His voice became associated with Willis after the American actor rose to fame in the 1980s TV series Moonlighting, and Poivey went on to dub Willis in all the Die Hard films.
Although he was cast in a number of full-length and short French films and appeared in TV series and on the radio, he was best known for his voiceover work.
Patrick Poivey has gone,” wrote Yohan Roblin, a French sports journalist, on Twitter.
He was also the voice of Adam Carrington in the hit TV series Dynasty.