---
name: "Thol Simonson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/thol-simonson"
fi1m_id: "thol-simonson"
imdb_id: "nm0800795"
tmdb_id: 2363853
roles: ["Special effects technician"]
born: "28 July 1912"
died: "10 October 2010"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T05:18:59.844600+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Thol Simonson

## Identity

Thol Simonson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/thol-simonson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** thol-simonson
- **IMDb ID:** nm0800795
- **TMDB ID:** 2363853
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0800795/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2363853

Special effects technician. Born 28 July 1912 in Los Angeles, California, USA. Died 10 October 2010.

## Details

- **Work:** Special effects technician
- **Born:** 28 July 1912, Los Angeles, California, USA
- **Died:** 10 October 2010
- **Active:** 1948–1952
- **Also known as:** Cy Simonson, Si Simonson, Thol O. Simonson
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 crew
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1940s 88 (1), 1950s 73 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0800795/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2363853

## Biography

Thol Simonson was a special effects technician and crew member whose career spanned feature films and television from the 1940s to the 1970s. He was born on 28 July 1912 in Los Angeles, California, and died on 10 October 2010 in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Simonson worked in special effects on *Red River* (1948), *The Thing from Another World* (1951), *The Big Sky* (1952), episodes of *I Love Lucy*, *Men Into Space* (1959–1960), *The Outer Limits* (1963–1964) and *Adventures of Superman*. He also received credits on *The Longest Yard* (1974) and *The Klansman* (1974). On *The Big Sky* he is credited as Boatman (uncredited) and boat operator (uncredited).

*Sources: imdb.com, moviemeter.com, supermansupersite.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Performed in (1)

- *The Big Sky* (1952), Fi1m 73, as Boatman — [page](https://film.one/film/the-big-sky.md)

### Crew (1) — the average rests on these

- *Red River* (1948), Fi1m 88, Special Effects Technician — [page](https://film.one/film/red-river.md)

## Complete filmography (14)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Klansman* (1974), Special Effects
- *The Longest Yard* (1974), Special Effects
- *Another Nice Mess* (1972), Special Effects
- *The Grasshopper* (1970), Special Effects
- *Fanfare for a Death Scene* (1964), Special Effects
- *Escape from Hell Island* (1963), Special Effects
- *Paratroop Command* (1959), Special Effects
- *The Bonnie Parker Story* (1958), Special Effects
- *Stamp Day for Superman* (1954), Special Effects
- *The Big Sky* (1952), as Boatman · Special Effects Technician — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/the-big-sky.md)
- *I Love Lucy* (1951), series, Special Effects
- *The Thing from Another World* (1951), Special Effects Technician
- *Red River* (1948), Special Effects Technician — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/red-river.md)
- *So Proudly We Hail* (1943), Special Effects Technician

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