Michel Simon

Michel Simon

Acting
Born Apr 09, 1895
From Geneva, Switzerland
Died May 30, 1975

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

Filmography — Acting

The Passion of Joan of Arc
8.0
1928

The Passion of Joan of Arc

Jean Lemaître

The Train
7.6
1964

The Train

Papa Boul

Mister Taxi
6.2
1952

Mister Taxi

Pierre Verger, « Monsieur Taxi »

The Battle of Austerlitz
6.6
1960

The Battle of Austerlitz

Alboise

The Devil and the Ten Commandments
5.5
1962

The Devil and the Ten Commandments

Jérôme Chambard

Fabiola
5.4
1949

Fabiola

Senator Fabius Severus

Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
6.2
1960

Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century

Colonel Nanar, du cadre de réserve

L'Atalante
7.5
1934

L'Atalante

Père Jules

Port of Shadows
7.4
1938

Port of Shadows

Zabel

Emile's Boat
6.4
1962

Emile's Boat

Charles-Edmond Larmentiel

Boudu Saved from Drowning
7.0
1932

Boudu Saved from Drowning

Priape Boudu

The Beauty of the Devil
7.2
1950

The Beauty of the Devil

Mephistopheles / Old Prof. Henri Faust

The Anatomy of Love
6.4
1954

The Anatomy of Love

Padre Silvio

La Chienne
7.3
1931

La Chienne

Maurice Legrand

It Happened in Broad Daylight
7.4
1958

It Happened in Broad Daylight

Jacquier

Blanche
6.0
1972

Blanche

Master

The Stream
6.7
1938

The Stream

Counr Edouard de Bourgogne, aka 'L'Escargot'

Belmondo: The Incorrigible
8.2
2022

Belmondo: The Incorrigible

The Last Turning
6.3
1939

The Last Turning

Nick Marino

Poison
7.2
1951

Poison

Paul Louis Victor Braconnier

Panic
7.4
1947

Panic

Monsieur Hire

The End of the Day
6.7
1939

The End of the Day

Ernest Cabrissade, eternal understudy

The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life
7.2
1972

The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life

Attorney Zorn

Saadia
5.8
1953

Saadia

Bou Rezza

Ladies Lake
3.6
1934

Ladies Lake

Oscar Lyssenhop

Cyrano and d'Artagnan
5.8
1964

Cyrano and d'Artagnan

Le Grognard

Le Bonheur
6.6
1934

Le Bonheur

Noël Malpiaz

The House
1970

The House

Louis Compiegne

Under Western Eyes
6.2
1936

Under Western Eyes

Lespara

Behind the Facade
7.8
1939

Behind the Facade

Picking, knife-throwing artist

Boys' School
7.4
1938

Boys' School

Lemel, le professeur de dessin

Paris - New-York
7.0
1940

Paris - New-York

Inspector Boucheron

Vautrin the Thief
7.6
1943

Vautrin the Thief

Vautrin

Tosca
5.3
1941

Tosca

Il barone Scarpia

Fric-Frac
6.0
1939

Fric-Frac

Jo

A Friend Will Come Tonight
5.5
1946

A Friend Will Come Tonight

Michel Lemaret

Baby's Laxative
5.6
1931

Baby's Laxative

Chouilloux

Shop Girls of Paris
6.8
1943

Shop Girls of Paris

Baudu

Femmes de Paris
6.5
1953

Femmes de Paris

Professor Charles Buisson

Ecco
4.3
1963

Ecco

Self

Crimson Curtain
6.2
1952

Crimson Curtain

Lucien Bertal / Léonard, his understudy / Banquo

The Impossible Mr. Pipelet
5.5
1955

The Impossible Mr. Pipelet

Maurice Martin, concierge d'immeuble

A Certain Mr. Jo
1.0
1958

A Certain Mr. Jo

Joseph "Jo" Guardini

Deputy Eusèbe
1939

Deputy Eusèbe

Eusèbe Bonbonneau

Extenuating Circumstances
6.6
1939

Extenuating Circumstances

Mr. Gaetan Le Sentencier

The Gallery of Monsters
7.5
1924

The Gallery of Monsters

Let's Make a Dream
6.7
1936

Let's Make a Dream

Un Invité (Prologue)

Let's Have a Riot
6.9
1970

Let's Have a Riot

Cavazza

Full House
6.7
1952

Full House

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

The Two of Us
7.6
1967

The Two of Us

Pépé

Beautiful Star
8.0
1938

Beautiful Star

Léon

The Marriage Came Tumbling Down
5.9
1968

The Marriage Came Tumbling Down

Le vieux Jéricho

Pete the Tender
5.4
1960

Pete the Tender

Pierrot

The Head
5.0
1959

The Head

Prof. Dr. Abel

Girls of Paris
4.0
1936

Girls of Paris

Baron de Beaupoil / his brother

Bizarre, Bizarre
6.9
1937

Bizarre, Bizarre

Irwin Molyneux, alias Félix Chapel

Two Hours to Kill
6.3
1966

Two Hours to Kill

Locker Attendant

The Virtuous Scoundrel
5.9
1953

The Virtuous Scoundrel

Albert Ménard-Lacoste / Alain Ménard-Lacoste

At the Order of the Czar
1954

At the Order of the Czar

Prince de Sayn-Wittgenstein

Comedy of Happiness
6.4
1940

Comedy of Happiness

Monsieur Jourdain

The Late Mathias Pascal
7.0
1925

The Late Mathias Pascal

Jérôme Pomino

The New Rich
7.0
1938

The New Rich

Martinet

Journey Through History
1977

Journey Through History

Self (archive footage)

