Michel Simon

Michel Simon

Acting

1895-04-09

Geneva, Switzerland

Died: 1975-05-30

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).

Appears In

Spécial cinéma
⭐ 0.0
Spécial cinéma
1974

as Self (archive footage)

Cinépanorama
⭐ 8.0
Cinépanorama
1956

as Self

Le Grand Échiquier
⭐ 8.0
Le Grand Échiquier
1972

as Self

Discorama
⭐ 0.0
Discorama
1959

as Self

Not Guilty
⭐ 7.5
Not Guilty
1947

as Doctor Michel Ancelin

Dim Dam Dom
⭐ 6.0
Dim Dam Dom
1965

as Self

Le Bébé de l'escadron
⭐ 0.0
Le Bébé de l'escadron
1935

as Perrot-Joly

Bizarre, Bizarre
⭐ 6.9
Bizarre, Bizarre
1937

as Irwin Molyneux, alias Félix Chapel

Boulot aviateur
⭐ 0.0
Boulot aviateur
1937

as Baron Gobèche

Blanche
⭐ 6.0
Blanche
1972

as Master

Reflets de Cannes
⭐ 2.0
Reflets de Cannes
1954

as Self

Hungarian Rhapsody
⭐ 0.0
Hungarian Rhapsody
1954

as General von Sayn-Wittgenstein

The Fleeing Dead
⭐ 7.1
The Fleeing Dead
1936

as Achille Baluchet

The Two of Us
⭐ 7.6
The Two of Us
1967

as Pépé

The Gallery of Monsters
⭐ 7.5
The Gallery of Monsters
1924
The Last Turning
⭐ 6.3
The Last Turning
1939

as Nick Marino

Journey Through History
⭐ 0.0
Journey Through History
1977

as Self (archive footage)

Panic
⭐ 7.3
Panic
1947

as Monsieur Hire

At the Order of the Czar
⭐ 0.0
At the Order of the Czar
1954

as Prince de Sayn-Wittgenstein

The Merchant of Venice
⭐ 5.0
The Merchant of Venice
1953

as Shylock

The Late Mathias Pascal
⭐ 7.0
The Late Mathias Pascal
1925

as Jérôme Pomino

Ladies Lake
⭐ 3.6
Ladies Lake
1934

as Oscar Lyssenhop

The King's Jester
⭐ 0.0
The King's Jester
1941

as Rigoletto

The Marriage Came Tumbling Down
⭐ 5.9
The Marriage Came Tumbling Down
1968

as Le vieux Jéricho

The Passion of Joan of Arc
⭐ 8.0
The Passion of Joan of Arc
1928

as Jean Lemaître

The Stream
⭐ 6.7
The Stream
1938

as Counr Edouard de Bourgogne, aka 'L'Escargot'

The Battle of Austerlitz
⭐ 6.6
The Battle of Austerlitz
1960

as Alboise

Fabiola
⭐ 5.4
Fabiola
1949

as Senator Fabius Severus

Let's Have a Riot
⭐ 6.9
Let's Have a Riot
1970

as Cavazza

Moutonnet
⭐ 0.0
Moutonnet
1936

as Frècheville

A Certain Mr. Jo
⭐ 1.0
A Certain Mr. Jo
1958

as Joseph "Jo" Guardini

Full House
⭐ 6.6
Full House
1952

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

Let's Make a Dream
⭐ 6.7
Let's Make a Dream
1936

as Un Invité (Prologue)

