Michel Simon

Michel Simon

Acting • Born 1895-04-09 – Died 1975-05-30

Acting1Geneva, 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).

Filmography

123 credits
It Happened in Broad Daylight

It Happened in Broad Daylight

Movie • 1958

Jacquier

The Train

The Train

Movie • 1964

Papa Boul

The Red Ibis

The Red Ibis

Movie • 1975

Zizi

The House

The House

Movie • 1970

Louis Compiegne

La Chienne

La Chienne

Movie • 1931

Maurice Legrand

Emile's Boat

Emile's Boat

Movie • 1962

Charles-Edmond Larmentiel

Panic

Panic

Movie • 1947

Monsieur Hire

L'Atalante

L'Atalante

Movie • 1934

Père Jules

The Last Turning

The Last Turning

Movie • 1939

Nick Marino

The Two of Us

The Two of Us

Movie • 1967

Pépé

High and Low

High and Low

Movie • 1933

M. Bodeletz

Fric-Frac

Fric-Frac

Movie • 1939

Jo

Boys' School

Boys' School

Movie • 1938

Lemel, le professeur de dessin

Extenuating Circumstances

Extenuating Circumstances

Movie • 1939

Mr. Gaetan Le Sentencier

Cocoanut

Cocoanut

Movie • 1939

Josserand

Not Guilty

Not Guilty

Movie • 1947

Doctor Michel Ancelin

Vautrin the Thief

Vautrin the Thief

Movie • 1943

Vautrin

Port of Shadows

Port of Shadows

Movie • 1938

Zabel

The Late Mathias Pascal

The Late Mathias Pascal

Movie • 1925

Jérôme Pomino

Poison

Poison

Movie • 1951

Paul Louis Victor Braconnier

Shop Girls of Paris

Shop Girls of Paris

Movie • 1943

Baudu

Three Make a Pair

Three Make a Pair

Movie • 1957

Commissaire Bernard

Femmes de Paris

Femmes de Paris

Movie • 1953

Professor Charles Buisson

Boudu Saved from Drowning

Boudu Saved from Drowning

Movie • 1932

Priape Boudu

Crimson Curtain

Crimson Curtain

Movie • 1952

Lucien Bertal / Léonard, his understudy / Banquo

The Virtuous Scoundrel

The Virtuous Scoundrel

Movie • 1953

Albert Ménard-Lacoste / Alain Ménard-Lacoste

The Battle of Austerlitz

The Battle of Austerlitz

Movie • 1960

Alboise

Baleydier

Baleydier

Movie • 1932

The Sad Sack

The Sad Sack

Movie • 1928

Joseph Turlot

Le Bébé de l'escadron

Le Bébé de l'escadron

Movie • 1935

Perrot-Joly

Moutonnet

Moutonnet

Movie • 1936

Frècheville

The Devil and the Ten Commandments

The Devil and the Ten Commandments

Movie • 1962

Jérôme Chambard

Boulot aviateur

Boulot aviateur

Movie • 1937

Baron Gobèche

Girls of Paris

Girls of Paris

Movie • 1936

Baron de Beaupoil / his brother

Deputy Eusèbe

Deputy Eusèbe

Movie • 1939

Eusèbe Bonbonneau

Mister Taxi

Mister Taxi

Movie • 1952

Pierre Verger

The End of the Day

The End of the Day

Movie • 1939

Ernest Cabrissade, eternal understudy

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

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

Movie • 2021

Lui-même

Strange Desire of Mr. Bard

Strange Desire of Mr. Bard

Movie • 1954

Auguste Bard

The Beauty of the Devil

The Beauty of the Devil

Movie • 1950

Mephistopheles / Old Prof. Henri Faust

The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life

The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life

Movie • 1972

Attorney Zorn

Bizarre, Bizarre

Bizarre, Bizarre

Movie • 1937

Irwin Molyneux, alias Félix Chapel

The Road to Damascus

The Road to Damascus

Movie • 1952

Caïphe

Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century

Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century

Movie • 1960

Colonel Nanar, du cadre de réserve

The Impossible Mr. Pipelet

The Impossible Mr. Pipelet

Movie • 1955

Maurice Martin, concierge d'immeuble

Saadia

Saadia

Movie • 1953

Bou Rezza

Hôtel des Invalides

Hôtel des Invalides

Movie • 1952

Récitant / Narrator (voice)

Ladies Lake

Ladies Lake

Movie • 1934

Oscar Lyssenhop

Baby's Laxative

Baby's Laxative

Movie • 1931

Chouilloux

Mother Love

Mother Love

Movie • 1938

Michel Quercy

Behind the Facade

Behind the Facade

Movie • 1939

Picking, knife-throwing artist

Comedy of Happiness

Comedy of Happiness

Movie • 1940

Monsieur Jourdain

The Stream

The Stream

Movie • 1938

Counr Edouard de Bourgogne, aka 'L'Escargot'

