Acting · Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France · Born September 12, 1924
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.
Ferveur - Comédie Française
1987
as Self
MovieLe Bourgeois Gentilhomme
1986
MovieLe Malade imaginaire
1986
as Argan
MovieLe Voyage de monsieur Perrichon
1982
as Monsieur Perrichon
TVChamps-Elysées
1982
as Self
MovieSigné Furax
1981
as Klakmuf
MovieLa Dame de chez Maxim
1981
as le Général Petypon du Grêlé
MovieI've Got You, You've Got Me by the Chin Hairs
1979
as Drouillard
MovieVolpone
1978
as Volpone
MovieLa Puce à l'oreille
1978
as Victor-Emmanuel Chandebise et Poche
MovieMiam-miam ou le Dîner d'affaires
1978
as Lucien Beix
MovieLes deux timides
1978
as Thibaudier
MovieLe Faiseur
1977
as M. Mercadet
TV30 millions d'amis
1976
as Self
Le Tour du monde en 80 jours
1975
as Phileas Fogg
MovieLe noir te va si bien
1975
as John Mac Lesby / Jules Trombonne
MovieDivine
1975
as Bobovitch
MovieThe Red Ibis
1975
as Margos
Système 2
1975
as Self
TVMidi Première
1975
as Self
Around the World in 80 Days
1975
as Phileas Fogg
MovieUrsule and Grelu
1974
MovieThe Edifying and Joyous Story of Colinot
1973
as Brother Albaret
MovieLa Nuit des rois
1973
as Malvolio
MovieDe doux dingues
1972
as Paul Lecuyer
TVLe Grand Échiquier
1972
as Self
MovieFric-Frac
1971
as Jo
Samedi soir
1971
as Self
MovieSortie de secours
1970
as Harpagon
MovieEt qu'ça saute !
1970
as Don Pedro
MovieLe Bourgeois gentilhomme
1970
as Monsieur Jourdain
MovieShe Does Not Drink, Smoke or Flirt But... She Talks
1970
as Gruson
MovieLe minotaure
1969
as Michou
TVÀ bout portant
1968
as Self
MovieAzaïs
1968
as Le baron Wurtz
MovieSalut Berthe !
1968
as Step Dad
MovieA Strange Kind of Colonel
1968
as Pastor
MovieInterdit au public
1966
as Hervé Montagne
TVAt Theatre Tonight
1966
as Hervé Montagne
MovieSeventeenth Heaven
1966
as L'homme à la voiture
MovieLes Gorilles
1964
as The stage director
MovieUn coup dans l'aile
1963
as Levaillant
MovieLe Roi du village
1963
MovieThe Empire of Night
1962
as David Balkis, Emperor of the night
MovieThe Mysteries of Paris
1962
as The schoolmaster
MovieThe Deadly Decoy
1962
as Lehurit aka 'L'Archevêque'
MovieArsène Lupin vs. Arsène Lupin
1962
as Le préfet de police
MovieSign of the Lion
1962
as Le Clochard
MovieLes Livreurs
1961
as Professor Alexis Schmutz
MovieSahara on Fire
1961
MovieThe Hunchback of Paris
1959
as Peyrolles
MovieLe Voyage de monsieur Perrichon
1958
as M. Mathieu, ex-Commandant au Deuxième Zouave
MovieLes Aventures des Pieds-Nickelés
1948
