Known for
Acting
Credits
121
Gender
Man
Birthday
9 Apr 1895
Day of death
30 May 1975 (80)
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
Acting roles
| Year | Movie / TV show / Other | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | René Clair, tout entre nous n'était qu'un jeu | Lui-même |
| 2012 | Cinéastes de notre temps : Jean Vigo | Self |
| 2007 | Arletty, Lady Paname | Self (archive footage) |
| 2001 | Jean Vigo : le son retrouvé | Le père Jules (archive footage) |
| 1990 | Star Life | Self (archive footage) |
| 1978 | Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma | Self (archive footage) |
| 1977 | Journey Through History | Self (archive footage) |
| 1975 | The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan | The erotologist |
| 1974 | Spécial cinéma | Self (archive footage) |
| 1972 | Le Grand Échiquier | Self |
| 1971 | Samedi soir | Self |
| 1970 | The House | Louis Compiegne |
| — | Les Deux Réalités | Cidoni |
| 1975 | The Red Ibis | Zizi |
| 1972 | The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life | Attorney Zorn |
| 1972 | Blanche | Master |
| 1970 | Let's Have a Riot | Cavazza |
| 1968 | The Marriage Came Tumbling Down | Le vieux Jéricho |
| 1967 | The Two of Us | Pépé |
| 1967 | Jean Renoir, le patron, 2e partie: La direction d'acteur | Self - Interviewee |
| 1966 | Two Hours to Kill | Locker Attendant |
| 1965 | Dim Dam Dom | Self |
| 1965 | Cinéastes de notre temps : Sacha Guitry | Self - Interviewee |
| 1964 | The Train | Papa Boul |
| 1964 | Cyrano and d'Artagnan | Le Grognard |
| 1963 | Ecco | Self |
| 1962 | The Devil and the Ten Commandments | Jérôme Chambard |
| 1962 | Emile's Boat | Charles-Edmond Larmentiel |
| 1960 | The Battle of Austerlitz | Alboise |
| 1960 | Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century | Colonel Nanar, du cadre de réserve |
| 1960 | Pete the Tender | Pierrot |
| 1959 | The Head | Prof. Dr. Abel |
| 1959 | Discorama | Self |
| 1958 | It Happened in Broad Daylight | Jacquier |
| 1958 | A Certain Mr. Jo | Joseph "Jo" Guardini |
| 1957 | Three Make a Pair | Commissaire Bernard |
| 1956 | Cinépanorama | Self |
| 1956 | La joyeuse prison | Benoit, the chief guard |
| 1955 | The Impossible Mr. Pipelet | Maurice Martin, concierge d'immeuble |
| 1955 | Mémoires d'un flic | Principal Commissioner Henri Dominique |
| 1954 | The Anatomy of Love | Padre Silvio |
| 1954 | Strange Desire of Mr. Bard | Auguste Bard |
| 1954 | Hungarian Rhapsody | General von Sayn-Wittgenstein |
| 1954 | At the Order of the Czar | Prince de Sayn-Wittgenstein |
| 1953 | The Virtuous Scoundrel | Albert et Alain Ménard-Lacoste |
| 1953 | Saadia | Bou Rezza |
| 1953 | Femmes de Paris | Professeur Charles Buisson |
| 1953 | The Merchant of Venice | Shylock |
| 1952 | Hôtel des Invalides | Récitant / Narrator (voice) |
| 1952 | Crimson Curtain | Lucien Bertal / Léonard, his understudy / Banquo |
| 1952 | Mister Taxi | Pierre Verger |
| 1952 | Full House | Le commissaire Jules Maigret |
| 1952 | The Two Truths | Cidoni |
| 1952 | The Road to Damascus | Caïphe |
| 1952 | The Girl with the Whip | Le tuteur |
