
Michel Simon
Known for Acting · 126 credits
- Born
- 1895-04-09
- Died
- 1975-05-30
- Place of birth
- Geneva, Switzerland
- Also known as
- Michel François Joseph Simon · François Joseph Simon · Франсуа Мишель Симон
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
TV Shows (8)

Spécial cinéma
1974
as Self (archive footage)

Le Grand Échiquier
1972
as Self

Discorama
1959
as Self
Samedi soir
1971
as Self

Cinépanorama
1956
as Self

Dim Dam Dom
1965
as Self

Reflets de Cannes
1954
as Self
Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma
1978
as Self (archive footage)
Movies (118)

The Passion of Joan of Arc
1928
as Jean Lemaître

The Train
1964
as Papa Boul

La Chienne
1931
as Maurice Legrand

Saadia
1953
as Bou Rezza

The Battle of Austerlitz
1960
as Alboise

The Devil and the Ten Commandments
1962
as Jérôme Chambard

Vautrin the Thief
1943
as Vautrin

The House
1970
as Louis Compiegne

Morceaux de Cannes
2021

Two Hours to Kill
1966
as Locker Attendant

L'Atalante
1934
as Père Jules

It Happened in Broad Daylight
1958
as Jacquier

Comedy of Happiness
1940
as Monsieur Jourdain

Le Bonheur
1934
as Noël Malpiaz

Boudu Saved from Drowning
1932
as Priape Boudu

Port of Shadows
1938
as Zabel

Poison
1951
as Paul Louis Victor Braconnier

Fabiola
1949
as Senator Fabius Severus

The Beauty of the Devil
1950
as Mephistopheles / Old Prof. Henri Faust

Belmondo: The Incorrigible
2022

Not Guilty
1947
as Doctor Michel Ancelin

Journey Through History
1977
as Self (archive footage)

Jean of the Moon
1931
as Jean de la Lune

Cyrano and d'Artagnan
1964
as Le Grognard

Fric-Frac
1939
as Jo

Beautiful Star
1938
as Léon

Strange Desire of Mr. Bard
1954
as Auguste Bard

Three Make a Pair
1957
as Commissaire Bernard

The Last Turning
1939
as Nick Marino

Panic
1947
as Monsieur Hire

Extenuating Circumstances
1939
as Mr. Gaetan Le Sentencier

Let's Have a Riot
1970
as Cavazza

Full House
1952
as Commissioner Jules Maigret (segment "Le témoignage d'un enfant de choeur")

The Virtuous Scoundrel
1953
as Albert Ménard-Lacoste / Alain Ménard-Lacoste

The End of the Day
1939
as Ernest Cabrissade, eternal understudy

La joyeuse prison
1956
as Benoit, chief guard

The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan
1975
as Erotologist

The Stream
1938
as Counr Edouard de Bourgogne, aka 'L'Escargot'

Ecco
1963
as Self

The Two of Us
1967
as Pépé

Bizarre, Bizarre
1937
as Irwin Molyneux, alias Félix Chapel

Hôtel des Invalides
1952
as Récitant / Narrator (voice)

Mister Taxi
1952
as Pierre Verger, « Monsieur Taxi »

At the Order of the Czar
1954
as Prince de Sayn-Wittgenstein

Crimson Curtain
1952
as Lucien Bertal / Léonard, his understudy / Banquo

Le Choc en retour
1937
as Laverdac

The King's Jester
1941
as Rigoletto

Blanche
1972
as Master

The Red Ibis
1975
as Zizi

Paris - New-York
1940
as Inspector Boucheron

Boys' School
1938
as Lemel, le professeur de dessin

Cavalcade of Love
1939
as Diogène, Monseigneur de Beaupré & Lacouret

Girls of Paris
1936
as Baron de Beaupoil / his brother

The Anatomy of Love
1954
as Padre Silvio

Miquette and Her Mother
1933
as Monchablon, un médiocre acteur de tournées, qui fait la cour à Miquette

