Popeck
Born in Paris, France — May 18 1935
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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. Sk…
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Le Grand Échiquier
Self
Numéro un
Self
The Pianist
Rubenstein
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
Self (archive footage)
The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
Moishe Schmoll
The Jews
Lucien
The Station
(as Jean Hebert)
Themroc
Le tailleur de crayons
Cellini: A Violent Life
Gattinara
Sixty
Self - Comedian
The Restroom Robbery
Un policier à la gare
The Mad Dog
Baal's Companions
Joseph Durban/Frère Cheval
L'Amour foot
The Hornet's Nest
Hans
Cousin, Cousine
Sacy
Père Noël et fils
Shabbot Shalom!
Grand-père Rabbin
T'es folle ou quoi ?
Le plombier
Simon Konianski
Ernest
Banana's Boulevard
Le père Goldenberg
Ne prends pas les poulets pour des pigeons
Paul le pirate
A Child's Battle
Toussaint
Il était une fois... « Les aventures de Rabbi Jacob »
Self
Adam et Ève
monsieur Ben-Hoït.
L'humour c'est mieux à deux
Self
La Rêverie ou Le Mariage de Sylvia
Léonide
Ruben fête ses 25 ans
Self
Face à face
Paul Laffargue
Les Chevaliers du fiel : Les fous rires de 2017
Self
Popeck: fini de rire, on ferme!
Popeck - C'est la dernière fois... !
Him Self
Popeck à l'Olympia
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