Michel Simon
April 9, 1895 (129 years old) in 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).
Known For
Credits
- 2021 · René Clair, tout entre nous n'était qu'un jeu as Lui-même
- 2012 · Cinéastes de notre temps : Jean Vigo as Self
- 2007 · Arletty, Lady Paname as Self (archive footage)
- 2001 · Jean Vigo : le son retrouvé as Le père Jules (archive footage)
- 1990 · Star Life as Self (archive footage)
- 1978 · Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma as Self (archive footage)
- 1977 · Journey Through History as Self (archive footage)
- 1975 · The Red Ibis as Zizi
- 1975 · The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan as The erotologist
- 1974 · Spécial cinéma as Self (archive footage)
- 1972 · The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life as Attorney Zorn
- 1972 · Blanche as Master
- 1972 · Le Grand Échiquier as Self
- 1971 · Samedi soir as Self
- 1970 · The House as Louis Compiegne
- 1970 · Let's Have a Riot as Cavazza
- 1968 · The Marriage Came Tumbling Down as Le vieux Jéricho
- 1967 · The Two of Us as Pépé
- 1967 · Jean Renoir, le patron, 2e partie: La direction d'acteur as Self - Interviewee
- 1966 · Two Hours to Kill as Locker Attendant
- 1965 · Cinéastes de notre temps : Sacha Guitry as Self - Interviewee
- 1965 · Dim Dam Dom as Self
- 1964 · Cyrano and d'Artagnan as Le Grognard
- 1964 · The Train as Papa Boul
- 1963 · Ecco as Self
- 1962 · The Devil and the Ten Commandments as Jérôme Chambard
- 1962 · Emile's Boat as Charles-Edmond Larmentiel
- 1960 · Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century as Colonel Nanar, du cadre de réserve
- 1960 · Pete the Tender as Pierrot
- 1960 · The Battle of Austerlitz as Alboise
- 1959 · The Head as Prof. Dr. Abel
- 1959 · Discorama as Self
- 1958 · It Happened in Broad Daylight as Jacquier
- 1958 · A Certain Mr. Jo as Joseph "Jo" Guardini
- 1957 · Three Make a Pair as Commissaire Bernard
- 1956 · La joyeuse prison as Benoit, the chief guard
- 1956 · Cinépanorama as Self
- 1956 · Mémoires d'un flic as Principal Commissioner Henri Dominique
- 1955 · The Impossible Mr. Pipelet as Maurice Martin, concierge d'immeuble
- 1954 · At the Order of the Czar as Prince de Sayn-Wittgenstein
- 1954 · Hungarian Rhapsody as General von Sayn-Wittgenstein
- 1954 · Reflets de Cannes as Self
- 1954 · The Anatomy of Love as Padre Silvio
- 1954 · Strange Desire of Mr. Bard as Auguste Bard
- 1953 · Saadia as Bou Rezza
- 1953 · The Merchant of Venice as Shylock
- 1953 · Femmes de Paris as Professeur Charles Buisson
- 1953 · The Virtuous Scoundrel as Albert et Alain Ménard-Lacoste
- 1952 · Hôtel des Invalides as Récitant / Narrator (voice)
- 1952 · The Road to Damascus as Caïphe
- 1952 · Crimson Curtain as Lucien Bertal / Léonard, his understudy / Banquo
- 1952 · Full House as Le commissaire Jules Maigret
- 1952 · The Girl with the Whip as Le tuteur
- 1952 · Mister Taxi as Pierre Verger
- 1951 · Poison as Paul Louis Victor Braconnier
- 1951 · The Two Truths as Cidoni
- 1950 · The Beauty of the Devil as Mephistopheles / Old Prof. Henri Faust
- 1949 · Fabiola as Senator Fabius Severus
- 1948 · La Carcasse et le Tord-cou as Joseph Ferdinand Anselme Midot,aka 'Le tord-cou'
- 1947 · The Lovers of the Pont Saint-Jean as Alcide Garonne
- 1947 · Not Guilty as Docteur Ancelin
- 1947 · The Crowned Fish Tavern as Captain Palmer
- 1947 · Panic as Monsieur Hire
- 1946 · A Friend Will Come Tonight as Michel Lemaret
- 1943 · Vautrin the Thief as Vautrin
- 1943 · Shop Girls of Paris as Baudu
- 1942 · Girl of the Golden West as Butler
- 1941 · The King's Jester as Rigoletto
- 1941 · Tosca as Il barone Scarpia
- 1940 · Comedy of Happiness as Monsieur Jourdain
- 1940 · The Musicians of the Sky as Le capitaine Simon
- 1940 · Paris-New York as Le commissaire Boucheron
- 1939 · Cavalcade of Love as Diogène, Monseigneur de Beaupré & Lacouret
- 1939 · Extenuating Circumstances as M. Gaetan, "Le Sentencier"
- 1939 · Fric-Frac as Jo
- 1939 · The Last Turning as Nick Marino
- 1939 · The End of the Day as Cabrissade, l'éternelle doublure
- 1939 · Behind the Facade as Picking, l'artiste lanceur de couteaux
- 1939 · Deputy Eusèbe as Eusèbe Bonbonneau
- 1939 · Cocoanut as Josserand
- 1938 · Beautiful Star as Léon
- 1938 · Mother Love as Michel Quercy
- 1938 · The Stream as le comte Edouard de Bourgogne
- 1938 · The New Rich as Martinet
- 1938 · Port of Shadows as Zabel
- 1938 · Boys' School as Lemel, le professeur de dessin
- 1938 · Mirages as Michel
- 1937 · Naples Under the Kiss of Fire as Michel
- 1937 · Bizarre, Bizarre as Irwin Molyneux, alias Félix Chapel
- 1937 · La Bataille silencieuse as Sauvin
- 1937 · Boulot aviateur as Baron Gobèche
- 1937 · Le Choc en retour as Laverdac
- 1936 · Let's Make a Dream as Un Invité (Prologue)
- 1936 · Girls of Paris as
- 1936 · The Twins of Brighton as Labrosse
- 1936 · Moutonnet as Frècheville
- 1936 · Under Western Eyes as Lespara
- 1936 · The Fleeing Dead as Achille Baluchet
- 1935 · Le Bébé de l'escadron as Perrot-Joly
- 1935 · Lovers and Thieves as Doizeau
- 1935 · A Bum Deal as Boudu
- 1935 · Adémaï au Moyen Âge as Lord Pickwickdam
- 1934 · Le Bonheur as Noël Malpiaz
- 1934 · Ladies Lake as Oscar Lyssenhop
- 1934 · L'Atalante as Père Jules
- 1934 · Miquette and Her Mother as Monchablon, un médiocre acteur de tournées, qui fait la cour à Miquette
- 1934 · Léopold le bien-aimé as
- 1933 · High and Low as M. Bodeletz
- 1932 · Boudu Saved from Drowning as Priape Boudu
- 1932 · Baleydier as
- 1931 · La Chienne as Maurice Legrand
- 1931 · Baby's Laxative as Chouilloux
- 1931 · Jean of the Moon as Jean de la Lune
- 1930 · Illegitimate Child as Lorédan
- 1929 · Pivoine as
- 1928 · The Sad Sack as Joseph Turlot
- 1928 · The Passion of Joan of Arc as Jean Lemaître
- 1925 · The Late Mathias Pascal as Jérôme Pomino
- 1925 · The Vocation of André Carel as Gaston Lebeau
- Future · Les Deux Réalités as Cidoni