About

Known credits:
114
Birthday:
1895-04-09
Place of birth:
Geneva, Switzerland
Website:
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Michel Simon

Overview

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

Acting
2021 René Clair, tout entre nous n'était qu'un jeu Actor Lui-même N/A
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2012 Cinéastes de notre temps : Jean Vigo Actor Self 59
Average
2008 Spisok korabley Actor Le Père Jules (archive footage) 60
Fair
2007 Arletty, Lady Paname Actor Self (archive footage) 59
Average
2001 Jean Vigo : le son retrouvé Actor Le père Jules (archive footage) 59
Average
1977 Journey Through History Actor Self (archive footage) N/A
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1975 The Red Ibis Actor Zizi 58
Average
1975 The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan Actor The erotologist N/A
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1972 The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life Actor Attorney Zorn 60
Fair
1972 Blanche Actor Master 58
Average
1970 The House Actor Louis Compiegne N/A
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1970 Let's Have a Riot Actor Cavazza 59
Average
1968 The Marriage Came Tumbling Down Actor Le vieux Jéricho 59
Average
1967 The Two of Us Actor Pépé 61
Fair
1967 Jean Renoir, le patron, 2e partie: La direction d'acteur Actor Self - Interviewee 59
Average
1966 Two Hours to Kill Actor Locker Attendant 59
Average
1965 Cinéastes de notre temps : Sacha Guitry Actor Self - Interviewee N/A
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1964 Cyrano and d'Artagnan Actor Le Grognard 59
Average
1964 The Train Actor Papa Boul 65
Fair
1963 Ecco Actor Self 58
Average
1962 The Devil and the Ten Commandments Actor Jérôme Chambard 58
Average
1962 Emile's Boat Actor Charles-Edmond Larmentiel 59
Average
1960 Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century Actor Colonel Nanar, du cadre de réserve 59
Average
1960 Pete the Tender Actor Pierrot 59
Average
1960 The Battle of Austerlitz Actor Alboise 59
Average
1959 The Head Actor Prof. Dr. Abel 58
Average
1958 It Happened in Broad Daylight Actor Jacquier 62
Fair
1958 A Certain Mr. Jo Actor Joseph "Jo" Guardini 58
Average
1957 Three Make a Pair Actor Commissaire Bernard 58
Average
1956 La joyeuse prison Actor Benoit, the chief guard N/A
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1956 Mémoires d'un flic Actor Principal Commissioner Henri Dominique N/A
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1955 The Impossible Mr. Pipelet Actor Maurice Martin, concierge d'immeuble 59
Average
1954 At the Order of the Czar Actor Prince de Sayn-Wittgenstein N/A
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1954 Hungarian Rhapsody Actor General von Sayn-Wittgenstein N/A
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1954 The Anatomy of Love Actor Padre Silvio 59
Average
1954 Strange Desire of Mr. Bard Actor Auguste Bard 58
Average
1953 Saadia Actor Bou Rezza 59
Average
1953 The Merchant of Venice Actor Shylock 59
Average
1953 Femmes de Paris Actor Professeur Charles Buisson 59
Average
1953 The Virtuous Scoundrel Actor Albert et Alain Ménard-Lacoste 59
Average
1952 Hôtel des Invalides Actor Récitant / Narrator (voice) 58
Average
1952 The Road to Damascus Actor Caïphe N/A
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1952 Crimson Curtain Actor Lucien Bertal / Léonard, his understudy / Banquo 59
Average
1952 Full House Actor Le commissaire Jules Maigret 59
Average
1952 The Girl with the Whip Actor Le tuteur N/A
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1952 Monsieur Taxi Actor Pierre Verger 60
Fair
1951 The Two Truths Actor Cidoni 59
Average
1951 Poison Actor Paul Louis Victor Braconnier 60
Fair
1950 The Beauty of the Devil Actor Mephistopheles / Old Prof. Henri Faust 60
Fair
1949 Fabiola Actor Senator Fabius Severus 59
