Michel Simon

Michel Simon

Known for
Acting
Born
April 9, 1895
Died
May 30, 1975 (aged 80)
Birthplace
Geneva, Switzerland

Biography

Michel Simon (9 April 1895 – 30 May 1975) was a Swiss actor. He appeared in the notable films La Chienne (1931), Boudu Saved from Drowning (1932), L'Atalante (1934), Port of Shadows (1938), The Head (1959), and The Train (1964).

Known For

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Filmography

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Les Deux Réalités

Les Deux Réalités

Movie · as Cidoni

2022
Belmondo: The Incorrigible poster

Belmondo: The Incorrigible

Movie

2021
René Clair, tout entre nous n'était qu'un jeu

René Clair, tout entre nous n'était qu'un jeu

Movie · as Lui-même

2021
Morceaux de Cannes poster

Morceaux de Cannes

Movie

2019
Carné, Prévert : drôle de duo poster

Carné, Prévert : drôle de duo

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2012
Cinéastes de notre temps : Jean Vigo poster

Cinéastes de notre temps : Jean Vigo

Movie · as Self

2012
The Bardot mystery poster

The Bardot mystery

Movie

2007
Arletty, Lady Paname poster

Arletty, Lady Paname

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2001
Jean Vigo : le son retrouvé poster

Jean Vigo : le son retrouvé

Movie · as Le père Jules (archive footage)

1978
Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma

Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma

TV · as Self (archive footage) · 3 eps

1977
Journey Through History poster

Journey Through History

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1975
The Red Ibis poster

The Red Ibis

Movie · as Zizi

1975
The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan poster

The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan

Movie · as Erotologist

1974
Spécial cinéma poster

Spécial cinéma

TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep

1972
The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life poster

The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life

Movie · as Attorney Zorn

1972
Blanche poster

Blanche

Movie · as Master

1972
Le Grand Échiquier poster

Le Grand Échiquier

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1971
Samedi soir

Samedi soir

TV · as Self · 4 eps

1970
The House poster

The House

Movie · as Louis Compiegne

1970
Let's Have a Riot poster

Let's Have a Riot

Movie · as Cavazza

1968
The Marriage Came Tumbling Down poster

The Marriage Came Tumbling Down

Movie · as Le vieux Jéricho

1967
The Two of Us poster

The Two of Us

Movie · as Pépé

1967
Jean Renoir, le patron, 2e partie: La direction d'acteur poster

Jean Renoir, le patron, 2e partie: La direction d'acteur

Movie · as Self - Interviewee

1967
La Plaie et le Couteau, Charles Baudelaire poster

La Plaie et le Couteau, Charles Baudelaire

Movie · as Un récitant

1966
Two Hours to Kill poster

Two Hours to Kill

Movie · as Locker Attendant

1965
Cinéastes de notre temps : Sacha Guitry

Cinéastes de notre temps : Sacha Guitry

Movie · as Self - Interviewee

1965
Dim Dam Dom poster

Dim Dam Dom

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1964
The Train poster

The Train

Movie · as Papa Boul

1964
Cyrano and d'Artagnan poster

Cyrano and d'Artagnan

Movie · as Le Grognard

1964
Michel Simon poster

Michel Simon

Movie · as Self

1963
Ecco poster

Ecco

Movie · as Self

1962
Emile's Boat poster

Emile's Boat

Movie · as Charles-Edmond Larmentiel

1962
The Devil and the Ten Commandments poster

The Devil and the Ten Commandments

Movie · as Jérôme Chambard

1960
Austerlitz poster

Austerlitz

Movie · as Alboise

1960
Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century poster

Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century

Movie · as Colonel Nanar, du cadre de réserve

1960
Pete the Tender poster

Pete the Tender

Movie · as Pierrot

1959
The Head poster

The Head

Movie · as Prof. Dr. Abel

1959
Discorama poster

Discorama

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1958
It Happened in Broad Daylight poster

