Michel Simon

Michel Simon

🎂 9th April 1895 (130 yrs) 📍 Geneva, Switzerland

Known For

L'Atalante

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).

Michel Simon

Movies Featuring Michel Simon

Belmondo: The Incorrigible

Belmondo: The Incorrigible (2022)

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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
Arletty, Lady Paname

Arletty, Lady Paname (2007)

as Self (archive footage)
Jean Vigo : le son retrouvé

Jean Vigo : le son retrouvé (2001)

as Le père Jules (archive footage)
Journey Through History

Journey Through History (1977)

as Self (archive footage)
The Red Ibis

The Red Ibis (1975)

as Zizi
The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan

The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan (1975)

as Erotologist
The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life

The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life (1972)

as Attorney Zorn
Blanche

Blanche (1972)

as Master
The House

The House (1970)

as Louis Compiegne
Let's Have a Riot

Let's Have a Riot (1970)

as Cavazza
The Marriage Came Tumbling Down

The Marriage Came Tumbling Down (1968)

as Le vieux Jéricho
La Plaie et le Couteau, Charles Baudelaire

La Plaie et le Couteau, Charles Baudelaire (1967)

The Two of Us

The Two of Us (1967)

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

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

as Self - Interviewee
Two Hours to Kill

Two Hours to Kill (1966)

as Locker Attendant
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Cinéastes de notre temps : Sacha Guitry (1965)

as Self - Interviewee
Cyrano and d'Artagnan

Cyrano and d'Artagnan (1964)

as Le Grognard
The Train

The Train (1964)

as Papa Boul
Ecco

Ecco (1963)

as Self
The Devil and the Ten Commandments

The Devil and the Ten Commandments (1962)

as Jérôme Chambard
Emile's Boat

Emile's Boat (1962)

as Charles-Edmond Larmentiel
Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century

Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century (1960)

as Colonel Nanar, du cadre de réserve
Pete the Tender

Pete the Tender (1960)

as Pierrot
The Battle of Austerlitz

The Battle of Austerlitz (1960)

as Alboise
The Head

The Head (1959)

as Prof. Dr. Abel
It Happened in Broad Daylight

It Happened in Broad Daylight (1958)

as Jacquier
A Certain Mr. Jo

A Certain Mr. Jo (1958)

as Joseph "Jo" Guardini
Three Make a Pair

Three Make a Pair (1957)

as Commissaire Bernard
La joyeuse prison

La joyeuse prison (1956)

as Benoit, chief guard
Mémoires d'un flic

Mémoires d'un flic (1956)

as Principal Commissioner Henri Dominique
The Impossible Mr. Pipelet

The Impossible Mr. Pipelet (1955)

as Maurice Martin, concierge d'immeuble
At the Order of the Czar

At the Order of the Czar (1954)

as Prince de Sayn-Wittgenstein
Hungarian Rhapsody

Hungarian Rhapsody (1954)

as General von Sayn-Wittgenstein
The Anatomy of Love

The Anatomy of Love (1954)

as Padre Silvio
Strange Desire of Mr. Bard

Strange Desire of Mr. Bard (1954)

as Auguste Bard
Saadia

Saadia (1953)

as Bou Rezza
The Merchant of Venice

The Merchant of Venice (1953)

as Shylock
Femmes de Paris

Femmes de Paris (1953)

as Professor Charles Buisson
The Virtuous Scoundrel

The Virtuous Scoundrel (1953)

as Albert Ménard-Lacoste / Alain Ménard-Lacoste
Hôtel des Invalides

Hôtel des Invalides (1952)

as Récitant / Narrator (voice)
The Road to Damascus

The Road to Damascus (1952)

as Caïphe
Crimson Curtain

Crimson Curtain (1952)

as Lucien Bertal / Léonard, his understudy / Banquo
Full House

Full House (1952)

as Commissioner Jules Maigret (segment "Le témoignage d'un enfant de choeur")
The Girl with the Whip

The Girl with the Whip (1952)

as Le tuteur
Mister Taxi

Mister Taxi (1952)

as Pierre Verger
Poison

Poison (1951)

as Paul Louis Victor Braconnier
The Two Truths

The Two Truths (1951)

as Cidoni
The Beauty of the Devil

The Beauty of the Devil (1950)

as Mephistopheles / Old Prof. Henri Faust
Fabiola

Fabiola (1949)

as Senator Fabius Severus
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
Not Guilty

