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