Born in Cambridge, England in 1952, Simon MacCorkindale's first career choice was to follow in his Air Force pilot father's bootsteps, but his deteriorating eyesight forced him to choose an alternative vocation. He took drama classes following high school graduation and put in much time on the repertory theatre stage, culminating in an appearance in the highly acclaimed production of Pygmalion with Alec McCowen and Diana Rigg in 1974. Simon later appeared in several heralded TV miniseries pr ...[Read Story]