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).

Most Famous Work

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8

Le Grand Échiquier

(1972) Self

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6

Dim Dam Dom

(1965) Self

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0

Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma

(1978) Self (archive footage)

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8

The Train

(1964) Papa Boul

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8

The Passion of Joan of Arc

(1928) Jean Lemaître

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7

La Chienne

(1931) Maurice Legrand

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8

Port of Shadows

(1938) Zabel

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7

It Happened in Broad Daylight

(1958) Jacquier

Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
2021	Lui-même	René Clair, tout entre nous n'était qu'un jeu 2021-02-09 Movie
2012	Self	Cinéastes de notre temps : Jean Vigo 2012-10-08 Movie
2001	Le père Jules (archive footage)	Jean Vigo : le son retrouvé 2001-12-04 Movie
1990	Lui-même	Star Life 1990-08-04 TV Show
1978	Self (archive footage)	Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma 1978-09-24 TV Show
1977	Self (archive footage)	Journey Through History 1977-01-01 Movie
1975	Zizi	The Red Ibis 1975-05-21 Movie
1974	Self (archive footage)	Spécial cinéma 1974-09-25 TV Show
1972	Attorney Zorn	The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life 1972-12-22 Movie
	Master	Blanche 1972-01-26 Movie
	Self	Le Grand Échiquier 1972-01-12 TV Show
1971	Self	Samedi soir 1971-01-09 TV Show
1970	Louis Compiegne	The House 1970-08-26 Movie
	Cavazza	Let's Have a Riot 1970-03-19 Movie
1968	Le vieux Jéricho	The Marriage Came Tumbling Down 1968-06-07 Movie
1967	Pépé	The Two of Us 1967-03-08 Movie
	Self - Interviewee	Jean Renoir le patron, 2e partie: La direction d'acteur 1967-01-01 Movie
1966	Locker Attendant	Two Hours to Kill 1966-01-14 Movie
1965	Self - Interviewee	Cinéastes de notre temps: Sacha Guitry 1965-05-20 Movie
	Self	Dim Dam Dom 1965-03-07 TV Show
1964	Le Grognard	Cyrano and d'Artagnan 1964-10-22 Movie
	Papa Boul	The Train 1964-09-24 Movie
1963	Self	Ecco 1963-11-15 Movie
1962	Jérôme Chambard	The Devil and the Ten Commandments 1962-09-14 Movie
	Charles-Edmond Larmentiel	Emile's Boat 1962-03-03 Movie
1960	Colonel Nanar, du cadre de réserve	Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century 1960-12-16 Movie
	Pierrot	Pete the Tender 1960-11-30 Movie
	Alboise	The Battle of Austerlitz 1960-06-17 Movie
1959	Prof. Dr. Abel	The Head 1959-07-24 Movie
	Self	Discorama 1959-02-04 TV Show
1958	Jacquier	It Happened in Broad Daylight 1958-06-09 Movie
	Joseph "Jo" Guardini	Un certain Monsieur Jo 1958-04-16 Movie
1957	Commissaire Bernard	Three Make a Pair 1957-04-10 Movie
1956	Self	Cinépanorama 1956-02-04 TV Show
1955	Principal Commissioner Henri Dominique	Mémoires d'un flic 1955-12-27 Movie
	Maurice Martin, concierge d'immeuble	The Impossible Mr. Pipelet 1955-06-26 Movie
1954	Prince de Sayn-Wittgenstein	At the Order of the Czar 1954-06-18 Movie
	General von Sayn-Wittgenstein	Hungarian Rhapsody 1954-04-14 Movie
	Padre Silvio	The Anatomy of Love 1954-03-16 Movie
	Auguste Bard	Strange Desire of Mr. Bard 1954-01-04 Movie
1953	Bou Rezza	Saadia 1953-12-01 Movie
	Shylock	The Merchant of Venice 1953-07-12 Movie
	Professeur Charles Buisson	Femmes de Paris 1953-05-17 Movie
	Albert et Alain Ménard-Lacoste	The Virtuous Scoundrel 1953-02-18 Movie
1952	Récitant / Narrator (voice)	Hôtel des Invalides 1952-12-31 Movie
	Caïphe	The Road to Damascus 1952-12-05 Movie