Blanche

Blanche

Movie • 1972

Master

The Crowned Fish Tavern

The Crowned Fish Tavern

Movie • 1947

Captain Palmer

Under Western Eyes

Under Western Eyes

Movie • 1936

Lespara

Cyrano and d'Artagnan

Cyrano and d'Artagnan

Movie • 1964

Le Grognard

Two Hours to Kill

Two Hours to Kill

Movie • 1966

Locker Attendant

Pivoine

Pivoine

Movie • 1929

Fabiola

Fabiola

Movie • 1949

Senator Fabius Severus

The Vocation of André Carel

The Vocation of André Carel

Movie • 1925

Gaston Lebeau

Le Bonheur

Le Bonheur

Movie • 1934

Noël Malpiaz

A Friend Will Come Tonight

A Friend Will Come Tonight

Movie • 1946

Michel Lemaret

Girl of the Golden West

Girl of the Golden West

Movie • 1942

Butler

La Bataille silencieuse

La Bataille silencieuse

Movie • 1937

Sauvin

The Fleeing Dead

The Fleeing Dead

Movie • 1936

Achille Baluchet

Paris - New-York

Paris - New-York

Movie • 1940

Inspector Boucheron

Full House

Full House

Movie • 1952

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

A Certain Mr. Jo

A Certain Mr. Jo

Movie • 1958

Joseph "Jo" Guardini

Journey Through History

Journey Through History

Movie • 1977

Self (archive footage)

The Musicians of the Sky

The Musicians of the Sky

Movie • 1940

Le capitaine Simon

Lovers and Thieves

Lovers and Thieves

Movie • 1935

Doizeau

The King's Jester

The King's Jester

Movie • 1941

Rigoletto

La joyeuse prison

La joyeuse prison

Movie • 1956

Benoit, chief guard

Cavalcade of Love

Cavalcade of Love

Movie • 1939

Diogène, Monseigneur de Beaupré & Lacouret

A Bum Deal

A Bum Deal

Movie • 1935

Boudu

Let's Have a Riot

Let's Have a Riot

Movie • 1970

Cavazza

The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan

The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan

Movie • 1975

Erotologist

Arletty, Lady Paname

Arletty, Lady Paname

Movie • 2007

Self (archive footage)

Hungarian Rhapsody

Hungarian Rhapsody

Movie • 1954

General von Sayn-Wittgenstein

The Passion of Joan of Arc

The Passion of Joan of Arc

Movie • 1928

Jean Lemaître

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

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

Movie • 1967

Self - Interviewee

Let's Make a Dream

Let's Make a Dream

Movie • 1936

Un Invité (Prologue)

The Head

The Head

Movie • 1959

Prof. Dr. Abel

The Girl with the Whip

The Girl with the Whip

Movie • 1952

Le tuteur

The New Rich

The New Rich

Movie • 1938

Martinet

The Lovers of the Pont Saint-Jean

The Lovers of the Pont Saint-Jean

Movie • 1947

Alcide Garonne

Tosca

Tosca

Movie • 1941

Il barone Scarpia

Adémaï au Moyen Âge

Adémaï au Moyen Âge

Movie • 1935

Lord Pickwickdam

Les Deux Réalités

Les Deux Réalités

Movie

Cidoni

Mémoires d'un flic

Mémoires d'un flic

Movie • 1956

Principal Commissioner Henri Dominique

The Anatomy of Love

The Anatomy of Love

Movie • 1954

Padre Silvio

Mirages

Mirages

Movie • 1938

Michel

Jean Vigo : le son retrouvé

Jean Vigo : le son retrouvé

Movie • 2001

Le père Jules (archive footage)

The Twins of Brighton

The Twins of Brighton

Movie • 1936

Labrosse

Cinéastes de notre temps : Jean Vigo

Cinéastes de notre temps : Jean Vigo

Movie • 2012

Self

The Merchant of Venice

The Merchant of Venice

Movie • 1953

Shylock

Miquette and Her Mother

Miquette and Her Mother

Movie • 1933

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

Cinéastes de notre temps : Sacha Guitry

Cinéastes de notre temps : Sacha Guitry

Movie • 1965

Self - Interviewee

At the Order of the Czar

At the Order of the Czar

Movie • 1954

Prince de Sayn-Wittgenstein

The Two Truths

The Two Truths

Movie • 1951

Cidoni

The Marriage Came Tumbling Down

The Marriage Came Tumbling Down

Movie • 1968

Le vieux Jéricho

Ecco

Ecco

Movie • 1963

Self

Pete the Tender

Pete the Tender

Movie • 1960

Pierrot

Jean of the Moon

Jean of the Moon

Movie • 1931

Jean de la Lune

Illegitimate Child

Illegitimate Child

Movie • 1930

Lorédan

Léopold le bien-aimé

Léopold le bien-aimé

Movie • 1934

Beautiful Star

Beautiful Star

Movie • 1938

Léon

La Carcasse et le Tord-cou

La Carcasse et le Tord-cou

Movie • 1948

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

Naples Under the Kiss of Fire

Naples Under the Kiss of Fire

Movie • 1937

Michel

Le Choc en retour

Le Choc en retour

Movie • 1937

Laverdac

The Gallery of Monsters

The Gallery of Monsters

Movie • 1924

Carné, Prévert : drôle de duo

Carné, Prévert : drôle de duo

Movie • 2019

Self (archive footage)

La Plaie et le Couteau, Charles Baudelaire

La Plaie et le Couteau, Charles Baudelaire

Movie • 1967

Belmondo: The Incorrigible

Belmondo: The Incorrigible

Movie • 2022

Spécial cinéma

Spécial cinéma

TV • 1974

Self (archive footage)

Le Grand Échiquier

Le Grand Échiquier

TV • 1972

Self

Dim Dam Dom

Dim Dam Dom

TV • 1965

Self

Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma

Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma

TV • 1978

Self (archive footage)

Cinépanorama

Cinépanorama

TV • 1956

Self

Discorama

Discorama

TV • 1959

Self

Samedi soir

Samedi soir

TV • 1971

Self

Reflets de Cannes

Reflets de Cannes

TV • 1954

Self