| 1951 | Poison | Paul Louis Victor Braconnier |
| 1950 | The Beauty of the Devil | Mephistopheles / Old Prof. Henri Faust |
| 1949 | Fabiola | Senator Fabius Severus |
| 1948 | La Carcasse et le Tord-cou | Joseph Ferdinand Anselme Midot,aka 'Le tord-cou' |
| 1947 | Panic | Monsieur Hire |
| 1947 | Not Guilty | Docteur Ancelin |
| 1947 | The Lovers of the Pont Saint-Jean | Alcide Garonne |
| 1947 | The Crowned Fish Tavern | Captain Palmer |
| 1946 | A Friend Will Come Tonight | Michel Lemaret |
| 1943 | Shop Girls of Paris | Baudu |
| 1943 | Vautrin the Thief | Vautrin |
| 1942 | Girl of the Golden West | Butler |
| 1941 | Tosca | Il barone Scarpia |
| 1941 | The King's Jester | Rigoletto |
| 1940 | Comedy of Happiness | Monsieur Jourdain |
| 1940 | Paris-New York | Le commissaire Boucheron |
| 1940 | The Musicians of the Sky | Le capitaine Simon |
| 1939 | The End of the Day | Cabrissade, l'éternelle doublure |
| 1939 | Fric-Frac | Jo |
| 1939 | The Last Turning | Nick Marino |
| 1939 | Extenuating Circumstances | M. Gaetan, "Le Sentencier" |
| 1939 | Behind the Facade | Picking, l'artiste lanceur de couteaux |
| 1939 | Cocoanut | Josserand |
| 1939 | Cavalcade of Love | Diogène, Monseigneur de Beaupré & Lacouret |
| 1939 | Deputy Eusèbe | Eusèbe Bonbonneau |
| 1938 | Port of Shadows | Zabel |
| 1938 | Boys' School | Lemel, le professeur de dessin |
| 1938 | Mother Love | Michel Quercy |
| 1938 | The Stream | le comte Edouard de Bourgogne |
| 1938 | Beautiful Star | Léon |
| 1938 | The New Rich | Martinet |
| 1938 | Mirages | Michel |
| 1937 | Bizarre, Bizarre | Irwin Molyneux, alias Félix Chapel |
| 1937 | Naples Under the Kiss of Fire | Michel |
| 1937 | Boulot aviateur | |
| 1937 | La bataille silencieuse | Sauvin |
| 1937 | Le Choc en retour | Laverdac |
| 1936 | Let's Make a Dream | Un Invité (Prologue) |
| 1936 | Under Western Eyes | Lespara |
| 1936 | The Fleeing Dead | Achille Baluchet |
| 1936 | The Twins of Brighton | Labrosse |
| 1936 | Girls of Paris | |
| 1936 | Moutonnet | Frècheville |
| 1935 | Le Bébé de l'escadron | Perrot-Joly |
| 1935 | Lovers and Thieves | Doizeau |
| 1935 | A Bum Deal | Boudu |
| 1935 | Adémaï au Moyen Âge | Lord Pickwickdam |
| 1934 | L'Atalante | Père Jules |
| 1934 | Le Bonheur | Noël Malpiaz |
| 1934 | Ladies Lake | Oscar Lyssenhop |
| 1934 | Miquette and Her Mother | Monchablon, un médiocre acteur de tournées, qui fait la cour à Miquette |
| 1934 | Léopold le bien-aimé | |
| 1933 | High and Low | M. Bodeletz |
| 1932 | Boudu Saved from Drowning | Priape Boudu |
| 1932 | Baleydier | |
| 1931 | La Chienne | Maurice Legrand |
| 1931 | Baby's Laxative | Chouilloux |
| 1931 | Jean of the Moon | Jean de la Lune |
| 1930 | Illegitimate Child | Lorédan |
| 1929 | Pivoine | |
| 1928 | The Passion of Joan of Arc | Jean Lemaître |
| 1928 | The Sad Sack | Joseph Turlot |
| 1925 | The Late Mathias Pascal | Jérôme Pomino |
| 1925 | The Vocation of André Carel | Gaston Lebeau |
Credits
| Year | Movie / TV show / Other | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1941 | The King's Jester | Screenplay |
| 1932 | Boudu Saved from Drowning | Producer |