Not Guilty (1947)

as Doctor Michel Ancelin
The Crowned Fish Tavern

The Crowned Fish Tavern (1947)

as Captain Palmer
Panic

Panic (1947)

as Monsieur Hire
A Friend Will Come Tonight

A Friend Will Come Tonight (1946)

as Michel Lemaret
Vautrin the Thief

Vautrin the Thief (1943)

as Vautrin
Shop Girls of Paris

Shop Girls of Paris (1943)

as Baudu
Girl of the Golden West

Girl of the Golden West (1942)

as Butler
The King's Jester

The King's Jester (1941)

as Rigoletto
Tosca

Tosca (1941)

as Il barone Scarpia
Comedy of Happiness

Comedy of Happiness (1940)

as Monsieur Jourdain
The Musicians of the Sky

The Musicians of the Sky (1940)

as Le capitaine Simon
Paris - New-York

Paris - New-York (1940)

as Inspector Boucheron
Cavalcade of Love

Cavalcade of Love (1939)

as Diogène, Monseigneur de Beaupré & Lacouret
Extenuating Circumstances

Extenuating Circumstances (1939)

as Mr. Gaetan Le Sentencier
Fric-Frac

Fric-Frac (1939)

as Jo
The Last Turning

The Last Turning (1939)

as Nick Marino
The End of the Day

The End of the Day (1939)

as Ernest Cabrissade, eternal understudy
Behind the Facade

Behind the Facade (1939)

as Picking, knife-throwing artist
Deputy Eusèbe

Deputy Eusèbe (1939)

as Eusèbe Bonbonneau
Cocoanut

Cocoanut (1939)

as Josserand
Mother Love

Mother Love (1938)

as Michel Quercy
The Stream

The Stream (1938)

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

Beautiful Star (1938)

as Léon
The New Rich

The New Rich (1938)

as Martinet
Port of Shadows

Port of Shadows (1938)

as Zabel
Boys' School

Boys' School (1938)

as Lemel, le professeur de dessin
Mirages

Mirages (1938)

as Michel
Naples Under the Kiss of Fire

Naples Under the Kiss of Fire (1937)

as Michel
Bizarre, Bizarre

Bizarre, Bizarre (1937)

as Irwin Molyneux, alias Félix Chapel
La Bataille silencieuse

La Bataille silencieuse (1937)

as Sauvin
Boulot aviateur

Boulot aviateur (1937)

as Baron Gobèche
Le Choc en retour

Le Choc en retour (1937)

as Laverdac
Let's Make a Dream

Let's Make a Dream (1936)

as Un Invité (Prologue)
Girls of Paris

Girls of Paris (1936)

as Baron de Beaupoil / his brother
The Twins of Brighton

The Twins of Brighton (1936)

as Labrosse
Moutonnet

Moutonnet (1936)

as Frècheville
Under Western Eyes

Under Western Eyes (1936)

as Lespara
The Fleeing Dead

The Fleeing Dead (1936)

as Achille Baluchet
Le Bébé de l'escadron

Le Bébé de l'escadron (1935)

as Perrot-Joly
Lovers and Thieves

Lovers and Thieves (1935)

as Doizeau
No Image

A Bum Deal (1935)

as Boudu
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Adémaï au Moyen Âge (1935)

as Lord Pickwickdam
Le Bonheur

Le Bonheur (1934)

as Noël Malpiaz
Ladies Lake

Ladies Lake (1934)

as Oscar Lyssenhop
L'Atalante

L'Atalante (1934)

as Père Jules
Léopold le bien-aimé

Léopold le bien-aimé (1934)

High and Low

High and Low (1933)

as M. Bodeletz
Miquette and Her Mother

Miquette and Her Mother (1933)

as Monchablon, un médiocre acteur de tournées, qui fait la cour à Miquette
Boudu Saved from Drowning

Boudu Saved from Drowning (1932)

as Priape Boudu
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Baleydier (1932)

La Chienne

La Chienne (1931)

as Maurice Legrand
Baby's Laxative

Baby's Laxative (1931)

as Chouilloux
Jean of the Moon

Jean of the Moon (1931)

as Jean de la Lune
Illegitimate Child

Illegitimate Child (1930)

as Lorédan
Pivoine

Pivoine (1929)

The Sad Sack

The Sad Sack (1928)

as Joseph Turlot
The Passion of Joan of Arc

The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)

as Jean Lemaître
The Late Mathias Pascal

The Late Mathias Pascal (1925)

as Jérôme Pomino
The Vocation of André Carel

The Vocation of André Carel (1925)

as Gaston Lebeau
The Gallery of Monsters

The Gallery of Monsters (1924)

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Les Deux Réalités (N/A)

as Cidoni