It Happened in Broad Daylight

Movie · as Jacquier

1958
A Certain Mr. Jo poster

A Certain Mr. Jo

Movie · as Joseph "Jo" Guardini

1957
Three Make a Pair poster

Three Make a Pair

Movie · as Commissaire Bernard

1956
La joyeuse prison poster

La joyeuse prison

Movie · as Benoit, chief guard

1956
Mémoires d'un flic poster

Mémoires d'un flic

Movie · as Principal Commissioner Henri Dominique

1956
Cinépanorama poster

Cinépanorama

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1955
The Impossible Mr. Pipelet poster

The Impossible Mr. Pipelet

Movie · as Maurice Martin, concierge d'immeuble

1954
Strange Desire of Mr. Bard poster

Strange Desire of Mr. Bard

Movie · as Auguste Bard

1954
Hungarian Rhapsody poster

Hungarian Rhapsody

Movie · as General von Sayn-Wittgenstein

1954
The Anatomy of Love poster

The Anatomy of Love

Movie · as Padre Silvio

1954
At the Order of the Czar poster

At the Order of the Czar

Movie · as Prince de Sayn-Wittgenstein

1954
Reflets de Cannes poster

Reflets de Cannes

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1953
Femmes de Paris poster

Femmes de Paris

Movie · as Professor Charles Buisson

1953
The Virtuous Scoundrel poster

The Virtuous Scoundrel

Movie · as Albert Ménard-Lacoste / Alain Ménard-Lacoste

1953
Saadia poster

Saadia

Movie · as Bou Rezza

1953
The Merchant of Venice poster

The Merchant of Venice

Movie · as Shylock

1952
Crimson Curtain poster

Crimson Curtain

Movie · as Lucien Bertal / Léonard, his understudy / Banquo

1952
Mister Taxi poster

Mister Taxi

Movie · as Pierre Verger, « Monsieur Taxi »

1952
The Road to Damascus poster

The Road to Damascus

Movie · as Caïphe

1952
Hôtel des Invalides poster

Hôtel des Invalides

Movie · as Récitant / Narrator (voice)

1952
Full House poster

Full House

Movie · as Commissioner Jules Maigret (segment "Le témoignage d'un enfant de choeur")

1952
The Girl with the Whip poster

The Girl with the Whip

Movie · as Le tuteur

1951
Poison poster

Poison

Movie · as Paul Louis Victor Braconnier

1951
The Two Truths poster

The Two Truths

Movie · as Cidoni

1950
The Beauty of the Devil poster

The Beauty of the Devil

Movie · as Mephistopheles / Old Prof. Henri Faust

1949
Fabiola poster

Fabiola

Movie · as Senator Fabius Severus

1948
La Carcasse et le Tord-cou poster

La Carcasse et le Tord-cou

Movie · as Joseph Ferdinand Anselme Midot,aka 'Le tord-cou'

