Michel Simon
Born
April 9, 1895
Died
May 30, 1975 (80 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Geneva, Switzerland
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
René Clair, tout entre nous n'était qu'un jeu
Lui-même
2021
Cinéastes de notre temps : Jean Vigo
Self
2012
Arletty, Lady Paname
Self (archive footage)
2007
Jean Vigo : le son retrouvé
Le père Jules (archive footage)
2001
Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma
Self (archive footage) · (3 episodes)
1978
Journey Through History
Self (archive footage)
1977
The Red Ibis
Zizi
1975
The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan
Erotologist
1975
Spécial cinéma
Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)
1974
The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life
Attorney Zorn
1972
Blanche
Master
1972
Le Grand Échiquier
Self · (1 episode)
1972
Samedi soir
Self · (4 episodes)
1971
The House
Louis Compiegne
1970
Let's Have a Riot
Cavazza
1970
The Marriage Came Tumbling Down
Le vieux Jéricho
1968
The Two of Us
Pépé
1967
Jean Renoir, le patron, 2e partie: La direction d'acteur
Self - Interviewee
1967
Two Hours to Kill
Locker Attendant
1966
Cinéastes de notre temps : Sacha Guitry
Self - Interviewee
1965
Dim Dam Dom
Self · (1 episode)
1965
Cyrano and d'Artagnan
Le Grognard
1964
The Train
Papa Boul
1964
Ecco
Self
1963
The Devil and the Ten Commandments
Jérôme Chambard
1962
Emile's Boat
Charles-Edmond Larmentiel
1962
Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
Colonel Nanar, du cadre de réserve
1960
Pete the Tender
Pierrot
1960
The Battle of Austerlitz
Alboise
1960
The Head
Prof. Dr. Abel
1959
Discorama
Self · (1 episode)
1959
It Happened in Broad Daylight
Jacquier
1958
A Certain Mr. Jo
Joseph "Jo" Guardini
1958
Three Make a Pair
Commissaire Bernard
1957
La joyeuse prison
Benoit, chief guard
1956
Cinépanorama
Self · (2 episodes)
1956
Mémoires d'un flic
Principal Commissioner Henri Dominique
1956
The Impossible Mr. Pipelet
Maurice Martin, concierge d'immeuble
1955
At the Order of the Czar
Prince de Sayn-Wittgenstein
1954
Hungarian Rhapsody
General von Sayn-Wittgenstein
1954
Reflets de Cannes
Self · (1 episode)
1954
The Anatomy of Love
Padre Silvio
1954
Strange Desire of Mr. Bard
Auguste Bard
1954
Saadia
Bou Rezza
1953
The Merchant of Venice
Shylock
1953
Femmes de Paris
Professor Charles Buisson
1953
The Virtuous Scoundrel
Albert Ménard-Lacoste / Alain Ménard-Lacoste
1953
Hôtel des Invalides
Récitant / Narrator (voice)
1952
The Road to Damascus
Caïphe
1952
Crimson Curtain
Lucien Bertal / Léonard, his understudy / Banquo
1952
Full House
Commissioner Jules Maigret (segment "Le témoignage d'un enfant de choeur")
1952
The Girl with the Whip
Le tuteur
1952
Mister Taxi
Pierre Verger
1952
Poison
Paul Louis Victor Braconnier
1951
The Two Truths
Cidoni
1951
The Beauty of the Devil
Mephistopheles / Old Prof. Henri Faust
1950
Fabiola
Senator Fabius Severus
1949
La Carcasse et le Tord-cou
Joseph Ferdinand Anselme Midot,aka 'Le tord-cou'
1948
The Lovers of the Pont Saint-Jean
Alcide Garonne
1947
Not Guilty
Doctor Michel Ancelin
1947
The Crowned Fish Tavern
Captain Palmer
1947
Panic
Monsieur Hire
1947
A Friend Will Come Tonight
Michel Lemaret
1946
Vautrin the Thief
Vautrin
1943
Shop Girls of Paris
Baudu
1943
Girl of the Golden West
Butler
1942
The King's Jester
Rigoletto
1941
Tosca
Il barone Scarpia
1941
Comedy of Happiness
Monsieur Jourdain
1940
The Musicians of the Sky
Le capitaine Simon
1940
Paris - New-York
Inspector Boucheron
1940
Cavalcade of Love
Diogène, Monseigneur de Beaupré & Lacouret
1939
Extenuating Circumstances
Mr. Gaetan Le Sentencier
1939
Fric-Frac
Jo
1939
The Last Turning
Nick Marino
1939
The End of the Day
Ernest Cabrissade, eternal understudy
1939
Behind the Facade
Picking, knife-throwing artist
1939
Deputy Eusèbe
Eusèbe Bonbonneau
1939
Cocoanut
Josserand
1939
Mother Love
Michel Quercy
1938
The Stream
Le comte Edouard de Bourgogne dit 'L'Escargot'
1938
Beautiful Star
Léon
1938
The New Rich
Martinet
1938
Port of Shadows
Zabel
1938
Boys' School
Lemel, le professeur de dessin
1938
Mirages
Michel
1938
Naples Under the Kiss of Fire
Michel
1937
Bizarre, Bizarre
Irwin Molyneux, alias Félix Chapel
1937
La Bataille silencieuse
Sauvin
1937
Boulot aviateur
Baron Gobèche
1937
Le Choc en retour
Laverdac
1937
Let's Make a Dream
Un Invité (Prologue)
1936
Girls of Paris
1936
The Twins of Brighton
Labrosse
1936
Moutonnet
Frècheville
1936
Under Western Eyes
Lespara
1936
The Fleeing Dead
Achille Baluchet
1936
Le Bébé de l'escadron
Perrot-Joly
1935
Lovers and Thieves
Doizeau
1935
A Bum Deal
Boudu
1935
Adémaï au Moyen Âge
Lord Pickwickdam
1935
Le Bonheur
Noël Malpiaz
1934
Ladies Lake
Oscar Lyssenhop
1934
L'Atalante
Père Jules
1934
Miquette and Her Mother
Monchablon, un médiocre acteur de tournées, qui fait la cour à Miquette
1934
Léopold le bien-aimé
1934
High and Low
M. Bodeletz
1933
Boudu Saved from Drowning
Priape Boudu
1932
Baleydier
1932
La Chienne
Maurice Legrand
1931
Baby's Laxative
Chouilloux
1931
Jean of the Moon
Jean de la Lune
1931
Illegitimate Child
Lorédan
1930
Pivoine
1929
The Sad Sack
Joseph Turlot
1928
The Passion of Joan of Arc
Jean Lemaître
1928
The Late Mathias Pascal
Jérôme Pomino
1925
The Vocation of André Carel
Gaston Lebeau
1925
Les Deux Réalités
Cidoni
The Gallery of Monsters
1924