Michel Simon

Acting • 1895-04-09 • Geneva, Switzerland

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

7.5

L'Atalante

1934

7.4

Port of Shadows

1938

8.0

The Passion of Joan of Arc

1928

6.9

Boudu Saved from Drowning

1932

7.3

La Chienne

1931

7.6

The Two of Us

1967

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Filmography

2022
Belmondo: The IncorrigibleFilm
★ 7.8
2021
Morceaux de CannesFilm
★ 2.0
2021
René Clair, tout entre nous n'était qu'un jeuFilm
Lui-même
2019
Carné, Prévert : drôle de duoFilm
Self (archive footage)
2012
Cinéastes de notre temps : Jean VigoFilm
Self
★ 7.2
2012
The Bardot mysteryFilm
★ 10.0
2007
Arletty, Lady PanameFilm
Self (archive footage)
★ 6.0
2001
Jean Vigo : le son retrouvéFilm
Le père Jules (archive footage)
★ 7.0
1978
Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinémaTV
Self (archive footage) • 3 episodes
★ 9.0
1977
Journey Through HistoryFilm
Self (archive footage)
1975
The Red IbisFilm
Zizi
★ 5.6
1975
The Butcher, the Star and the OrphanFilm
Erotologist
★ 5.0
1974
Spécial cinémaTV
Self (archive footage) • 1 episodes
★ 9.5
1972
The Most Wonderful Evening of My LifeFilm
Attorney Zorn
★ 7.2
1972
Le Grand ÉchiquierTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 8.0
1972
BlancheFilm
Master
★ 6.0
1971
Samedi soirTV
Self • 4 episodes
★ 6.0
1970
Let's Have a RiotFilm
Cavazza
★ 7.1
1970
The HouseFilm
Louis Compiegne
★ 10.0
1968
The Marriage Came Tumbling DownFilm
Le vieux Jéricho
★ 6.8
1967
The Two of UsFilm
Pépé
★ 7.6
1967
Jean Renoir, le patron, 2e partie: La direction d'acteurFilm
Self - Interviewee
★ 8.0
1967
La Plaie et le Couteau, Charles BaudelaireFilm
Un récitant
1966
Two Hours to KillFilm
Locker Attendant
★ 6.5
1965
Dim Dam DomTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 8.0
1965
Cinéastes de notre temps : Sacha GuitryFilm
Self - Interviewee
★ 7.0
1964
The TrainFilm
Papa Boul
★ 7.6
1964
Cyrano and d'ArtagnanFilm
Le Grognard
★ 5.9
1964
Michel SimonFilm
Self
1963
EccoFilm
Self
★ 4.7
1962
The Devil and the Ten CommandmentsFilm
Jérôme Chambard
★ 5.7
1962
Emile's BoatFilm
Charles-Edmond Larmentiel
★ 6.8
1960
AusterlitzFilm
Alboise
★ 6.7
1960
Candide or The Optimism in the 20th CenturyFilm
Colonel Nanar, du cadre de réserve
★ 6.4
1960
Pete the TenderFilm
Pierrot
★ 5.7
1959
The HeadFilm
Prof. Dr. Abel
★ 5.1
1959
DiscoramaTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 8.0
1958
It Happened in Broad DaylightFilm
Jacquier
★ 7.4
1958
A Certain Mr. JoFilm
Joseph "Jo" Guardini
★ 4.5
1957
Three Make a PairFilm
Commissaire Bernard
★ 5.1
1956
CinépanoramaTV
Self • 2 episodes
★ 8.7
1956
La joyeuse prisonFilm
Benoit, chief guard
★ 8.0
1956
Mémoires d'un flicFilm
Principal Commissioner Henri Dominique
★ 7.0
1955
The Impossible Mr. PipeletFilm
Maurice Martin, concierge d'immeuble
★ 6.0
1954
The Anatomy of LoveFilm
Padre Silvio
★ 6.4
1954
Strange Desire of Mr. BardFilm
Auguste Bard
★ 6.3
1954
Hungarian RhapsodyFilm
General von Sayn-Wittgenstein
★ 10.0
1954
Reflets de CannesTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 5.0
1954
At the Order of the CzarFilm
Prince de Sayn-Wittgenstein
★ 9.0
1953
The Virtuous ScoundrelFilm
Albert Ménard-Lacoste / Alain Ménard-Lacoste
★ 6.1
1953
SaadiaFilm
Bou Rezza
★ 6.0
1953
Femmes de ParisFilm
Professor Charles Buisson
★ 7.0
1953
The Merchant of VeniceFilm
Shylock
★ 6.7
1952
Hôtel des InvalidesFilm
Récitant / Narrator (voice)
★ 5.9
1952
Full HouseFilm
Commissioner Jules Maigret (segment "Le témoignage d'un enfant de choeur")