Pete the Tender
⭐ 5.4
Pete the Tender
1960

as Pierrot

The Train
⭐ 7.5
The Train
1964

as Papa Boul

Crimson Curtain
⭐ 6.2
Crimson Curtain
1952

as Lucien Bertal / Léonard, his understudy / Banquo

Lovers and Thieves
⭐ 0.0
Lovers and Thieves
1935

as Doizeau

Miquette and Her Mother
⭐ 7.0
Miquette and Her Mother
1933

as Monchablon, un médiocre acteur de tournées, qui fait la cour à Miquette

It Happened in Broad Daylight
⭐ 7.4
It Happened in Broad Daylight
1958

as Jacquier

Mother Love
⭐ 6.2
Mother Love
1938

as Michel Quercy

Cocoanut
⭐ 6.5
Cocoanut
1939

as Josserand

Three Make a Pair
⭐ 4.8
Three Make a Pair
1957

as Commissaire Bernard

Mirages
⭐ 7.0
Mirages
1938

as Michel

Two Hours to Kill
⭐ 6.3
Two Hours to Kill
1966

as Locker Attendant

Cyrano and d'Artagnan
⭐ 5.8
Cyrano and d'Artagnan
1964

as Le Grognard

Fric-Frac
⭐ 6.0
Fric-Frac
1939

as Jo

Jean of the Moon
⭐ 6.0
Jean of the Moon
1931

as Jean de la Lune

The Virtuous Scoundrel
⭐ 5.9
The Virtuous Scoundrel
1953

as Albert Ménard-Lacoste / Alain Ménard-Lacoste

Jean Vigo : le son retrouvé
⭐ 7.0
Jean Vigo : le son retrouvé
2001

as Le père Jules (archive footage)

Poison
⭐ 7.2
Poison
1951

as Paul Louis Victor Braconnier

Tosca
⭐ 5.3
Tosca
1941

as Il barone Scarpia

Port of Shadows
⭐ 7.4
Port of Shadows
1938

as Zabel

L'Atalante
⭐ 7.5
L'Atalante
1934

as Père Jules

Extenuating Circumstances
⭐ 6.6
Extenuating Circumstances
1939

as Mr. Gaetan Le Sentencier

Belmondo: The Incorrigible
⭐ 8.2
Belmondo: The Incorrigible
2022
Hôtel des Invalides
⭐ 5.8
Hôtel des Invalides
1952

as Récitant / Narrator (voice)

La Carcasse et le Tord-cou
⭐ 0.0
La Carcasse et le Tord-cou
1948

as Joseph Ferdinand Anselme Midot,aka 'Le tord-cou'

The Girl with the Whip
⭐ 0.0
The Girl with the Whip
1952

as Le tuteur

The Devil and the Ten Commandments
⭐ 5.5
The Devil and the Ten Commandments
1962

as Jérôme Chambard

Cavalcade of Love
⭐ 5.2
Cavalcade of Love
1939

as Diogène, Monseigneur de Beaupré & Lacouret

The New Rich
⭐ 7.0
The New Rich
1938

as Martinet

Arletty, Lady Paname
⭐ 6.0
Arletty, Lady Paname
2007

as Self (archive footage)

Saadia
⭐ 5.8
Saadia
1953

as Bou Rezza

Le Bonheur
⭐ 6.6
Le Bonheur
1934

as Noël Malpiaz

Strange Desire of Mr. Bard
⭐ 6.0
Strange Desire of Mr. Bard
1954

as Auguste Bard

The Vocation of André Carel
⭐ 5.3
The Vocation of André Carel
1925

as Gaston Lebeau

Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
⭐ 6.2
Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
1960

as Colonel Nanar, du cadre de réserve

Beautiful Star
⭐ 8.0
Beautiful Star
1938

as Léon

Boudu Saved from Drowning
⭐ 7.0
Boudu Saved from Drowning
1932

as Priape Boudu

Pivoine
⭐ 6.2
Pivoine
1929
Mister Taxi
⭐ 6.2
Mister Taxi
1952

as Pierre Verger

The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life
⭐ 7.2
The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life
1972

as Attorney Zorn

Vautrin the Thief
⭐ 7.6
Vautrin the Thief
1943

as Vautrin

Emile's Boat
⭐ 6.4
Emile's Boat
1962

as Charles-Edmond Larmentiel

The End of the Day
⭐ 6.6
The End of the Day
1939

as Ernest Cabrissade, eternal understudy

The House
⭐ 0.0
The House
1970

as Louis Compiegne

The Beauty of the Devil
⭐ 7.2
The Beauty of the Devil
1950

as Mephistopheles / Old Prof. Henri Faust

The Anatomy of Love
⭐ 6.4
The Anatomy of Love
1954

as Padre Silvio

Léopold le bien-aimé
⭐ 0.0
Léopold le bien-aimé
1934
La Chienne
⭐ 7.3
La Chienne
1931

