
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)
Samedi soir
1971
as Self

Cinépanorama
1956
as Self

Le Grand Échiquier
1972
as Self

Discorama
1959
as Self

Reflets de Cannes
1954
as Self

Dim Dam Dom
1965
as Self
Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma
1978
as Self (archive footage)
Movies (118)

Hungarian Rhapsody
1954
as General von Sayn-Wittgenstein

The Crowned Fish Tavern
1947
as Captain Palmer

Vautrin the Thief
1943
as Vautrin

Poison
1951
as Paul Louis Victor Braconnier

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

The Passion of Joan of Arc
1928
as Jean Lemaître

Pivoine
1929

The Two of Us
1967
as Pépé

The Train
1964
as Papa Boul

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

Beautiful Star
1938
as Léon

Extenuating Circumstances
1939
as Mr. Gaetan Le Sentencier

Fric-Frac
1939
as Jo

Austerlitz
1960
as Alboise

The Merchant of Venice
1953
as Shylock

Belmondo: The Incorrigible
2022

The Late Mathias Pascal
1925
as Jérôme Pomino

Mirages
1938
as Michel

Pete the Tender
1960
as Pierrot

The Girl with the Whip
1952
as Le tuteur

Deputy Eusèbe
1939
as Eusèbe Bonbonneau

The Virtuous Scoundrel
1953
as Albert Ménard-Lacoste / Alain Ménard-Lacoste
Baleydier
1932

Strange Desire of Mr. Bard
1954
as Auguste Bard

Arletty, Lady Paname
2007
as Self (archive footage)

Port of Shadows
1938
as Zabel

Bizarre, Bizarre
1937
as Irwin Molyneux, alias Félix Chapel
Cinéastes de notre temps : Sacha Guitry
1965
as Self - Interviewee

Cocoanut
1939
as Josserand

Morceaux de Cannes
2021

L'Atalante
1934
as Père Jules

The Devil and the Ten Commandments
1962
as Jérôme Chambard

Three Make a Pair
1957
as Commissaire Bernard

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

Comedy of Happiness
1940
as Monsieur Jourdain

It Happened in Broad Daylight
1958
as Jacquier

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

The Anatomy of Love
1954
as Padre Silvio

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

Cyrano and d'Artagnan
1964
as Le Grognard

Boudu Saved from Drowning
1932
as Priape Boudu

The New Rich
1938
as Martinet

Two Hours to Kill
1966
as Locker Attendant

Mother Love
1938
as Michel Quercy

The Head
1959
as Prof. Dr. Abel

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

Jean of the Moon
1931
as Jean de la Lune

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

The Bardot mystery
2012

Not Guilty
1947
as Doctor Michel Ancelin

Journey Through History
1977
as Self (archive footage)

Michel Simon
1964
as Self

Let's Have a Riot
1970
as Cavazza

La Chienne
1931
as Maurice Legrand

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

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

Mister Taxi
1952
as Pierre Verger, « Monsieur Taxi »

The Vocation of André Carel
1925
as Gaston Lebeau

Boys' School
1938
as Lemel, le professeur de dessin

The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life
1972
as Attorney Zorn

Baby's Laxative
1931
as Chouilloux

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

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

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

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

Saadia
1953
as Bou Rezza

Behind the Facade
1939
as Picking, knife-throwing artist

The Last Turning
1939
as Nick Marino

Panic
1947
as Monsieur Hire

Emile's Boat
1962
as Charles-Edmond Larmentiel

Carné, Prévert : drôle de duo
2019
as Self (archive footage)

The Marriage Came Tumbling Down
1968
as Le vieux Jéricho

Léopold le bien-aimé
1934

Ladies Lake
1934
as Oscar Lyssenhop

The Sad Sack
1928
as Joseph Turlot

The Twins of Brighton
1936
as Labrosse

The Musicians of the Sky
1940
as Le capitaine Simon

Shop Girls of Paris
1943
as Baudu

Blanche
1972
as Master

Girl of the Golden West
1942
as Butler

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

Naples Under the Kiss of Fire
1937
as Michel

The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan
1975
as Erotologist
A Bum Deal
1935
as Boudu

Hôtel des Invalides
1952
as Récitant / Narrator (voice)

Ecco
1963
as Self

High and Low
1933
as M. Bodeletz

The House
1970
as Louis Compiegne

Le Choc en retour
1937
as Laverdac

The Red Ibis
1975
as Zizi

Lovers and Thieves
1935
as Doizeau

Femmes de Paris
1953
as Professor Charles Buisson

Under Western Eyes
1936
as Lespara

Tosca
1941
as Il barone Scarpia

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

Le Bonheur
1934
as Noël Malpiaz

Fabiola
1949
as Senator Fabius Severus

The Two Truths
1951
as Cidoni

A Friend Will Come Tonight
1946
as Michel Lemaret

Girls of Paris
1936
as Baron de Beaupoil / his brother

The Road to Damascus
1952
as Caïphe

Le Bébé de l'escadron
1935
as Perrot-Joly

The King's Jester
1941
as Rigoletto
Les Deux Réalités
as Cidoni

Paris - New-York
1940
as Inspector Boucheron

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

Mémoires d'un flic
1956
as Principal Commissioner Henri Dominique

La joyeuse prison
1956
as Benoit, chief guard

La Plaie et le Couteau, Charles Baudelaire
1967
as Un récitant
Adémaï au Moyen Âge
1935
as Lord Pickwickdam

The Gallery of Monsters
1924

The Fleeing Dead
1936
as Achille Baluchet

La Bataille silencieuse
1937
as Sauvin

Illegitimate Child
1930
as Lorédan

Cinéastes de notre temps : Jean Vigo
2012
as Self

Boulot aviateur
1937
as Baron Gobèche

Moutonnet
1936
as Frècheville
René Clair, tout entre nous n'était qu'un jeu
2021
as Lui-même
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
- Hungarian Rhapsody (1954) — as General von Sayn-Wittgenstein
- The Crowned Fish Tavern (1947) — as Captain Palmer
- Vautrin the Thief (1943) — as Vautrin
- Poison (1951) — as Paul Louis Victor Braconnier
- Jean Vigo : le son retrouvé (2001) — as Le père Jules (archive footage)
Where to Watch Michel Simon Films
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