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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).
Acted in 105
2020s
- 2022
Belmondo: The Incorrigible
Movie
- 2021
Morceaux de Cannes
Movie
2010s
- 2012
The Bardot mystery
Movie
2000s
- 2001
Jean Vigo : le son retrouvé
Le père Jules (archive footage)
1970s
- 1975
The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan
Erotologist
- 1972
The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life
Attorney Zorn
Blanche
Master
- 1970
The House
Louis Compiegne
Let's Have a Riot
Cavazza
1960s
- 1968
The Marriage Came Tumbling Down
Le vieux Jéricho
- 1967
La Plaie et le Couteau, Charles Baudelaire
Un récitant
The Two of Us
Pépé
- 1966
- 1964
Cyrano and d'Artagnan
Le Grognard
- 1962
Emile's Boat
Charles-Edmond Larmentiel
- 1960
Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
Colonel Nanar, du cadre de réserve
Pete the Tender
Pierrot
Austerlitz
Alboise
1950s
- 1959
- 1958
It Happened in Broad Daylight
Jacquier
A Certain Mr. Jo
Joseph "Jo" Guardini
- 1957
Three Make a Pair
Commissaire Bernard
- 1956
La joyeuse prison
Benoit, chief guard
Mémoires d'un flic
Principal Commissioner Henri Dominique
- 1955
The Impossible Mr. Pipelet
Maurice Martin, concierge d'immeuble
- 1954
At the Order of the Czar
Prince de Sayn-Wittgenstein
Hungarian Rhapsody
General von Sayn-Wittgenstein
The Anatomy of Love
Padre Silvio
Strange Desire of Mr. Bard
Auguste Bard
- 1953
Saadia
Bou Rezza
The Merchant of Venice
Shylock
Femmes de Paris
Professor Charles Buisson
The Virtuous Scoundrel
Albert Ménard-Lacoste / Alain Ménard-Lacoste
- 1952
Hôtel des Invalides
Récitant / Narrator (voice)
The Road to Damascus
Caïphe
Crimson Curtain
Lucien Bertal / Léonard, his understudy / Banquo
Full House
Commissioner Jules Maigret (segment "Le témoignage d'un enfant de choeur")
The Girl with the Whip
Le tuteur
Mister Taxi
Pierre Verger, « Monsieur Taxi »
- 1951
The Two Truths
Cidoni
- 1950
The Beauty of the Devil
Mephistopheles / Old Prof. Henri Faust
1940s
- 1949
- 1948
La Carcasse et le Tord-cou
Joseph Ferdinand Anselme Midot,aka 'Le tord-cou'
- 1947
The Lovers of the Pont Saint-Jean
Alcide Garonne
Not Guilty
Doctor Michel Ancelin
The Crowned Fish Tavern
Captain Palmer
- 1946
A Friend Will Come Tonight
Michel Lemaret
- 1943
Vautrin the Thief
Vautrin
- 1942
Girl of the Golden West
Butler
- 1941
The King's Jester
Rigoletto
Tosca
Il barone Scarpia
- 1940
Comedy of Happiness
Monsieur Jourdain
The Musicians of the Sky
Le capitaine Simon
Paris - New-York
Inspector Boucheron
1930s
- 1939
Cavalcade of Love
Diogène, Monseigneur de Beaupré & Lacouret
Extenuating Circumstances
Mr. Gaetan Le Sentencier
The Last Turning
Nick Marino
Behind the Facade
Picking, knife-throwing artist
Deputy Eusèbe
Eusèbe Bonbonneau
Cocoanut
Josserand
- 1938
Mother Love
Michel Quercy
The Stream
Counr Edouard de Bourgogne, aka 'L'Escargot'
Beautiful Star
Léon
The New Rich
Martinet
Port of Shadows
Zabel
Boys' School
Lemel, le professeur de dessin
Mirages
Michel
- 1937
Naples Under the Kiss of Fire
Michel
Bizarre, Bizarre
Irwin Molyneux, alias Félix Chapel
La Bataille silencieuse
Sauvin
Boulot aviateur
Baron Gobèche
Le Choc en retour
Laverdac
- 1936
Let's Make a Dream
Un Invité (Prologue)
Girls of Paris
Baron de Beaupoil / his brother
The Twins of Brighton
Labrosse
Moutonnet
Frècheville
Under Western Eyes
Lespara
The Fleeing Dead
Achille Baluchet
- 1935
Le Bébé de l'escadron
Perrot-Joly
Lovers and Thieves
Doizeau
- 1934
Le Bonheur
Noël Malpiaz
Léopold le bien-aimé
Movie
- 1933
High and Low
M. Bodeletz
Miquette and Her Mother
Monchablon, un médiocre acteur de tournées, qui fait la cour à Miquette
- 1932
- 1931
Baby's Laxative
Chouilloux
Jean of the Moon
Clothaire dit Clo-Clo
- 1930
Illegitimate Child
Lorédan
1920s
- 1929
Pivoine
Movie
- 1928
The Sad Sack
Joseph Turlot
- 1925
The Late Mathias Pascal
Jérôme Pomino
The Vocation of André Carel
Gaston Lebeau
- 1924
The Gallery of Monsters
Movie
Wrote 1
1940s
- 1941
The King's Jester
Screenplay
Produced 1
1930s
- 1932
Directed 1
1930s
- 1931
Jean of the Moon
Director
Appearances13
2010s
- 2019
Carné, Prévert : drôle de duo
Self (archive footage)
- 2012
Cinéastes de notre temps : Jean Vigo
Self
2000s
- 2007
Arletty, Lady Paname
Self (archive footage)
1970s
- 1977
Journey Through History
Self (archive footage)
- 1974
- 1972
1960s
- 1967
Jean Renoir, le patron, 2e partie: La direction d'acteur
Self - Interviewee
- 1965
Dim Dam Dom
Self · 1 episode
- 1964
Michel Simon
Self
- 1963
Ecco
Self
1950s
- 1959
- 1956
- 1954
Reflets de Cannes
Self · 1 episode
