Jean Poiret
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 17, 1926, Paris, France
- Died
- March 14, 1992
- Movies
- 86
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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Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2023 | Merci Zaza - La Folle Histoire de la Cage aux Folles | Self / Georges (archive footage) |
| 2009 | Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4) | Self (archive footage) |
| 1992 | Sup de fric | Cyril Dujardin |
| 1991 | Sisi/Last Minute | Herzog Max in Bayern |
| 1991 | La Méthode Barnol | Monsieur Hubert |
| 1991 | Rumeurs | Alain Margolf |
| 1990 | The Elegant Criminal | Allard |
| 1988 | La Petite Amie | Martin Morel |
| 1988 | Une nuit à l'Assemblée Nationale | Octave Leroi |
| 1988 | The Seasons of Pleasure | Bernard Germain |
| 1987 | Miracle Healing | Papu |
| 1986 | I Hate Actors | Orlando Higgins |
| 1986 | Inspector Lavardin | Inspecteur Jean Lavardin |
| 1985 | Liberté, égalité, choucroute | Le calife |
| 1985 | Cop au Vin | Inspecteur Jean Lavardin |
| 1984 | The Seventh Target | Jean Michelis |
| 1982 | Will the High Salaried Workers Raise Their Hands! | Andre Joeuf |
| 1980 | The Last Metro | Jean-Loup Cottins |
| 1979 | L'Hôtel du libre échange | Pinglet |
| 1979 | The Other One's Mug | Jean-Louis Constant |
| 1979 | 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 |
| 1970 | Ces messieurs de la gâchette | Bernard Le Gall |
| 1969 | Three Men on a Horse | Freddy |
| 1969 | Aux frais de la princesse | Santos |
| 1968 | La Coquine | Albino, l'instituteur |
| 1968 | The Big Wash | Jean-Michel Lavalette |
| 1968 | The Men in the Family | Bernard Le Gall |
| 1967 | La Parisienne | Lafont |
| 1967 | The Great Gadget | Verdier |
| 1967 | Pour avoir Adrienne | Le jeune homme |
| 1966 | Your Money or Your Life | Lucien Pélépan |
| 1965 | When the Pheasants Pass | Traffic officer |
| 1965 | Under Your Hat | Philippe / Monsieur Paul |
| 1965 | Le petit monstre | The Godfather |
| 1965 | The Real Bargain | Grégoire |
| 1965 | Les baratineurs | André |
| 1964 | The Big Scare | |
| 1964 | Jaloux comme un tigre | Doctor Raymond |
| 1964 | Hard Boiled Ones | Louis |
| 1963 | The Blockhead Fair | Collin |
| 1963 | Teuf-teuf | |
| 1963 | Light-Fingered George | Raoul |
| 1963 | The Virgins | Banker Marchaix |
| 1962 | The Four Truths | Renard (segment "Le corbeau et le renard") |
| 1962 | How to Succeed in Love | Bernard Monod |
| 1962 | It's Not My Business | Jean Duroc, le directeur de la petite troupe de théâtre |
| 1962 | The Dance | Vieux |
| 1962 | Tales of Paris | Jean-Pierre Leroy (segment "Antonia") |
| 1961 | Auguste | Georges Flower |
| 1961 | My Wife Is a Panther | Psychiatrist |
| 1961 | On purge bébé | Bastien Follavoine |
| 1960 | Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century | Le premier policier / Policeman |
| 1960 | Love and the Frenchwoman | L'avocat de Michel (segment "Le Divorce")) |
| 1959 | La Malle volante | M. Grapillon |
| 1959 | You Have Nothing to Declare? | Robert de Trivelin |
| 1959 | The Bureaucrats | René Lahrier |
| 1959 | Oh! What a Mambo | L'inspecteur Sapin |
| 1959 | Nina | Gérard Blanville |
| 1959 | L'Anglais tel qu'on le parle | Julien Cicandel |
| 1959 | P.L.M | Pierre |
| 1958 | Clara and the Villains | Chantuer |
| 1957 | The Innocent with Forty Children | Maître Bardine |
| 1957 | Adorables démons | Julien Willis Jr |
| 1957 | The Green Dress | Parmeline |
| 1956 | The Terror with Women | Gendarme |
| 1956 | Murderers and Thieves | Philippe d'Artois, le riche oisif |
| 1956 | Life is beautiful | le joueur de maracas |
| 1956 | Mon bébé | William Harrisson |
| 1956 | That Naughty Girl | Inspector Rémy |
| 1954 | What the East Wind Saw | Charlles-Auguste |
| 1953 | The Three Musketeers | |
| 1953 | Le Gang des pianos à bretelles | The presenter of 'La nuit brune' (uncredited) |
| 1950 | Brune ou blonde |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2002 | Joyeuses Pâques | Writer |
| 1992 | Le Zèbre | Director |
| 1984 | Happy Easter | Writer |
| 1983 | Frohe Ostern | Writer |
| 1980 | La Cage aux Folles II | Screenplay |
| 1979 | The Other One's Mug | Screenplay, Producer |
| 1979 | Féfé de Broadway | Writer |
| 1978 | La Cage aux Folles | Screenplay |
| 1973 | La Cage aux folles | Writer |
| 1972 | Aujourd'hui à Paris | Writer |
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