	Lucien Bertal / Léonard, his understudy / Banquo	Crimson Curtain 1952-11-14 Movie
	Cidoni	The Two Truths 1952-10-13 Movie
	Le commissaire Jules Maigret	Full House 1952-10-10 Movie
	Bürgermeister	Das Geheimnis vom Bergsee 1952-09-26 Movie
	Le tuteur	The Girl with the Whip 1952-09-25 Movie
	Pierre Verger	Mister Taxi 1952-09-03 Movie
1951	Paul Louis Victor Braconnier	Poison 1951-11-30 Movie
1950	Mephistopheles / Old Prof. Henri Faust	The Beauty of the Devil 1950-03-16 Movie
1949	Senator Fabius Severus	Fabiola 1949-03-03 Movie
1948	Joseph Ferdinand Anselme Midot,aka 'Le tord-cou'	La Carcasse et le Tord-cou 1948-04-30 Movie
1947	Alcide Garonne	The Lovers of the Pont Saint-Jean 1947-12-23 Movie
	Docteur Ancelin	Not Guilty 1947-09-24 Movie
	Captain Palmer	The Crowned Fish Tavern 1947-09-19 Movie
	Monsieur Hire	Panic 1947-01-15 Movie
1946	Michel Lemaret	A Friend Will Come Tonight 1946-04-09 Movie
1943	Vautrin	Vautrin the Thief 1943-12-13 Movie
	Baudu	Shop Girls of Paris 1943-07-20 Movie
1942	Butler	Girl of the Golden West 1942-02-09 Movie
1941	Rigoletto	The King's Jester 1941-04-01 Movie
	Il barone Scarpia	Tosca 1941-01-31 Movie
1940	Monsieur Jourdain	Comedy of Happiness 1940-12-23 Movie
	Le capitaine Simon	The Musicians of the Sky 1940-04-10 Movie
	Le commissaire Boucheron	Paris-New York 1940-04-03 Movie
1939	Diogène, Monseigneur de Beaupré & Lacouret	Cavalcade of Love 1939-11-06 Movie
	M. Gaetan, "Le Sentencier"	Extenuating Circumstances 1939-07-26 Movie
	Jo	Fric-Frac 1939-06-15 Movie
	Nick Marino	The Last Turning 1939-05-17 Movie
	Cabrissade, l'éternelle doublure	The End of the Day 1939-03-24 Movie
	Picking, l'artiste lanceur de couteaux	Behind the Facade 1939-03-14 Movie
	Eusèbe Bonbonneau	Deputy Eusèbe 1939-03-09 Movie
	Josserand	Cocoanut 1939-02-17 Movie
1938	Léon	Beautiful Star 1938-11-24 Movie
	Michel Quercy	Mother Love 1938-11-03 Movie
	le comte Edouard de Bourgogne	The Stream 1938-10-29 Movie
	Martinet	The New Rich 1938-06-15 Movie
	Zabel	Port of Shadows 1938-05-17 Movie
	Lemel, le professeur de dessin	Boys' School 1938-04-05 Movie
	Michel	Mirages 1938-01-28 Movie
1937	Michel	Naples Under the Kiss of Fire 1937-12-07 Movie
	Irwin Molyneux, alias Félix Chapel	Bizarre, Bizarre 1937-10-20 Movie
	Sauvin	La bataille silencieuse 1937-09-09 Movie
	N/A	Boulot aviateur 1937-07-16 Movie
	Laverdac	Le Choc en retour 1937-03-24 Movie
1936	Un Invité (Prologue)	Let's Make a Dream 1936-12-31 Movie
	N/A	Girls of Paris 1936-11-09 Movie
	Labrosse	The Twins of Brighton 1936-10-29 Movie
	Frècheville	Moutonnet 1936-07-10 Movie
	Lespara	Under Western Eyes 1936-03-20 Movie
	Achille Baluchet	The Fleeing Dead 1936-01-02 Movie
1935	Perrot-Joly	Le Bébé de l'escadron 1935-12-06 Movie
	Doizeau	Lovers and Thieves 1935-11-15 Movie
	Boudu	A Bum Deal 1935-01-01 Movie
	Lord Pickwickdam	Adémaï au Moyen Âge 1935-01-01 Movie
1934	Noël Malpiaz	Le Bonheur 1934-09-15 Movie
	Oscar Lyssenhop	Ladies Lake 1934-05-18 Movie
	Père Jules	L'Atalante 1934-04-24 Movie
	Monchablon, un médiocre acteur de tournées, qui fait la cour à Miquette	Miquette and Her Mother 1934-03-23 Movie
	N/A	Léopold le bien-aimé 1934-02-16 Movie
1933	M. Bodeletz	High and Low 1933-12-08 Movie
1932	Priape Boudu	Boudu Saved from Drowning 1932-11-11 Movie
	N/A	Baleydier 1932-01-15 Movie
1931	Maurice Legrand	La Chienne 1931-11-20 Movie
	Chouilloux	Baby's Laxative 1931-06-21 Movie
	Jean de la Lune	Jean of the Moon 1931-02-27 Movie
1930	Lorédan	Illegitimate Child 1930-02-03 Movie
1929	N/A	Pivoine 1929-05-10 Movie
1928	Joseph Turlot	The Sad Sack 1928-07-18 Movie
	Jean Lemaître	The Passion of Joan of Arc 1928-04-21 Movie
1925	Jérôme Pomino	The Late Mathias Pascal 1925-07-02 Movie
	Gaston Lebeau	The Vocation of André Carel 1925-01-01 Movie
Year	Character	Movie/Tv