Jean Le Poulain

Jean Le Poulain

1924-09-12 – 1988-03-01 (age 63) Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
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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.

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Known For

The Hunchback of Paris
The Hunchback of Paris

1959

as Peyrolles

The Mysteries of Paris
The Mysteries of Paris

1962

as The schoolmaster

The Edifying and Joyous Story of Colinot
Les Gorilles
Les Gorilles

1964

as The stage director

Signé Furax
Signé Furax

1981

as Klakmuf

Sign of the Lion
Sign of the Lion

1962

as Le Clochard

Volpone
Volpone

1978

as Volpone

Salut Berthe !
Salut Berthe !

1968

as Step Dad

Le Roi du village
The Red Ibis
The Red Ibis

1975

as Margos

La Nuit des rois
La Nuit des rois

1973

as Malvolio

Divine
Divine

1975

as Bobovitch

A Strange Kind of Colonel
Arsène Lupin vs. Arsène Lupin
Arsène Lupin vs. Arsène Lupin

1962

as Le préfet de police

Sortie de secours
Sortie de secours

1970

as Harpagon

Le Voyage de monsieur Perrichon
Le Voyage de monsieur Perrichon

1958

as M. Mathieu, ex-Commandant au Deuxième Zouave

Et qu'ça saute !
Et qu'ça saute !

1970

as Don Pedro