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Michel Simon

Michel Simon

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).

Born

Apr 09, 1895

Geneva, Switzerland

Died

May 30, 1975

Known For

Acting

Movies

118 acting

3 crew

Popularity

1.3

movie

Known For

The Passion of Joan of Arc

The Passion of Joan of Arc

1928

as Jean Lemaître
The Train

The Train

1964

as Papa Boul
L'Atalante

L'Atalante

1934

as Père Jules
It Happened in Broad Daylight

It Happened in Broad Daylight

1958

as Jacquier
Port of Shadows

Port of Shadows

1938

as Zabel
Boudu Saved from Drowning

Boudu Saved from Drowning

1932

as Priape Boudu
La Chienne

La Chienne

1931

as Maurice Legrand
The Passion of Joan of Arc
The Passion of Joan of Arc
1928 • as Jean Lemaître
★ 8.0
The Train
The Train
1964 • as Papa Boul
★ 7.6
Austerlitz
Austerlitz
1960 • as Alboise
★ 6.6
Extenuating Circumstances
Extenuating Circumstances
1939 • as Mr. Gaetan Le Sentencier
★ 6.7
The Crowned Fish Tavern
The Crowned Fish Tavern
1947 • as Captain Palmer
★ 6.0
Poison
Poison
1951 • as Paul Louis Victor Braconnier
★ 7.2
Morceaux de Cannes
Morceaux de Cannes
2021
★ 2.0
L'Atalante
L'Atalante
1934 • as Père Jules
★ 7.5
Hungarian Rhapsody
Hungarian Rhapsody
1954 • as General von Sayn-Wittgenstein
★ 10.0
Belmondo: The Incorrigible
Belmondo: The Incorrigible
2022
★ 8.2
Deputy Eusèbe
Deputy Eusèbe
1939 • as Eusèbe Bonbonneau
★ 10.0
It Happened in Broad Daylight
It Happened in Broad Daylight
1958 • as Jacquier
★ 7.4
The Devil and the Ten Commandments
The Devil and the Ten Commandments
1962 • as Jérôme Chambard
★ 5.6
Beautiful Star
Beautiful Star
1938 • as Léon
★ 8.3
The Beauty of the Devil
The Beauty of the Devil
1950 • as Mephistopheles / Old Prof. Henri Faust
★ 7.2
Port of Shadows
Port of Shadows
1938 • as Zabel
★ 7.4
Vautrin the Thief
Vautrin the Thief
1943 • as Vautrin
★ 7.9
The Anatomy of Love
The Anatomy of Love
1954 • as Padre Silvio
★ 6.4
The Two of Us
The Two of Us
1967 • as Pépé
★ 7.6
Fric-Frac
Fric-Frac
1939 • as Jo
★ 6.1
Boudu Saved from Drowning
Boudu Saved from Drowning
1932 • as Priape Boudu
★ 6.9
The Stream
The Stream
1938 • as Counr Edouard de Bourgogne, aka 'L'Escargot'
★ 6.8
Cyrano and d'Artagnan
Cyrano and d'Artagnan
1964 • as Le Grognard
★ 5.9
The Bardot mystery
The Bardot mystery
2012
★ 10.0
Three Make a Pair
Three Make a Pair
1957 • as Commissaire Bernard
★ 5.1
Fabiola
Fabiola
1949 • as Senator Fabius Severus
★ 5.8
Jean Vigo : le son retrouvé
Jean Vigo : le son retrouvé
2001 • as Le père Jules (archive footage)
★ 7.0
Mirages
Mirages
1938 • as Michel
★ 7.0
movie
Baleydier
1932
★ 9.0
The Girl with the Whip
The Girl with the Whip
1952 • as Le tuteur
★ 10.0
La Chienne
La Chienne
1931 • as Maurice Legrand
★ 7.3
Bizarre, Bizarre
Bizarre, Bizarre
1937 • as Irwin Molyneux, alias Félix Chapel
★ 7.0
Let's Make a Dream
Let's Make a Dream
1936 • as Un Invité (Prologue)
★ 6.9
Full House
Full House
1952 • as Commissioner Jules Maigret (segment "Le témoignage d'un enfant de choeur")
★ 6.9
Two Hours to Kill
Two Hours to Kill
