Acting
Michel Simon
FR, IT, EN, DE cinema · 118 credits
Born
9 April 1895
Died
30 May 1975 (aged 80)
Birthplace
Geneva, Switzerland
Also known as Michel François Joseph Simon · François Joseph Simon · Франсуа Мишель Симон
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
Carné, Prévert : drôle de duo
as Self (archive footage)
Arletty, Lady Paname
as Self (archive footage)
Jean Vigo : le son retrouvé
as Le père Jules (archive footage)
Journey Through History
as Self (archive footage)
The Red Ibis
as Zizi
The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan
as Erotologist
The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life
as Attorney Zorn
Blanche
as Master
The House
as Louis Compiegne
Let's Have a Riot
as Cavazza
The Marriage Came Tumbling Down
as Le vieux Jéricho
The Two of Us
as Pépé
Jean Renoir, le patron, 2e partie: La direction d'acteur
as Self - Interviewee
Two Hours to Kill
as Locker Attendant
Cinéastes de notre temps : Sacha Guitry
1965
Cinéastes de notre temps : Sacha Guitry
as Self - Interviewee
The Train
as Papa Boul
Cyrano and d'Artagnan
as Le Grognard
Ecco
as Self
Emile's Boat
as Charles-Edmond Larmentiel
The Devil and the Ten Commandments
as Jérôme Chambard
Austerlitz
as Alboise
Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
as Colonel Nanar, du cadre de réserve
Pete the Tender
as Pierrot
The Head
as Prof. Dr. Abel
It Happened in Broad Daylight
as Jacquier
A Certain Mr. Jo
as Joseph "Jo" Guardini
Three Make a Pair
as Commissaire Bernard
La joyeuse prison
as Benoit, chief guard
Mémoires d'un flic
as Principal Commissioner Henri Dominique
The Impossible Mr. Pipelet
as Maurice Martin, concierge d'immeuble
Strange Desire of Mr. Bard
as Auguste Bard
Hungarian Rhapsody
as General von Sayn-Wittgenstein
The Anatomy of Love
as Padre Silvio
At the Order of the Czar
as Prince de Sayn-Wittgenstein
Femmes de Paris
as Professor Charles Buisson
The Virtuous Scoundrel
as Albert Ménard-Lacoste / Alain Ménard-Lacoste
Saadia
as Bou Rezza
The Merchant of Venice
as Shylock
Crimson Curtain
as Lucien Bertal / Léonard, his understudy / Banquo
Mister Taxi
as Pierre Verger, « Monsieur Taxi »
The Road to Damascus
as Caïphe
Hôtel des Invalides
as Récitant / Narrator (voice)
Full House
as Commissioner Jules Maigret (segment "Le témoignage d'un enfant de choeur")
The Girl with the Whip
as Le tuteur
Poison
as Paul Louis Victor Braconnier
The Two Truths
as Cidoni
The Beauty of the Devil
as Mephistopheles / Old Prof. Henri Faust
Fabiola
as Senator Fabius Severus
La Carcasse et le Tord-cou
as Joseph Ferdinand Anselme Midot,aka 'Le tord-cou'
Panique
as Monsieur Hire
Not Guilty
as Doctor Michel Ancelin
The Crowned Fish Tavern
as Captain Palmer
The Lovers of the Pont Saint-Jean
as Alcide Garonne
A Friend Will Come Tonight
as Michel Lemaret
Vautrin the Thief
as Vautrin
Shop Girls of Paris
as Baudu
Girl of the Golden West
as Butler
The King's Jester
as Rigoletto, Screenplay
Tosca
as Il barone Scarpia
Comedy of Happiness
as Monsieur Jourdain
Paris - New-York
as Inspector Boucheron
The Musicians of the Sky
as Le capitaine Simon
The Last Turning
as Nick Marino
Extenuating Circumstances
as Mr. Gaetan Le Sentencier
Cocoanut
as Josserand
Deputy Eusèbe
as Eusèbe Bonbonneau
The End of the Day
as Ernest Cabrissade, eternal understudy
Behind the Facade
as Picking, knife-throwing artist
Cavalcade of Love
as Diogène, Monseigneur de Beaupré & Lacouret
Boys' School
as Lemel, le professeur de dessin
Port of Shadows
as Zabel
Mother Love
as Michel Quercy
The Stream
as Counr Edouard de Bourgogne, aka 'L'Escargot'
The New Rich
as Martinet
Mirages
as Michel
Beautiful Star
as Léon
Boulot aviateur
as Baron Gobèche
Bizarre, Bizarre
as Irwin Molyneux, alias Félix Chapel
La Bataille silencieuse
as Sauvin
Le Choc en retour
as Laverdac
Moutonnet
as Frècheville
Girls of Paris
as Baron de Beaupoil / his brother
Under Western Eyes
as Lespara
The Fleeing Dead
as Achille Baluchet
Let's Make a Dream
as Un Invité (Prologue)
The Twins of Brighton
as Labrosse
Le Bébé de l'escadron
as Perrot-Joly
Lovers and Thieves
as Doizeau
Adémaï au Moyen Âge
1935
Adémaï au Moyen Âge
as Lord Pickwickdam
L'Atalante
as Père Jules
Ladies Lake
as Oscar Lyssenhop
Le Bonheur
as Noël Malpiaz
High and Low
as M. Bodeletz
Miquette and Her Mother
as Monchablon, un médiocre acteur de tournées, qui fait la cour à Miquette
Boudu Saved from Drowning
as Priape Boudu, Producer
La Chienne
as Maurice Legrand
Baby's Laxative
as Chouilloux
Jean of the Moon
as Clothaire dit Clo-Clo, Director
Illegitimate Child
as Lorédan
Pivoine
Actor
The Sad Sack
as Joseph Turlot
The Passion of Joan of Arc
as Jean Lemaître
The Late Mathias Pascal
as Jérôme Pomino
The Vocation of André Carel
as Gaston Lebeau
