Popeck

Popeck

Born: May 18, 1935
in Paris, France
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.

Movies for Popeck...

Title: Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: December 21, 2022
Type: TV
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L'humour c'est mieux à deux
Title: L'humour c'est mieux à deux
Character: Self
Released: September 16, 2022
Type: Movie
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Sixty
Title: Sixty
Character: Self - Comedian
Released: May 6, 2019
Type: Movie
60 comedians in 60 minutes, that's what Kyan Khojandi has to offer tonight.
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Scènes de ménages - Ça s'enguirlande pour Noël
Title: Scènes de ménages - Ça s'enguirlande pour Noël
Character: Marcel Perrault
Released: December 19, 2018
Type: Movie
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Les Chevaliers du fiel : Les fous rires de 2017
Title: Les Chevaliers du fiel : Les fous rires de 2017
Character: Self
Released: October 28, 2017
Type: Movie
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The Jews
Title: The Jews
Character: Lucien
Released: June 1, 2016
Type: Movie
Four separate stories deal with stereotypical ideas about Jews: their alleged influence on politics, the stereotype of Jewish business-mindedness, the Mossad, the Jewish world conspiracy and the memory of the Holocaust.
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Ruben fête ses 25 ans
Title: Ruben fête ses 25 ans
Character: Self
Released: December 1, 2015
Type: Movie
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Popeck - C'est la dernière fois... !
Title: Popeck - C'est la dernière fois... !
Character: Him Self
Released: January 15, 2011
Type: Movie
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Simon Konianski
Title: Simon Konianski
Character: Ernest
Released: July 29, 2009
Type: Movie
Simon, 35, has returned to live temporarily with his father. They make life unbearable for each other. To add spice to this situation, Uncle Maurice and Aunt Mala, Ernest's brother and sister, meddle in everything and, notably, try to find a "nice little Jewish girl" for Simon to marry. When Ernest passes away, Simon fulfils his father's last request: bury him in the village where he was born, in the depths of Ukraine. And so Simon finds himself caught up in an event-packed road movie in the company of his paranoid old uncle, his aunt who nags him endlessly about his "Goy dancer", his six-years-old son, his father's body and his ghost, and also a rabbit. Not to mention his ex who hassles him by phone. The journey will be nothing like a cruise down the Nile!
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The Pianist
Title: The Pianist
Character: Rubenstein
Released: September 17, 2002
Type: Movie
The true story of pianist Władysław Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into a ghetto, Szpilman finds work playing in a café; and when his family is deported in 1942, he stays behind, works for a while as a laborer, and eventually goes into hiding in the ruins of the war-torn city.
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Face à face
Title: Face à face
Character: Paul Laffargue
Released: August 1, 2001
Type: Movie
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La rêverie ou le mariage de Sylvia
Title: La rêverie ou le mariage de Sylvia
Character: Léonide
Released: November 9, 1994
Type: Movie
Sylvia Juszczyk, a Jewish woman in her forties who has been divorced for five years, is a dentist whose long working days are not the only source of happiness. She is in love with a young man who is unemployed because his skills are not adapted to the job market.
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The Station
Title: The Station
Released: September 27, 1990
Type: Movie
A good-natured, albeit a bit pedantic stationmaster works at a railway station in the middle of nowhere. One night, a beautiful high-society woman enters the station to buy a ticket. Waiting for her train, the two talk and eventually grow close. However, the mood quickly changes when the woman's fiancée arrives and tries to prevent her from leaving with increasingly violent means.
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Popeck à l'Olympia
Title: Popeck à l'Olympia
Character: him self
Released: April 17, 1990
Type: Movie
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Banana's Boulevard
Title: Banana's Boulevard
Character: Le père Goldenberg
Released: January 22, 1986
Type: Movie
Six friends start playing music under the name of Forbans, firmly determined to succeed. They soon find themselves in Martinique, embroiled in a series of abracadabre adventures.
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Ne prends pas les poulets pour des pigeons
Title: Ne prends pas les poulets pour des pigeons
Character: Paul le pirate
Released: October 9, 1985
