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Michel Simon

Actor

Michel Simon

Born April 9, 1895 in Geneva, SwitzerlandDied May 30, 1975103 films

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).

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The Passion of Joan of Arc posterFirst watchThe Passion of Joan of Arc19288.0as Jean LemaîtreA classic of the silent age, this film tells the story of the doomed but ultimately canonized 15th-century teenage warrior.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
L'Atalante poster7.5L'Atalante1934The Train poster7.6The Train1964Port of Shadows poster7.4Port of Shadows1938It Happened in Broad Daylight poster7.4It Happened in Broad Daylight1958La Chienne poster7.3La Chienne1931Boudu Saved from Drowning poster6.9Boudu Saved from Drowning1932The Two of Us poster7.6The Two of Us1967Panic poster7.4Panic1947

Filmography

103 films as actor
  1. TBALes Deux RéalitésCidoni
  2. 1975The Red IbisZizi
  3. 1975The Butcher, the Star and the OrphanErotologist
  4. 1972The Most Wonderful Evening of My LifeAttorney Zorn
  5. 1972BlancheMaster
  6. 1970The HouseLouis Compiegne
  7. 1970Let's Have a RiotCavazza
  8. 1968The Marriage Came Tumbling DownLe vieux Jéricho
  9. 1967The Two of UsPépé
  10. 1966Two Hours to KillLocker Attendant
  11. 1964Cyrano and d'ArtagnanLe Grognard
  12. 1964The TrainPapa Boul
  13. 1962The Devil and the Ten CommandmentsJérôme Chambard
  14. 1962Emile's BoatCharles-Edmond Larmentiel
  15. 1960Candide or The Optimism in the 20th CenturyColonel Nanar, du cadre de réserve
  16. 1960Pete the TenderPierrot
  17. 1960AusterlitzAlboise
  18. 1959The HeadProf. Dr. Abel
  19. 1958It Happened in Broad DaylightJacquier
  20. 1958A Certain Mr. JoJoseph "Jo" Guardini
  21. 1957Three Make a PairCommissaire Bernard
  22. 1956La joyeuse prisonBenoit, chief guard
  23. 1956Mémoires d'un flicPrincipal Commissioner Henri Dominique
  24. 1955The Impossible Mr. PipeletMaurice Martin, concierge d'immeuble
  25. 1954At the Order of the CzarPrince de Sayn-Wittgenstein
  26. 1954Hungarian RhapsodyGeneral von Sayn-Wittgenstein
  27. 1954The Anatomy of LovePadre Silvio
  28. 1954Strange Desire of Mr. BardAuguste Bard
  29. 1953SaadiaBou Rezza
  30. 1953The Merchant of VeniceShylock
  31. 1953Femmes de ParisProfessor Charles Buisson
  32. 1953The Virtuous ScoundrelAlbert Ménard-Lacoste / Alain Ménard-Lacoste
  33. 1952The Road to DamascusCaïphe
  34. 1952Crimson CurtainLucien Bertal / Léonard, his understudy / Banquo
  35. 1952Full HouseCommissioner Jules Maigret (segment "Le témoignage d'un enfant de choeur")
  36. 1952The Girl with the WhipLe tuteur
  37. 1952Mister TaxiPierre Verger, « Monsieur Taxi »
  38. 1951PoisonPaul Louis Victor Braconnier
  39. 1951The Two TruthsCidoni
  40. 1950The Beauty of the DevilMephistopheles / Old Prof. Henri Faust
  41. 1949FabiolaSenator Fabius Severus
  42. 1948La Carcasse et le Tord-couJoseph Ferdinand Anselme Midot,aka 'Le tord-cou'
  43. 1947The Lovers of the Pont Saint-JeanAlcide Garonne
  44. 1947Not GuiltyDoctor Michel Ancelin
  45. 1947The Crowned Fish TavernCaptain Palmer
  46. 1947PanicMonsieur Hire
  47. 1946A Friend Will Come TonightMichel Lemaret
  48. 1943Vautrin the ThiefVautrin
  49. 1943Shop Girls of ParisBaudu
  50. 1942Girl of the Golden WestButler
  51. 1941The King's JesterRigoletto
  52. 1941ToscaIl barone Scarpia
  53. 1940Comedy of HappinessMonsieur Jourdain
  54. 1940The Musicians of the SkyLe capitaine Simon
  55. 1940Paris - New-YorkInspector Boucheron
  56. 1939Cavalcade of LoveDiogène, Monseigneur de Beaupré & Lacouret
  57. 1939Extenuating CircumstancesMr. Gaetan Le Sentencier
  58. 1939Fric-FracJo
  59. 1939The Last TurningNick Marino
  60. 1939The End of the DayErnest Cabrissade, eternal understudy
  61. 1939Behind the FacadePicking, knife-throwing artist
  62. 1939Deputy EusèbeEusèbe Bonbonneau
  63. 1939CocoanutJosserand
  64. 1938Mother LoveMichel Quercy
  65. 1938The StreamCounr Edouard de Bourgogne, aka 'L'Escargot'
  66. 1938Beautiful StarLéon
  67. 1938The New RichMartinet
  68. 1938Port of ShadowsZabel
  69. 1938Boys' SchoolLemel, le professeur de dessin
  70. 1938MiragesMichel
  71. 1937Naples Under the Kiss of FireMichel
  72. 1937Bizarre, BizarreIrwin Molyneux, alias Félix Chapel
  73. 1937La Bataille silencieuseSauvin
  74. 1937Boulot aviateurBaron Gobèche
  75. 1937Le Choc en retourLaverdac
  76. 1936Let's Make a DreamUn Invité (Prologue)
  77. 1936Girls of ParisBaron de Beaupoil / his brother
  78. 1936The Twins of BrightonLabrosse
  79. 1936MoutonnetFrècheville
  80. 1936Under Western EyesLespara
  81. 1936The Fleeing DeadAchille Baluchet
  82. 1935Le Bébé de l'escadronPerrot-Joly
  83. 1935Lovers and ThievesDoizeau
  84. 1935A Bum DealBoudu
  85. 1935Adémaï au Moyen ÂgeLord Pickwickdam
  86. 1934Le BonheurNoël Malpiaz
  87. 1934Ladies LakeOscar Lyssenhop
  88. 1934L'AtalantePère Jules
  89. 1934Léopold le bien-aimé
  90. 1933High and LowM. Bodeletz
  91. 1933Miquette and Her MotherMonchablon, un médiocre acteur de tournées, qui fait la cour à Miquette
  92. 1932Boudu Saved from DrowningPriape Boudu
  93. 1932Baleydier
  94. 1931La ChienneMaurice Legrand
  95. 1931Baby's LaxativeChouilloux
  96. 1931Jean of the MoonClothaire dit Clo-Clo
  97. 1930Illegitimate ChildLorédan
  98. 1929Pivoine
  99. 1928The Sad SackJoseph Turlot
  100. 1928The Passion of Joan of ArcJean Lemaître
  101. 1925The Late Mathias PascalJérôme Pomino
  102. 1925The Vocation of André CarelGaston Lebeau
  103. 1924The Gallery of Monsters