Jean Le Poulain
Acting • Born 1924-09-12 – Died 1988-03-01
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. Source: Article "Jean Le Poulain" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Filmography
53 credits
Volpone
Movie • 1978
Volpone
Arsène Lupin vs. Arsène Lupin
Movie • 1962
Le préfet de police
The Red Ibis
Movie • 1975
Margos
Divine
Movie • 1975
Bobovitch
Les Aventures des Pieds-Nickelés
Movie • 1948
The Mysteries of Paris
Movie • 1962
The schoolmaster
Les Gorilles
Movie • 1964
The stage director
Le noir te va si bien
Movie • 1975
John Mac Lesby / Jules Trombonne
Signé Furax
Movie • 1981
Klakmuf
She Does Not Drink, Smoke or Flirt But... She Talks
Movie • 1970
Gruson
Fric-Frac
Movie • 1971
Jo
The Hunchback of Paris
Movie • 1959
Peyrolles
Le Voyage de monsieur Perrichon
Movie • 1958
M. Mathieu, ex-Commandant au Deuxième Zouave
The Empire of Night
Movie • 1962
David Balkis, Emperor of the night
Les Livreurs
Movie • 1961
Professor Alexis Schmutz
The Deadly Decoy
Movie • 1962
Lehurit aka 'L'Archevêque'
Le Roi du village
Movie • 1963
The Edifying and Joyous Story of Colinot
Movie • 1973
Brother Albaret
Sahara on Fire
Movie • 1961
Sortie de secours
Movie • 1970
Harpagon
A Strange Kind of Colonel
Movie • 1968
Pastor
La Dame de chez Maxim
Movie • 1981
le Général Petypon du Grêlé
Salut Berthe !
Movie • 1968
Step Dad
De doux dingues
Movie • 1972
Paul Lecuyer
Le Faiseur
Movie • 1977
M. Mercadet
Le Voyage de monsieur Perrichon
Movie • 1982
Monsieur Perrichon
La Nuit des rois
Movie • 1973
Malvolio
La Puce à l'oreille
Movie • 1978
Victor-Emmanuel Chandebise et Poche
Azaïs
Movie • 1968
Le baron Wurtz
Les deux timides
Movie • 1978
Thibaudier
Interdit au public
Movie • 1966
Hervé Montagne
Le minotaure
Movie • 1969
Michou
Seventeenth Heaven
Movie • 1966
L'homme à la voiture
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme
Movie • 1970
Monsieur Jourdain
Miam-miam ou le Dîner d'affaires
Movie • 1978
Lucien Beix
Sign of the Lion
Movie • 1962
Le Clochard
Et qu'ça saute !
Movie • 1970
Don Pedro
Un coup dans l'aile
Movie • 1963
Levaillant
Le Malade imaginaire
Movie • 1986
Argan
I've Got You, You've Got Me by the Chin Hairs
Movie • 1979
Drouillard
Around the World in 80 Days
Movie • 1975
Phileas Fogg
Ferveur - Comédie Française
Movie • 1987
Self
Ursule and Grelu
Movie • 1974
Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
Movie • 1986
At Theatre Tonight
TV • 1966
Hervé Montagne
At Theatre Tonight
TV • 1966
Le baron Wurtz
À bout portant
TV • 1968
Self
Midi Première
TV • 1975
Self
Le Grand Échiquier
TV • 1972
Self
Samedi soir
TV • 1971
Self
Système 2
TV • 1975
Self
Champs-Elysées
TV • 1982
Self
30 millions d'amis
TV • 1976
Self