Michel Simon

Personal Info

Birthday

April 9, 1895

Day of Death

1975-05-30

(80 years old)

Place of Birth

Geneva, Switzerland

Also Known As

Мишель Симон

Michel François Joseph Simon

François Joseph Simon

Michel Simon

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

The Train

The Passion of Joan of Arc

Port of Shadows

L'Atalante

The Battle of Austerlitz

It Happened in Broad Daylight

The Head

Blanche

Filmography

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