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.
Acted in 71
1990s
- 1992
Sup de fric
Cyril Dujardin
- 1991
Sisi/Last Minute
Herzog Max in Bayern
La Méthode Barnol
Monsieur Hubert
Rumeurs
Alain Margolf
- 1990
The Elegant Criminal
Allard
1980s
- 1988
The Secret Files of Inspector Lavardin
Inspecteur Jean Lavardin · 4 episodes
La Petite Amie
Martin Morel
Une nuit à l'Assemblée Nationale
Octave Leroi
The Seasons of Pleasure
Bernard Germain
- 1987
Miracle Healing
Papu
- 1986
I Hate Actors
Orlando Higgins
- 1985
Liberté, égalité, choucroute
Le calife
Cop au Vin
Inspecteur Jean Lavardin
- 1984
- 1982
Will the High Salaried Workers Raise Their Hands!
Andre Joeuf
- 1980
1970s
- 1979
L'Hôtel du libre échange
Pinglet
The Other One's Mug
Jean-Louis Constant
Le Canard à l'orange
Hugh Preston
- 1973
La Cage aux folles
Georges
- 1971
Qu'est-ce qui fait courir les crocodiles ?
Gontran
- 1970
Atlantic Wall
Armand, resistance leader and double agent
Ces messieurs de la gâchette
Bernard Le Gall
1960s
- 1969
Three Men on a Horse
Freddy
Aux frais de la princesse
Santos
- 1968
La Coquine
Albino, l'instituteur
The Big Wash
Jean-Michel Lavalette
The Men in the Family
Bernard Le Gall
- 1967
La Parisienne
Lafont
The Great Gadget
Verdier
Pour avoir Adrienne
Le jeune homme
- 1966
- 1965
When the Pheasants Pass
Traffic officer
Under Your Hat
Philippe / Monsieur Paul
Le petit monstre
The Godfather
The Real Bargain
Grégoire
- 1964
The Big Scare
Movie
Jaloux comme un tigre
Doctor Raymond
Hard Boiled Ones
Louis
- 1963
The Blockhead Fair
Collin
Light-Fingered George
Raoul
The Virgins
Banker Marchaix
- 1962
The Four Truths
Renard (segment "Le corbeau et le renard")
How to Succeed in Love
Bernard Monod
It's Not My Business
Jean Duroc, le directeur de la petite troupe de théâtre
The Dance
Vieux
Tales of Paris
Jean-Pierre Leroy (segment "Antonia")
- 1961
My Wife Is a Panther
Psychiatrist
On purge bébé
Bastien Follavoine
- 1960
Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
Le premier policier / Policeman
1950s
- 1959
You Have Nothing to Declare?
Robert de Trivelin
The Bureaucrats
René Lahrier
Oh! What a Mambo
L'inspecteur Sapin
Nina
Gérard Blanville
P.L.M
Pierre
- 1958
Clara and the Villains
Chantuer
- 1957
The Innocent with Forty Children
Maître Bardine
The Green Dress
Parmeline
- 1956
The Terror with Women
Gendarme
Murderers and Thieves
Philippe d'Artois, le riche oisif
Life is beautiful
le joueur de maracas
Mon bébé
William Harrisson
- 1954
What the East Wind Saw
Charlles-Auguste
- 1953
Le Gang des pianos à bretelles
The presenter of 'La nuit brune' (uncredited)
Wrote 19
2020s
- 2024
Poiret Serrault - Extraits extra
Author, Dialogue
- 2023
Joyeuses Pâques
Author
2010s
- 2019
C'est encore mieux l'après-midi
Adaptation
- 2014
Joyeuses Pâques
Theatre Play
- 2011
La Cage aux folles
Author
2000s
- 2008
- 2002
Joyeuses Pâques
Writer
1990s
- 1996
- 1993
Tailleur pour Dames
Adaptation
- 1992
- 1991
Rumeurs
Adaptation
1980s
- 1985
La Cage aux Folles 3
Characters
- 1984
Happy Easter
Writer, Original Story
- 1983
Frohe Ostern
Writer
- 1980
1970s
- 1979
The Other One's Mug
Screenplay
Féfé de Broadway
Writer
- 1978
- 1973
La Cage aux folles
Writer
Produced 1
1970s
- 1979
The Other One's Mug
Producer
Directed 1
1990s
- 1992
Appearances12
2020s
- 2023
Merci Zaza - La Folle Histoire de la Cage aux Folles
Self / Georges (archive footage)
- 2022
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
Self (archive footage) · 2 episodes
2000s
- 2009
Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)
Self (archive footage)
1990s
- 1990
1980s
- 1987
- 1982
Aujourd'hui la vie
Self · 1 episode
1970s
- 1975
- 1974
- 1972
1950s
- 1959