1966 • as Locker Attendant
★ 6.5
The Last Turning
The Last Turning
1939 • as Nick Marino
★ 6.5
The Late Mathias Pascal
The Late Mathias Pascal
1925 • as Jérôme Pomino
★ 7.0
Pivoine
Pivoine
1929
★ 6.8
Let's Have a Riot
Let's Have a Riot
1970 • as Cavazza
★ 7.1
The New Rich
The New Rich
1938 • as Martinet
★ 8.5
Panic
Panic
1947 • as Monsieur Hire
★ 7.3
Boys' School
Boys' School
1938 • as Lemel, le professeur de dessin
★ 7.4
Under Western Eyes
Under Western Eyes
1936 • as Lespara
★ 6.3
The Head
The Head
1959 • as Prof. Dr. Abel
★ 5.1
The Virtuous Scoundrel
The Virtuous Scoundrel
1953 • as Albert Ménard-Lacoste / Alain Ménard-Lacoste
★ 6.1
The Merchant of Venice
The Merchant of Venice
1953 • as Shylock
★ 6.7
La Carcasse et le Tord-cou
La Carcasse et le Tord-cou
1948 • as Joseph Ferdinand Anselme Midot,aka 'Le tord-cou'
★ 10.0
The Marriage Came Tumbling Down
The Marriage Came Tumbling Down
1968 • as Le vieux Jéricho
★ 6.7
Miquette and Her Mother
Miquette and Her Mother
1933 • as Monchablon, un médiocre acteur de tournées, qui fait la cour à Miquette
★ 7.5
Ladies Lake
Ladies Lake
1934 • as Oscar Lyssenhop
★ 4.1
Lovers and Thieves
Lovers and Thieves
1935 • as Doizeau
★ 7.0
Cavalcade of Love
Cavalcade of Love
1939 • as Diogène, Monseigneur de Beaupré & Lacouret
★ 5.8
High and Low
High and Low
1933 • as M. Bodeletz
★ 5.7
Femmes de Paris
Femmes de Paris
1953 • as Professor Charles Buisson
★ 7.0
Pete the Tender
Pete the Tender
1960 • as Pierrot
★ 5.7
Shop Girls of Paris
Shop Girls of Paris
1943 • as Baudu
★ 7.1
Behind the Facade
Behind the Facade
1939 • as Picking, knife-throwing artist
★ 7.7
Mother Love
Mother Love
1938 • as Michel Quercy
★ 6.3
The King's Jester
The King's Jester
1941 • as Rigoletto
★ 7.0
Arletty, Lady Paname
Arletty, Lady Paname
2007 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 6.0
Strange Desire of Mr. Bard
Strange Desire of Mr. Bard
1954 • as Auguste Bard
★ 6.3
Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
1960 • as Colonel Nanar, du cadre de réserve
★ 6.4
Le Bonheur
Le Bonheur
1934 • as Noël Malpiaz
★ 6.7
The End of the Day
The End of the Day
1939 • as Ernest Cabrissade, eternal understudy
★ 6.7
A Certain Mr. Jo
A Certain Mr. Jo
1958 • as Joseph "Jo" Guardini
★ 4.5
Not Guilty
Not Guilty
1947 • as Doctor Michel Ancelin
★ 7.4
Blanche
Blanche
1972 • as Master
★ 6.0
La joyeuse prison
La joyeuse prison
1956 • as Benoit, chief guard
★ 8.0
The House
The House
1970 • as Louis Compiegne
★ 10.0
Crimson Curtain
Crimson Curtain
1952 • as Lucien Bertal / Léonard, his understudy / Banquo
★ 6.6
Emile's Boat
Emile's Boat
1962 • as Charles-Edmond Larmentiel
★ 6.6
Journey Through History
Journey Through History
1977 • as Self (archive footage)
The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life
The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life
1972 • as Attorney Zorn
★ 7.2
Baby's Laxative
Baby's Laxative
1931 • as Chouilloux
★ 5.7
Saadia
Saadia
1953 • as Bou Rezza
★ 6.0
Tosca
Tosca
1941 • as Il barone Scarpia
★ 6.3
Léopold le bien-aimé
Léopold le bien-aimé