as Maurice Legrand

Boys' School
⭐ 7.4
Boys' School
1938

as Lemel, le professeur de dessin

The Head
⭐ 5.0
The Head
1959

as Prof. Dr. Abel

The Sad Sack
⭐ 6.5
The Sad Sack
1928

as Joseph Turlot

The Lovers of the Pont Saint-Jean
⭐ 6.6
The Lovers of the Pont Saint-Jean
1947

as Alcide Garonne

Jean Renoir, le patron, 2e partie: La direction d'acteur
⭐ 9.0
Jean Renoir, le patron, 2e partie: La direction d'acteur
1967

as Self - Interviewee

The Twins of Brighton
⭐ 7.0
The Twins of Brighton
1936

as Labrosse

A Friend Will Come Tonight
⭐ 5.5
A Friend Will Come Tonight
1946

as Michel Lemaret

Carné, Prévert : drôle de duo
⭐ 0.0
Carné, Prévert : drôle de duo
2019

as Self (archive footage)

Deputy Eusèbe
⭐ 0.0
Deputy Eusèbe
1939

as Eusèbe Bonbonneau

Shop Girls of Paris
⭐ 6.8
Shop Girls of Paris
1943

as Baudu

Baby's Laxative
⭐ 5.7
Baby's Laxative
1931

as Chouilloux

Mémoires d'un flic
⭐ 0.0
Mémoires d'un flic
1956

as Principal Commissioner Henri Dominique

The Crowned Fish Tavern
⭐ 5.6
The Crowned Fish Tavern
1947

as Captain Palmer

The Two Truths
⭐ 9.0
The Two Truths
1951

as Cidoni

Comedy of Happiness
⭐ 6.4
Comedy of Happiness
1940

as Monsieur Jourdain

Paris - New-York
⭐ 7.0
Paris - New-York
1940

as Inspector Boucheron

Under Western Eyes
⭐ 6.2
Under Western Eyes
1936

as Lespara

La Bataille silencieuse
⭐ 0.0
La Bataille silencieuse
1937

as Sauvin

La joyeuse prison
⭐ 0.0
La joyeuse prison
1956

as Benoit, chief guard

The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan
⭐ 1.0
The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan
1975

as Erotologist

Girls of Paris
⭐ 4.0
Girls of Paris
1936

as Baron de Beaupoil / his brother

The Impossible Mr. Pipelet
⭐ 5.5
The Impossible Mr. Pipelet
1955

as Maurice Martin, concierge d'immeuble

Illegitimate Child
⭐ 6.0
Illegitimate Child
1930

as Lorédan

Behind the Facade
⭐ 7.8
Behind the Facade
1939

as Picking, knife-throwing artist

The Musicians of the Sky
⭐ 6.7
The Musicians of the Sky
1940

as Le capitaine Simon

La Plaie et le Couteau, Charles Baudelaire
⭐ 0.0
La Plaie et le Couteau, Charles Baudelaire
1967
Ecco
⭐ 4.3
Ecco
1963

as Self

Girl of the Golden West
⭐ 6.0
Girl of the Golden West
1942

as Butler

High and Low
⭐ 5.0
High and Low
1933

as M. Bodeletz

Naples Under the Kiss of Fire
⭐ 4.3
Naples Under the Kiss of Fire
1937

as Michel

Cinéastes de notre temps : Jean Vigo
⭐ 7.3
Cinéastes de notre temps : Jean Vigo
2012

as Self

Femmes de Paris
⭐ 6.5
Femmes de Paris
1953

as Professor Charles Buisson

Le Choc en retour
⭐ 0.0
Le Choc en retour
1937

as Laverdac

The Road to Damascus
⭐ 0.0
The Road to Damascus
1952

as Caïphe

The Red Ibis
⭐ 5.4
The Red Ibis
1975

as Zizi