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Michel Simon
Born
April 9, 1895
Died: May 30, 1975
Lived 80 years
Place of Birth
Geneva, Switzerland
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Career Highlights
114
Movies
8
TV Shows
Also Known As
Мишель Симон
Michel François Joseph Simon
François Joseph Simon
IMDb Profile
Michel Simon
Acting
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).
Movies
114
TV Shows
8
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René Clair, tout entre nous n'était qu'un jeu
as
Lui-même
2021
0
Carné, Prévert : drôle de duo
as
Self (archive footage)
2019
7.3
Cinéastes de notre temps : Jean Vigo
as
Self
2012
6.0
Arletty, Lady Paname
as
Self (archive footage)
2007
7.0
Jean Vigo : le son retrouvé
as
Le père Jules (archive footage)
2001
0
Journey Through History
as
Self (archive footage)
1977
5.4
The Red Ibis
as
Zizi
1975
1.0
The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan
as
Erotologist
1975
7.2
The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life
as
Attorney Zorn
1972
6.0
Blanche
as
Master
1972
0
The House
as
Louis Compiegne
1970
6.9
Let's Have a Riot
as
Cavazza
1970
5.9
The Marriage Came Tumbling Down
as
Le vieux Jéricho
1968
0
La Plaie et le Couteau, Charles Baudelaire
Cast
1967
7.6
The Two of Us
as
Pépé
1967
9.0
Jean Renoir, le patron, 2e partie: La direction d'acteur
as
Self - Interviewee
1967
6.3
Two Hours to Kill
as
Locker Attendant
1966
0
Cinéastes de notre temps : Sacha Guitry
as
Self - Interviewee
1965
5.8
Cyrano and d'Artagnan
as
Le Grognard
1964
7.5
The Train
as
Papa Boul
1964
4.3
Ecco
as
Self
1963
5.5
The Devil and the Ten Commandments
as
Jérôme Chambard
1962
6.4
Emile's Boat
as
Charles-Edmond Larmentiel
1962
6.2
Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
as
Colonel Nanar, du cadre de réserve
1960
5.4
Pete the Tender
as
Pierrot
1960
6.6
The Battle of Austerlitz
as
Alboise
1960
5.0
The Head
as
Prof. Dr. Abel
1959
7.4
It Happened in Broad Daylight
as
Jacquier
1958
1.0
A Certain Mr. Jo
as
Joseph "Jo" Guardini
1958
4.8
Three Make a Pair
as
Commissaire Bernard
1957
0
La joyeuse prison
as
Benoit, chief guard
1956
0
Mémoires d'un flic
as
Principal Commissioner Henri Dominique
1956
5.5
The Impossible Mr. Pipelet
as
Maurice Martin, concierge d'immeuble
1955
0
At the Order of the Czar
as
Prince de Sayn-Wittgenstein
1954
0
Hungarian Rhapsody
as
General von Sayn-Wittgenstein
1954
6.4
The Anatomy of Love
as
Padre Silvio
1954
6.0
Strange Desire of Mr. Bard
as
Auguste Bard
1954
5.8
Saadia
as
Bou Rezza
1953
5.0
The Merchant of Venice
as
Shylock
1953
6.5
Femmes de Paris
as
Professor Charles Buisson
1953
5.9
The Virtuous Scoundrel
as
Albert Ménard-Lacoste / Alain Ménard-Lacoste
1953
5.8
Hôtel des Invalides
as
Récitant / Narrator (voice)
1952
0
The Road to Damascus
as
Caïphe
1952
6.2
Crimson Curtain
as
Lucien Bertal / Léonard, his understudy / Banquo
1952
6.6
Full House
as
Commissioner Jules Maigret (segment "Le témoignage d'un enfant de choeur")
1952
0
The Girl with the Whip
as
Le tuteur
1952
6.2
Mister Taxi
as
Pierre Verger
1952
7.2
Poison
as
