Jean Le Poulain

Acting

Jean Le Poulain

Born — Died

1924-09-12 — 1988-03-01

Place of birth

Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France

Known for

Acting

Credits

54 titles

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 f…

Known for

Champs-Elysées poster
6.8

No synopsis available yet.

Champs-Elysées

1982

Midi Première poster
9.0

Midi Première is a French variety show presented by Danièle Gilbert, directed by Jacques Pierre and broadcast from January 6, 1975 until January 1, 1982 on TF1. The program was generally broadcast between 12:15 p.m. and 12:55 p.m., then giving way to the 1:00 p.m. TV news. However, the broadcast schedule could change, depending on the guests, and the setting where the recording of the program was shot. Certain performances by artists who have become cult like the one where Ringo jostles with a demonstrator in interpretation (1977), that of Dalida with the title There is always a song with the soundtrack that does not start, twice, at the right speed (1978), Claude François and his Clodettes, who, in the provinces, are unable to join "the set" in order to interpret his song, the latter being taken by the crowd of delirious fans (summer 1977) . The group Supertramp performed there with the title "Dreamer" on March 8, 1975.

Midi Première

1975

Le Grand Échiquier poster
8.0

Le Grand Échiquier is a French variety television program created and presented by Jacques Chancel. It aired at 8:30 pm on the first channel of the ORTF from January 12, 1972 to July 12, 1972, then on the second color channel of the ORTF from September 1972 to December 1974, and finally on Antenne 2 from January 1975 to December 21, 1989. The program returned to France 2 on December 20, 2018 and is hosted by Anne-Sophie Lapix.

Le Grand Échiquier

1972

No artwork available
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Samedi soir

1971

At Theatre Tonight poster
7.0

At Theater tonight is a TV show broadcasted from 25th August 1966 to 21st September 1985. The show is broadcast plays recorded in two or three days, during public performances at the Théâtre Marigny on the Champs-Élysées, or sometimes Edouard VII theater.

At Theatre Tonight

1966

30 millions d'amis poster
6.2

No synopsis available yet.

30 millions d'amis

1976

Film credits

1970s · 19 titles

I've Got You, You've Got Me by the Chin Hairs poster
5.2

In this satire, a police detectiveis investigating the disappearance and kidnapping of the host of a television dance show. However, instead of finding his man, he is trapped into becoming a contestant on a children's quiz show. What's worse is that he becomes a very successful contestant.

I've Got You, You've Got Me by the Chin Hairs

1979

Le noir te va si bien poster
8.3

No synopsis available yet.

Le noir te va si bien

1975

She Does Not Drink, Smoke or Flirt But... She Talks poster
6.2

Housemaid Georgette loves to gossip and this causes major trouble to people around her.

She Does Not Drink, Smoke or Flirt But... She Talks

1970

The Red Ibis poster
5.6

A mentally disturbed man named Jérémie is scouring the area in search of women he can strangle with his scarf, which is embroidered with an ibis.

The Red Ibis

1975

Divine poster
5.7

Olivier, a young man, falls in love with Marion Renoir, theatre and screen star, to the despair of his fiancée Antonia. The latter goes to find the actress and asks her to invent a ploy to help her win back her lover's heart. The actress gets caught up in the game and ventures into an intrigue where simulation and sincerity are dangerously confused.

Divine

1975

The Edifying and Joyous Story of Colinot poster
4.9

Colinot is a young, happy man, until the day three highway robbers abduct his fiancée. The search leads him to meet so many young, lovely women – that when he finally encounters his fiancée, he's no longer sure he loves her.

The Edifying and Joyous Story of Colinot

1973

Et qu'ça saute ! poster
9.0

A uranium deposit brings turmoil to the small South American republic of Guatalpa. Between two revolutions, the government tries unsuccessfully to decide whether the Americans, Soviets or Cubans will exploit the concession. Delegates from these nations spy on and betray each other to achieve their goal.

Et qu'ça saute !

1970

Fric-Frac poster
5.2

No synopsis available yet.

Fric-Frac

1971

Ursule and Grelu poster
6.3

A Salvation Army lieutenant and an accordion player fall in love, only to be repeatedly separated by circumstance. Reuniting in Marseille, they build a life and have a child, but fate continues to intervene as their relationship unfolds through cycles of separation and reunion.