The Girl with the Whip
1952

The Girl with the Whip

Le tuteur

Morceaux de Cannes
2.0
2021

Morceaux de Cannes

Hungarian Rhapsody
1954

Hungarian Rhapsody

General von Sayn-Wittgenstein

Three Make a Pair
4.8
1957

Three Make a Pair

Commissaire Bernard

The Red Ibis
5.4
1975

The Red Ibis

Zizi

Pivoine
6.2
1929

Pivoine

Not Guilty
7.5
1947

Not Guilty

Doctor Michel Ancelin

Strange Desire of Mr. Bard
6.0
1954

Strange Desire of Mr. Bard

Auguste Bard

The Musicians of the Sky
6.7
1940

The Musicians of the Sky

Le capitaine Simon

Jean of the Moon
6.0
1931

Jean of the Moon

Jean de la Lune

The Merchant of Venice
5.0
1953

The Merchant of Venice

Shylock

Hôtel des Invalides
5.8
1952

Hôtel des Invalides

Récitant / Narrator (voice)

Miquette and Her Mother
7.0
1933

Miquette and Her Mother

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

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

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

Self - Interviewee

Moutonnet
1936

Moutonnet

Frècheville

Girl of the Golden West
6.0
1942

Girl of the Golden West

Butler

The Lovers of the Pont Saint-Jean
6.6
1947

The Lovers of the Pont Saint-Jean

Alcide Garonne

The Crowned Fish Tavern
5.6
1947

The Crowned Fish Tavern

Captain Palmer

The Fleeing Dead
7.1
1936

The Fleeing Dead

Achille Baluchet

Cavalcade of Love
5.2
1939

Cavalcade of Love

Diogène, Monseigneur de Beaupré & Lacouret

Le Choc en retour
1937

Le Choc en retour

Laverdac

The Twins of Brighton
7.0
1936

The Twins of Brighton

Labrosse

Lovers and Thieves
1935

Lovers and Thieves

Doizeau

High and Low
5.0
1933

High and Low

M. Bodeletz

The Two Truths
9.0
1951

The Two Truths

Cidoni

The Sad Sack
6.4
1928

The Sad Sack

Joseph Turlot

The King's Jester
1941

The King's Jester

Rigoletto

Mother Love
6.2
1938

Mother Love

Michel Quercy

Mémoires d'un flic
1956

Mémoires d'un flic

Principal Commissioner Henri Dominique

1965

Cinéastes de notre temps : Sacha Guitry

Self - Interviewee

The Road to Damascus
1952

The Road to Damascus

Caïphe

Mirages
7.0
1938

Mirages

Michel

Illegitimate Child
6.0
1930

Illegitimate Child

Lorédan

Carné, Prévert : drôle de duo
2019

Carné, Prévert : drôle de duo

Self (archive footage)

1932

Baleydier

La Carcasse et le Tord-cou
1948

La Carcasse et le Tord-cou

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

The Vocation of André Carel
5.3
1925

The Vocation of André Carel

Gaston Lebeau

2021

René Clair, tout entre nous n'était qu'un jeu

Lui-même

The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan
1.0
1975

The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan

Erotologist

1935

A Bum Deal

Boudu

La joyeuse prison
1956

La joyeuse prison

Benoit, chief guard

Cocoanut
6.5
1939

Cocoanut

Josserand

La Bataille silencieuse
1937

La Bataille silencieuse

Sauvin

Cinéastes de notre temps : Jean Vigo
7.3
2012

Cinéastes de notre temps : Jean Vigo

Self

Naples Under the Kiss of Fire
4.3
1937

Naples Under the Kiss of Fire

Michel

Le Bébé de l'escadron
1935

Le Bébé de l'escadron

Perrot-Joly

Léopold le bien-aimé
1934

Léopold le bien-aimé

6.3

Les Deux Réalités

Cidoni

Arletty, Lady Paname
6.0
2007

Arletty, Lady Paname

Self (archive footage)

1935

Adémaï au Moyen Âge

Lord Pickwickdam

La Plaie et le Couteau, Charles Baudelaire
1967

La Plaie et le Couteau, Charles Baudelaire

Jean Vigo : le son retrouvé
7.0
2001

Jean Vigo : le son retrouvé

Le père Jules (archive footage)

Boulot aviateur
1937

Boulot aviateur

Baron Gobèche

The Bardot mystery
2012

The Bardot mystery

Filmography — Crew