
Jean Poiret
Known for Acting · 86 credits
- Born
- 1926-08-17
- Died
- 1992-03-14
- Place of birth
- Paris, France
- Also known as
- Jean Poiré
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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Known For
TV Shows (12)

Champs-Elysées
1982
as Self

Sacrée soirée
1987
as Self / Self (archive footage)

Spécial cinéma
1974
as Self / Self (archive footage)

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
as Self

Numéro un
1975
as Self
Midi trente
1972
as Self

Discorama
1959
as Self

At Theatre Tonight
1966
as Albino, l'instituteur / Le jeune homme

Stars 90
1990
as Self
Système 2
1975
as Self

Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
2022
as Self (archive footage)

The Secret Files of Inspector Lavardin
1988
as Inspecteur Jean Lavardin
Movies (74)

How to Succeed in Love
1962
as Bernard Monod

Miracle Healing
1987
as Papu

Inspector Lavardin
1986
as Inspecteur Jean Lavardin

The Last Metro
1980
as Jean-Loup Cottins

Les baratineurs
1965
as André

Liberté, égalité, choucroute
1985
as Le calife

The Three Musketeers
1953

Cop au Vin
1985
as Inspecteur Jean Lavardin

That Naughty Girl
1956
as Inspector Rémy

Atlantic Wall
1970
as Armand, resistance leader and double agent

The Elegant Criminal
1990
as Allard

Hard Boiled Ones
1964
as Louis

Tales of Paris
1962
as Jean-Pierre Leroy (segment "Antonia")

The Four Truths
1962
as Renard (segment "Le corbeau et le renard")

Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)
2009
as Self (archive footage)

Sisi/Last Minute
1991
as Herzog Max in Bayern

The Dance
1962
as Vieux

The Seasons of Pleasure
1988
as Bernard Germain

Your Money or Your Life
1966
as Lucien Pélépan

Will the High Salaried Workers Raise Their Hands!
1982
as Andre Joeuf

The Seventh Target
1984
as Jean Michelis

Ces messieurs de la gâchette
1970
as Bernard Le Gall

The Bureaucrats
1959
as René Lahrier

Une nuit à l'Assemblée Nationale
1988
as Octave Leroi

The Great Gadget
1967
as Verdier

Auguste
1961
as Georges Flower

Thank Heaven for Small Favors
1963
as Raoul

Merci Zaza - La Folle Histoire de la Cage aux Folles
2023
as Self / Georges (archive footage)

Oh! What a Mambo
1959
as L'inspecteur Sapin

Murderers and Thieves
1956
as Philippe d'Artois, le riche oisif

The Big Wash
1968
as Jean-Michel Lavalette

Qu'est-ce qui fait courir les crocodiles ?
1971
as Gontran

Three Men on a Horse
1969
as Freddy

Life is beautiful
1956
as le joueur de maracas

What the East Wind Saw
1954
as Charlles-Auguste

I Hate Actors
1986
as Orlando Higgins

The Virgins
1963
as Banker Marchaix

The Terror with Women
1956
as Gendarme

When the Pheasants Pass
1965
as Traffic officer

The Men in the Family
1968
as Bernard Le Gall

Pour avoir Adrienne
1967
as Le jeune homme

The Other One's Mug
1979
as Jean-Louis Constant
Adorables démons
1957
as Julien Willis Jr

Sup de fric
1992
as Cyril Dujardin
Teuf-teuf
1963

Nina
1959
as Gérard Blanville

Love and the Frenchwoman
1960
as L'avocat de Michel (segment "Le Divorce"))

La Parisienne
1967
as Lafont

You Have Nothing to Declare?
1959
as Robert de Trivelin

On purge bébé
1961
as Bastien Follavoine

Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
1960
as Le premier policier / Policeman

Clara and the Villains
1958
as Chantuer

The Big Scare
1964

La Coquine
1968
as Albino, l'instituteur

The Real Bargain
1965
as Grégoire

La Petite Amie
1988
as Martin Morel

Le petit monstre
1965
as The Godfather

La Cage aux folles
1973
as Georges

Le Gang des pianos à bretelles
1953
as The presenter of 'La nuit brune' (uncredited)

It's Not My Business
1962
as Jean Duroc, le directeur de la petite troupe de théâtre

L'Habit vert
1957
as Parmeline

Jaloux comme un tigre
1964
as Doctor Raymond

Le Canard à l'orange
1979
as Hugh Preston

The Innocent with Forty Children
1957
as Maître Bardine
La Malle volante
1959
as M. Grapillon

Mon bébé
1956
as William Harrisson

Aux frais de la princesse
1969
as Santos

The Blockhead Fair
1963
as Collin

Under Your Hat
1965
as Philippe / Monsieur Paul
L'Anglais tel qu'on le parle
1959
as Julien Cicandel

My Wife Is a Panther
1961
as Psychiatrist

L'Hôtel du libre échange
1979
as Pinglet

Rumeurs
1991
as Alain Margolf

La Méthode Barnol
1991
as Monsieur Hubert
About Jean Poiret
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jean Poiret, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia. With 86 credits spanning from 1953 to 2023, Jean Poiret has appeared in 74 films and 12 TV shows.
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- How to Succeed in Love (1962) — as Bernard Monod
- Miracle Healing (1987) — as Papu
- Inspector Lavardin (1986) — as Inspecteur Jean Lavardin
- The Last Metro (1980) — as Jean-Loup Cottins
- Les baratineurs (1965) — as André
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