Henri Poitras

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Henri Poitras (born June 11, 1896 in Montreal , † August 1, 1971 in Montreal) was a Canadian actor and playwright .

Poitras studied acting at the Conservatoire Lassalle with its founder Eugène Lassalle and his wife Louise Darcey . He was a soldier in World War I and then began his acting career. With Jeanne Demons , Antoinette Giroux , Raoul Lery and Lise Bonheur , he founded the acting company Jeanne-Emons , which performed at the Family Theater . As a good singer and dancer, he received roles with the Société canadienne d'opérette and the Variétés lyriques , and he also took part in radio play productions ( Rue Principale , Le Curé de village ).

For some time he was co-director of the Théâtre Impérial , then he founded the Théâtre du Rire . There he performed more than fifty one-act comedies of his own, but they never appeared in print. Since the 1940s, Poitras was also known as a film actor. He was connected to the work of the writer Claude-Henri Grignon through the role of the jambe-de-bois , which he played in the television and radio production Un homme et son péché and in Les belles histoires des Pays d'en haut (on Radio Canada ) embodied.

For some time he taught at the Conservatoire Lasalle . He ended his acting career with the role of Pantaléon Veilleux in the television series Le petit monde du Père Gédéon . Poitras was married to the actress Lucie Plante .

Filmography

  • La dame aux camélias (1942, directed by Gratien Gélinas )
  • Fridolinons (1945, directed by Roger Blais )
  • La forteresse (1947, directed by Fédor Ozep )
  • Whispering City (1946, directed by Fédor Ozep)
  • Un homme et son péché (1949, directed by Paul Gury )
  • Docteur Louise / On ne triche pas avec la vie (1949, directed by Paul Vandenberghe and René Delacroix )
  • Séraphin (1950, directed by Paul Gury)
  • Tit-Coq (1952, directed by René Delacroix and Gratien Gélinas)
  • Au chenal du moine (1957, TV series)
  • Les belles histoires des pays d'en haut (1957–1970, TV series)
  • Le petite monde du père Gédéon (1960, TV series)

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personal data
SURNAME Poitras, Henri
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian actor and playwright
DATE OF BIRTH June 11, 1896
PLACE OF BIRTH Montreal
DATE OF DEATH 1st August 1971
Place of death Montreal