Michel Simon

Michel Simon

ActorWriterProducer Apr 9 (died age 80) Geneva, Switzerland 1924–2021 (97 year career)
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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

Filmography

Acting (122)

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Movies (114)

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

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

2021

as Lui-même

Carné, Prévert : drôle de duo

Carné, Prévert : drôle de duo

2019

as Self (archive footage)

Cinéastes de notre temps : Jean Vigo

Cinéastes de notre temps : Jean Vigo

2012

as Self

7.3
Arletty, Lady Paname

Arletty, Lady Paname

2007

as Self (archive footage)

6.0
Jean Vigo : le son retrouvé

Jean Vigo : le son retrouvé

2001

as Le père Jules (archive footage)

7.0
Journey Through History

Journey Through History

1977

as Self (archive footage)

The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan

The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan

1975

as Erotologist

1.0
The Red Ibis

The Red Ibis

1975

as Zizi

5.4
Blanche

Blanche

1972

as Master

6.0
The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life

The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life

1972

as Attorney Zorn

7.2
Let's Have a Riot

Let's Have a Riot

1970

as Cavazza

6.9
The House

The House

1970

as Louis Compiegne

The Marriage Came Tumbling Down

The Marriage Came Tumbling Down

1968

as Le vieux Jéricho

5.9
La Plaie et le Couteau, Charles Baudelaire

La Plaie et le Couteau, Charles Baudelaire

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

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

1967

as Self - Interviewee

9.0
The Two of Us

The Two of Us

1967

as Pépé

7.6
Two Hours to Kill

Two Hours to Kill

1966

as Locker Attendant

6.3
Cinéastes de notre temps : Sacha Guitry

Cinéastes de notre temps : Sacha Guitry

1965

as Self - Interviewee

The Train

The Train

1964

as Papa Boul

7.6
Cyrano and d'Artagnan

Cyrano and d'Artagnan

1964

as Le Grognard

5.8
Ecco

Ecco

1963

as Self

4.3
The Devil and the Ten Commandments

The Devil and the Ten Commandments

1962

as Jérôme Chambard

5.5
Emile's Boat

Emile's Boat

1962

as Charles-Edmond Larmentiel

6.4
Pete the Tender

Pete the Tender

1960

as Pierrot

5.4
The Battle of Austerlitz

The Battle of Austerlitz

1960

as Alboise

6.6
Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century

Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century

1960

as Colonel Nanar, du cadre de réserve

6.2
The Head

The Head

1959

as Prof. Dr. Abel

5.0
It Happened in Broad Daylight

It Happened in Broad Daylight

1958

as Jacquier

7.4
A Certain Mr. Jo

A Certain Mr. Jo

1958

as Joseph "Jo" Guardini

1.0
Three Make a Pair

Three Make a Pair

1957

as Commissaire Bernard

4.8
Mémoires d'un flic

Mémoires d'un flic

1956

as Principal Commissioner Henri Dominique

La joyeuse prison

La joyeuse prison

1956

as Benoit, chief guard

The Impossible Mr. Pipelet

The Impossible Mr. Pipelet

1955

as Maurice Martin, concierge d'immeuble

5.5
Hungarian Rhapsody

Hungarian Rhapsody

1954

as General von Sayn-Wittgenstein

At the Order of the Czar

At the Order of the Czar

1954

as Prince de Sayn-Wittgenstein

Strange Desire of Mr. Bard

Strange Desire of Mr. Bard

1954

as Auguste Bard

6.0
The Anatomy of Love

The Anatomy of Love

1954

as Padre Silvio

6.4
Saadia

Saadia

1953

as Bou Rezza

5.8
The Merchant of Venice

The Merchant of Venice

1953

as Shylock

5.0
The Virtuous Scoundrel

The Virtuous Scoundrel

1953

as Albert Ménard-Lacoste / Alain Ménard-Lacoste

5.9
Femmes de Paris

Femmes de Paris

1953

as Professor Charles Buisson

6.5
Mister Taxi

Mister Taxi

1952

as Pierre Verger

6.2
Crimson Curtain

Crimson Curtain

1952

as Lucien Bertal / Léonard, his understudy / Banquo

6.2
Hôtel des Invalides

Hôtel des Invalides

1952

as Récitant / Narrator (voice)

