Birthday:
Apr 09, 1895
Place of Birth: Geneva, Switzerland
Place of Birth: Geneva, Switzerland
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).
Filmography
| Movie | Cast | Year |
|---|---|---|
| It Happened in Broad Daylight | Jacquier | 1958 |
| The Train | Papa Boul | 1964 |
| The House | Louis Compiegne | 1970 |
| The Red Ibis | Zizi | 1975 |
| La Chienne | Maurice Legrand | 1931 |
| Emile's Boat | Charles-Edmond Larmentiel | 1962 |
| Panic | Monsieur Hire | 1947 |
| L'Atalante | Père Jules | 1934 |
| The Last Turning | Nick Marino | 1939 |
| The Two of Us | Pépé | 1967 |
| High and Low | M. Bodeletz | 1933 |
| Extenuating Circumstances | Mr. Gaetan, "Le Sentencier" | 1939 |
| Fric-Frac | Jo | 1939 |
| Cocoanut | Josserand | 1939 |
| Boys' School | Lemel, le professeur de dessin | 1938 |
| Vautrin the Thief | Vautrin | 1943 |
| Not Guilty | Docteur Ancelin | 1947 |
| Port of Shadows | Zabel | 1938 |
| The Late Mathias Pascal | Jérôme Pomino | 1925 |
| Poison | Paul Louis Victor Braconnier | 1951 |
| Shop Girls of Paris | Baudu | 1943 |
| Femmes de Paris | Professeur Charles Buisson | 1953 |
| Three Make a Pair | Commissaire Bernard | 1957 |
| Boudu Saved from Drowning | Priape Boudu | 1932 |
| Crimson Curtain | Lucien Bertal / Léonard, his understudy / Banquo | 1952 |
| The Virtuous Scoundrel | Albert et Alain Ménard-Lacoste | 1953 |
| The Battle of Austerlitz | Alboise | 1960 |
| Baleydier | 1932 | |
| The Sad Sack | Joseph Turlot | 1928 |
| Le Bébé de l'escadron | Perrot-Joly | 1935 |
| Moutonnet | Frècheville | 1936 |
| Girls of Paris | 1936 | |
| The Devil and the Ten Commandments | Jérôme Chambard | 1962 |
| Boulot aviateur | Baron Gobèche | 1937 |
| Deputy Eusèbe | Eusèbe Bonbonneau | 1939 |
| Mister Taxi | Pierre Verger | 1952 |
| The End of the Day | Cabrissade, l'éternelle doublure | 1939 |
| René Clair, tout entre nous n'était qu'un jeu | Lui-même | 2021 |
| Strange Desire of Mr. Bard | Auguste Bard | 1954 |
| The Beauty of the Devil | Mephistopheles / Old Prof. Henri Faust | 1950 |
| The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life | Attorney Zorn | 1972 |
| Bizarre, Bizarre | Irwin Molyneux, alias Félix Chapel | 1937 |
| The Road to Damascus | Caïphe | 1952 |
| Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century | Colonel Nanar, du cadre de réserve | 1960 |
| The Impossible Mr. Pipelet | Maurice Martin, concierge d'immeuble | 1955 |
| Saadia | Bou Rezza | 1953 |
| Hôtel des Invalides | Récitant / Narrator (voice) | 1952 |
| Ladies Lake | Oscar Lyssenhop | 1934 |
| Baby's Laxative | Chouilloux | 1931 |
| Mother Love | Michel Quercy | 1938 |
| Behind the Facade | Picking, knife-throwing artist | 1939 |
| Comedy of Happiness | Monsieur Jourdain | 1940 |
| The Stream | le comte Edouard de Bourgogne | 1938 |
| Blanche | Master | 1972 |
| The Crowned Fish Tavern | Captain Palmer | 1947 |
| Under Western Eyes | Lespara | 1936 |
| Cyrano and d'Artagnan | Le Grognard | 1964 |
| Two Hours to Kill | Locker Attendant | 1966 |
| Pivoine | 1929 | |
| Fabiola | Senator Fabius Severus | 1949 |
