
Jean Poiret
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 17, 1926
- Died
- March 14, 1992
- Birthplace
- Paris, France
Jean Poiret, born Jean Poiré, (17 August 1926 – 14 March 1992) was a French actor, director, and screenwriter. He is primarily known as the author of the original play La Cage Aux Folles. Jean Poiret was born in Paris, France, where he died of a heart attack in 1992. He is buried at the Cimetière du Montparnasse in Paris. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jean Poiret, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography

Poiret Serrault - Extraits extra 2024
Author, Dialogue

Joyeuses Pâques 2023
Author

Merci Zaza - La Folle Histoire de la Cage aux Folles 2023
as Self / Georges (archive footage)

C'est encore mieux l'après-midi 2019
Adaptation

Joyeuses Pâques 2014
Theatre Play

La Cage aux folles 2011
Author

Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4) 2009
as Self (archive footage)

Tailleur pour dames 2008
Adaptation

Joyeuses Pâques 2002
Writer

The Birdcage 1996
Original Film Writer, Theatre Play

Tailleur pour Dames 1993
Adaptation

Sup de fric 1992
as Cyril Dujardin

Le Zèbre 1992
Adaptation, Scenario Writer, Director

Sisi/Last Minute 1991
as Herzog Max in Bayern

La Méthode Barnol 1991
as Monsieur Hubert

Rumeurs 1991
as Alain Margolf, Adaptation

The Elegant Criminal 1990
as Allard

La Petite Amie 1988
as Martin Morel

Une nuit à l'Assemblée Nationale 1988
as Octave Leroi

The Seasons of Pleasure 1988
as Bernard Germain

Miracle Healing 1987
as Papu

I Hate Actors 1986
as Orlando Higgins

Inspector Lavardin 1986
as Inspecteur Jean Lavardin

La Cage aux Folles 3 1985
Characters
- Tailleur pour dames
Tailleur pour dames 1985
Adaptation

Liberté, égalité, choucroute 1985
as Le calife

Cop au Vin 1985
as Inspecteur Jean Lavardin

The Seventh Target 1984
as Jean Michelis

Happy Easter 1984
Writer, Original Story

Frohe Ostern 1983
Writer

Will the High Salaried Workers Raise Their Hands! 1982
as Andre Joeuf

La Cage aux Folles II 1980
Characters, Screenplay

The Last Metro 1980
as Jean-Loup Cottins

L'Hôtel du libre échange 1979
as Pinglet

The Other One's Mug 1979
as Jean-Louis Constant, Screenplay, Producer

Le Canard à l'orange 1979
as Hugh Preston

Féfé de Broadway 1979
Writer

La Cage aux Folles 1978
Theatre Play, Screenplay

La Cage aux folles 1973
as Georges, Writer
- Aujourd'hui à Paris
Aujourd'hui à Paris 1972
Writer

Qu'est-ce qui fait courir les crocodiles ? 1971
as Gontran

Atlantic Wall 1970
as Armand, resistance leader and double agent

Ces messieurs de la gâchette 1970
as Bernard Le Gall

Three Men on a Horse 1969
as Freddy

Aux frais de la princesse 1969
as Santos

La Coquine 1968
as Albino, l'instituteur

The Big Wash 1968
as Jean-Michel Lavalette

The Men in the Family 1968
as Bernard Le Gall

La Parisienne 1967
as Lafont

The Great Gadget 1967
as Verdier

Pour avoir Adrienne 1967
as Le jeune homme

Your Money or Your Life 1966
as Lucien Pélépan

When the Pheasants Pass 1965
as Traffic officer

Under Your Hat 1965
as Philippe / Monsieur Paul

Le petit monstre 1965
as The Godfather

The Real Bargain 1965
as Grégoire

Les baratineurs 1965
as André

The Big Scare 1964
Actor

Jaloux comme un tigre 1964
as Doctor Raymond

Hard Boiled Ones 1964
as Louis

The Blockhead Fair 1963
as Collin
- Teuf-teuf
Teuf-teuf 1963
Actor

Light-Fingered George 1963
as Raoul

The Virgins 1963
as Banker Marchaix

The Four Truths 1962
as Renard (segment "Le corbeau et le renard")

How to Succeed in Love 1962
as Bernard Monod

It's Not My Business 1962
as Jean Duroc, le directeur de la petite troupe de théâtre

The Dance 1962
as Vieux

Tales of Paris 1962
as Jean-Pierre Leroy (segment "Antonia")

Auguste 1961
as Georges Flower

My Wife Is a Panther 1961
as Psychiatrist

On purge bébé 1961
as Bastien Follavoine

Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century 1960
as Le premier policier / Policeman

Love and the Frenchwoman 1960
as L'avocat de Michel (segment "Le Divorce"))
- La Malle volante
La Malle volante 1959
as M. Grapillon

You Have Nothing to Declare? 1959
as Robert de Trivelin

The Bureaucrats 1959
as René Lahrier

Oh! What a Mambo 1959
as L'inspecteur Sapin

Nina 1959
as Gérard Blanville

P.L.M 1959
as Pierre
- L'Anglais tel qu'on le parle
L'Anglais tel qu'on le parle 1959
as Julien Cicandel

Clara and the Villains 1958
as Chantuer

The Innocent with Forty Children 1957
as Maître Bardine
- Adorables démons
Adorables démons 1957
as Julien Willis Jr

The Green Dress 1957
as Parmeline

The Terror with Women 1956
as Gendarme

Murderers and Thieves 1956
as Philippe d'Artois, le riche oisif

Life is beautiful 1956
as le joueur de maracas

Mon bébé 1956
as William Harrisson

That Naughty Girl 1956
as Inspector Rémy

What the East Wind Saw 1954
as Charlles-Auguste

The Three Musketeers 1953
Actor

Le Gang des pianos à bretelles 1953
as The presenter of 'La nuit brune' (uncredited)
- Brune ou blonde
Brune ou blonde 1950
Actor
Credits from TMDB.