The Late Mathias Pascal
1925
as Jérôme Pomino

The Bardot mystery
2012

The Impossible Mr. Pipelet
1955
as Maurice Martin, concierge d'immeuble

The Two Truths
1951
as Cidoni

A Friend Will Come Tonight
1946
as Michel Lemaret

The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life
1972
as Attorney Zorn

Tosca
1941
as Il barone Scarpia

Ladies Lake
1934
as Oscar Lyssenhop

Hungarian Rhapsody
1954
as General von Sayn-Wittgenstein

Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
1960
as Colonel Nanar, du cadre de réserve

The Sad Sack
1928
as Joseph Turlot

The Crowned Fish Tavern
1947
as Captain Palmer

Mémoires d'un flic
1956
as Principal Commissioner Henri Dominique

A Certain Mr. Jo
1958
as Joseph "Jo" Guardini

Behind the Facade
1939
as Picking, knife-throwing artist

The Head
1959
as Prof. Dr. Abel

Let's Make a Dream
1936
as Un Invité (Prologue)

The Merchant of Venice
1953
as Shylock

La Bataille silencieuse
1937
as Sauvin

Pivoine
1929

Shop Girls of Paris
1943
as Baudu

Naples Under the Kiss of Fire
1937
as Michel

The Twins of Brighton
1936
as Labrosse

Mirages
1938
as Michel

Moutonnet
1936
as Frècheville

Under Western Eyes
1936
as Lespara

The Lovers of the Pont Saint-Jean
1947
as Alcide Garonne

Jean Vigo : le son retrouvé
2001
as Le père Jules (archive footage)

The Gallery of Monsters
1924

Lovers and Thieves
1935
as Doizeau

Pete the Tender
1960
as Pierrot

The Road to Damascus
1952
as Caïphe

The New Rich
1938
as Martinet

Emile's Boat
1962
as Charles-Edmond Larmentiel

Mother Love
1938
as Michel Quercy

Arletty, Lady Paname
2007
as Self (archive footage)

The Girl with the Whip
1952
as Le tuteur

Baby's Laxative
1931
as Chouilloux

Deputy Eusèbe
1939
as Eusèbe Bonbonneau

Jean Renoir, le patron, 2e partie: La direction d'acteur
1967
as Self - Interviewee

Illegitimate Child
1930
as Lorédan

Cinéastes de notre temps : Jean Vigo
2012
as Self

The Fleeing Dead
1936
as Achille Baluchet

Girl of the Golden West
1942
as Butler

Cocoanut
1939
as Josserand

Le Bébé de l'escadron
1935
as Perrot-Joly

Femmes de Paris
1953
as Professor Charles Buisson

The Marriage Came Tumbling Down
1968
as Le vieux Jéricho

Michel Simon
1964
as Self
Baleydier
1932
Adémaï au Moyen Âge
1935
as Lord Pickwickdam

High and Low
1933
as M. Bodeletz

The Vocation of André Carel
1925
as Gaston Lebeau
René Clair, tout entre nous n'était qu'un jeu
2021
as Lui-même
A Bum Deal
1935
as Boudu

Carné, Prévert : drôle de duo
2019
as Self (archive footage)
Cinéastes de notre temps : Sacha Guitry
1965
as Self - Interviewee

La Plaie et le Couteau, Charles Baudelaire
1967

Boulot aviateur
1937
as Baron Gobèche

The Musicians of the Sky
1940
as Le capitaine Simon

La Carcasse et le Tord-cou
1948
as Joseph Ferdinand Anselme Midot,aka 'Le tord-cou'
Les Deux Réalités
as Cidoni

Léopold le bien-aimé
1934
About Michel Simon
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). With 126 credits spanning from 1924 to 2022, Michel Simon has appeared in 118 films and 8 TV shows.
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Most Popular Michel Simon Movies
- The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) — as Jean Lemaître
- The Train (1964) — as Papa Boul
- La Chienne (1931) — as Maurice Legrand
- Saadia (1953) — as Bou Rezza
- The Battle of Austerlitz (1960) — as Alboise
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