Michel Simon
Acting1895Geneva, 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).
Known For
Acting History
Future
Les Deux Réalités
as Cidoni
2021
2019
Carné, Prévert : drôle de duo
as Self (archive footage)
2012
2007
Arletty, Lady Paname
as Self (archive footage)
2001
Jean Vigo : le son retrouvé
as Le père Jules (archive footage)
1978
Spécial cinéma
TVas Self (archive footage)• 1 eps
Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma
TVas Self (archive footage)
1977
Journey Through History
as Self (archive footage)
1975
The Red Ibis
as Zizi
The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan
as Erotologist
1973
Le Grand Échiquier
TVas Self• 1 eps
1972
Blanche
as Master
The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life
as Attorney Zorn
1971
Samedi soir
TVas Self• 4 eps
1970
Let's Have a Riot
as Cavazza
The House
as Louis Compiegne
1968
The Marriage Came Tumbling Down
as Le vieux Jéricho
1967
The Two of Us
as Pépé
Jean Renoir, le patron, 2e partie: La direction d'acteur
as Self - Interviewee
1966
Two Hours to Kill
as Locker Attendant
1965
Cinéastes de notre temps : Sacha Guitry
as Self - Interviewee
Dim Dam Dom
TVas Self
1964
The Train
as Papa Boul
Cyrano and d'Artagnan
as Le Grognard
1963
Ecco
as Self
1962
The Devil and the Ten Commandments
as Jérôme Chambard
Emile's Boat
as Charles-Edmond Larmentiel
1960
Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
as Colonel Nanar, du cadre de réserve
The Battle of Austerlitz
as Alboise
Pete the Tender
as Pierrot
Cinépanorama
TVas Self• 2 eps
Discorama
TVas Self• 1 eps
1959
The Head
as Prof. Dr. Abel
1958
It Happened in Broad Daylight
as Jacquier
A Certain Mr. Jo
as Joseph "Jo" Guardini
1957
Three Make a Pair
as Commissaire Bernard
1956
Mémoires d'un flic
as Principal Commissioner Henri Dominique
La joyeuse prison
as Benoit, chief guard
1955
The Impossible Mr. Pipelet
as Maurice Martin, concierge d'immeuble
1954
The Anatomy of Love
as Padre Silvio
Strange Desire of Mr. Bard
as Auguste Bard
Hungarian Rhapsody
as General von Sayn-Wittgenstein
At the Order of the Czar
as Prince de Sayn-Wittgenstein
Reflets de Cannes
TVas Self
1953
Saadia
as Bou Rezza
The Virtuous Scoundrel
as Albert Ménard-Lacoste / Alain Ménard-Lacoste
Femmes de Paris
as Professor Charles Buisson
The Merchant of Venice
as Shylock
1952
Mister Taxi
as Pierre Verger
Crimson Curtain
as Lucien Bertal / Léonard, his understudy / Banquo
Hôtel des Invalides
as Récitant / Narrator (voice)
Full House
as Commissioner Jules Maigret (segment "Le témoignage d'un enfant de choeur")
The Girl with the Whip
as Le tuteur
The Road to Damascus
as Caïphe
1951
Poison
as Paul Louis Victor Braconnier
The Two Truths
as Cidoni
1950
The Beauty of the Devil
as Mephistopheles / Old Prof. Henri Faust
1949
Fabiola
as Senator Fabius Severus
1948
La Carcasse et le Tord-cou
as Joseph Ferdinand Anselme Midot,aka 'Le tord-cou'
1947
Not Guilty
as Doctor Michel Ancelin
Panic
as Monsieur Hire
The Crowned Fish Tavern
as Captain Palmer
The Lovers of the Pont Saint-Jean
as Alcide Garonne
1946
A Friend Will Come Tonight
as Michel Lemaret
1943
Vautrin the Thief
as Vautrin
Shop Girls of Paris
as Baudu
1942
Girl of the Golden West
as Butler
1941
1940
Paris - New-York
as Inspector Boucheron
Comedy of Happiness
as Monsieur Jourdain
The Musicians of the Sky
as Le capitaine Simon
1939
Fric-Frac
as Jo
The Last Turning
as Nick Marino
Behind the Facade
as Picking, knife-throwing artist
Cocoanut
as Josserand
Extenuating Circumstances
as Mr. Gaetan Le Sentencier
The End of the Day
as Ernest Cabrissade, eternal understudy
Cavalcade of Love
as Diogène, Monseigneur de Beaupré & Lacouret
Deputy Eusèbe
as Eusèbe Bonbonneau
1938
Mirages
as Michel
Port of Shadows
as Zabel
Boys' School
as Lemel, le professeur de dessin
Mother Love
as Michel Quercy
The Stream
as Counr Edouard de Bourgogne, aka 'L'Escargot'
The New Rich
as Martinet
Beautiful Star
as Léon
1937
Bizarre, Bizarre
as Irwin Molyneux, alias Félix Chapel
Naples Under the Kiss of Fire
as Michel
Boulot aviateur
as Baron Gobèche
La Bataille silencieuse
as Sauvin
Le Choc en retour
as Laverdac
1936
Under Western Eyes
as Lespara
The Fleeing Dead
as Achille Baluchet
Moutonnet
as Frècheville
Girls of Paris
as Baron de Beaupoil / his brother
The Twins of Brighton
as Labrosse
Let's Make a Dream
as Un Invité (Prologue)
1935
Lovers and Thieves
as Doizeau
A Bum Deal
as Boudu
Adémaï au Moyen Âge
as Lord Pickwickdam
Le Bébé de l'escadron
as Perrot-Joly
1934
1933
Miquette and Her Mother
as Monchablon, un médiocre acteur de tournées, qui fait la cour à Miquette
High and Low
as M. Bodeletz
1932
1931
La Chienne
as Maurice Legrand
Baby's Laxative
as Chouilloux
Jean of the Moon
as Jean de la Lune
Jean of the Moon
Director
1930
Illegitimate Child
as Lorédan
1929
1928
The Sad Sack
as Joseph Turlot
The Passion of Joan of Arc
as Jean Lemaître
1925
The Late Mathias Pascal
as Jérôme Pomino
The Vocation of André Carel
as Gaston Lebeau