Robert F. Simon (December 2, 1908 â€" November 29, 1992) was an
American character actor.Simon was born in 1908 in Mansfield, Ohio,
where he was an all-state high school basketball champion in the
1920s. He began acting with Mansfield's Community Players organization
when he worked as a clerk in a meat market. Following that experience,
he acted with the Cleveland Playhouse.Simon appeared on Broadway in
Clifford Odets's play, Clash by Night. In 1949, he succeeded Lee J.
Cobb as Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman. His other Broadway credits
included Of Thee I Sing (1952), Sundown Beach (1948), On Whitman
Avenue (1946), Truckline Cafe (1946), Brighten the Corner (1945), Mrs.
January and Mr. X (1944), Apology (1943), and The Russian People
(1942).
American character actor.Simon was born in 1908 in Mansfield, Ohio,
where he was an all-state high school basketball champion in the
1920s. He began acting with Mansfield's Community Players organization
when he worked as a clerk in a meat market. Following that experience,
he acted with the Cleveland Playhouse.Simon appeared on Broadway in
Clifford Odets's play, Clash by Night. In 1949, he succeeded Lee J.
Cobb as Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman. His other Broadway credits
included Of Thee I Sing (1952), Sundown Beach (1948), On Whitman
Avenue (1946), Truckline Cafe (1946), Brighten the Corner (1945), Mrs.
January and Mr. X (1944), Apology (1943), and The Russian People
(1942).
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