Average
1948 La Carcasse et le Tord-cou Actor Joseph Ferdinand Anselme Midot,aka 'Le tord-cou' N/A
N/A
1947 The Lovers of the Pont Saint-Jean Actor Alcide Garonne 59
Average
1947 Not Guilty Actor Docteur Ancelin 59
Average
1947 The Crowned Fish Tavern Actor Captain Palmer 59
Average
1947 Panic Actor Monsieur Hire 61
Fair
1946 A Friend Will Come Tonight Actor Michel Lemaret 59
Average
1943 Vautrin the Thief Actor Vautrin 59
Average
1943 Shop Girls of Paris Actor Baudu 59
Average
1942 Girl of the Golden West Actor Butler 59
Average
1941 The King's Jester Actor Rigoletto N/A
N/A
1941 Tosca Actor Il barone Scarpia 58
Average
1940 Comedy of Happiness Actor Monsieur Jourdain 59
Average
1940 The Musicians of the Sky Actor Le capitaine Simon 59
Average
1940 Paris-New York Actor Le commissaire Boucheron 59
Average
1939 Cavalcade of Love Actor Diogène, Monseigneur de Beaupré & Lacouret 58
Average
1939 Extenuating Circumstances Actor M. Gaetan, "Le Sentencier" 59
Average
1939 Fric-Frac Actor Jo 59
Average
1939 The Last Turning Actor Nick Marino 59
Average
1939 The End of the Day Actor Cabrissade, l'éternelle doublure 59
Average
1939 Behind the Facade Actor Picking, l'artiste lanceur de couteaux 59
Average
1939 Deputy Eusèbe Actor Eusèbe Bonbonneau N/A
N/A
1939 Cocoanut Actor Josserand 59
Average
1938 Beautiful Star Actor Léon 59
Average
1938 Mother Love Actor Michel Quercy 59
Average
1938 The Stream Actor le comte Edouard de Bourgogne 58
Average
1938 The New Rich Actor Martinet 59
Average
1938 Port of Shadows Actor Zabel 64
Fair
1938 Boys' School Actor Lemel, le professeur de dessin 60
Fair
1938 Mirages Actor Michel 59
Average
1937 Naples Under the Kiss of Fire Actor Michel 58
Average
1937 Drôle de Drame Actor Irwin Molyneux, alias Félix Chapel 60
Fair
1937 La Bataille silencieuse Actor Sauvin N/A
N/A
1937 Boulot aviateur Actor N/A
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1937 Le Choc en retour Actor Laverdac N/A
N/A
1936 Let's Make a Dream Actor Un Invité (Prologue) 59
Average
1936 Girls of Paris Actor 58
Average
1936 The Twins of Brighton Actor Labrosse 58
Average
1936 Moutonnet Actor Frècheville N/A
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1936 Under Western Eyes Actor Lespara 59
Average
1936 The Fleeing Dead Actor Achille Baluchet 59
Average
1935 Le Bébé de l'escadron Actor Perrot-Joly N/A
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1935 Lovers and Thieves Actor Doizeau N/A
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1935 A Bum Deal Actor Boudu N/A
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1935 Adémaï au Moyen Âge Actor Lord Pickwickdam N/A
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1934 Le Bonheur Actor Noël Malpiaz 59
Average
1934 Ladies Lake Actor Oscar Lyssenhop 58
Average
1934 L'Atalante Actor Père Jules 66
Fair
1934 Miquette and Her Mother Actor Monchablon, un médiocre acteur de tournées, qui fait la cour à Miquette 59
Average
1934 Léopold le bien-aimé Actor N/A
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1933 High and Low Actor M. Bodeletz 58
Average
1932 Boudu Saved from Drowning Actor Priape Boudu 60
Fair
1932 Baleydier Actor N/A
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1931 La Chienne Actor Maurice Legrand 61
Fair
1931 Baby's Laxative Actor Chouilloux 58
Average
1931 Jean of the Moon Actor Jean de la Lune 59
Average
1930 Illegitimate Child Actor Lorédan 59
Average
1929 Pivoine Actor 59
Average
1928 The Sad Sack Actor Joseph Turlot 59
Average
1928 The Passion of Joan of Arc Actor Jean Lemaître 72
Good
1925 The Late Mathias Pascal Actor Jérôme Pomino 59
Average
1925 The Vocation of André Carel Actor Gaston Lebeau 58
Average
Les Deux Réalités Actor Cidoni 59
Average

Writing
1941 The King's Jester Writing Screenplay N/A
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Production
1932 Boudu Saved from Drowning Production Producer 60
Fair