★ 6.9
1952
Mister TaxiFilm
Pierre Verger, « Monsieur Taxi »
★ 6.4
1952
Crimson CurtainFilm
Lucien Bertal / Léonard, his understudy / Banquo
★ 6.6
1952
The Girl with the WhipFilm
Le tuteur
★ 10.0
1952
The Road to DamascusFilm
Caïphe
★ 8.0
1951
PoisonFilm
Paul Louis Victor Braconnier
★ 7.2
1951
The Two TruthsFilm
Cidoni
★ 9.0
1950
The Beauty of the DevilFilm
Mephistopheles / Old Prof. Henri Faust
★ 7.2
1949
FabiolaFilm
Senator Fabius Severus
★ 5.8
1948
La Carcasse et le Tord-couFilm
Joseph Ferdinand Anselme Midot,aka 'Le tord-cou'
★ 10.0
1947
PaniqueFilm
Monsieur Hire
★ 7.4
1947
Not GuiltyFilm
Doctor Michel Ancelin
★ 7.4
1947
The Lovers of the Pont Saint-JeanFilm
Alcide Garonne
★ 6.9
1947
The Crowned Fish TavernFilm
Captain Palmer
★ 6.6
1946
A Friend Will Come TonightFilm
Michel Lemaret
★ 6.2
1943
Shop Girls of ParisFilm
Baudu
★ 7.1
1943
Vautrin the ThiefFilm
Vautrin
★ 7.9
1942
Girl of the Golden WestFilm
Butler
★ 6.5
1941
ToscaFilm
Il barone Scarpia
★ 6.2
1941
The King's JesterFilm
Rigoletto
★ 7.0
1940
Comedy of HappinessFilm
Monsieur Jourdain
★ 7.0
1940
Paris - New-YorkFilm
Inspector Boucheron
★ 7.0
1940
The Musicians of the SkyFilm
Le capitaine Simon
★ 7.5
1939
Fric-FracFilm
Jo
★ 6.1
1939
The End of the DayFilm
Ernest Cabrissade, eternal understudy
★ 6.8
1939
Extenuating CircumstancesFilm
Mr. Gaetan Le Sentencier
★ 6.7
1939
The Last TurningFilm
Nick Marino
★ 6.5
1939
Behind the FacadeFilm
Picking, knife-throwing artist
★ 7.7
1939
CocoanutFilm
Josserand
★ 6.6
1939
Cavalcade of LoveFilm
Diogène, Monseigneur de Beaupré & Lacouret
★ 5.8
1939
Deputy EusèbeFilm
Eusèbe Bonbonneau
★ 10.0
1938
Port of ShadowsFilm
Zabel
★ 7.4
1938
Boys' SchoolFilm
Lemel, le professeur de dessin
★ 7.4
1938
Mother LoveFilm
Michel Quercy
★ 6.3
1938
Beautiful StarFilm
Léon
★ 8.2
1938
The StreamFilm
Counr Edouard de Bourgogne, aka 'L'Escargot'
★ 6.8
1938
The New RichFilm
Martinet
★ 8.5
1938
MiragesFilm
Michel
★ 7.0
1937
Bizarre, BizarreFilm
Irwin Molyneux, alias Félix Chapel
★ 7.0
1937
Naples Under the Kiss of FireFilm
Michel
★ 4.8
1937
Le Choc en retourFilm
Laverdac
★ 10.0
1937
Boulot aviateurFilm
Baron Gobèche
★ 10.0
1937
La Bataille silencieuseFilm
Sauvin
★ 8.0
1936
Let's Make a DreamFilm
Un Invité (Prologue)
★ 6.9
1936
Under Western EyesFilm
Lespara
★ 6.3
1936
The Fleeing DeadFilm
Achille Baluchet
★ 7.1
1936
The Twins of BrightonFilm
Labrosse
★ 7.0
1936
MoutonnetFilm
Frècheville
★ 9.0
1936
Girls of ParisFilm
Baron de Beaupoil / his brother
★ 5.5
1935
Lovers and ThievesFilm
Doizeau
★ 7.0
1935
Adémaï au Moyen ÂgeFilm
Lord Pickwickdam
★ 7.0
1935
Le Bébé de l'escadronFilm
Perrot-Joly
★ 7.0
1935
A Bum DealFilm
Boudu
1934
L'AtalanteFilm
Père Jules
★ 7.5
1934
Le BonheurFilm
Noël Malpiaz
★ 6.7
1934
Ladies LakeFilm
Oscar Lyssenhop
★ 4.3
1934
Léopold le bien-aiméFilm
★ 9.0
1933
High and LowFilm
M. Bodeletz
★ 5.7
1933
Miquette and Her MotherFilm
Monchablon, un médiocre acteur de tournées, qui fait la cour à Miquette
★ 7.5
1932
Boudu Saved from DrowningFilm
Priape Boudu
★ 6.9
1932
BaleydierFilm
★ 9.0
1931
La ChienneFilm
Maurice Legrand
★ 7.3
1931
Baby's LaxativeFilm
Chouilloux
★ 5.7
1931
Jean of the MoonFilm
Clothaire dit Clo-Clo
★ 6.5
1930
Illegitimate ChildFilm
Lorédan
★ 7.0
1929
PivoineFilm
★ 6.8
1928
The Passion of Joan of ArcFilm
Jean Lemaître
★ 8.0
1928
The Sad SackFilm
Joseph Turlot
★ 6.7
1925
The Late Mathias PascalFilm
Jérôme Pomino
★ 7.0
1925
The Vocation of André CarelFilm
Gaston Lebeau
★ 5.6
1924
The Gallery of MonstersFilm
★ 7.5