Michel Simon
Acting·April 9, 1895·† May 30, 1975 — 80 years old·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
Filmography · 126
—Les Deux RéalitésCidoni2022Belmondo: The Incorrigible2021Morceaux de Cannes2021René Clair, tout entre nous n'était qu'un jeuLui-même2019Carné, Prévert : drôle de duoSelf (archive footage)2012Cinéastes de notre temps : Jean VigoSelf2012The Bardot mystery2007Arletty, Lady PanameSelf (archive footage)2001Jean Vigo : le son retrouvéLe père Jules (archive footage)1978Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinémaTVSelf (archive footage)1977Journey Through HistorySelf (archive footage)1975The Red IbisZizi1975The Butcher, the Star and the OrphanErotologist1974Spécial cinémaTVSelf (archive footage)1972The Most Wonderful Evening of My LifeAttorney Zorn1972BlancheMaster1972Le Grand ÉchiquierTVSelf1971Samedi soirTVSelf1970The HouseLouis Compiegne1970Let's Have a RiotCavazza1968The Marriage Came Tumbling DownLe vieux Jéricho1967La Plaie et le Couteau, Charles BaudelaireUn récitant1967The Two of UsPépé1967Jean Renoir, le patron, 2e partie: La direction d'acteurSelf - Interviewee1966Two Hours to KillLocker Attendant1965Cinéastes de notre temps : Sacha GuitrySelf - Interviewee1965Dim Dam DomTVSelf1964Cyrano and d'ArtagnanLe Grognard1964The TrainPapa Boul1964Michel SimonSelf1963EccoSelf1962The Devil and the Ten CommandmentsJérôme Chambard1962Emile's BoatCharles-Edmond Larmentiel1960Candide or The Optimism in the 20th CenturyColonel Nanar, du cadre de réserve1960Pete the TenderPierrot1960AusterlitzAlboise1959The HeadProf. Dr. Abel1959DiscoramaTVSelf1958It Happened in Broad DaylightJacquier1958A Certain Mr. JoJoseph "Jo" Guardini1957Three Make a PairCommissaire Bernard1956La joyeuse prisonBenoit, chief guard1956CinépanoramaTVSelf1956Mémoires d'un flicPrincipal Commissioner Henri Dominique1955The Impossible Mr. PipeletMaurice Martin, concierge d'immeuble1954At the Order of the CzarPrince de Sayn-Wittgenstein1954Hungarian RhapsodyGeneral von Sayn-Wittgenstein1954Reflets de CannesTVSelf1954The Anatomy of LovePadre Silvio1954Strange Desire of Mr. BardAuguste Bard1953SaadiaBou Rezza1953The Merchant of VeniceShylock1953Femmes de ParisProfessor Charles Buisson1953The Virtuous ScoundrelAlbert Ménard-Lacoste / Alain Ménard-Lacoste1952Hôtel des InvalidesRécitant / Narrator (voice)1952The Road to DamascusCaïphe1952Crimson CurtainLucien Bertal / Léonard, his understudy / Banquo1952Full HouseCommissioner Jules Maigret (segment "Le témoignage d'un enfant de choeur")1952The Girl with the WhipLe tuteur1952Mister TaxiPierre Verger, « Monsieur Taxi »1951PoisonPaul Louis Victor Braconnier1951The Two TruthsCidoni1950The Beauty of the DevilMephistopheles / Old Prof. Henri Faust1949FabiolaSenator Fabius Severus1948La Carcasse et le Tord-couJoseph Ferdinand Anselme Midot,aka 'Le tord-cou'1947The Lovers of the Pont Saint-JeanAlcide Garonne1947Not GuiltyDoctor Michel Ancelin1947The Crowned Fish TavernCaptain Palmer1947PanicMonsieur Hire1946A Friend Will Come TonightMichel Lemaret1943Vautrin the ThiefVautrin1943Shop Girls of ParisBaudu1942Girl of the Golden WestButler1941The King's JesterRigoletto · Screenplay1941ToscaIl barone Scarpia1940Comedy of HappinessMonsieur Jourdain1940The Musicians of the SkyLe capitaine Simon1940Paris - New-YorkInspector Boucheron1939Cavalcade of LoveDiogène, Monseigneur de Beaupré & Lacouret1939Extenuating CircumstancesMr. Gaetan Le Sentencier1939Fric-FracJo1939The Last TurningNick Marino1939The End of the DayErnest Cabrissade, eternal understudy1939Behind the FacadePicking, knife-throwing artist1939Deputy EusèbeEusèbe Bonbonneau1939CocoanutJosserand1938Mother LoveMichel Quercy1938The StreamCounr Edouard de Bourgogne, aka 'L'Escargot'1938Beautiful StarLéon1938The New RichMartinet1938Port of ShadowsZabel1938Boys' SchoolLemel, le professeur de dessin1938MiragesMichel1937Naples Under the Kiss of FireMichel1937Bizarre, BizarreIrwin Molyneux, alias Félix Chapel1937La Bataille silencieuseSauvin1937Boulot aviateurBaron Gobèche1937Le Choc en retourLaverdac1936Let's Make a DreamUn Invité (Prologue)1936Girls of ParisBaron de Beaupoil / his brother1936The Twins of BrightonLabrosse1936MoutonnetFrècheville1936Under Western EyesLespara1936The Fleeing DeadAchille Baluchet1935Le Bébé de l'escadronPerrot-Joly1935Lovers and ThievesDoizeau1935A Bum DealBoudu1935Adémaï au Moyen ÂgeLord Pickwickdam1934Le BonheurNoël Malpiaz1934Ladies LakeOscar Lyssenhop1934L'AtalantePère Jules1934Léopold le bien-aimé1933High and LowM. Bodeletz1933Miquette and Her MotherMonchablon, un médiocre acteur de tournées, qui fait la cour à Miquette1932Boudu Saved from DrowningPriape Boudu · Producer1932Baleydier1931La ChienneMaurice Legrand1931Baby's LaxativeChouilloux1931Jean of the MoonJean de la Lune · Director1930Illegitimate ChildLorédan1929Pivoine1928The Sad SackJoseph Turlot1928The Passion of Joan of ArcJean Lemaître1925The Late Mathias PascalJérôme Pomino1925The Vocation of André CarelGaston Lebeau1924The Gallery of Monsters