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Michel Simon (I) (1895–1975)

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The son of a sausage-maker, Michel Simon was conscripted into the Swiss Army at the start of World War I, but was thrown out through a combination of tuberculosis and general insubordination. He was variously a boxer, photographer, general handyman and right-wing anarchist, finally becoming a stage actor in Geneva in 1920... See full bio »

Born:

François Michel Simon
in Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

Died:

(age 80) in Bry-sur-Marne, Val-de-Marne, France
Still of Michel Simon in Boudu Saved from Drowning Still of Michel Simon in Boudu Saved from Drowning Still of Burt Lancaster and Michel Simon in The Train
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1975 The Red Ibis
Zizi
 
1975 The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan
L'érotologue
 
1972 La più bella serata della mia vita
Attorney Zorn
 
1972 Blanche
Master
 
1970 The House
Louis Compiegne
 
1970 Let's Have a Riot
Cavazza
 
1968 The Marriage Came Tumbling Down
Le vieux Jéricho
 
1967 The Two of Us
Pepe
 
1966 Two Hours to Kill
L'employé de la consigne
 
1965 Ecce Homo
Récitant/Narrator (voice)
 
1964 Cyrano et d'Artagnan
Le Grognard
 
1964 The Train
Papa Boule
 
1964 Steinlein (short)
Récitant/Narrator (voice)
 
1962 The Devil and the Ten Commandments
Jérôme Chambard (segments "Dieu en vain ne jureras"/"Les Dimanches tu garderas")
 
1962 Emile's Boat
Charles-Edmond Larmentiel
 
1960 Candide
Colonel Nanar, du cadre de réserve
 
1960 Pete the Tender
Pierrot
 
1960 The Battle of Austerlitz
Alboise
 
1960 My Friend Lazlo (short)
 
1959 The Head
Professor Dr. Abel
 
1958 It Happened in Broad Daylight
Jacquier
 
1958 Un certain Monsieur Jo
Joseph 'Jo' Guardini
 
1957 Les 3 font la paire
Commissaire Bernard
 
1956 La joyeuse prison
Benoit - le surveillant-chef
 
1956 Memories of a Cop
Commissaire Henri Dominique
 
1955 The Impossible Mr. Pipelet
Maurice Martin
 
1954 At the Order of the Czar
Prince de Sayn-Wittgenstein
 
1954 Hungarian Rhapsody
General von Sayn-Wittgenstein
 
1954 The Anatomy of Love
Il professore
 
1954 Strange Desire of Mr. Bard
Auguste Bard
 
1953 Saadia
Bou Rezza
 
1953 Femmes de Paris
Professeur Charles Buisson
 
1953 La vie d'un honnête homme
Albert Ménard-Lacoste/Alain Ménard-Lacoste
 
1953 Le marchand de Venise
Shylock
 
1952 Le chemin de Damas
Caïphe
 
1952 Crimson Curtain
Bertal / Banquo
 
1952 The Temptress
Cidoni
 
1952 Das Geheimnis vom Bergsee
Bürgermeister (french version)
 
1952 Girl with the Whip
Le tuteur d'Angelina
 
1952 Full House
Commissaire Jules Maigret (segment "Les témoignages d'un enfant de choeur")
 
1952 Monsieur Taxi
Pierre Verger (Monsieur Taxi)
 
1951 La Poison
Paul Louis Victor Braconnier
 
1951 La cité du midi (short)
Récitant/Narrator (voice)
 
1950 Beauty and the Devil
Mephistopheles / Old Prof. Henri Faust
 
1949 Fabiola
Senator Fabius Severus
 
1948 La carcasse et le tord-cou
Le tord-cou
 
1947 Les amants du pont Saint-Jean
Alcide Garonne
 
1947 Non coupable
Docteur Michel Ancelin
 
1947 La taverne du poisson couronné
Capitaine Palmer
 
1946 Panic
M. Hire
 
1946 A Friend Will Come Tonight
Michel Lemaret
 
1943 Vautrin the Thief
Vautrin
 
1943 Shop Girls of Paris
Baudu
 
1942 Girl of the Golden West
Butler / Carras
 
1941 The King's Jester
Rigoletto
 
1941 The Story of Tosca
Il barone Scarpia
 
1940 Ecco la felicità
Giambattista Giordano
 
1940 La comédie du bonheur
M. Jourdain
 
1940 Paris New-York
L'inspecteur Boucheron
 
1940 Les musiciens du ciel
Le capitaine Simon
 
1940 Love Cavalcade
Diogène, Monseigneur de Beaupré & Lacouret
 
1939 Circonstances atténuantes
M. Gaetan Le Sentencier, 'La Sentence'
 
1939 Fric-Frac
Jo 'Les bras coupés'
 
1939 Le dernier tournant
Nick Marino
 
1939 La fin du jour
Cabrissade
 
1939 Derrière la façade
Picking
 
1939 Eusèbe député
Eusèbe Bonbonneau
 
1939 Cocoanut
Josserand
 
1938 Belle étoile
Léon
 
1938 Mother Love
Michel Quercy
 
1938 The Stream
Comte Edouard de Bourgogne dit 'L'Escargot'
 
1938 Port of Shadows
Zabel
 
1938 Les nouveaux riches
Martinet
 
1938 Boys' School
Lemel, prof. de dessin
 
1938 Mirages
Michel
 
1938 Le règne de l'esprit malin
Luc
 
1937 The Kiss of Fire
Michel
 
1937 Drole de Drame
Irwin Molyneux
 
1937 La bataille silencieuse
Sauvin
 
1937 Boulot aviateur
Baron Gobèche
 
1937 Le choc en retour
Laverdac
 
1936 Faisons un rêve...
Un invité (prologue)
 
1936 Le mort en fuite
Achille Baluchet
 
1936 Jeunes filles de Paris
Baron de Beaupoil and his brother
 
1936 Les jumeaux de Brighton
Labrosse
 
1936 Under Western Eyes
Lespara
 
1936 Moutonnet
Frècheville
 
1935 Le bébé de l'escadron
Perrot-Joly
 
1935 Amants et voleurs
Doizeau
 
1935 Adémaï au moyen âge
