← Back

Michel Simon

Michel Simon

Born: 1895-04-09 • Geneva, Switzerland

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).

Filmography
Belmondo: The Incorrigible poster
Belmondo: The Incorrigible
2022
No Image
René Clair, tout entre nous n'était qu'un jeu
2021 • Lui-même
Carné, Prévert : drôle de duo poster
Carné, Prévert : drôle de duo
2019 • Self (archive footage)
Cinéastes de notre temps : Jean Vigo poster
Cinéastes de notre temps : Jean Vigo
2012 • Self
Arletty, Lady Paname poster
Arletty, Lady Paname
2007 • Self (archive footage)
Jean Vigo : le son retrouvé poster
Jean Vigo : le son retrouvé
2001 • Le père Jules (archive footage)
Journey Through History poster
Journey Through History
1977 • Self (archive footage)
The Red Ibis poster
The Red Ibis
1975 • Zizi
The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan poster
The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan
1975 • Erotologist
The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life poster
The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life
1972 • Attorney Zorn
Blanche poster
Blanche
1972 • Master
The House poster
The House
1970 • Louis Compiegne
Let's Have a Riot poster
Let's Have a Riot
1970 • Cavazza
The Marriage Came Tumbling Down poster
The Marriage Came Tumbling Down
1968 • Le vieux Jéricho
La Plaie et le Couteau, Charles Baudelaire poster
La Plaie et le Couteau, Charles Baudelaire
1967
The Two of Us poster
The Two of Us
1967 • Pépé
Jean Renoir, le patron, 2e partie: La direction d'acteur poster
Jean Renoir, le patron, 2e partie: La direction d'acteur
1967 • Self - Interviewee
Two Hours to Kill poster
Two Hours to Kill
1966 • Locker Attendant
No Image
Cinéastes de notre temps : Sacha Guitry
1965 • Self - Interviewee
Cyrano and d'Artagnan poster
Cyrano and d'Artagnan
1964 • Le Grognard
The Train poster
The Train
1964 • Papa Boul
Ecco poster
Ecco
1963 • Self
The Devil and the Ten Commandments poster
The Devil and the Ten Commandments
1962 • Jérôme Chambard
Emile's Boat poster
Emile's Boat
1962 • Charles-Edmond Larmentiel
Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century poster
Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
1960 • Colonel Nanar, du cadre de réserve
Pete the Tender poster
Pete the Tender
1960 • Pierrot
The Battle of Austerlitz poster
The Battle of Austerlitz
1960 • Alboise
The Head poster
The Head
1959 • Prof. Dr. Abel
It Happened in Broad Daylight poster
It Happened in Broad Daylight
1958 • Jacquier
A Certain Mr. Jo poster
A Certain Mr. Jo
1958 • Joseph "Jo" Guardini
Three Make a Pair poster
Three Make a Pair
1957 • Commissaire Bernard
La joyeuse prison poster
La joyeuse prison
1956 • Benoit, chief guard
Mémoires d'un flic poster
Mémoires d'un flic
1956 • Principal Commissioner Henri Dominique
The Impossible Mr. Pipelet poster
The Impossible Mr. Pipelet
1955 • Maurice Martin, concierge d'immeuble
At the Order of the Czar poster
At the Order of the Czar
1954 • Prince de Sayn-Wittgenstein
Hungarian Rhapsody poster
Hungarian Rhapsody
1954 • General von Sayn-Wittgenstein
The Anatomy of Love poster
The Anatomy of Love
1954 • Padre Silvio
Strange Desire of Mr. Bard poster
Strange Desire of Mr. Bard
1954 • Auguste Bard
Saadia poster
Saadia
1953 • Bou Rezza
The Merchant of Venice poster
The Merchant of Venice
1953 • Shylock
Femmes de Paris poster
Femmes de Paris
1953 • Professor Charles Buisson
The Virtuous Scoundrel poster
The Virtuous Scoundrel
1953 • Albert Ménard-Lacoste / Alain Ménard-Lacoste
Hôtel des Invalides poster
Hôtel des Invalides
1952 • Récitant / Narrator (voice)
The Road to Damascus poster
The Road to Damascus
1952 • Caïphe
Crimson Curtain poster
