TopTenREVIEWS presents the film career and movie reviews of Simon Oakland.
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Actor Facts
Birth:
August 28, 1915
Death:
August 29, 1983
Biography:
One of the movies' most memorable tough guys, Simon Oakland actually began his career as a concert violinist, turning to acting in the late 1940's. ...more about Simon Oakland
Simon Oakland
ACTOR RANKINGS:
CAREER SPAN
Decade
Movie Score
# Movies
1950s
2.0423
2
1960s
2.4544
15
1970s
1.8463
7
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews & awards for each movie.
Overall Actor Score: 
2.3375
2.3375Simon Oakland Movie Rankings
1
3.8620Marion Crane on impulse steals $40,000 that has been entrusted to her by her employer. On the evening of her run-away she stops at a dark, off-road motel for the night and encounters a friendly, but deranged manager and soon meets an untimely demise. ...more about Psycho
- DVD Best Pricing:
Herman Street
2
3.2346Frank Bullitt is selected by Chalmers, a politician with ambition, to guard a Mafia informant. Bullitt's friend is shot and the witness is left at death's door by two hit men who seem to know exactly where the the witness was hiding. ...more about Bullitt
- DVD Best Pricing:
DVDEmpire
3
3.2013When two members of rival gangs fall in love there is little that can stop them from being together. Despite opposition from both sides, Maria and Tony plan to run away together, but when Tony kills Maria's brother in rage, Tony must flee from those who want their revenge. ...more about West Side Story
- DVD Best Pricing:
Amazon
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4
3.0108Previously convicted of petty crimes like stealing and prostitution, Barbara Graham was accused of murdering an old woman. She was fingered by the two men who she knows committed the crime. With their testimony, Barbara was incarcerated and executed. ...more about I Want to Live!
- DVD Best Pricing:
Overstock.com
5
2.8039The tough, dashing private eye who lives on a boat finds his troubles beginning when, after being hired to escort the daughter of a wealthy businessman, the girl's diamond pin is mysteriously missing. The trail leads him to guns, bullets and love. ...more about Tony Rome
- DVD Best Pricing:
Herman Street
6
2.7879It is during the great depression in the US, and the land is full of people who are now homeless. ...more about Emperor of the North Pole
- DVD Best Pricing:
Herman Street
7
2.6871Ryevsk, Russia, 1870. Tensions abound in the Karamazov family. Fyodor is a wealthy libertine who holds his purse strings tightly. ...more about Brothers Karamazov
- Not Available on DVD
8
2.6777Daisy Gamble, an unusual woman who hears phones before they ring, and does wonders with her flowers, wants to quit smoking, to please her finacee, Warren. She goes to a doctor of hypnosis to do it. ...more about On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
- DVD Best Pricing:
Overstock.com
9
2.1564Based on the true-life book of lawman Burton Turkus, this movie chronicles the rise and fall of the organized crime syndicate known as Murder, Incorporated. Focusing on powerful boss Lepke and violent hitman Reles. ...more about Murder
- DVD Best Pricing:
Newegg.com
11
1.8064When the Kwimper family car runs out of gas on a new Florida highway and an officous state supervisor tries to run them off, Pop Kwimper digs in his heels and decides to do a little homesteading. ...more about Follow That Dream
- DVD Best Pricing:
Herman Street
12
1.8064A germ warfare lab has had an accident. The first theory is that one of the nasty germs has gotten free and killed several scientists. ...more about Satan Bug
- Not Available on DVD
13
1.5446Jack Diamond and his sickly brother arrive in prohibition New York as jewellery thieves. ...more about Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond
- Not Available on DVD
14
1.1926The rich and ruthless rancher Brandt Ruger keeps his beautiful young wife Melissa like a part of his property, subdued to his will. But one day she's kidnapped by the famous outlaw Frank Calder - just to teach him reading, so he tells her. ...more about Hunting Party
- DVD Best Pricing:
Herman Street
16
In this compilation of two "Kolchak: The Night Stalker" (1974) episodes, "Demon in Lace" and "Legacy of Terror", a reporter must investigate two supernatural occurrences: the mysterious deaths of healthy young men by heart attacks on a college campus, ...more about Demon and the Mummy
- Not Available on DVD
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