Jean Poiret
Biography
Jean Poiret, born Jean Poiré, (17 August 1926 – 14 March 1992) was a French actor, director, and screenwriter. He is primarily known as the author of the original play La Cage Aux Folles. Jean Poiret was born in Paris, France, where he died of a heart attack in 1992. He is buried at the Cimetière du Montparnasse in Paris.
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Acting History
2023
Merci Zaza - La folle histoire de la Cage aux Folles as Self / Georges (archive footage)
2022Il était une fois Champs-Élysées as Self (archive footage)
2009Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4) as Self (archive footage)
1992Sup de fric as Cyril Dujardin
1991Sisi/Last Minute as Herzog Max in Bayern
1991La méthode Barnol as Monsieur Hubert
1991Rumeurs as Alain Margolf
1990The Elegant Criminal as Allard
1990Stars 90 as Self
1988The secret files of Inspector Lavardin as Inspecteur Jean Lavardin
1988La Petite Amie as Martin Morel
1988Une nuit à l'Assemblée Nationale as Octave Leroi
1988The Seasons of Pleasure as Bernard Germain
1987Sacrée Soirée as Self
1987Sacrée Soirée as Self (archive footage)
1987Miracle Healing as Papu
1986I Hate Actors as Orlando Higgins
1986Inspector Lavardin as Inspecteur Jean Lavardin
1985Liberté, égalité, choucroute as Le calife
1985Cop au Vin as Inspecteur Jean Lavardin
1984The Seventh Target as Jean Michelis
1982Will the High Salaried Workers Raise Their Hands! as Andre Joeuf
1982Champs-Elysées as Self
1980The Last Metro as Jean-Loup Cottins
1979L'Hôtel du libre échange as Pinglet
1979The Other One's Mug as Jean-Louis Constant
1979Emmenez-moi au théâtre: Le canard à l'orange as Hugh Preston
1975Numéro un as Self
1975Système 2 as Self
1975Les Rendez-vous du dimanche as Self
1974Spécial cinéma as Self
1974Spécial cinéma as Self (archive footage)
1973La Cage aux folles as Georges
1972Midi trente as Self
1971Qu'est-ce qui fait courir les crocodiles ? as Gontran
1970Atlantic Wall as Armand, resistance leader and double agent
1970Ces messieurs de la gâchette as Bernard Le Gall
1969Three Men on a Horse as Freddy
1969Aux frais de la princesse as Santos
1968La Coquine as Albino, l'instituteur
1968The Big Wash as Jean-Michel Lavalette
1968The Men in the Family as Bernard Le Gall
1967La Parisienne as Lafont
1967The Great Gadget as Verdier
1967Pour avoir Adrienne as Le jeune homme
1966At Theatre Tonight as Albino, l'instituteur
1966At Theatre Tonight as Le jeune homme
1966Your Money or Your Life as Lucien Pélépan
1965Under Your Hat as Philippe / Monsieur Paul
1965Le petit monstre as The Godfather
1965The Real Bargain as Grégoire
1965Les baratineurs as André
1964The Big Scare
1964Jaloux comme un tigre as Doctor Raymond
1964Hard Boiled Ones as Louis
1963The Blockhead Fair as Collin
1963Teuf-teuf
1963Thank Heaven for Small Favors as Raoul
1963The Virgins as Banker Marchaix
1962The Four Truths as Renard (segment "Le corbeau et le renard")
1962How to Succeed in Love as Bernard Monod
1962It's Not My Business as Jean Duroc, le directeur de la petite troupe de théâtre
1962The Dance as Vieux
1962Tales of Paris as Jean-Pierre Leroy (segment "Antonia")
1961Auguste as Georges Flower
1961My Wife Is a Panther as Psychiatrist
1961On purge bébé as Bastien Follavoine
1960Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century as Le premier policier / Policeman
1960Love and the Frenchwoman as L'avocat de Michel (segment "Le Divorce"))
1959La Malle volante as M. Grapillon
1959You Have Nothing to Declare? as Robert de Trivelin
1959The Bureaucrats as René Lahrier
1959Oh! What a Mambo as L'inspecteur Sapin
1959Discorama as Self
1959Nina as Gérard Blanville
1959L'anglais tel qu'on le parle as Julien Cicandel
1958Clara and the Villains as Chantuer
1957The Innocent with Forty Children as Maître Bardine
1957Adorables démons as Julien Willis Jr
1957L'Habit vert as Parmeline
1956The Terror with Women as Gendarme
1956Murderers and Thieves as Philippe d'Artois, le riche oisif
1956Life is beautiful as le joueur de maracas
1956Mon bébé as William Harrisson
1956That Naughty Girl as Inspector Rémy
1954What the East Wind Saw as Charlles-Auguste
1953The Three Musketeers
1953Le Gang des pianos à bretelles as The presenter of 'La nuit brune' (uncredited)