Crimson Curtain
1952 • Lucien Bertal / Léonard, his understudy / Banquo
Full House poster
Full House
1952 • Commissioner Jules Maigret (segment "Le témoignage d'un enfant de choeur")
The Girl with the Whip poster
The Girl with the Whip
1952 • Le tuteur
Mister Taxi poster
Mister Taxi
1952 • Pierre Verger
Poison poster
Poison
1951 • Paul Louis Victor Braconnier
The Two Truths poster
The Two Truths
1951 • Cidoni
The Beauty of the Devil poster
The Beauty of the Devil
1950 • Mephistopheles / Old Prof. Henri Faust
Fabiola poster
Fabiola
1949 • Senator Fabius Severus
La Carcasse et le Tord-cou poster
La Carcasse et le Tord-cou
1948 • Joseph Ferdinand Anselme Midot,aka 'Le tord-cou'
The Lovers of the Pont Saint-Jean poster
The Lovers of the Pont Saint-Jean
1947 • Alcide Garonne
Not Guilty poster
Not Guilty
1947 • Doctor Michel Ancelin
The Crowned Fish Tavern poster
The Crowned Fish Tavern
1947 • Captain Palmer
Panic poster
Panic
1947 • Monsieur Hire
A Friend Will Come Tonight poster
A Friend Will Come Tonight
1946 • Michel Lemaret
Vautrin the Thief poster
Vautrin the Thief
1943 • Vautrin
Shop Girls of Paris poster
Shop Girls of Paris
1943 • Baudu
Girl of the Golden West poster
Girl of the Golden West
1942 • Butler
The King's Jester poster
The King's Jester
1941 • Rigoletto
Tosca poster
Tosca
1941 • Il barone Scarpia
Comedy of Happiness poster
Comedy of Happiness
1940 • Monsieur Jourdain
The Musicians of the Sky poster
The Musicians of the Sky
1940 • Le capitaine Simon
Paris - New-York poster
Paris - New-York
1940 • Inspector Boucheron
Cavalcade of Love poster
Cavalcade of Love
1939 • Diogène, Monseigneur de Beaupré & Lacouret
Extenuating Circumstances poster
Extenuating Circumstances
1939 • Mr. Gaetan Le Sentencier
Fric-Frac poster
Fric-Frac
1939 • Jo
The Last Turning poster
The Last Turning
1939 • Nick Marino
The End of the Day poster
The End of the Day
1939 • Ernest Cabrissade, eternal understudy
Behind the Facade poster
Behind the Facade
1939 • Picking, knife-throwing artist
Deputy Eusèbe poster
Deputy Eusèbe
1939 • Eusèbe Bonbonneau
Cocoanut poster
Cocoanut
1939 • Josserand
Mother Love poster
Mother Love
1938 • Michel Quercy
The Stream poster
The Stream
1938 • Counr Edouard de Bourgogne, aka 'L'Escargot'
Beautiful Star poster
Beautiful Star
1938 • Léon
The New Rich poster
The New Rich
1938 • Martinet
Port of Shadows poster
Port of Shadows
1938 • Zabel
Boys' School poster
Boys' School
1938 • Lemel, le professeur de dessin
Mirages poster
Mirages
1938 • Michel
Naples Under the Kiss of Fire poster
Naples Under the Kiss of Fire
1937 • Michel
Bizarre, Bizarre poster
Bizarre, Bizarre
1937 • Irwin Molyneux, alias Félix Chapel
La Bataille silencieuse poster
La Bataille silencieuse
1937 • Sauvin
Boulot aviateur poster
Boulot aviateur
1937 • Baron Gobèche
Le Choc en retour poster
Le Choc en retour
1937 • Laverdac
Let's Make a Dream poster
Let's Make a Dream
1936 • Un Invité (Prologue)
Girls of Paris poster
Girls of Paris
1936 • Baron de Beaupoil / his brother
The Twins of Brighton poster
The Twins of Brighton
1936 • Labrosse
Moutonnet poster
Moutonnet
1936 • Frècheville
Under Western Eyes poster
Under Western Eyes
1936 • Lespara
The Fleeing Dead poster
The Fleeing Dead
1936 • Achille Baluchet
Le Bébé de l'escadron poster
Le Bébé de l'escadron
1935 • Perrot-Joly
Lovers and Thieves poster
Lovers and Thieves
1935 • Doizeau
No Image
A Bum Deal
1935 • Boudu
No Image
Adémaï au Moyen Âge
1935 • Lord Pickwickdam
Le Bonheur poster
Le Bonheur
1934 • Noël Malpiaz
Ladies Lake poster
Ladies Lake
1934 • Oscar Lyssenhop
L'Atalante poster
L'Atalante
1934 • Père Jules
Léopold le bien-aimé poster
Léopold le bien-aimé
1934