Ursule and Grelu

1974

Sortie de secours poster
7.0

A failed actress sinks into neurosis and mythomania. To give relief to her dismal existence, she engages in all kinds of activities ranging from false testimony to occasional prostitution.

Sortie de secours

1970

No artwork available
NR

Following a bet, Phileas Fogg and Passepartout set off on an incredible journey around the globe. But the police suspect them of committing the heist of the century at the Bank of England. Inspector Fix sets off in pursuit... A colorful adaptation—blending filmed theater and musical comedy—of Jules Verne's famous novel.

Around the World in 80 Days

1975

Miam-miam ou le Dîner d'affaires poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Miam-miam ou le Dîner d'affaires

1978

La Puce à l'oreille poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

La Puce à l'oreille

1978

Volpone poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Volpone

1978

La Nuit des rois poster
NR

In the 15th century, the ship carrying twins Viola and Sebastian is shipwrecked. Viola washes ashore in Illyria, believing herself to be the sole survivor. To better defend herself against the pitfalls of life, she disguises herself as a man and enters the court of Duke Orsino as a page named Cesario...

La Nuit des rois

1973

Le Bourgeois gentilhomme poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Le Bourgeois gentilhomme

1970

Les deux timides poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Les deux timides

1978

Le Faiseur poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Le Faiseur

1977

De doux dingues poster
6.5

No synopsis available yet.

De doux dingues

1972

1960s · 16 titles

The Mysteries of Paris poster
6.6

The Marquis Rodolphe de Sombrueil accidentally runs over a working man with his carriage and helps his widow -- unjustly accused of robbery -- to find her missing daughter.

The Mysteries of Paris

1962

Arsène Lupin vs. Arsène Lupin poster
6.3

André Laroche, an industrialist, has just passed away. Face to his grave, as he is being buried, Anne de Vierne, the wife of a magistrate, confesses to her son François that Laroche was in fact Lupin and that he is his natural child. But he is not the gentleman thief's only offspring! Lupin had indeed another son by a housemaid, Gérard Dagmar, a dancer, magician and - occasionally - burglar. Which complicates the task of François who, to respect the last wishes of the testator, has gone in search of the treasure of Poldavia. For he keeps finding Gérard on his way and his efforts are constantly thwarted by his half-brother. Will Gérard prevent François from becoming the worthy successor to their father or will the two young men decide to join forces? That is the question.

Arsène Lupin vs. Arsène Lupin

1962

Sign of the Lion poster
7.0

An American in Paris lives by sponging off his working friends, and throws a party using borrowed money when his rich American aunt dies, believing firmly in his horoscope.

Sign of the Lion

1962

Le Roi du village poster
9.0

Moïse, a foundling, is raised by the inhabitants of a village and grows good and strong, well-liked by everyone, loved in silence by Agnese, a girl in the same conditions. One day, however, four graceful Parisians come to the village for a short vacation, and with their light-hearted behavior, they upset Moses and the villagers, who are quick to make the unwelcome guests return to the capital.

Le Roi du village

1963

Salut Berthe ! poster
4.9

Adrien Chautard, a major industrialist from Abidjan, has been chosen to replace an expert on the official Ivory Coast delegation sent to Paris to discuss the country's association with the Common Market. Chautard is delighted at the prospect of this trip, where he will be reunited with the woman of his dreams: Elisabeth. Alas, at Abidjan airport, a nasty surprise awaits him: Berthe, his lawful wife, has decided to leave with him to consult a leading cardiologist in the capital.

Salut Berthe !

1968

The Empire of Night poster
6.0

Usually cast as secret agent/private eye Lemmy Caution, Eddie Constantine plays "Eddie" in The Empire of Night. This time, Constantine is a cabaret singer at odds with a criminal gang. When the villains try to take over every nightclub in town for their own nefarious purposes, Eddie sings a new tune with his fists. The story takes several unexpected turns, but Constantine remains in charge throughout.

The Empire of Night

1962

A Strange Kind of Colonel poster
6.1

Barton and Cutterfeet, two London mobsters, team up with stripper Marina to pull off the big jobs. But the arrival of a rival who signs his crimes "The Angel" takes away all their profits. The three friends hope to get their revenge when they steal a diamond.

A Strange Kind of Colonel

1968

Un coup dans l'aile poster
5.5

No synopsis available yet.

