1963. On television he played John Riggs, the title character's sidekick, in the first episodes of Markham, a part dropped after eight episodes, and he turned up five times on Perry Mason. He also played Chief Metcalf on The Mod Squad in a part that recurred, and appeared on dozens of other series, among them Bonanza, Cannon, Ironside and The F.B.I. He was best known for Arnold Slocum on Trapper John, M.D. and General Bronson on McHale's Navy.
71years old at death
- Born United States
- Died United States
- Star sign: VirgoThe sign runs August 23 to September 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 11
- Career span
- 49 years1957 to 2006
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About the name
Before his Hollywood career, Scott joined the Peninsula Players Theatre in Fish Creek, Wisconsin in 1950 under the name Dan Scott, performing in stage productions there.
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Worked with
Simon Scott shares two films with Kent Smith, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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All films by Robert Aldrich
Jack ArnoldDirector, 1 film, 1959
All films by Jack Arnold
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