Jean Richard
Acting Born Apr 18, 1921 Bessines, Deux-Sèvres, France 24 credits
Biography
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.
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Full filmography
- Champs-Elysées (1982) as Self
- Champs-Elysées (1982) as Self (archive footage)
- Sacrée soirée (1987) as Self
- Apostrophes (1975) as Self
- Le monde est à vous (1987) as Self
- Le Grand Échiquier (1972) as Self
- Midi trente (1972) as Self
- Samedi soir (1971) as Self
- Cinépanorama (1956) as Self
- Discorama (1959) as Self
- 30 millions d'amis (1976) as Self
- Cadet Rousselle (1971) as Self
- The Investigations of Commissioner Maigret (1967) as Commissaire Jules Maigret
- The Annuity (1972) as Jo (un voyou)
- The Oldest Profession (1967) as Joseph, Mimi's Previous Client (segment "Mademoiselle Mimi")
- War of the Buttons (1962) as Lebrac's father
- Slightly Ahead (1956) as Ferdinand Galiveau, marchand de volailles et turfiste
- Signé Furax (1981) as Maigret
- Elena and Her Men (1956) as Hector
- Royal Affairs in Versailles (1953) as Du Croisy playing the role of Tartuffe
- The Seven Deadly Sins (1952) as The peasant (segment "La Gourmandise")
- How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning (1965) as Paul Arnaud, membre de l'amicale (sketch "Les Bons Vivants")
- The Cheerful Squadron (1954) as Laperrine
- We Will Go to Deauville (1962) as Le plombier - M. Simeon