Daniel Simon (December 18, 1918, The Bronx, New York – July 26, 2005, Portland, Oregon) was an American television writer and comedy teacher.
He was the inspiration for the character of Felix Unger in his brother Neil Simon's play, The Odd Couple.
[3][4][5][2] Danny Simon also directed several Off-Broadway productions of his brother's plays and was the inspiration for characters in various Neil Simon plays such as Come Blow Your Horn, The Odd Couple, Plaza Suite, Chapter Two, Brighton Beach Memoirs and Broadway Bound, leading him to joke “There have been more plays written about me than about Abraham Lincoln, Joan of Arc and Julius Caesar all put together.
"[2] He also contributed sketches to the Broadway stage revues New Faces of 1956 and Catch a Star.
[8] Danny Simon died of heart failure in 2005 at age 86 at the Robison Jewish Health Center in Portland, Oregon.