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Michel Simon

Michel Simon

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

Belmondo: The Incorrigible
Belmondo: The Incorrigible
2022
Morceaux de Cannes
Morceaux de Cannes
2021
René Clair, tout entre nous n'était qu'un jeu
2021 • Lui-même
Carné, Prévert : drôle de duo
Carné, Prévert : drôle de duo
2019 • Self (archive footage)
Cinéastes de notre temps : Jean Vigo
Cinéastes de notre temps : Jean Vigo
2012 • Self
The Bardot mystery
The Bardot mystery
2012
Arletty, Lady Paname
Arletty, Lady Paname
2007 • Self (archive footage)
Jean Vigo : le son retrouvé
Jean Vigo : le son retrouvé
2001 • Le père Jules (archive footage)

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Carné, Prévert : drôle de duo
Carné, Prévert : drôle de duo
2019 • Self (archive footage)
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Arletty, Lady Paname
Arletty, Lady Paname
2007 • Self (archive footage)
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Jean Vigo : le son retrouvé
Jean Vigo : le son retrouvé
2001 • Le père Jules (archive footage)
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Journey Through History
Journey Through History
1977 • Self (archive footage)
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Blanche
Blanche
1972 • Master
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The House
The House
1970 • Louis Compiegne
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Two Hours to Kill
Two Hours to Kill
1966 • Locker Attendant
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The Train
The Train
1964 • Papa Boul
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Ecco
Ecco
1963 • Self
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Emile's Boat
Emile's Boat
1962 • Charles-Edmond Larmentiel
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Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
1960 • Colonel Nanar, du cadre de réserve
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The Head
The Head
1959 • Prof. Dr. Abel
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A Certain Mr. Jo
A Certain Mr. Jo
1958 • Joseph "Jo" Guardini
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Three Make a Pair
Three Make a Pair
1957 • Commissaire Bernard
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La joyeuse prison
La joyeuse prison
1956 • Benoit, chief guard
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Mémoires d'un flic
Mémoires d'un flic
1956 • Principal Commissioner Henri Dominique
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The Impossible Mr. Pipelet
The Impossible Mr. Pipelet
1955 • Maurice Martin, concierge d'immeuble
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At the Order of the Czar
At the Order of the Czar
1954 • Prince de Sayn-Wittgenstein
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Hungarian Rhapsody
Hungarian Rhapsody
1954 • General von Sayn-Wittgenstein
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The Anatomy of Love
The Anatomy of Love
1954 • Padre Silvio
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Saadia
Saadia
1953 • Bou Rezza
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Femmes de Paris
Femmes de Paris
1953 • Professor Charles Buisson
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The Virtuous Scoundrel
The Virtuous Scoundrel
1953 • Albert Ménard-Lacoste / Alain Ménard-Lacoste
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Hôtel des Invalides
Hôtel des Invalides
1952 • Récitant / Narrator (voice)
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Crimson Curtain
Crimson Curtain
1952 • Lucien Bertal / Léonard, his understudy / Banquo
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Full House
Full House
1952 • Commissioner Jules Maigret (segment "Le témoignage d'un enfant de choeur")
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Mister Taxi
Mister Taxi
1952 • Pierre Verger, « Monsieur Taxi »
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Poison
Poison
1951 • Paul Louis Victor Braconnier
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The Beauty of the Devil
The Beauty of the Devil
1950 • Mephistopheles / Old Prof. Henri Faust
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Fabiola
Fabiola
1949 • Senator Fabius Severus
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La Carcasse et le Tord-cou
La Carcasse et le Tord-cou
1948 • Joseph Ferdinand Anselme Midot,aka 'Le tord-cou'
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Not Guilty
Not Guilty
1947 • Doctor Michel Ancelin
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The Crowned Fish Tavern
The Crowned Fish Tavern
1947 • Captain Palmer
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Panic
Panic
1947 • Monsieur Hire
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The King's Jester
The King's Jester
1941 • Rigoletto
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Tosca
Tosca
1941 • Il barone Scarpia
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Comedy of Happiness
Comedy of Happiness
1940 • Monsieur Jourdain
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The Musicians of the Sky
The Musicians of the Sky
1940 • Le capitaine Simon
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Paris - New-York
Paris - New-York
1940 • Inspector Boucheron
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Cavalcade of Love
Cavalcade of Love
1939 • Diogène, Monseigneur de Beaupré & Lacouret
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Extenuating Circumstances
Extenuating Circumstances
1939 • Mr. Gaetan Le Sentencier
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The Last Turning
The Last Turning
1939 • Nick Marino
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The End of the Day
The End of the Day
1939 • Ernest Cabrissade, eternal understudy
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Behind the Facade
Behind the Facade
1939 • Picking, knife-throwing artist
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Deputy Eusèbe
Deputy Eusèbe
1939 • Eusèbe Bonbonneau
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Cocoanut
Cocoanut
1939 • Josserand
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Mother Love
Mother Love
1938 • Michel Quercy
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The Stream
The Stream
1938 • Counr Edouard de Bourgogne, aka 'L'Escargot'
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The New Rich
The New Rich
1938 • Martinet
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Boys' School
Boys' School
1938 • Lemel, le professeur de dessin
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Mirages
Mirages
1938 • Michel
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Bizarre, Bizarre
Bizarre, Bizarre
1937 • Irwin Molyneux, alias Félix Chapel
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Boulot aviateur
Boulot aviateur
1937 • Baron Gobèche
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Let's Make a Dream
Let's Make a Dream
1936 • Un Invité (Prologue)
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Girls of Paris
Girls of Paris
1936 • Baron de Beaupoil / his brother
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Moutonnet
Moutonnet
1936 • Frècheville
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The Fleeing Dead
The Fleeing Dead
1936 • Achille Baluchet
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A Bum Deal
1935 • Boudu
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Adémaï au Moyen Âge
1935 • Lord Pickwickdam
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Le Bonheur
Le Bonheur
1934 • Noël Malpiaz
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Ladies Lake
Ladies Lake
1934 • Oscar Lyssenhop
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L'Atalante
L'Atalante
1934 • Père Jules
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High and Low
High and Low
1933 • M. Bodeletz
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Miquette and Her Mother
Miquette and Her Mother
1933 • Monchablon, un médiocre acteur de tournées, qui fait la cour à Miquette
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La Chienne
La Chienne
1931 • Maurice Legrand
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Baby's Laxative
Baby's Laxative
1931 • Chouilloux
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Jean of the Moon
Jean of the Moon
1931 • Jean de la Lune
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The Sad Sack
The Sad Sack
1928 • Joseph Turlot
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The Late Mathias Pascal
The Late Mathias Pascal
1925 • Jérôme Pomino
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Les Deux Réalités
Unknown year • Cidoni
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