Acting
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. Source: Article "Jean Le Poulain" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Filmography
Ferveur - Comédie Française
Film · 1987
Le Malade imaginaire
Film · 1986
Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
Film · 1986
Le Voyage de monsieur Perrichon
Film · 1982
Champs-Elysées
Series · 1982
Signé Furax
Film · 1981
La Dame de chez Maxim
Film · 1981
I've Got You, You've Got Me by the Chin Hairs
Film · 1979
Volpone
Film · 1978
La Puce à l'oreille
Film · 1978
Les deux timides
Film · 1978
Miam-miam ou le Dîner d'affaires
Film · 1978
Le Faiseur
Film · 1977
30 millions d'amis
Series · 1976
The Red Ibis
Film · 1975
Divine
Film · 1975
Le noir te va si bien
Film · 1975
Around the World in 80 Days
Film · 1975
Midi Première
Series · 1975
Système 2
Series · 1975
Le Tour du monde en 80 jours
Series · 1975
Ursule and Grelu
Film · 1974
The Edifying and Joyous Story of Colinot
Film · 1973
La Nuit des rois
Film · 1973
De doux dingues
Film · 1972
Le Grand Échiquier
Series · 1972
Fric-Frac
Film · 1971
Samedi soir
Series · 1971
She Does Not Drink, Smoke or Flirt But... She Talks
Film · 1970
Sortie de secours
Film · 1970
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme
Film · 1970
Et qu'ça saute !
Film · 1970
Le minotaure
Film · 1969
A Strange Kind of Colonel
Film · 1968
Salut Berthe !
Film · 1968
Azaïs
Film · 1968
À bout portant
Series · 1968
Interdit au public
Film · 1966
Seventeenth Heaven
Film · 1966
At Theatre Tonight
Series · 1966
At Theatre Tonight
Series · 1966
Les Gorilles
Film · 1964
Le Roi du village
Film · 1963
Un coup dans l'aile
Film · 1963
Arsène Lupin vs. Arsène Lupin
Film · 1962
The Mysteries of Paris
Film · 1962
The Empire of Night
Film · 1962
The Deadly Decoy
Film · 1962
Sign of the Lion
Film · 1962
Les Livreurs
Film · 1961
Sahara on Fire
Film · 1961
The Hunchback of Paris
Film · 1959
Le Voyage de monsieur Perrichon
Film · 1958
Les Aventures des Pieds-Nickelés
Film · 1948