1934
★ 9.0
The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan
The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan
1975 • as Erotologist
★ 5.0
Mister Taxi
Mister Taxi
1952 • as Pierre Verger, « Monsieur Taxi »
★ 6.4
The Road to Damascus
The Road to Damascus
1952 • as Caïphe
★ 8.0
The Gallery of Monsters
The Gallery of Monsters
1924
★ 7.5
The Vocation of André Carel
The Vocation of André Carel
1925 • as Gaston Lebeau
★ 5.6
The Twins of Brighton
The Twins of Brighton
1936 • as Labrosse
★ 7.0
Boulot aviateur
Boulot aviateur
1937 • as Baron Gobèche
★ 10.0
Girl of the Golden West
Girl of the Golden West
1942 • as Butler
★ 6.5
At the Order of the Czar
At the Order of the Czar
1954 • as Prince de Sayn-Wittgenstein
★ 9.0
Paris - New-York
Paris - New-York
1940 • as Inspector Boucheron
★ 7.0
movie
Cinéastes de notre temps : Sacha Guitry
1965 • as Self - Interviewee
★ 7.0
The Sad Sack
The Sad Sack
1928 • as Joseph Turlot
★ 6.7
A Friend Will Come Tonight
A Friend Will Come Tonight
1946 • as Michel Lemaret
★ 6.1
Jean of the Moon
Jean of the Moon
1931 • as Jean de la Lune
★ 6.5
Naples Under the Kiss of Fire
Naples Under the Kiss of Fire
1937 • as Michel
★ 4.8
Comedy of Happiness
Comedy of Happiness
1940 • as Monsieur Jourdain
★ 7.0
La Plaie et le Couteau, Charles Baudelaire
La Plaie et le Couteau, Charles Baudelaire
1967 • as Un récitant
Mémoires d'un flic
Mémoires d'un flic
1956 • as Principal Commissioner Henri Dominique
★ 7.0
Carné, Prévert : drôle de duo
Carné, Prévert : drôle de duo
2019 • as Self (archive footage)
The Impossible Mr. Pipelet
The Impossible Mr. Pipelet
1955 • as Maurice Martin, concierge d'immeuble
★ 6.0
The Red Ibis
The Red Ibis
1975 • as Zizi
★ 5.6
Michel Simon
Michel Simon
1964 • as Self
Cocoanut
Cocoanut
1939 • as Josserand
★ 6.6
The Fleeing Dead
The Fleeing Dead
1936 • as Achille Baluchet
★ 7.1
movie
A Bum Deal
1935 • as Boudu
Moutonnet
Moutonnet
1936 • as Frècheville
★ 9.0
movie
Adémaï au Moyen Âge
1935 • as Lord Pickwickdam
★ 7.0
Ecco
Ecco
1963 • as Self
★ 4.7
The Two Truths
The Two Truths
1951 • as Cidoni
★ 9.0
The Lovers of the Pont Saint-Jean
The Lovers of the Pont Saint-Jean
1947 • as Alcide Garonne
★ 6.9
movie
René Clair, tout entre nous n'était qu'un jeu
2021 • as Lui-même
Girls of Paris
Girls of Paris
1936 • as Baron de Beaupoil / his brother
★ 5.5
Cinéastes de notre temps : Jean Vigo
Cinéastes de notre temps : Jean Vigo
2012 • as Self
★ 7.3
Hôtel des Invalides
Hôtel des Invalides
1952 • as Récitant / Narrator (voice)
★ 5.9
Jean Renoir, le patron, 2e partie: La direction d'acteur
Jean Renoir, le patron, 2e partie: La direction d'acteur
1967 • as Self - Interviewee
★ 8.3
Illegitimate Child
Illegitimate Child
1930 • as Lorédan
★ 7.0
Le Choc en retour
Le Choc en retour
1937 • as Laverdac
★ 10.0
La Bataille silencieuse
La Bataille silencieuse
1937 • as Sauvin
★ 8.0
Le Bébé de l'escadron
Le Bébé de l'escadron
1935 • as Perrot-Joly
★ 7.0
The Musicians of the Sky
The Musicians of the Sky
1940 • as Le capitaine Simon
★ 7.5
movie
Les Deux Réalités
• as Cidoni
★ 6.3