Simon Scott

Simon Scott (September 21, 1920 – December 11, 1991) was an American character actor from Monterey Park, California. He was best known for his role as Arnold Slocum on Trapper John, M.D. and as General Bronson on McHale's Navy.

Career

Scott became a company member at Peninsula Players Theatre in Fish Creek, Wisconsin in 1950 using the name Dan Scott prior to his Hollywood success. He performed in many stage productions with the theater, including the 1948 production of The Second Man, the 1950 production of You Can't Take it With You and the 1963 production of The Night of the Iguana.

Scott starred in the early episodes of Markham as John Riggs, the title character's sidekick. However the character of Riggs was dropped after only eight episodes. Scott made five guest appearances on Perry Mason, including the role of murderer Stanley Overton in one of the series' final episodes in 1966 titled "The Case of the Positive Negative". He also appeared on dozens of other TV series, making numerous appearances each on series including 77 Sunset Strip, Bonanza, The F.B.I., Cannon, The Invaders, and Ironside. Scott also played in Barnaby Jones, in an episode titled “Trap Play” (01/07/1975).

Scott also had a recurring role as Chief Metcalf on the ABC series The Mod Squad. In addition he also guest starred on series including The Munsters, The Fugitive, Mannix and most notably the 1960 The Twilight Zone episode "The Last Flight".

Death Scott died on December 11, 1991, in Los Alamitos, California of complications of Alzheimer's disease. The disease had forced him into retirement six years earlier.

Filmography

1954: The Raid as Captain Floyd Henderson (uncredited) 1954: Black Tuesday as Parker (uncredited) 1956: I've Lived Before as Robert Allen, Attorney 1956: Accused of Murder as Jeff, Daytime Desk Cop (uncredited) 1957: Battle Hymn as Lieutenant Hollis 1957: Man of a Thousand Faces as Carl Hastings 1959: No Name on the Bullet as Reeger 1959: Compulsion as Detective Brown (uncredited) 1961: The Honeymoon Machine as Captain Harvey Adam 1962: Moon Pilot as Medical Officer 1962: The Couch as Lieutenant Kritzman 1963: The Ugly American as Johnson 1964: Shock Treatment as Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited) 1964: Ready for the People (TV Movie) as District Attorney 1964: Father Goose as Captain of Submarine, USS Sailfin (uncredited) 1965: Strange Bedfellows as Jim Slade, Divorce Lawyer (uncredited) 1965: The Loved One as Priest at Meeting (uncredited) 1966: Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round as William Anderson 1968: In Enemy Country as General Jomar 1969: Anatomy of a crime (TV Movie) as George Harrington 1970: The Cliff (TV Movie) 1971: Cold Turkey as Mr. Kandiss 1972: Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol (TV Movie) as Colonel Anderson 1972: The Man as Hugh Gaynor 1972: The Marshall of Madrid (series special of Cade's County) 1973: Six Million Dollar Man, The: Wine, Women and War as Captain Dawson 1974: The Disappearance of Flight 412 (TV Movie) as Colonel Freeman Barns 1975: The Hindenburg as Luftwaffe General 1977: Tail Gunner Joe (TV Movie) as Robert Ten Broeck Stevens 1977: Twilight's Last Gleaming as General Phil Spencer 1979: The Return of Mod Squad (TV Movie) as Metcalf

