Jean Poiret

Personal Info

Birthday

August 17, 1926

Day of Death

1992-03-14

(65 years old)

Place of Birth

Paris, France

Also Known As

Jean Poiré

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jean Poiret, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

At Theatre Tonight

The Last Metro

The Virgins

The secret files of Inspector Lavardin

Inspector Lavardin

Tales of Paris

That Naughty Girl

Cop au Vin

Filmography

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