Jean Le Poulain
Known for Acting · 53 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 (9)
Midi Première
1975
as Self
Champs-Elysées
1982
as Self
30 millions d'amis
1976
as Self
Samedi soir
1971
as Self
At Theatre Tonight
1966
as Hervé Montagne / Le baron Wurtz
Le Grand Échiquier
1972
as Self
Système 2
1975
as Self
À bout portant
1968
as Self
Le Tour du monde en 80 jours
1975
as Phileas Fogg
Movies (44)
Les Gorilles
1964
as The stage director
Signé Furax
1981
as Klakmuf
The Empire of Night
1962
as David Balkis, Emperor of the night
Divine
1975
as Bobovitch
Fric-Frac
1971
as Jo
The Mysteries of Paris
1962
as The schoolmaster
Le Roi du village
1963
Sign of the Lion
1962
as Le Clochard
Volpone
1978
as Volpone
Le Voyage de monsieur Perrichon
1982
as Monsieur Perrichon
Arsène Lupin vs. Arsène Lupin
1962
as Le préfet de police
Et qu'ça saute !
1970
as Don Pedro
Le Malade imaginaire
1986
as Argan
The Hunchback of Paris
1959
as Peyrolles
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme
1970
as Monsieur Jourdain
Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
1986
She Does Not Drink, Smoke or Flirt But... She Talks
1970
as Gruson
Les deux timides
1978
as Thibaudier
I've Got You, You've Got Me by the Chin Hairs
1979
as Drouillard
Interdit au public
1966
as Hervé Montagne
The Edifying and Joyous Story of Colinot
1973
as Brother Albaret
Les Aventures des Pieds-Nickelés
1948
The Red Ibis
1975
as Margos
La Nuit des rois
1973
as Malvolio
La Puce à l'oreille
1978
as Victor-Emmanuel Chandebise et Poche
A Strange Kind of Colonel
1968
as Pastor
Ursule and Grelu
1974
Salut Berthe !
1968
as Step Dad
Ferveur - Comédie Française
1987
as Self
La Dame de chez Maxim
1981
as le Général Petypon du Grêlé
Sortie de secours
1970
as Harpagon
Seventeenth Heaven
1966
as L'homme à la voiture
Le minotaure
1969
as Michou
Le noir te va si bien
1975
as John Mac Lesby / Jules Trombonne
The Deadly Decoy
1962
as Lehurit aka 'L'Archevêque'
Les Livreurs
1961
as Professor Alexis Schmutz
Un coup dans l'aile
1963
as Levaillant
Miam-miam ou le Dîner d'affaires
1978
as Lucien Beix
Sahara on Fire
1961
Le Voyage de monsieur Perrichon
1958
as M. Mathieu, ex-Commandant au Deuxième Zouave
Azaïs
1968
as Le baron Wurtz
De doux dingues
1972
as Paul Lecuyer
Around the World in 80 Days
1975
as Phileas Fogg
Le Faiseur
1977
as M. Mercadet
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 53 credits spanning from 1948 to 1987, Jean Le Poulain has appeared in 44 films and 9 TV shows.
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- Signé Furax (1981) — as Klakmuf
- The Empire of Night (1962) — as David Balkis, Emperor of the night
- Divine (1975) — as Bobovitch
- Fric-Frac (1971) — as Jo
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