[2] He graduated from the Boston Latin High School[1] and in 1940, he received a degree from the University of Michigan.
[2][3] He was persuaded to move to New York by Robert Q. Lewis and Mike Wallace, whom Simms knew from college.
"[2] Among the programs that Simms announced were Beat the Clock,[2] The Guiding Light,[2] The Frank Sinatra Show,[2] The Edge of Night,[4] Go Lucky,[5] I'll Buy That,[6] What's My Line?,[7] Rate Your Mate,[8] and The Steve Allen Show.
[1] He served as president of the Brotherhood at Temple Israel Center in White Plains and as president of the New York chapter of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA).
[1] Simms died on July 2, 2002, at the age of 83, in Brookline, Massachusetts.