| The Vocation of André Carel | Gaston Lebeau | 1925 |
| Le Bonheur | Noël Malpiaz | 1934 |
| A Friend Will Come Tonight | Michel Lemaret | 1946 |
| Girl of the Golden West | Butler | 1942 |
| La Bataille silencieuse | Sauvin | 1937 |
| The Fleeing Dead | Achille Baluchet | 1936 |
| Paris-New York | Le commissaire Boucheron | 1940 |
| Full House | Commissioner Jules Maigret (segment "Le témoignage d'un enfant de choeur") | 1952 |
| A Certain Mr. Jo | Joseph "Jo" Guardini | 1958 |
| Journey Through History | Self (archive footage) | 1977 |
| Lovers and Thieves | Doizeau | 1935 |
| The Musicians of the Sky | Le capitaine Simon | 1940 |
| The King's Jester | Rigoletto | 1941 |
| La joyeuse prison | Benoit, chief guard | 1956 |
| Cavalcade of Love | Diogène, Monseigneur de Beaupré & Lacouret | 1939 |
| A Bum Deal | Boudu | 1935 |
| Let's Have a Riot | Cavazza | 1970 |
| The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan | Erotologist | 1975 |
| Arletty, Lady Paname | Self (archive footage) | 2007 |
| Hungarian Rhapsody | General von Sayn-Wittgenstein | 1954 |
| The Passion of Joan of Arc | Jean Lemaître | 1928 |
| Jean Renoir, le patron, 2e partie: La direction d'acteur | Self - Interviewee | 1967 |
| Let's Make a Dream | Un Invité (Prologue) | 1936 |
| The Head | Prof. Dr. Abel | 1959 |
| The Girl with the Whip | Le tuteur | 1952 |
| The New Rich | Martinet | 1938 |
| The Lovers of the Pont Saint-Jean | Alcide Garonne | 1947 |
| Tosca | Il barone Scarpia | 1941 |
| Les Deux Réalités | Cidoni | 1970 |
| The Anatomy of Love | Padre Silvio | 1954 |
| Mémoires d'un flic | Principal Commissioner Henri Dominique | 1956 |
| Adémaï au Moyen Âge | Lord Pickwickdam | 1935 |
| Mirages | Michel | 1938 |
| Jean Vigo : le son retrouvé | Le père Jules (archive footage) | 2001 |
| The Twins of Brighton | Labrosse | 1936 |
| Cinéastes de notre temps : Jean Vigo | Self | 2012 |
| The Merchant of Venice | Shylock | 1953 |
| Miquette and Her Mother | Monchablon, un médiocre acteur de tournées, qui fait la cour à Miquette | 1934 |
| Cinéastes de notre temps : Sacha Guitry | Self - Interviewee | 1965 |
| At the Order of the Czar | Prince de Sayn-Wittgenstein | 1954 |
| The Two Truths | Cidoni | 1951 |
| The Marriage Came Tumbling Down | Le vieux Jéricho | 1968 |
| Ecco | Self | 1963 |
| Pete the Tender | Pierrot | 1960 |
| Jean of the Moon | Jean de la Lune | 1931 |
| Illegitimate Child | Lorédan | 1930 |
| Léopold le bien-aimé | 1934 | |
| Beautiful Star | Léon | 1938 |
| La Carcasse et le Tord-cou | Joseph Ferdinand Anselme Midot,aka 'Le tord-cou' | 1948 |
| Naples Under the Kiss of Fire | Michel | 1937 |
| Le Choc en retour | Laverdac | 1937 | Series | Cast | Year |
| Spécial cinéma | Self (archive footage) | 1974 |
| Le Grand Échiquier | Self | 1972 |
| Dim Dam Dom | Self | 1965 |
| Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma | Self (archive footage) | 1978 |
| Star Life | Self (archive footage) | 1990 |
| Cinépanorama | Self | 1956 |
| Discorama | Self | 1959 |
| Samedi soir | Self | 1971 |
| Reflets de Cannes | Self | 1954 |
