Jean Le Poulain
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1924-09-12
Day of Death
1988-03-01 (63 years old)
Place of Birth
Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
Jean Le Poulain
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
Acting
(1986)
Le Malade imaginaire
as Argan
(1982)
Le Voyage de monsieur Perrichon
as Monsieur Perrichon
(1981)
Signé Furax
as Klakmuf
(1981)
La Dame de chez Maxim
as le Général Petypon du Grêlé
(1979)
I've Got You, You've Got Me by the Chin Hairs
as Drouillard
(1978)
Volpone
as Volpone
(1978)
La Puce à l'oreille
as Victor-Emmanuel Chandebise et Poche
(1978)
Les deux timides
as Thibaudier
(1978)
Miam-miam ou le Dîner d'affaires
as Lucien Beix
(1977)
Le Faiseur
as M. Mercadet
(1975)
The Red Ibis
as Margos
(1975)
Divine
as Bobovitch
(1975)
Le noir te va si bien
as John
(1975)
Around the World in 80 Days
as Phileas Fogg
(1973)
The Edifying and Joyous Story of Colinot
as Brother Albaret
(1973)
La Nuit des rois
as Malvolio
(1972)
De doux dingues
as Paul Lecuyer
(1971)
Fric-Frac
as Jo
(1970)
Sortie de secours
as Harpagon
(1970)
(1970)
Et qu'ça saute !
as Don Pedro
(1970)
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme
as Monsieur Jourdain
(1969)
Le minotaure
as Michou
(1968)
Salut Berthe !
as Step Dad
(1968)
(1968)
Azaïs
as Le baron Wurtz
(1966)
Seventeenth Heaven
as L'homme à la voiture
(1966)
Interdit au public
as Hervé Montagne
(1964)
Les Gorilles
as The stage director
(1963)
Un coup dans l'aile
as Levaillant
(1963)
(1962)
The Mysteries of Paris
as The schoolmaster
(1962)
Sign of the Lion
as Le Clochard
(1962)
Arsène Lupin vs. Arsène Lupin
as Le préfet de police
(1962)
The Deadly Decoy
as Lehurit aka 'L'Archevêque'
(1962)
The Empire of Night
as David Balkis, Emperor of the night
(1961)
Les Livreurs
as Professor Alexis Schmutz
(1961)
(1959)
The Hunchback of Paris
as Peyrolles
(1958)
Le Voyage de monsieur Perrichon
as M. Mathieu, ex-Commandant au Deuxième Zouave
(1948)
Crew
(1988)
Move Over, Mrs. Markham
Director
(1986)
Le Malade imaginaire
Director
(1982)
Le Voyage de monsieur Perrichon
Director
(1978)
Les deux timides
Stage Director
(1975)
Le noir te va si bien
Director
(1974)
Pétrus
Stage Director
(1973)
La Nuit des rois
Stage Director
(1972)
Huit femmes
Stage Director
(1971)
Fric-Frac
Stage Director
(1968)
Azaïs
Stage Director
(1966)
Interdit au public
Director