Jean Le Poulain
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- September 12, 1924
- Died
- March 1, 1988
- Birthplace
- Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
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. Source: Article "Jean Le Poulain" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Filmography
Le Saut du lit 1988
Stage Director
- Ferveur - Comédie Française
Ferveur - Comédie Française 1987
as Self
Le Malade imaginaire 1986
as Argan, Stage Director
Le Voyage de monsieur Perrichon 1982
as Monsieur Perrichon, Stage Director
Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme 1981
Actor
Signé Furax 1981
as Klakmuf
La Dame de chez Maxim 1981
as le Général Petypon du Grêlé
I've Got You, You've Got Me by the Chin Hairs 1979
as Drouillard
Volpone 1978
as Volpone
La Puce à l'oreille 1978
as Victor-Emmanuel Chandebise et Poche
Miam-miam ou le Dîner d'affaires 1978
as Lucien Beix
Les deux timides 1978
as Thibaudier, Stage Director
Le Faiseur 1977
as M. Mercadet
Le noir te va si bien 1975
as John Mac Lesby / Jules Trombonne, Stage Director
Divine 1975
as Bobovitch
The Red Ibis 1975
as Margos
- Around the World in 80 Days
Around the World in 80 Days 1975
as Phileas Fogg
Pétrus 1974
Stage Director
Ursule and Grelu 1974
Actor
The Edifying and Joyous Story of Colinot 1973
as Brother Albaret
La Nuit des rois 1973
as Malvolio, Stage Director
Huit femmes 1972
Stage Director
De doux dingues 1972
as Paul Lecuyer
Fric-Frac 1971
as Jo, Stage Director
Sortie de secours 1970
as Harpagon
Et qu'ça saute ! 1970
as Don Pedro
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme 1970
as Monsieur Jourdain
She Does Not Drink, Smoke or Flirt But... She Talks 1970
as Gruson
Le minotaure 1969
as Michou
Azaïs 1968
as Le baron Wurtz, Stage Director
Salut Berthe ! 1968
as Step Dad
A Strange Kind of Colonel 1968
as Pastor
Interdit au public 1966
as Hervé Montagne, Stage Director
Seventeenth Heaven 1966
as L'homme à la voiture
Les Gorilles 1964
as The stage director
Un coup dans l'aile 1963
as Levaillant
Le Roi du village 1963
Actor
The Empire of Night 1962
as David Balkis, Emperor of the night
The Mysteries of Paris 1962
as The schoolmaster
The Deadly Decoy 1962
as Lehurit aka 'L'Archevêque'
Arsène Lupin vs. Arsène Lupin 1962
as Le préfet de police
Sign of the Lion 1962
as Le Clochard
Les Livreurs 1961
as Professor Alexis Schmutz
Sahara on Fire 1961
Actor
The Hunchback of Paris 1959
as Peyrolles
Le Voyage de monsieur Perrichon 1958
as M. Mathieu, ex-Commandant au Deuxième Zouave
Les Aventures des Pieds-Nickelés 1948
Actor
Credits from TMDB.