Un coup dans l'aile

1963

The Deadly Decoy poster
5.3

The directors of a company threatened by a railroad construction project in Africa decide to have the General Secretary of the Franco-African consortium killed. Géo Paquet, known as "Le Gorille", a DST spy, attempts to infiltrate the gang.

The Deadly Decoy

1962

Les Gorilles poster
5.7

A confused pair of airport luggage carriers get involved in the disappearance of some suitcases.

Les Gorilles

1964

Seventeenth Heaven poster
5.6

François, a gentle dreamer and humble window cleaner, falls under the spell of a young woman he spots on the seventeenth floor of a block of flats. And when she sets off on holiday to the seaside, he follows her on his bike to declare his love for her. He claims to be a novelist; she claims to be a lady of the manor. A boy, a girl, two lies, an impossible love?

Seventeenth Heaven

1966

Interdit au public poster
8.0

Backstage at a Paris theater, a famous, exasperatingly fatuous playwright learns that the actress who was to play the lead in his play is expecting a child. No great actress is available to take on the role. Except the famous actress Gabrielle Tristan, to whom he was married for ten years and to whom he no longer speaks. But their love of theater and their playfulness outweigh all their grudges, and Gabrielle takes on her ex-husband's play.

Interdit au public

1966

Les Livreurs poster
8.0

These two friendly delivery boys from a Parisian department store not only take their job to heart as much as possible, but also consider themselves responsible for the happiness of the customers they have to deliver to. This leads them successively to help, at the cost of incredible acrobatics, a young couple celebrating the first anniversary of their marriage, to mingle with the clientele of a rather disquieting doctor, to almost perish in an ambush that was of course not intended for them, and to avoid a domestic quarrel.

Les Livreurs

1961

Azaïs poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Azaïs

1968

Le minotaure poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Le minotaure

1969

Sahara on Fire poster
8.0

A young engineer, Lucien Rombeau, is sent to the Sahara by the oil company that employs him, which wants to put an end to drilling that it considers unproductive. He ends up agreeing with the chief prospector, who refuses to stop the work and is convinced that prospecting will not be in vain.

Sahara on Fire

1961

1950s · 2 titles

Series credits

Champs-Elysées poster
6.8

No synopsis available yet.

Champs-Elysées

1982

Midi Première poster
9.0

Midi Première is a French variety show presented by Danièle Gilbert, directed by Jacques Pierre and broadcast from January 6, 1975 until January 1, 1982 on TF1. The program was generally broadcast between 12:15 p.m. and 12:55 p.m., then giving way to the 1:00 p.m. TV news. However, the broadcast schedule could change, depending on the guests, and the setting where the recording of the program was shot. Certain performances by artists who have become cult like the one where Ringo jostles with a demonstrator in interpretation (1977), that of Dalida with the title There is always a song with the soundtrack that does not start, twice, at the right speed (1978), Claude François and his Clodettes, who, in the provinces, are unable to join "the set" in order to interpret his song, the latter being taken by the crowd of delirious fans (summer 1977) . The group Supertramp performed there with the title "Dreamer" on March 8, 1975.

Midi Première

1975

Le Grand Échiquier poster
8.0

Le Grand Échiquier is a French variety television program created and presented by Jacques Chancel. It aired at 8:30 pm on the first channel of the ORTF from January 12, 1972 to July 12, 1972, then on the second color channel of the ORTF from September 1972 to December 1974, and finally on Antenne 2 from January 1975 to December 21, 1989. The program returned to France 2 on December 20, 2018 and is hosted by Anne-Sophie Lapix.

Le Grand Échiquier

1972

No artwork available
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Samedi soir

1971

At Theatre Tonight poster
7.0

At Theater tonight is a TV show broadcasted from 25th August 1966 to 21st September 1985. The show is broadcast plays recorded in two or three days, during public performances at the Théâtre Marigny on the Champs-Élysées, or sometimes Edouard VII theater.

At Theatre Tonight

1966

At Theatre Tonight poster
7.0

At Theater tonight is a TV show broadcasted from 25th August 1966 to 21st September 1985. The show is broadcast plays recorded in two or three days, during public performances at the Théâtre Marigny on the Champs-Élysées, or sometimes Edouard VII theater.

At Theatre Tonight

1966

30 millions d'amis poster
6.2

No synopsis available yet.

30 millions d'amis

1976

À bout portant poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

À bout portant

1968

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Système 2

1975

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Le Tour du monde en 80 jours

1975