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Writer | Producer | Actor

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Received the 2006 Mark Twain prize on October 15, 2006 at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. See more trivia »

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Marvin Neil Simon
in The Bronx, New York, USA
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2007 The Heartbreak Kid (1972 screenplay)
 
2007 To kokkino domatio (TV series)
– ...Ki ola ta idia menoun... (2007) (play "Plaza Suite")
 
2004 The Goodbye Girl (TV movie) (1977 screenplay / written by)
 
2004 Ein seltsames Paar (TV movie) (play)
 
2003 Zwei wie Katz und Hund (TV movie)
 
2001 Laughter on the 23rd Floor (TV movie) (play / teleplay)
 
2001 Sonny Boys (TV movie)
 
1999 La extraña pareja (TV movie) (play "The Odd Couple")
 
1999 The Out-of-Towners (based upon the screenplay by)
 
1999 Sonny Boys (TV movie)
 
1998 The Odd Couple II (written by)
 
1996 London Suite (TV movie) (play / teleplay)
 
1996 Jake's Women (TV movie) (play / teleplay)
 
1996 The Sunshine Boys (TV movie) (play / teleplay)
 
1995 Sonny Boys (TV movie) (play "The Sunshine Boys")
 
1993 The Honeymooners First Christmas (TV movie)
 
1993 The Odd Couple: Together Again (TV movie) (character from the play)
 
1993 Lost in Yonkers (play / screenplay)
 
1993 Podivné jméno pro psa (TV short) (play)
 
1992 Rumeurs (TV movie) (play)
 
1992 Estan tocant la nostra cançó (TV movie) (play)
 
1992 Broadway Bound (TV movie) (play / written by)
 
1991 The Marrying Man (written by)
 
1991 O Último dos Marialvas (TV movie) (play)
 
1990 Le grand standing (TV movie) (play)
 
1990 Drôle de couple (TV movie) (play)
 
1988 Biloxi Blues (play / screenplay)
 
1987 Plaza Suite (TV movie) (play)
 
1987 El bon doctor (TV movie) (play)
 
1986 Brighton Beach Memoirs (play / screenplay)
 
1985 The Slugger's Wife (written by)
 
1984 The Lonely Guy (screenplay)
 
1983 Max Dugan Returns (written by)
 
1982 Sonny Boys (TV movie)
 
1982 The New Odd Couple (TV series)
– The New Car (1982) (play)
– The Ides of April (1982) (play)
 
1982 I Ought to Be in Pictures (play / screenplay)
 
1982 Au théâtre ce soir (TV series)
– Pieds nus dans le parc (1982) (play "Barefoot in the Park")
 
1981 Only When I Laugh (based on the play "The Gingerbread Lady" by / screenplay)
 
1981 Barefoot in the Park (TV movie)
 
1980 Seems Like Old Times (written by)
 
1979 Chapter Two (play / screenplay)
 
1978 California Suite (screenplay)
 
1978 Great Performances (TV series)
– The Good Doctor (1978) (adaptation / play)
 
1978 The Cheap Detective (written by)
 
1977 The Goodbye Girl (written by)
 
1977 The Sunshine Boys (TV movie) (play)
 
1976 Murder by Death (written by)
 
1975/I The Sunshine Boys (play - uncredited / screenplay)
 
1975 Dachlawine (TV movie) (play)
 
1975 The Oddball Couple (TV series) (play "The Odd Couple")
 
1975 The Prisoner of Second Avenue (play / screenplay)
 
1973 10 from Your Show of Shows (writer)
 
1972 The Heartbreak Kid (screenplay)
 
1972 Last of the Red Hot Lovers (play / screenplay)
 
1971 Star Spangled Girl (play)
 
1971 Plaza Suite (play / screenplay)
 
1970 The Odd Couple (TV series)
– Oscar's Ulcer (1970) (play)
– The Breakup (1970) (play)
– The Jury Story (1970) (play)
– Felix Gets Sick (1970) (play)
– The Fight of the Felix (1970) (play)
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1970 Ausreißer (TV movie) (play)
 
1970 The Out of Towners (written by)
 
1969 Love, American Style (TV series)
– Love and the Big Leap/Love and the Former Marriage/Love and the Good Deal (1969) (segment "Love and the Good Deal")
 
