Popeck
Popeck (born Judka Herpstu; 18 May 1936) is a French actor and stand-up comedian. The son of Jewish immigrants from Poland and Romania, Judka Herpstu was born in Paris. He was among the children saved from the Holocaust by the OSE, but his mother was murdered in Auschwitz. He studied acting at the Cours Simon and started his career on stage under the name Jean Herbert. In 1968, Herpstu created the character of Popeck, a grumpy Eastern-European immigrant dressed in a 3-piece suit, wearing a bowler hat and speaking French with a strong Yiddish accent. Sketches featuring Popeck made Herpstu known to the larger public, and the actor identified with his character so far as to finally adopt the name Popeck for himself in 1978. In addition to his work on stage, Popeck has acted in movies. He had a small role in Roman Polanski's The Pianist. Source: Article "Popeck" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Champs-Elysées
1982 · Self
The Pianist
2002 · Rubenstein
Le monde est à vous
1987 · Self
Le Grand Échiquier
1972 · Self
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975 · Self
Numéro un
1975 · Self
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
2022 · Self (archive footage)
The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
1973 · Moishe Schmoll
The Jews
2016 · Lucien
Themroc
1973 · Le tailleur de crayons
Baal's Companions
1968 · Joseph Durban/Frère Ch...
Cellini: A Violent Life
1990 · Gattinara
Simon Konianski
2009 · Ernest
The Restroom Robbery
1975 · Un policier à la gare
Cousin, Cousine
1975 · Sacy
Ruben fête ses 25 ans
2015 · Self
The Station
1990 · (as Jean Hebert)
Adam et Ève
1984 · monsieur Ben-Hoït.
The Mad Dog
1966
Sixty
2019 · Self - Comedian
Père Noël et fils
1983
The Hornet's Nest
1976 · Hans
Banana's Boulevard
1986 · Le père Goldenberg
A Child's Battle
2011 · Toussaint
Popeck à l'Olympia
1990 · him self
Il était une fois... « Les aventures de Rabbi Jacob »
2009 · Self
Les Chevaliers du fiel : Les fous rires de 2017
2017 · Self
T'es folle ou quoi ?
1982 · Le plombier
L'humour c'est mieux à deux
2022 · Self
La Rêverie ou Le Mariage de Sylvia
1994 · Léonide
Shabbot Shalom!
1992 · Grand-père Rabbin
L'Amour foot
2009
Ne prends pas les poulets pour des pigeons
1985 · Paul le pirate
Popeck - C'est la dernière fois... !
2011 · Him Self
Face à face
2001 · Paul Laffargue
Popeck : fini de rire, on ferme !
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