Jean Le Poulain
Acting
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.
Known for
Acting53
movieLe Voyage de monsieur Perrichon
1982
Monsieur Perrichon
movieSigné Furax
1981
Klakmuf
movieLa Dame de chez Maxim
1981
le Général Petypon du Grêlé
movieVolpone
1978
Volpone
movieLa Puce à l'oreille
1978
Victor-Emmanuel Chandebise et Poche
movieMiam-miam ou le Dîner d'affaires
1978
Lucien Beix
movieLes deux timides
1978
Thibaudier
movieLe Faiseur
1977
M. Mercadet
movieLe noir te va si bien
1975
John Mac Lesby / Jules Trombonne
movieDivine
1975
Bobovitch
movieThe Red Ibis
1975
Margos
movieThe Edifying and Joyous Story of Colinot
1973
Brother Albaret
movieLa Nuit des rois
1973
Malvolio
movieDe doux dingues
1972
Paul Lecuyer
movieSortie de secours
1970
Harpagon
movieEt qu'ça saute !
1970
Don Pedro
movieLe Bourgeois gentilhomme
1970
Monsieur Jourdain
movieLe minotaure
1969
Michou
movieAzaïs
1968
Le baron Wurtz
movieSalut Berthe !
1968
Step Dad
movieInterdit au public
1966
Hervé Montagne
tvAt Theatre Tonight
1966
Hervé Montagne / Le baron Wurtz
movieSeventeenth Heaven
1966
L'homme à la voiture
movieLes Gorilles
1964
The stage director
movieUn coup dans l'aile
1963
Levaillant
movieThe Empire of Night
1962
David Balkis, Emperor of the night
movieThe Mysteries of Paris
1962
The schoolmaster
movieThe Deadly Decoy
1962
Lehurit aka 'L'Archevêque'
movieArsène Lupin vs. Arsène Lupin
1962
Le préfet de police
movieSign of the Lion
1962
Le Clochard
movieLes Livreurs
1961
Professor Alexis Schmutz
movieThe Hunchback of Paris
1959
Peyrolles
movieLe Voyage de monsieur Perrichon
1958
M. Mathieu, ex-Commandant au Deuxième Zouave
Directing12
movieLe Saut du lit
1988
Stage Director
movieLe Malade imaginaire
1986
Stage Director
movieLe Voyage de monsieur Perrichon
1982
Stage Director
movieLes deux timides
1978
Stage Director
movieLe noir te va si bien
1975
Stage Director
moviePétrus
1974
Stage Director
movieLa Nuit des rois
1973
Stage Director
movieHuit femmes
1972
Stage Director
movieFric-Frac
1971
Stage Director
movieAzaïs
1968
Stage Director
movieInterdit au public
1966
Stage Director
tvAt Theatre Tonight
1966
Stage Director