Michel Simon

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Known For Acting

Known Credits 121

Gender Male

Birthday April 9, 1895

Day of Death May 30, 1975 (80 years old)

Place of Birth Geneva, Switzerland

Also Known As

Мишель Симон
Michel François Joseph Simon
François Joseph Simon

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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

Acting

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as Cidoni

2021

as Lui-même

2012

as Self

2007

as Self (archive footage)

2001

as Le père Jules (archive footage)

1990

(2 episodes) as Self (archive footage)

1978

(3 episodes) as Self (archive footage)

1977

as Self (archive footage)

1975		The Red Ibis as Zizi
1975		The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan as Erotologist

1974

(1 episode) as Self (archive footage)

1972		The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life as Attorney Zorn
1972		Blanche as Master
1972		Le Grand Échiquier (1 episode) as Self

1971

(4 episodes) as Self

1970		The House as Louis Compiegne
1970		Let's Have a Riot as Cavazza

1968

as Le vieux Jéricho

1967		The Two of Us as Pépé
1967		Jean Renoir, le patron, 2e partie: La direction d'acteur as Self - Interviewee

1966

as Locker Attendant

1965		Cinéastes de notre temps : Sacha Guitry as Self - Interviewee
1965		Dim Dam Dom (1 episode) as Self

1964		Cyrano and d'Artagnan as Le Grognard
1964		The Train as Papa Boul

1963

as Self

1962		The Devil and the Ten Commandments as Jérôme Chambard
1962		Emile's Boat as Charles-Edmond Larmentiel

1960		Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century as Colonel Nanar, du cadre de réserve
1960		Pete the Tender as Pierrot
1960		The Battle of Austerlitz as Alboise

1959		The Head as Prof. Dr. Abel
1959		Discorama (1 episode) as Self

1958		It Happened in Broad Daylight as Jacquier
1958		A Certain Mr. Jo as Joseph "Jo" Guardini

1957

as Commissaire Bernard

1956		La joyeuse prison as Benoit, chief guard
1956		Cinépanorama (2 episodes) as Self
1956		Mémoires d'un flic as Principal Commissioner Henri Dominique

1955

as Maurice Martin, concierge d'immeuble

1954		At the Order of the Czar as Prince de Sayn-Wittgenstein
1954		Hungarian Rhapsody as General von Sayn-Wittgenstein
1954		Reflets de Cannes (1 episode) as Self
1954		The Anatomy of Love as Padre Silvio
1954		Strange Desire of Mr. Bard as Auguste Bard

1953		Saadia as Bou Rezza
1953		The Merchant of Venice as Shylock
1953		Femmes de Paris as Professor Charles Buisson
1953		The Virtuous Scoundrel as Albert Ménard-Lacoste / Alain Ménard-Lacoste

1952		Hôtel des Invalides as Récitant / Narrator (voice)
1952		The Road to Damascus as Caïphe
1952		Crimson Curtain as Lucien Bertal / Léonard, his understudy / Banquo
1952		Full House as Commissioner Jules Maigret (segment "Le témoignage d'un enfant de choeur")
1952		The Girl with the Whip as Le tuteur
1952		Mister Taxi as Pierre Verger

1951		The Two Truths as Cidoni
1951		Poison as Paul Louis Victor Braconnier

1950

as Mephistopheles / Old Prof. Henri Faust

1949

as Senator Fabius Severus

1948

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

1947		The Lovers of the Pont Saint-Jean as Alcide Garonne
1947		Not Guilty as Docteur Ancelin
1947		The Crowned Fish Tavern as Captain Palmer
1947		Panic as Monsieur Hire

1946

as Michel Lemaret

1943		Vautrin the Thief as Vautrin
1943		Shop Girls of Paris as Baudu

1942

as Butler

1941		The King's Jester as Rigoletto
1941		Tosca as Il barone Scarpia

1940		Comedy of Happiness as Monsieur Jourdain
1940		The Musicians of the Sky as Le capitaine Simon
1940		Paris - New-York as Le commissaire Boucheron

1939		Cavalcade of Love as Diogène, Monseigneur de Beaupré & Lacouret
1939		Extenuating Circumstances as Mr. Gaetan Le Sentencier
1939		Fric-Frac as Jo
1939		The Last Turning as Nick Marino
1939		The End of the Day as Ernest Cabrissade, eternal understudy
1939		Behind the Facade as Picking, knife-throwing artist
1939		Deputy Eusèbe as Eusèbe Bonbonneau
1939		Cocoanut as Josserand

1938		Beautiful Star as Léon
1938		Mother Love as Michel Quercy
1938		The Stream as le comte Edouard de Bourgogne
1938		The New Rich as Martinet
1938		Port of Shadows as Zabel
1938		Boys' School as Lemel, le professeur de dessin
1938		Mirages as Michel

1937		Naples Under the Kiss of Fire as Michel
1937		Bizarre, Bizarre as Irwin Molyneux, alias Félix Chapel
1937		La Bataille silencieuse as Sauvin
1937		Boulot aviateur as Baron Gobèche
1937		Le Choc en retour as Laverdac

1936		Let's Make a Dream as Un Invité (Prologue)
1936		Girls of Paris
1936		The Twins of Brighton as Labrosse
1936		Moutonnet as Frècheville
1936		Under Western Eyes as Lespara
1936		The Fleeing Dead as Achille Baluchet

1935		Le Bébé de l'escadron as Perrot-Joly
1935		Lovers and Thieves as Doizeau
1935		Adémaï au Moyen Âge as Lord Pickwickdam
1935		A Bum Deal as Boudu

1934		Le Bonheur as Noël Malpiaz
1934		Ladies Lake as Oscar Lyssenhop
1934		L'Atalante as Père Jules
1934		Miquette and Her Mother as Monchablon, un médiocre acteur de tournées, qui fait la cour à Miquette
1934		Léopold le bien-aimé

1933

as M. Bodeletz

1932		Boudu Saved from Drowning as Priape Boudu
1932		Baleydier

1931		La Chienne as Maurice Legrand
1931		Baby's Laxative as Chouilloux
1931		Jean of the Moon as Jean de la Lune

1930

as Lorédan

1929

1928		The Sad Sack as Joseph Turlot
1928		The Passion of Joan of Arc as Jean Lemaître

1925		The Late Mathias Pascal as Jérôme Pomino
1925		The Vocation of André Carel as Gaston Lebeau

1924

Writing

1941

… Screenplay

Production

1932

… Producer

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