Television

1952: Biff Baker, U.S.A. as Perkins 1955: Gunsmoke as Mr. Rogers 1959: Markham as John Riggs 1959: The Twilight Zone 1962: Alcoa Premiere 2x12 The Potentate as Raknitch 1962: Surfside 6 2x31 Green Bay Riddle as Chris Nordheim 1962: Saints and Sinners 1x07 A Servant in the House of My Party as Bill Wexler 1962: GE True 1x10 Cheating Cheaters as Captain 1962: Going My Way 1x08 A Matter of Principle as Larry Raymond 1963: General Hospital as Fred Fleming 1963: Hawaiian Eye 4x13 Kupikio Kid as Judson Kirk 1963–1964: The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (Season 1 Episode 17: "Forecast: Low Clouds and Coastal Fog") (1963) as Stanley 'Stan' Wilson (Season 2 Episode 9: "The Dividing Wall") (1963) as Durrell (Season 3 Episode 10: "Memo from Purgatory") (1964) as The Defender 1963–1966: The Virginian 2x05 The Evil That Men Do as Warden Fred Harris 1964: The Rogues 1x10 Fringe Benefits as Gus Becker 1964: Mr. Novak 2x05 One Monday Afternoon as Ralph Donan 1965: I Spy 1x12 Three Hours on a Sunday Night as Mr. Starrett 1965: Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea 1x23 The Human Computer as Reston 1965: A Man Called Shenandoah 1x08 Town on Fire as Tom Wade 1965: Death Valley Days 14x07 No Place for a Lady as Samuel Magoffin 1965: Convoy 1x02 Flight from Norway as General Walther Korsch 1966: T.H.E. Cat 1x10 To Bell T.H.E. Cat as Senator 1966: The Munsters 2x31 Herman's Lawsuit as Wilbur Kingsley 1966: Pistols 'n' Petticoats 1x09 Cards Anyone as Sloan 1966: The Fugitive 4x05 Ten Thousand Pieces of Silver as Martin Pierce 1967: Iron Horse 2x09 Four Guns to Scalplock as Glenn Falconer 1968: The Outsider 1x13 There Was a Little Girl as George Harrington 1968: Mannix 2x01 The Silent Cry as Roger L. Wade 1968: The Name of the Game 1x07 Shine On, Shine On, Jesse Gil as Harvey Hampton 1969 Medical Center 1x03 Emergency in Ward E as Carl Marriott 1970: Insight The 7 Minute Life of James Houseworthy as Clyde, Why Don't You Call Me Skipper Anymore? as William Lunt 1970: The Interns 1x05 Eyes of the Beholder as Jim 1970: Matt Lincoln 1x02 Charles 1971: Cade's County 1x04 Crisscross as Owen Rauth 1971: Days of Rage 1x24 Days of Rage as Walter Hendricks 1972: Longstreet 1x23 The Sound of Money Talking as Henry Benton 1972: The Sixth Sense 1x05 The Man Who Died at Three and Nine as Stuart Forbes 1972–1976: The Rookies 1x07 The Bear That Didn't Get Up as Mr. Palmer 1973: Search 1x21 Ends of the Earth as Timothy Slater 1973: Escape 1x1 The Sub as Admiral Lockery 1973: McCloud 4x02 The Solid Gold Swingers as Arthur Ferris 1973: The Wide World of Mystery 1.12 Night Train to Terror as McGuffin 1974: Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law I've Promised You a Father as Frank Bayliss 1974: The Magician 1x19 The Illusion of the Lethal Playthings as Jackson Wyndham 1974: The Six Million Dollar Man 2 episodes as Dr. Barto / Dr. Samuel Abbott 1975: The Manhunter 1x20 The Death Watch 1975: The Streets of San Francisco 2x09 The Twenty-Four Karat Plague as Professor William Mason 1975: Barnaby Jones 3x14 Trap Play as Paul 1975: Barbary Coast as Senator Manning / Brant Hollister 1975: Caribe 1x13 Assault on the Calavera as Gabriel Hopkins 1976: Once an Eagle in 4 episodes 1976: The Rockford Files 3x10 Piece Work as Gregory McGill 1977: The New Adventures of Wonder Woman as Sam Tucker 1977: Kingston: Confidential as Duane Maxwell 1977: The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries 1x01 The Mystery of the Haunted House as Man 1978: The Amazing Spider-Man The Deadly Dust: Part 1 as Dr. Baylor 1979–1985: Trapper John, M.D. as Arnold Slocum (final television appearance) 1980: Charlie's Angels 4x25/26 One Love... Two Angels: Part I+II as Richard Carver 1980: Galactica 1980 1x04 The Super Scouts, Part I as Captain