1947
Panique poster

Panique

Movie · as Monsieur Hire

1947
Not Guilty poster

Not Guilty

Movie · as Doctor Michel Ancelin

1947
The Crowned Fish Tavern poster

The Crowned Fish Tavern

Movie · as Captain Palmer

1947
The Lovers of the Pont Saint-Jean poster

The Lovers of the Pont Saint-Jean

Movie · as Alcide Garonne

1946
A Friend Will Come Tonight poster

A Friend Will Come Tonight

Movie · as Michel Lemaret

1943
Vautrin the Thief poster

Vautrin the Thief

Movie · as Vautrin

1943
Shop Girls of Paris poster

Shop Girls of Paris

Movie · as Baudu

1942
Girl of the Golden West poster

Girl of the Golden West

Movie · as Butler

1941
The King's Jester poster

The King's Jester

Movie · as Rigoletto

1941
Tosca poster

Tosca

Movie · as Il barone Scarpia

1940
Comedy of Happiness poster

Comedy of Happiness

Movie · as Monsieur Jourdain

1940
Paris - New-York poster

Paris - New-York

Movie · as Inspector Boucheron

1940
The Musicians of the Sky poster

The Musicians of the Sky

Movie · as Le capitaine Simon

1939
The Last Turning poster

The Last Turning

Movie · as Nick Marino

1939
Extenuating Circumstances poster

Extenuating Circumstances

Movie · as Mr. Gaetan Le Sentencier

1939
Fric-Frac poster

Fric-Frac

Movie · as Jo

1939
Cocoanut poster

Cocoanut

Movie · as Josserand

1939
Deputy Eusèbe poster

Deputy Eusèbe

Movie · as Eusèbe Bonbonneau

1939
The End of the Day poster

The End of the Day

Movie · as Ernest Cabrissade, eternal understudy

1939
Behind the Facade poster

Behind the Facade

Movie · as Picking, knife-throwing artist

1939
Cavalcade of Love poster

Cavalcade of Love

Movie · as Diogène, Monseigneur de Beaupré & Lacouret

1938
Boys' School poster

Boys' School

Movie · as Lemel, le professeur de dessin

1938
Port of Shadows poster

Port of Shadows

Movie · as Zabel

1938
Mother Love poster

Mother Love

Movie · as Michel Quercy

1938
The Stream poster

The Stream

Movie · as Counr Edouard de Bourgogne, aka 'L'Escargot'

1938
The New Rich poster

The New Rich

Movie · as Martinet

1938
Mirages poster

Mirages

Movie · as Michel

1938
Beautiful Star poster

Beautiful Star

Movie · as Léon

1937
Boulot aviateur poster

Boulot aviateur

Movie · as Baron Gobèche

1937
Bizarre, Bizarre poster

Bizarre, Bizarre

Movie · as Irwin Molyneux, alias Félix Chapel

1937
La Bataille silencieuse poster

La Bataille silencieuse

Movie · as Sauvin

1937
Naples Under the Kiss of Fire poster

Naples Under the Kiss of Fire

Movie · as Michel

1937
Le Choc en retour poster

Le Choc en retour

Movie · as Laverdac

1936
Moutonnet poster

Moutonnet

Movie · as Frècheville

1936
Girls of Paris poster

Girls of Paris

Movie · as Baron de Beaupoil / his brother

1936
Under Western Eyes poster

Under Western Eyes

Movie · as Lespara

1936
The Fleeing Dead poster

The Fleeing Dead

Movie · as Achille Baluchet

1936
Let's Make a Dream poster

Let's Make a Dream

Movie · as Un Invité (Prologue)

1936
The Twins of Brighton poster

The Twins of Brighton

Movie · as Labrosse

1935
Le Bébé de l'escadron poster

Le Bébé de l'escadron

Movie · as Perrot-Joly

1935
Lovers and Thieves poster

Lovers and Thieves

Movie · as Doizeau

1935
A Bum Deal

A Bum Deal

Movie · as Boudu

1935
Adémaï au Moyen Âge

Adémaï au Moyen Âge

Movie · as Lord Pickwickdam

1934
L'Atalante poster

L'Atalante

Movie · as Père Jules

1934
Ladies Lake poster

Ladies Lake

Movie · as Oscar Lyssenhop

1934
Le Bonheur poster

Le Bonheur

Movie · as Noël Malpiaz

1934
Léopold le bien-aimé poster

Léopold le bien-aimé

Movie

1933
High and Low poster

High and Low

Movie · as M. Bodeletz

1933
Miquette and Her Mother poster

Miquette and Her Mother

Movie · as Monchablon, un médiocre acteur de tournées, qui fait la cour à Miquette

1932
Boudu Saved from Drowning poster

Boudu Saved from Drowning

Movie · as Priape Boudu

1932
Baleydier

Baleydier

Movie

1931
La Chienne poster

La Chienne

Movie · as Maurice Legrand

1931
Baby's Laxative poster

Baby's Laxative

Movie · as Chouilloux

1931
Jean of the Moon poster

Jean of the Moon

Movie · as Clothaire dit Clo-Clo

1930
Illegitimate Child poster

Illegitimate Child

Movie · as Lorédan

1929
Pivoine poster

Pivoine

Movie

1928
The Sad Sack poster

The Sad Sack

Movie · as Joseph Turlot

1928
The Passion of Joan of Arc poster

The Passion of Joan of Arc

Movie · as Jean Lemaître

1925
The Late Mathias Pascal poster

The Late Mathias Pascal

Movie · as Jérôme Pomino

1925
The Vocation of André Carel poster

The Vocation of André Carel

Movie · as Gaston Lebeau

1924
The Gallery of Monsters poster

The Gallery of Monsters

Movie