He is best known for playing the role of Dr. Ed Bauer on the CBS soap opera Guiding Light, off and on from 1981 until the show's final episodes in 2009.
[2] He became a member of the professional repertory theater company at Purdue University, and spent a season at The Barn Theatre in Michigan.
[2] In 1981, he began playing his most high-profile daytime role as Dr. Ed Bauer on the long-running CBS soap opera Guiding Light.
The storyline (regarding mysterious characters Maryanne and Carrie Carruthers) received criticism for revising past show history, and drew disdain from Simon in the press regarding a particular scene where it was written that Ed had to strike his daughter.
[7] Simon made a final return to Guiding Light along with the actors that played his daughter Michelle Bauer Santos (Nancy St. Alban) and son-in-law Danny Santos (Paul Anthony Stewart), in June 2009, appearing several times prior to the show's final episodes in September 2009.