
Jean Le Poulain
Known for Acting · 52 credits
- Born
- 1924-09-12
- Died
- 1988-03-01
- Place of birth
- Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
Biography
Jean Le Poulain (12 September 1924 – 1 March 1988) was a French stage actor and stage director.
He attended the cours Simon in Paris and won the first prize of Comedy at the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique in 1949. He was then recruited by Jean Vilar at the Théâtre national populaire and in 1952 he appeared with Gérard Philipe in The Prince of Homburg by Heinrich von Kleist at the théâtre des Champs-Élysées. He began as an actor both in theatre and cinema in 1947 and often appeared on the regular theatre show of the French television Au théâtre ce soir created in 1966. He joined the Comédie-Française in 1978, where he became sociétaire in 1980, then General administrator from septembre 1986 until his death, where he portrayed Monsieur Jourdain in Le Bourgeois gentilhomme by Molière.
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Known For
TV Shows (8)
Movies (44)

Azaïs
1968
as Le baron Wurtz

Salut Berthe !
1968
as Step Dad

The Hunchback of Paris
1959
as Peyrolles

Le Faiseur
1977
as M. Mercadet

Divine
1975
as Bobovitch

The Mysteries of Paris
1962
as The schoolmaster

Signé Furax
1981
as Klakmuf

She Does Not Drink, Smoke or Flirt But... She Talks
1970
as Gruson

The Edifying and Joyous Story of Colinot
1973
as Brother Albaret

I've Got You, You've Got Me by the Chin Hairs
1979
as Drouillard

Sign of the Lion
1962
as Le Clochard

Les Livreurs
1961
as Professor Alexis Schmutz

A Strange Kind of Colonel
1968
as Pastor

The Red Ibis
1975
as Margos

Les Gorilles
1964
as The stage director

Le Malade imaginaire
1986
as Argan

Le Voyage de monsieur Perrichon
1982
as Monsieur Perrichon

Arsène Lupin vs. Arsène Lupin
1962
as Le préfet de police

Sahara on Fire
1961

Les Aventures des Pieds-Nickelés
1948

Le Roi du village
1963

Fric-Frac
1971
as Jo

The Empire of Night
1962
as David Balkis, Emperor of the night

Et qu'ça saute !
1970
as Don Pedro

Le Voyage de monsieur Perrichon
1958
as M. Mathieu, ex-Commandant au Deuxième Zouave

The Deadly Decoy
1962
as Lehurit aka 'L'Archevêque'

La Nuit des rois
1973
as Malvolio

Sortie de secours
1970
as Harpagon

Volpone
1978
as Volpone

La Puce à l'oreille
1978
as Victor-Emmanuel Chandebise et Poche

Interdit au public
1966
as Hervé Montagne

Le noir te va si bien
1975
as John Mac Lesby / Jules Trombonne

Le minotaure
1969
as Michou

Ursule and Grelu
1974
Around the World in 80 Days
1975
as Phileas Fogg

Seventeenth Heaven
1966
as L'homme à la voiture

La Dame de chez Maxim
1981
as le Général Petypon du Grêlé

Un coup dans l'aile
1963
as Levaillant
Ferveur - Comédie Française
1987
as Self

Les deux timides
1978
as Thibaudier

De doux dingues
1972
as Paul Lecuyer

Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
1986

Le Bourgeois gentilhomme
1970
as Monsieur Jourdain

Miam-miam ou le Dîner d'affaires
1978
as Lucien Beix
About Jean Le Poulain
Jean Le Poulain (12 September 1924 – 1 March 1988) was a French stage actor and stage director. He attended the cours Simon in Paris and won the first prize of Comedy at the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique in 1949. He was then recruited by Jean Vilar at the Théâtre national populaire and in 1952 he appeared with Gérard Philipe in The Prince of Homburg by Heinrich von Kleist at the théâtre des Champs-Élysées. He began as an actor both in theatre and cinema in 1947 and often appeared on the regular theatre show of the French te… With 52 credits spanning from 1948 to 1987, Jean Le Poulain has appeared in 44 films and 8 TV shows.
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- Azaïs (1968) — as Le baron Wurtz
- Salut Berthe ! (1968) — as Step Dad
- The Hunchback of Paris (1959) — as Peyrolles
- Le Faiseur (1977) — as M. Mercadet
- Divine (1975) — as Bobovitch
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