Michel Simon
Known for Acting · 125 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
Cinépanorama
1956
as Self
Samedi soir
1971
as Self
Reflets de Cannes
1954
as Self
Dim Dam Dom
1965
as Self
Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma
1978
as Self (archive footage)
Movies (117)
The Passion of Joan of Arc
1928
as Jean Lemaître
The Train
1964
as Papa Boul
Tosca
1941
as Il barone Scarpia
It Happened in Broad Daylight
1958
as Jacquier
L'Atalante
1934
as Père Jules
Port of Shadows
1938
as Zabel
Two Hours to Kill
1966
as Locker Attendant
Boudu Saved from Drowning
1932
as Priape Boudu
The Devil and the Ten Commandments
1962
as Jérôme Chambard
La Chienne
1931
as Maurice Legrand
Saadia
1953
as Bou Rezza
The Head
1959
as Prof. Dr. Abel
Blanche
1972
as Master
The Two of Us
1967
as Pépé
The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life
1972
as Attorney Zorn
Ladies Lake
1934
as Oscar Lyssenhop
The Battle of Austerlitz
1960
as Alboise
Morceaux de Cannes
2021
Fabiola
1949
as Senator Fabius Severus
Mister Taxi
1952
as Pierre Verger, « Monsieur Taxi »
The Late Mathias Pascal
1925
as Jérôme Pomino
Emile's Boat
1962
as Charles-Edmond Larmentiel
Bizarre, Bizarre
1937
as Irwin Molyneux, alias Félix Chapel
The Beauty of the Devil
1950
as Mephistopheles / Old Prof. Henri Faust
Cyrano and d'Artagnan
1964
as Le Grognard
Panic
1947
as Monsieur Hire
Fric-Frac
1939
as Jo
Le Bonheur
1934
as Noël Malpiaz
The Crowned Fish Tavern
1947
as Captain Palmer
Boys' School
1938
as Lemel, le professeur de dessin
Poison
1951
as Paul Louis Victor Braconnier
The Last Turning
1939
as Nick Marino
Let's Have a Riot
1970
as Cavazza
The House
1970
as Louis Compiegne
The Red Ibis
1975
as Zizi
Belmondo: The Incorrigible
2022
Ecco
1963
as Self
Shop Girls of Paris
1943
as Baudu
Strange Desire of Mr. Bard
1954
as Auguste Bard
Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
1960
as Colonel Nanar, du cadre de réserve
The Gallery of Monsters
1924
The Lovers of the Pont Saint-Jean
1947
as Alcide Garonne
Pete the Tender
1960
as Pierrot
The Stream
1938
as Counr Edouard de Bourgogne, aka 'L'Escargot'
The King's Jester
1941
as Rigoletto
Let's Make a Dream
1936
as Un Invité (Prologue)
A Friend Will Come Tonight
1946
as Michel Lemaret
Mother Love
1938
as Michel Quercy
Three Make a Pair
1957
as Commissaire Bernard
The Bardot mystery
2012
The Impossible Mr. Pipelet
1955
as Maurice Martin, concierge d'immeuble
High and Low
1933
as M. Bodeletz
The Virtuous Scoundrel
1953
as Albert Ménard-Lacoste / Alain Ménard-Lacoste
Not Guilty
1947
as Doctor Michel Ancelin
Full House
1952
as Commissioner Jules Maigret (segment "Le témoignage d'un enfant de choeur")
The Anatomy of Love
1954
as Padre Silvio
The End of the Day
1939
as Ernest Cabrissade, eternal understudy
Paris - New-York
1940
as Inspector Boucheron
Femmes de Paris
1953
as Professor Charles Buisson
The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan
1975
as Erotologist
Beautiful Star
1938
as Léon
Extenuating Circumstances
1939
as Mr. Gaetan Le Sentencier
A Certain Mr. Jo
1958
as Joseph "Jo" Guardini
Behind the Facade
1939
as Picking, knife-throwing artist
Baby's Laxative
1931
as Chouilloux
Girls of Paris
1936
as Baron de Beaupoil / his brother
Comedy of Happiness
1940
as Monsieur Jourdain
Cinéastes de notre temps : Sacha Guitry
1965
as Self - Interviewee
The Marriage Came Tumbling Down
1968
as Le vieux Jéricho
Mémoires d'un flic
1956
as Principal Commissioner Henri Dominique
Naples Under the Kiss of Fire
1937
as Michel
Crimson Curtain
1952
as Lucien Bertal / Léonard, his understudy / Banquo
Jean Renoir, le patron, 2e partie: La direction d'acteur
1967
as Self - Interviewee
The Fleeing Dead
1936
as Achille Baluchet
The Two Truths
1951
as Cidoni
Adémaï au Moyen Âge
1935
as Lord Pickwickdam
Under Western Eyes
1936
as Lespara
The New Rich
1938
as Martinet
The Road to Damascus
1952
as Caïphe
Moutonnet
1936
as Frècheville
Lovers and Thieves
1935
as Doizeau
Jean Vigo : le son retrouvé
2001
as Le père Jules (archive footage)
Boulot aviateur
1937
as Baron Gobèche
Vautrin the Thief
1943
as Vautrin
Jean of the Moon
1931
as Jean de la Lune
René Clair, tout entre nous n'était qu'un jeu
2021
as Lui-même
Cocoanut
1939
as Josserand
La Bataille silencieuse
1937
as Sauvin
Le Bébé de l'escadron
1935
as Perrot-Joly
Illegitimate Child
1930
as Lorédan
At the Order of the Czar
1954
as Prince de Sayn-Wittgenstein
Mirages
1938
as Michel
Miquette and Her Mother
1933
as Monchablon, un médiocre acteur de tournées, qui fait la cour à Miquette
The Girl with the Whip
1952
as Le tuteur
The Merchant of Venice
1953
as Shylock
Arletty, Lady Paname
2007
as Self (archive footage)
Hungarian Rhapsody
1954
as General von Sayn-Wittgenstein
Cavalcade of Love
1939
as Diogène, Monseigneur de Beaupré & Lacouret
Carné, Prévert : drôle de duo
2019
as Self (archive footage)
La joyeuse prison
1956
as Benoit, chief guard
Deputy Eusèbe
1939
as Eusèbe Bonbonneau
Girl of the Golden West
1942
as Butler
The Musicians of the Sky
1940
as Le capitaine Simon
Les Deux Réalités
as Cidoni
The Sad Sack
1928
as Joseph Turlot
Hôtel des Invalides
1952
as Récitant / Narrator (voice)
Baleydier
1932
The Twins of Brighton
1936
as Labrosse
Pivoine
1929
Le Choc en retour
1937
as Laverdac
Journey Through History
1977
as Self (archive footage)
La Plaie et le Couteau, Charles Baudelaire
1967
Cinéastes de notre temps : Jean Vigo
2012
as Self
The Vocation of André Carel
1925
as Gaston Lebeau
La Carcasse et le Tord-cou
1948
as Joseph Ferdinand Anselme Midot,aka 'Le tord-cou'
A Bum Deal
1935
as Boudu
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 125 credits spanning from 1924 to 2022, Michel Simon has appeared in 117 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
- Tosca (1941) — as Il barone Scarpia
- It Happened in Broad Daylight (1958) — as Jacquier
- L'Atalante (1934) — as Père Jules
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