1969 Sweet Charity (from the New York stage production book by)
 
1968 The Odd Couple (from the play by / screenplay)
 
1967 Barefoot in the Park (play / screenplay)
 
1966 After the Fox (play "After the Fox" / screenplay)
 
1965 Kibbee Hates Fitch (TV movie)
 
1963 Come Blow Your Horn (play)
 
1958-1959 The Phil Silvers Show (TV series)
– The Weekend Colonel (1959)
– Bilko's Godson (1959)
– Bilko and the Medium (1958) (writer)
– Bilko Joins the Navy (1958) (writer)
– Bilko the Potato Sack King (1958) (writer)
 
1958 The Garry Moore Show (TV series)
 
1958 Sid Caesar Invites You (TV series)
– Episode dated 26 January 1958 (1958) (writer)
 
1954-1957 Caesar's Hour (TV series)
– Episode dated 2 March 1957 (1957) (writer)
– Episode dated 20 October 1956 (1956) (writer)
– Episode dated 11 April 1955 (1955) (writer)
– Episode #1.3 (1954) (writer)
 
1956 Stanley (TV series)
– Episode #1.1 (1956) (writer)
 
1956 The Adventures of Marco Polo (TV movie)
 
1955 The Great Waltz (TV movie) (adaptation)
 
1955 Max Liebman Presents: Promenade (TV movie)
 
1955 The Desert Song (TV movie) (television adaptation)
 
1955 Max Liebman Presents: The Merry Widow (TV movie) (adaptation)
 
1955 The Chocolate Soldier (TV movie)
 
1955 A Connecticut Yankee (TV movie) (adaptation)
 
1954 Babes in Toyland (TV movie)
 
1954 Best Foot Forward (TV movie)
 
1954 Satins and Spurs (TV movie)
 
1950-1954 Your Show of Shows (TV series)
– Episode dated 5 June 1954 (1954) (writer)
– Episode dated 29 May 1954 (1954) (writer)
– Episode dated 22 May 1954 (1954) (writer)
– Episode dated 8 May 1954 (1954) (writer)
– Episode dated 1 May 1954 (1954) (writer)
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1950 The Garry Moore Show (TV series)
 
1949 Cavalcade of Stars (TV series)
 
1948 The Arrow Show (TV series)
– Episode dated 24 November 1948 (1948) (writer)
 
Show ShowProducer (7 titles)
2004 The Goodbye Girl (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
2001 Laughter on the 23rd Floor (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1998 The Odd Couple II (producer)
 
1983 Max Dugan Returns (producer)
 
1982 I Ought to Be in Pictures (producer)
 
1981 Only When I Laugh (producer)
 
1967 Barefoot in the Park (associate producer)
 
Show ShowActor (1 title)
2001 Frasier (TV series)
Andy
– Frasier's Edge (2001) … Andy (voice)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (1 title)
1992 Seinfeld (TV series) (quotations: "Chapter Two" - 1 episode)
– The Letter (1992) (quotations: "Chapter Two")
 
Show ShowCamera and Electrical Department (1 title)
1982 The Last Horror Film (still photographer - as Doc Simon)
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
2007 Love and Mary (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (49 titles)
2010 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Mike Nichols (TV movie)
Himself
 
2006 The Mark Twain Prize: Neil Simon (TV documentary)
 
2003 Sid Caesar Collection: Buried Treasures - The Legend of Sid Caesar (video)
Himself
 
2003 Sid Caesar Collection: Buried Treasures - The Impact of Sid Caesar (video)
Himself
 
2003 Sid Caesar Collection: Buried Treasures - Shining Stars (video)
Himself
 
2002 AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1998-2002 Intimate Portrait (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Doris Roberts (2002) … Himself
– Marsha Mason (1998) … Himself
 
1994-2001 Biography (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Jackie Gleason: The Great One (2001) … Himself
– Sid Caesar: Television's Comedy Genius (1994) … Himself
 
2001 The Sid Caesar Collection: The Fan Favorites - The Professor and Other Clowns (video documentary)
Himself
 
2001 The Sid Caesar Collection: The Fan Favorites - Love & Laughter (video documentary)
Himself
 
2001 Hollywood Remembers Walter Matthau (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2001 The Sid Caesar Collection: The Fan Favorites - The Dream Team of Comedy (video documentary)
Himself
 