5.8
Full House

Full House

1952

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

6.6
The Girl with the Whip

The Girl with the Whip

1952

as Le tuteur

The Road to Damascus

The Road to Damascus

1952

as Caïphe

Poison

Poison

1951

as Paul Louis Victor Braconnier

7.2
The Two Truths

The Two Truths

1951

as Cidoni

9.0
The Beauty of the Devil

The Beauty of the Devil

1950

as Mephistopheles / Old Prof. Henri Faust

7.2
Fabiola

Fabiola

1949

as Senator Fabius Severus

5.4
La Carcasse et le Tord-cou

La Carcasse et le Tord-cou

1948

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

The Lovers of the Pont Saint-Jean

The Lovers of the Pont Saint-Jean

1947

as Alcide Garonne

6.6
The Crowned Fish Tavern

The Crowned Fish Tavern

1947

as Captain Palmer

5.6
Panic

Panic

1947

as Monsieur Hire

7.4
Not Guilty

Not Guilty

1947

as Doctor Michel Ancelin

7.5
A Friend Will Come Tonight

A Friend Will Come Tonight

1946

as Michel Lemaret

5.5
Vautrin the Thief

Vautrin the Thief

1943

as Vautrin

7.6
Shop Girls of Paris

Shop Girls of Paris

1943

as Baudu

6.8
Girl of the Golden West

Girl of the Golden West

1942

as Butler

6.0
Tosca

Tosca

1941

as Il barone Scarpia

5.3
The King's Jester

The King's Jester

1941

as Rigoletto

Paris - New-York

Paris - New-York

1940

as Inspector Boucheron

7.0
Comedy of Happiness

Comedy of Happiness

1940

as Monsieur Jourdain

6.4
The Musicians of the Sky

The Musicians of the Sky

1940

as Le capitaine Simon

6.7
Behind the Facade

Behind the Facade

1939

as Picking, knife-throwing artist

7.8
Cocoanut

Cocoanut

1939

as Josserand

6.5
Fric-Frac

Fric-Frac

1939

as Jo

6.0
The Last Turning

The Last Turning

1939

as Nick Marino

6.3
Deputy Eusèbe

Deputy Eusèbe

1939

as Eusèbe Bonbonneau

Cavalcade of Love

Cavalcade of Love

1939

as Diogène, Monseigneur de Beaupré & Lacouret

5.2
Extenuating Circumstances

Extenuating Circumstances

1939

as Mr. Gaetan Le Sentencier

6.6
The End of the Day

The End of the Day

1939

as Ernest Cabrissade, eternal understudy

6.6
Mirages

Mirages

1938

as Michel

7.0
Port of Shadows

Port of Shadows

1938

as Zabel

7.4
Mother Love

Mother Love

1938

as Michel Quercy

6.2
The New Rich

The New Rich

1938

as Martinet

7.0
Beautiful Star

Beautiful Star

1938

as Léon

8.0
Boys' School

Boys' School

1938

as Lemel, le professeur de dessin

7.4
The Stream

The Stream

1938

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

6.7
Boulot aviateur

Boulot aviateur

1937

as Baron Gobèche

Bizarre, Bizarre

Bizarre, Bizarre

1937

as Irwin Molyneux, alias Félix Chapel

6.9
Naples Under the Kiss of Fire

Naples Under the Kiss of Fire

1937

as Michel

4.3
La Bataille silencieuse

La Bataille silencieuse

1937

as Sauvin

Le Choc en retour

Le Choc en retour

1937

as Laverdac

The Twins of Brighton

The Twins of Brighton

1936

as Labrosse

7.0
Girls of Paris

Girls of Paris

1936

as Baron de Beaupoil / his brother

4.0
Under Western Eyes

Under Western Eyes

1936

as Lespara

6.2
Let's Make a Dream

Let's Make a Dream

1936

as Un Invité (Prologue)

6.7
Moutonnet

Moutonnet

1936

as Frècheville

The Fleeing Dead

The Fleeing Dead

1936

as Achille Baluchet

7.1
Adémaï au Moyen Âge

Adémaï au Moyen Âge

1935

as Lord Pickwickdam

Lovers and Thieves

Lovers and Thieves

1935

as Doizeau

A Bum Deal

A Bum Deal

1935

as Boudu

Le Bébé de l'escadron

Le Bébé de l'escadron

1935

as Perrot-Joly

L'Atalante

L'Atalante

1934

as Père Jules

7.5
Miquette and Her Mother

Miquette and Her Mother

1934

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

7.0
Léopold le bien-aimé

Léopold le bien-aimé

1934
Ladies Lake

Ladies Lake

1934

as Oscar Lyssenhop

3.6
Le Bonheur

Le Bonheur

1934

as Noël Malpiaz

6.6
High and Low

High and Low

1933

as M. Bodeletz

5.0
Boudu Saved from Drowning

Boudu Saved from Drowning

1932

as Priape Boudu

7.0
Baleydier

Baleydier

1932
La Chienne

La Chienne

1931

as Maurice Legrand

7.3
Jean of the Moon

Jean of the Moon

1931

as Jean de la Lune

6.0
Baby's Laxative

Baby's Laxative

1931

as Chouilloux

5.7
Illegitimate Child

Illegitimate Child

1930

as Lorédan

6.0
Pivoine

Pivoine

1929
6.2
The Sad Sack

The Sad Sack

1928

as Joseph Turlot

6.5
The Passion of Joan of Arc

The Passion of Joan of Arc

1928

as Jean Lemaître

8.0
The Vocation of André Carel

The Vocation of André Carel

1925

as Gaston Lebeau

5.3
The Late Mathias Pascal

The Late Mathias Pascal

1925

as Jérôme Pomino

7.0
The Gallery of Monsters

The Gallery of Monsters

1924
7.5
Les Deux Réalités

Les Deux Réalités

as Cidoni

6.3