Person
Michel Simon
Acting · 1895–1975 · Geneva, Switzerland
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
Spécial cinéma
Self (archive footage)
Le Grand Échiquier
Self
Samedi soir
Self
Cinépanorama
Self
Discorama
Self
Reflets de Cannes
Self
Dim Dam Dom
Self
The Passion of Joan of Arc
Jean Lemaître
Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma
Self (archive footage)
Poison
Paul Louis Victor Braconnier
Filmography
- 2022Belmondo: The Incorrigible
- 2021Morceaux de Cannes
- 2021René Clair, tout entre nous n'était qu'un jeuLui-même
- 2019Carné, Prévert : drôle de duoSelf (archive footage)
- 2012Cinéastes de notre temps : Jean VigoSelf
- 2012The Bardot mystery
- 2007Arletty, Lady PanameSelf (archive footage)
- 2001Jean Vigo : le son retrouvéLe père Jules (archive footage)
- 1978Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinémaSelf (archive footage)
- 1977Journey Through HistorySelf (archive footage)
- 1975The Red IbisZizi
- 1975The Butcher, the Star and the OrphanErotologist
- 1974Spécial cinémaSelf (archive footage)
- 1972The Most Wonderful Evening of My LifeAttorney Zorn
- 1972BlancheMaster
- 1972Le Grand ÉchiquierSelf
- 1971Samedi soirSelf
- 1970The HouseLouis Compiegne
- 1970Let's Have a RiotCavazza
- 1968The Marriage Came Tumbling DownLe vieux Jéricho
- 1967La Plaie et le Couteau, Charles Baudelaire
- 1967The Two of UsPépé
- 1967Jean Renoir, le patron, 2e partie: La direction d'acteurSelf - Interviewee
- 1966Two Hours to KillLocker Attendant
- 1965Cinéastes de notre temps : Sacha GuitrySelf - Interviewee
- 1965Dim Dam DomSelf
- 1964Cyrano and d'ArtagnanLe Grognard
- 1964The TrainPapa Boul
- 1964Michel SimonSelf
- 1963EccoSelf
- 1962The Devil and the Ten CommandmentsJérôme Chambard
- 1962Emile's BoatCharles-Edmond Larmentiel
- 1960Candide or The Optimism in the 20th CenturyColonel Nanar, du cadre de réserve
- 1960Pete the TenderPierrot
- 1960The Battle of AusterlitzAlboise
- 1959The HeadProf. Dr. Abel
- 1959DiscoramaSelf
- 1958It Happened in Broad DaylightJacquier
- 1958A Certain Mr. JoJoseph "Jo" Guardini
- 1957Three Make a PairCommissaire Bernard
- 1956La joyeuse prisonBenoit, chief guard
- 1956CinépanoramaSelf
- 1956Mémoires d'un flicPrincipal Commissioner Henri Dominique
- 1955The Impossible Mr. PipeletMaurice Martin, concierge d'immeuble
- 1954At the Order of the CzarPrince de Sayn-Wittgenstein
- 1954Hungarian RhapsodyGeneral von Sayn-Wittgenstein
- 1954Reflets de CannesSelf
- 1954The Anatomy of LovePadre Silvio
- 1954Strange Desire of Mr. BardAuguste Bard
- 1953SaadiaBou Rezza
- 1953The Merchant of VeniceShylock
- 1953Femmes de ParisProfessor Charles Buisson
- 1953The Virtuous ScoundrelAlbert Ménard-Lacoste / Alain Ménard-Lacoste
- 1952Hôtel des InvalidesRécitant / Narrator (voice)
- 1952The Road to DamascusCaïphe
- 1952Crimson CurtainLucien Bertal / Léonard, his understudy / Banquo
- 1952Full HouseCommissioner Jules Maigret (segment "Le témoignage d'un enfant de choeur")
- 1952The Girl with the WhipLe tuteur
- 1952Mister TaxiPierre Verger, « Monsieur Taxi »
- 1951PoisonPaul Louis Victor Braconnier
- 1951The Two TruthsCidoni
- 1950The Beauty of the DevilMephistopheles / Old Prof. Henri Faust
- 1949FabiolaSenator Fabius Severus
- 1948La Carcasse et le Tord-couJoseph Ferdinand Anselme Midot,aka 'Le tord-cou'
- 1947The Lovers of the Pont Saint-JeanAlcide Garonne
- 1947Not GuiltyDoctor Michel Ancelin
- 1947The Crowned Fish TavernCaptain Palmer
- 1947PanicMonsieur Hire
- 1946A Friend Will Come TonightMichel Lemaret
- 1943Vautrin the ThiefVautrin
- 1943Shop Girls of ParisBaudu
- 1942Girl of the Golden WestButler
- 1941The King's JesterRigoletto
- 1941ToscaIl barone Scarpia
- 1940Comedy of HappinessMonsieur Jourdain
- 1940The Musicians of the SkyLe capitaine Simon
- 1940Paris - New-YorkInspector Boucheron
- 1939Cavalcade of LoveDiogène, Monseigneur de Beaupré & Lacouret
- 1939Extenuating CircumstancesMr. Gaetan Le Sentencier
- 1939Fric-FracJo
- 1939The Last TurningNick Marino
- 1939The End of the DayErnest Cabrissade, eternal understudy
- 1939Behind the FacadePicking, knife-throwing artist
- 1939Deputy EusèbeEusèbe Bonbonneau
- 1939CocoanutJosserand
- 1938Mother LoveMichel Quercy
- 1938The StreamCounr Edouard de Bourgogne, aka 'L'Escargot'
- 1938Beautiful StarLéon
- 1938The New RichMartinet
- 1938Port of ShadowsZabel
- 1938Boys' SchoolLemel, le professeur de dessin
- 1938MiragesMichel
- 1937Naples Under the Kiss of FireMichel
- 1937Bizarre, BizarreIrwin Molyneux, alias Félix Chapel
- 1937La Bataille silencieuseSauvin
- 1937Boulot aviateurBaron Gobèche
- 1937Le Choc en retourLaverdac
- 1936Let's Make a DreamUn Invité (Prologue)
- 1936Girls of ParisBaron de Beaupoil / his brother
- 1936The Twins of BrightonLabrosse
- 1936MoutonnetFrècheville
- 1936Under Western EyesLespara
- 1936The Fleeing DeadAchille Baluchet
- 1935Le Bébé de l'escadronPerrot-Joly
- 1935Lovers and ThievesDoizeau
- 1935A Bum DealBoudu
- 1935Adémaï au Moyen ÂgeLord Pickwickdam
- 1934Le BonheurNoël Malpiaz
- 1934Ladies LakeOscar Lyssenhop
- 1934L'AtalantePère Jules
- 1934Léopold le bien-aimé
- 1933High and LowM. Bodeletz
- 1933Miquette and Her MotherMonchablon, un médiocre acteur de tournées, qui fait la cour à Miquette
- 1932Boudu Saved from DrowningPriape Boudu
- 1932Baleydier
- 1931La ChienneMaurice Legrand
- 1931Baby's LaxativeChouilloux
- 1931Jean of the MoonJean de la Lune
- 1930Illegitimate ChildLorédan
- 1929Pivoine
- 1928The Sad SackJoseph Turlot
- 1928The Passion of Joan of ArcJean Lemaître
- 1925The Late Mathias PascalJérôme Pomino
- 1925The Vocation of André CarelGaston Lebeau
- 1924The Gallery of Monsters
- —Les Deux RéalitésCidoni
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