2001 Hail Sid Caesar! The Golden Age of Comedy (documentary)
Himself
 
2000 The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TV (video documentary)
Himself
 
2000 The Sid Caesar Collection: Inside the Writer's Room (video documentary)
Himself
 
2000 The Sid Caesar Collection: Creating the Comedy (video documentary)
Himself
 
1999 Murder by Death: A Conversation with Neil Simon (video documentary short)
Himself
 
1999 The Century: America's Time (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself / Himself - Playwright / Himself - Playwrite
– 1953-1960: Happy Days (1999) … Himself - Playwright
– 1941-1945: Civilians at War … Himself
– Homefront: 1941-1945 … Himself - Playwrite
 
1998 Ruby (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.11 (1998) … Himself
 
1998 Private Screenings (TV series)
– Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau (1998)
 
1997 Charlie Rose (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 11 June 1997 (1997) … Himself
 
1997 Pitch (documentary)
Himself
 
1996 Jack Lemmon (TV movie)
Himself
 
1996 The Rosie O'Donnell Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 1 October 1996 (1996) … Himself
 
1996 Caesar's Writers (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1995 The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (TV special)
Himself - Honoree
 
1995 Good Morning America (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 6 April 1995 (1995) … Himself
 
1994 The New Dramatists Lifetime Achievement Award to Neil Simon (TV movie)
Himself - Honoree
 
1994 Inside the Actors Studio (TV series)
Himself
– Neil Simon (1994) … Himself
 
1992 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.114 (1992) … Himself
 
1992 Street Scenes: New York on Film (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1991 The 5th Annual Sterling Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
1990 Great Performances: Dance in America (TV series)
Himself
– Bob Fosse: Steam Heat (1990) … Himself
 
1989 The 3rd Annual American Comedy Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1987 The Annual Tel Aviv Gala Presents a Salute to Goldie Hawn (TV movie)
Himself - Speaker
 
1981 Tomorrow Coast to Coast (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 17 September 1981 (1981) … Himself
 
1980 The 52nd Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter: Writing Awards
 
1979 The South Bank Show (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Neil Simon (1979) … Himself
 
1978 A Salute to American Imagination (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1978 The 35th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV documentary)
Himself - Audience Member
 
1977 The Amazing Miss Cummings: An Actress at Work and Play (documentary short)
Himself - Interviewee
 
1976 Dinah! (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 7 October 1976 (1976) … Himself
 
1975/II The Sunshine Boys (documentary short)
Himself
 
1974 The 46th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Co-Presenter: Best Original Screenplay
 
1969-1972 The David Frost Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #4.155 (1972) … Himself
– Episode #3.182 (1971) … Himself
– Episode #3.181 (1971) … Himself
– Episode #2.2 (1969) … Himself
 
1970 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 11 May 1970 (1970) … Himself
 
1965-1967 Today (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 2 January 1967 (1967) … Himself
– Episode dated 21 May 1965 (1965) … Himself
 
1966 The 20th Annual Tony Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Presenter
 
1965 The Merv Griffin Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #3.23 (1965) … Himself
 

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California Suite -- Neil Simon's laugh-drenched adaptation of his hit Broadway play intertwining stories set in the Beverly Hills Hotel. Murder by Death -- Trailer for this classic Neil Simon film starring Peter Sellers The Cheap Detective -- Neil Simon's slapstick comedy about a detective searching for clues to his partner's murder. Everyone's a suspect, including many famous movie stars.
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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1955). Stage Play: Catch a Star! Musical revue. Sketches by Danny Simon [earliest Broadway credit] and Neil Simon [earliest Broadway credit]. Music by Sammy Fain and Philip Charig. Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster and Ray Golden. Ballet music composed by Herb Schutz. Additional... See more »

Publicity Listings:

2 Biographical Movies  | 1 Print Biography  | 2 Interviews  | 2 Articles  | 1 Magazine Cover Photo  | See more »

Alternate Names:

Doc Simon

Height:

6' 1½" (1.87 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

I don't like writing for comedians. I like writing for actors. The best comedians are the best actors. See more »

Trivia:

Received the 2006 Mark Twain prize on October 15, 2006 at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. See more »

Nickname:

Doc Simon See more »

Star Sign:

Cancer