Lord Pickwickdam
 
1934 L'Atalante
Le père Jules
 
1934 Ladies Lake
Oscar Lyssenhop
 
1934 Miquette et sa mère
Monchablon
 
1934 Léopold le bien-aimé
M. Ponce
 
1934 Le bonheur
Noël Malpiaz
 
1933 High and Low
M. Bodeletz
 
1932 Boudu Saved from Drowning
Priape Boudu
 
1932 Baleydier
Baleydier
 
1931 La Chienne
Maurice Legrand
 
1931 Baby's Laxative
Chouilloux
 
1931 Jean de la Lune
Clo-Clo
 
1930 Illegitimate Child
Lorédan
 
1929 Pivoine
 
1928 The Sad Sack
Joseph Turlot
 
1928 The Passion of Joan of Arc
Jean Lemaître
 
1927 The Loves of Casanova
Sbire
 
1926 The Living Dead Man
Jérôme Pomino
 
1926 L'inconnue des six jours
Le valet de chambre
 
1925 The Vocation of André Carel
Gaston Lebeau
 
1924 La galerie des monstres
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (2 titles)
1994 De Serge Gainsbourg à Gainsbarre de 1958 - 1991 (video documentary) (performer: "L'herbe tendre")
 
1947 Les amants du pont Saint-Jean (performer: "Boire un petit coup, c'est agréable")
 
Show ShowWriter (1 title)
1941 The King's Jester (adaptation / screenplay)
 
Show ShowProducer (1 title)
1932 Boudu Saved from Drowning (producer - uncredited)
 
Show ShowSelf (20 titles)
1971-1974 Samedi soir (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 2 November 1974 (1974) … Himself
– Episode dated 9 January 1971 (1971) … Himself
 
1974 Tid til at leve (TV series documentary)
Himself
 
1974 Histoire du cinéma français par ceux qui l'ont fait (TV series documentary)
Himself
 
1973 Gala de l'union (TV series)
Himself
– 40ème gala de l'union des artistes (1973) … Himself
 
1973 Bienvenue (TV series)
Himself - Main guest
– Michel Simon - 2ème partie (1973) … Himself - Main guest
– Michel Simon - 1 ère partie (1973) … Himself - Main guest
 
1970 Monsieur Cinéma (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 8 September 1970 (1970) … Himself
 
1969 D'hier et d'aujourd'hui (TV series)
Himself
– Michel Simon d'hier et d'aujourd'hui (1969) … Himself
 
1964-1969 Cinéastes de notre temps (TV series documentary)
Himself
– René Clair (1969) … Himself
– Jean Renoir le patron, 2e partie: La direction d'acteur (1967) … Himself
– Portrait de Michel Simon par Jean Renoir ou Portrait de Jean Renoir par Michel Simon ou La direction d'acteurs: dialogue (1966) … Himself
– Sacha Guitry (1965) … Himself
– Jean Vigo (1964) … Himself
 
1968 Dim Dam Dom (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 22 November 1968 (1968) … Himself
 
1967 Tilt (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 25 October 1967 (1967) … Himself
 
1967 Pariser Journal (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode #7.1 (1967) … Himself
 
1960-1965 Cinépanorama (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode dated 3 July 1965 (1965) … Himself
– Episode dated 14 May 1960 (1960) … Himself
 
1964 Michel Simon (short)
Himself
 
1964 Ecco (documentary)
 
1961 Voeux à tous vents (TV movie)
Himself
 
1960 Discorama (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 2 December 1960 (1960) … Himself
 
1959 Simenon (short)
Himself
 
1952 Hôtel des Invalides (documentary short)
Récitant/Narrator (voice)
 
1951 Vedettes sans maquillage (documentary short)
Himself
 
1939 Michel Simon sous le plâtre (documentary short)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (15 titles)
2013 Isabelle Adjani, 2 ou 3 choses qu'on ne sait pas d'elle... (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2010 L'Occupation sans relâche - Les artistes pendant la guerre (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2009 L'hebdo cinéma (TV series documentary)
 
2008 Spisok korabley (documentary)
 
2008 Freddy Buache, passeur du 7ème art (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Arletty, Lady Paname (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Les grands du rire (TV series)
 
2004 Words in Progress (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Grock: King of Clowns (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2001 Jean Vigo: Le son retrouvé (video documentary short)
Le père Jules (uncredited)
 
1995 Citizen Langlois (documentary)
Himself
 
1995 Michel Simon (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1994 De Serge Gainsbourg à Gainsbarre de 1958 - 1991 (video documentary)
(segment "L'herbe tendre")
 
1988 Fuori orario. Cose (mai) viste (TV series documentary)
 
1985 Carné, l'homme à la caméra (documentary)
Himself
 

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Height:

5' 10" (1.78 m)
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In the 1920's/30's Michel Simon, enjoyed associating with people of the lower classes in Paris and for a while, at a time when prostitution was legal, he lived in a brothel. See more »

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Star Sign:

Aries