Paul Louis Victor Braconnier
1951
9.0
The Two Truths
as
Cidoni
1951
7.2
The Beauty of the Devil
as
Mephistopheles / Old Prof. Henri Faust
1950
5.4
Fabiola
as
Senator Fabius Severus
1949
0
La Carcasse et le Tord-cou
as
Joseph Ferdinand Anselme Midot,aka 'Le tord-cou'
1948
6.6
The Lovers of the Pont Saint-Jean
as
Alcide Garonne
1947
7.5
Not Guilty
as
Doctor Michel Ancelin
1947
5.6
The Crowned Fish Tavern
as
Captain Palmer
1947
7.3
Panic
as
Monsieur Hire
1947
5.5
A Friend Will Come Tonight
as
Michel Lemaret
1946
7.6
Vautrin the Thief
as
Vautrin
1943
6.8
Shop Girls of Paris
as
Baudu
1943
6.0
Girl of the Golden West
as
Butler
1942
0
The King's Jester
as
Rigoletto
1941
5.3
Tosca
as
Il barone Scarpia
1941
6.4
Comedy of Happiness
as
Monsieur Jourdain
1940
6.7
The Musicians of the Sky
as
Le capitaine Simon
1940
7.0
Paris - New-York
as
Inspector Boucheron
1940
5.2
Cavalcade of Love
as
Diogène, Monseigneur de Beaupré & Lacouret
1939
6.6
Extenuating Circumstances
as
Mr. Gaetan Le Sentencier
1939
6.0
Fric-Frac
as
Jo
1939
6.3
The Last Turning
as
Nick Marino
1939
6.6
The End of the Day
as
Ernest Cabrissade, eternal understudy
1939
7.8
Behind the Facade
as
Picking, knife-throwing artist
1939
0
Deputy Eusèbe
as
Eusèbe Bonbonneau
1939
6.5
Cocoanut
as
Josserand
1939
6.2
Mother Love
as
Michel Quercy
1938
6.7
The Stream
as
Counr Edouard de Bourgogne, aka 'L'Escargot'
1938
8.0
Beautiful Star
as
Léon
1938
7.0
The New Rich
as
Martinet
1938
7.4
Port of Shadows
as
Zabel
1938
7.4
Boys' School
as
Lemel, le professeur de dessin
1938
7.0
Mirages
as
Michel
1938
4.3
Naples Under the Kiss of Fire
as
Michel
1937
6.9
Bizarre, Bizarre
as
Irwin Molyneux, alias Félix Chapel
1937
0
La Bataille silencieuse
as
Sauvin
1937
0
Boulot aviateur
as
Baron Gobèche
1937
0
Le Choc en retour
as
Laverdac
1937
6.7
Let's Make a Dream
as
Un Invité (Prologue)
1936
4.0
Girls of Paris
as
Baron de Beaupoil / his brother
1936
7.0
The Twins of Brighton
as
Labrosse
1936
0
Moutonnet
as
Frècheville
1936
6.2
Under Western Eyes
as
Lespara
1936
7.1
The Fleeing Dead
as
Achille Baluchet
1936
0
Le Bébé de l'escadron
as
Perrot-Joly
1935
0
Lovers and Thieves
as
Doizeau
1935
0
A Bum Deal
as
Boudu
1935
0
Adémaï au Moyen Âge
as
Lord Pickwickdam
1935
6.6
Le Bonheur
as
Noël Malpiaz
1934
3.6
Ladies Lake
as
Oscar Lyssenhop
1934
7.5
L'Atalante
as
Père Jules
1934
7.0
Miquette and Her Mother
as
Monchablon, un médiocre acteur de tournées, qui fait la cour à Miquette
1934
0
Léopold le bien-aimé
Cast
1934
5.0
High and Low
as
M. Bodeletz
1933
7.0
Boudu Saved from Drowning
as
Priape Boudu
1932
0
Baleydier
Cast
1932
7.3
La Chienne
as
Maurice Legrand
1931
5.7
Baby's Laxative
as
Chouilloux
1931
6.0
Jean of the Moon
as
Jean de la Lune
1931
6.0
Illegitimate Child
as
Lorédan
1930
6.2
Pivoine
Cast
1929
6.5
The Sad Sack
as
Joseph Turlot
1928
8.0
The Passion of Joan of Arc
as
Jean Lemaître
1928
7.0
The Late Mathias Pascal
as
Jérôme Pomino
1925
5.3
The Vocation of André Carel
as
Gaston Lebeau
1925
7.5
The Gallery of Monsters
Cast
1924
6.3
Les Deux Réalités
as
Cidoni
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