- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- April 18, 1921
- Place of Birth
- Bessines, Deux-Sèvres, France
- Died
- December 12, 2001
Jean Richard
Jean Richard (18 April 1921 – 12 December 2001) was a French actor, comedian, and circus entrepreneur. He is best remembered for his role as Georges Simenon's Maigret in the eponymous French television series, which he played for more than twenty years, and for his circus activities. Richard was born in Bessines, Deux-Sevres. In the 1970s–1980s, he owned and managed three major circuses, two theme parks near Paris, La Mer de Sable and La Vallée des Peaux-Rouges, and a private zoo in his property of Ermenonville, Oise. He died on 12 December 2001 in Senlis, aged 80. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jean Richard (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
movieComiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)
2009 · Self (archive footage)
tvLe monde est à vous
1987 · Self
tvSacrée soirée
1987 · Self
tvChamps-Elysées
1982 · Self, Self (archive footage)
movieSigné Furax
1981 · Maigret
tv30 millions d'amis
1976 · Self
tvApostrophes
1975 · Self
movieLe Médecin malgré lui
1973 · Sganarelle
movieNoix de coco
1972 · Loulou
tvMidi trente
1972 · Self
movieThe Annuity
1972 · Jo (un voyou)
tvLe Grand Échiquier
1972 · Self
tvCadet Rousselle
1971 · Self
Maigret en vacances
movieMaigret en vacances
1971 · Maigret
Samedi soir
tvSamedi soir
1971 · Self
movieLa Maison de campagne
1969 · Bertrand Boiselier
movieL'Auvergnat et l'Autobus
1969 · Jean Richard
movieBeru and These Women
1968 · Inspecteur principal Bérurier
tvThe Investigations of Commissioner Maigret
1967 · Commissaire Jules Maigret
movieBang Bang
1967 · Paulo
movieThe Oldest Profession
1967 · Joseph, Mimi's Previous Client (segment "Mademoiselle Mimi")
movieSale temps pour les mouches
1966 · Principal inspector Bérurier
movieThe Boss of Champignol
1966 · Claudius Binoche
movieThe Lace Wars
1965 · Le prince de Beaulieu
movieHow to Keep the Red Lamp Burning
1965 · Paul Arnaud, membre de l'amicale (sketch "Les Bons Vivants")
movieL'Or du duc
1965
movieUnder Your Hat
1965 · Docteur Tannait
movieThe Double Bed
1965 · Father
movieRope Around the Neck
1965 · Arthur
movieDernier tiercé
1965 · Laredon
movieLes Mordus de Paris
1965 · Mr. Durand
movieBlack Humor
1965 · Polyte - segment 1 'La Bestiole'
movieThe Real Bargain
1965
movieComment épouser un premier ministre
1964 · Le promoteur
movieClémentine chérie
1964 · Auguste
movieJaloux comme un tigre
1964 · The man with the wrecked car
movieBebert and the Train
1963 · Mr. Martin
movieSweet and Sour
1963 · Lepetit (le nounou 2)
movieThe Bamboo Stroke
1963 · Albert
movieChicken Feed for Little Birds
1963 · le boucher
movieWe Will Go to Deauville
1962 · Le plombier - M. Simeon
movieUn clair de Lune à Maubeuge
1962 · Philibert
movieTartarin de Tarascon
1962 · Director of the 'Mitaine' circus
movieWar of the Buttons
1962 · Lebrac's father
movieThis Time it Must Be Caviar
1961 · Siméon
movieOperation Caviar
1961 · Siméon
movieMy Wife Is a Panther
1961 · Roger
movieThe Fenouillard Family
1961 · Agénor Fenouillard
movieLes fortiches
1961 · Dédé
movieSmall Local Trains
1960 · César Beauminet
movieCandide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
1960 · Le trafiquant du marché noir / Black Marketeer
movieTête folle
1960 · Gérard
movieSome Like It... Cold
1960 · Jérôme Valmorin, explorer
La Malle volante
movieLa Malle volante
1959 · Ferdinand
movieWithout Trumpet or Drum
1959 · Leon Riffard
movieMy Pal the Gypsy
1959 · Mr. Pittuiti, gypsy
movieStop the Massacre
1959 · Antoine Martin
movieYou Have Nothing to Declare?
1959 · Marius Frontignac
movieThe Bureaucrats
1959 · Boudin
movieThe Gendarme of Champignol
1959 · Claudius Binoche
movieCigarettes, Whiskey and Wild Women
1959 · The knocked out customer who asks for whiskey (uncredited)
tvDiscorama
1959 · Self
movieLife Together
1958 · André Le Lorrain
movieEn bordée
1958 · Prosper Cartahu
movieIt Happened on the 36 Candles
1957 · Self (uncredited)
movieLa Peau de l'ours
1957 · Commissioner Etienne Ledru
movieWe at Champignol
1957 · Claudius Binoche
movieSlightly Ahead
1956 · Ferdinand Galiveau, marchand de volailles et turfiste
movieLife is beautiful
1956 · l'employé
movieElena and Her Men
1956 · Hector
movieLes Truands
1956 · Alexandre Benoit
tvCinépanorama
1956 · Self
movieLa Madelon
1955 · Antoine Pichot
movieChéri-Bibi
1955 · Chéri-bibi / Maxime du Touchais
movieLes deux font la paire
1955 · Achille Baluchet
movieCasta diva
1954 · Domenico Fiorillo
movieThe Cheerful Squadron
1954 · Laperrine
movieService Entrance
1954 · Jules Béchard, mandataire aux halles
movieMarriage Episodes
1954 · M. des Rillettes
movieRoyal Affairs in Versailles
1953 · Du Croisy playing the role of Tartuffe
movieCinema of yesteryear
1953 · Pasquale
movieHis Father's Portrait
1953 · Paul Durand
movieWonderful Mentality
1953 · Honoré Bonvalet
movieDeux de l'escadrille
1953 · Pierre Dourdan, aka 'Saucisse'
movieDrôle de noce
1952 · Joseph Bonhomme
movieLa demoiselle et son revenant
1952 · Ricard
movieLe Costaud des Batignolles
1952 · Policeman
movieThe Seven Deadly Sins
1952 · The peasant (segment "La Gourmandise")
movieLe Passage de Vénus
1951
movieBernard and the Lion
1951 · The Brigadier
movieThe King of the Bla Bla Bla
1950 · Jacques
movieAdémaï at the border post
1950
movieLe Roi Pandore
1950 · Gendarme Quichenette
movieI Love Only You
1949 · Un passager de l'avion
movieMission in Tangier
1949 · Drunk President
movieSix Hours to Lose
1947 · City sergeant