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Acting
Birthday
September 12, 1924
Died
March 1, 1988
Place of Birth
Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
Jean Le Poulain
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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 3.0.
Known For
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Argan
Le Malade imaginaire
1986
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Monsieur Perrichon
Le Voyage de monsieur Perrichon
1982
6.3
Self
Champs-Elysées
1982
4.8
Klakmuf
Signé Furax
1981
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le Général Petypon du Grêlé
La Dame de chez Maxim
1981
5.2
Drouillard
I've Got You, You've Got Me by the Chin Hairs
1979
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Volpone
Volpone
1978
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Victor-Emmanuel Chandebise et Poche
La Puce à l'oreille
1978
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Lucien Beix
Miam-miam ou le Dîner d'affaires
1978
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Thibaudier
Les deux timides
1978
Credits
Le Malade imaginaire
as Argan
1986
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Le Voyage de monsieur Perrichon
as Monsieur Perrichon
1982
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Champs-Elysées
as Self
1982
6.3
Signé Furax
as Klakmuf
1981
4.8
La Dame de chez Maxim
as le Général Petypon du Grêlé
1981
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I've Got You, You've Got Me by the Chin Hairs
as Drouillard
1979
5.2
Volpone
as Volpone
1978
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La Puce à l'oreille
as Victor-Emmanuel Chandebise et Poche
1978
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Miam-miam ou le Dîner d'affaires
as Lucien Beix
1978
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Les deux timides
as Thibaudier
1978
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Le Faiseur
as M. Mercadet
1977
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30 millions d'amis
as Self
1976
5.8
Le noir te va si bien
as John
1975
8.4
Divine
as Bobovitch
1975
4.5
The Red Ibis
as Margos
1975
5.4
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Système 2
as Self
1975
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Midi Première
as Self
1975
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Around the World in 80 Days
as Phileas Fogg
1975
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The Edifying and Joyous Story of Colinot
as Brother Albaret
1973
5.1
La Nuit des rois
as Malvolio
1973
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De doux dingues
as Paul Lecuyer
1972
6.0
Le Grand Échiquier
as Self
1972
8.0
Fric-Frac
as Jo
1971
5.2
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Samedi soir
as Self
1971
6.0
Sortie de secours
as Harpagon
1970
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Et qu'ça saute !
as Don Pedro
1970
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Le Bourgeois gentilhomme
as Monsieur Jourdain
1970
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She Does Not Drink, Smoke or Flirt But... She Talks
as Gruson
1970
6.2
Le minotaure
as Michou
1969
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À bout portant
as Self
1968
8.0
Azaïs
as Le baron Wurtz
1968
8.0
Salut Berthe !
as Step Dad
1968
4.4
A Strange Kind of Colonel
1968
5.5
Interdit au public
as Hervé Montagne
1966
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At Theatre Tonight
as Hervé Montagne
1966
6.7
At Theatre Tonight
as Le baron Wurtz
1966
6.7
Seventeenth Heaven
as L'homme à la voiture
1966
5.0
Les Gorilles
as The stage director
1964
5.5
Un coup dans l'aile
as Levaillant
1963
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Le roi du village
1963
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The Empire of Night
as David Balkis, Emperor of the night
1962
4.0
The Mysteries of Paris
as The schoolmaster
1962
6.6
The Deadly Decoy
as Lehurit aka 'L'Archevêque'
1962
3.5
Arsène Lupin vs. Arsène Lupin
as Le préfet de police
1962
6.0
Sign of the Lion
as Le Clochard
1962
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Les Livreurs
as Professor Alexis Schmutz
1961
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Sahara on Fire
1961
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The Hunchback of Paris
as Peyrolles
1959
6.7
Le Voyage de monsieur Perrichon
as M. Mathieu, ex-Commandant au Deuxième Zouave
1958
8.0
Les Aventures des Pieds-Nickelés
1948
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