Jean Le Poulain
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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Acting
Movie
The Hunchback of Paris
as Peyrolles
1959
Movie
She Does Not Drink, Smoke or Flirt But... She Talks
as Gruson
1970
Movie
Sign of the Lion
as Le Clochard
1962
Movie
The Mysteries of Paris
as The schoolmaster
1962
Movie
I've Got You, You've Got Me by the Chin Hairs
as Drouillard
1979
Movie
The Edifying and Joyous Story of Colinot
as Brother Albaret
1973
Movie
The Red Ibis
as Margos
1975
Movie
Signé Furax
as Klakmuf
1981
Movie
Arsène Lupin vs. Arsène Lupin
as Le préfet de police
1962
Movie
Le noir te va si bien
as John Mac Lesby / Jules Trombonne
1975
Movie
Salut Berthe !
as Step Dad
1968
TV
Champs-Elysées
as Self
1982
Movie
A Strange Kind of Colonel
as Pastor
1968
Movie
Les Gorilles
as The stage director
1964
Movie
Seventeenth Heaven
as L'homme à la voiture
1966
TV
At Theatre Tonight
as Hervé Montagne
1966
TV
At Theatre Tonight
as Le baron Wurtz
1966
Movie
Divine
as Bobovitch
1975
Movie
The Deadly Decoy
as Lehurit aka 'L'Archevêque'
1962
Movie
Ursule and Grelu
1974
TV
Le Grand Échiquier
as Self
1972
TV
30 millions d'amis
as Self
1976
Movie
Les Aventures des Pieds-Nickelés
1948
Movie
Fric-Frac
as Jo
1971
Crew
Movie
Le noir te va si bien
Stage Director
1975
TV
At Theatre Tonight
Stage Director
1966
Movie
Fric-Frac
Stage Director
1971
Movie
Pétrus
Stage Director
1974
Movie
Huit femmes
Stage Director
1972
Movie
Les deux timides
Stage Director
1978
Movie
Azaïs
Stage Director
1968
Movie
Le Saut du lit
Stage Director
1988
Movie
Le Voyage de monsieur Perrichon
Stage Director
1982
Movie
Interdit au public
Stage Director
1966
Movie
La Nuit des rois
Stage Director
1973
Movie
Le Malade imaginaire
Stage Director
1986