Type: Movie
Divisional Inspector Bricot sends two detectives to the French Riviera to dismantle a drug deal in a carnival mask factory. However, knowing the low efficiency of his subordinates' work, he goes down to Nice to conduct the investigation.
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Adam et Ève
Title: Adam et Ève
Character: monsieur Ben-Hoït.
Released: June 3, 1984
Type: Movie
Movie producer Léon Blachurpe is about to produce a big budget movie about Adam and Eve. In order to get the money, he agrees to hire ex movie star La Maldiva to play the lead part, but she's old and ugly, so the scenes are actually shot with the stunt woman !
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Père Noël et fils
Title: Père Noël et fils
Released: December 24, 1983
Type: Movie
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Title: Champs-Elysées
Character: Self
Released: January 16, 1982
Type: TV
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T'es folle ou quoi ?
Title: T'es folle ou quoi ?
Character: Le plombier
Released: January 6, 1982
Type: Movie
Dominique Lombardi is news director of a regional TV station. A homosexual, he has a secret relationship with his young protégé, Jean-François Sevran, a journalist and news anchor. To conceal their relationship, the two live in the same building and have set up a trapdoor so they can see each other without bumping into their nosy plumber neighbor on the stairs. As a young man, Jean-François is searching for himself, until the day he meets Florence, the new sub-prefect of his district, whom he is to interview.
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The Hornet's Nest
Title: The Hornet's Nest
Character: Hans
Released: March 10, 1976
Type: Movie
A compulsive gambler must steal a suitcase full of money, which is also coveted by Melba, a cabaret singer. A getaway ensues.
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Cousin, Cousine
Title: Cousin, Cousine
Character: Sacy
Released: November 19, 1975
Type: Movie
Two distant cousins meet at a wedding banquet for an elderly couple. Over time, a close friendship develops between them, but their spouses begin to think that they are more than just friends.
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Title: Numéro un
Character: Self
Released: April 5, 1975
Type: TV
A French variety show.
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The Restroom Robbery
Title: The Restroom Robbery
Character: Le policier
Released: January 22, 1975
Type: Movie
Max and Riton, 2 thieves make plan to steal money in a train station office. They will operate through the wall in the public toilets.
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Title: Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Character: Self
Released: January 12, 1975
Type: TV
A talk show presented by Michel Drucker
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The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
Title: The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
Character: Moishe Schmoll
Released: October 17, 1973
Type: Movie
In this riot of frantic disguises and mistaken identities, Victor Pivert, a blustering, bigoted French factory owner, finds himself taken hostage by Slimane, an Arab rebel leader. The two dress up as rabbis as they try to elude not only assasins from Slimane's country, but also the police, who think Pivert is a murderer. Pivert ends up posing as Rabbi Jacob, a beloved figure who's returned to France for his first visit after 30 years in the United States. Adding to the confusion are Pivert's dentist-wife, who thinks her husband is leaving her for another woman, their daughter, who's about to get married, and a Parisian neighborhood filled with people eager to celebrate the return of Rabbi Jacob.
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Title: Le Grand Échiquier
Character: Self
Released: January 12, 1972
Type: TV
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The Companions of Baal
Title: The Companions of Baal
Character: Joseph
Released: July 29, 1968
Type: Movie
Journalist Claude Leroy (Jacques Champreux) reports that a secret society, The Companions of Baal, is behind a hold-up in the small town of Blaingirey. They are led by the Grand Maître Hubert de Mauvouloir (Jean Martin). An adorant of Lucifer, he aims to enslave the world. Accompanied by their acolyte, Pierrot Robichat (Gérard Zimmermann), and a young girl, Françoise Cordier (Claire Nadeau), Claude Leroy is determined to finally reveal the mysteries of the group's criminal enterprise.
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The Mad Dog
Title: The Mad Dog
Released: September 2, 1966
Type: Movie
Claude Brasseur plays a villain on the run from both the police and the mob. Good atmosphere in the Paris by Night, including deserted factory, Les Halles market and an empty theatre.