Jean Richard
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jean Richard (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Movies (40)
Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)
as Self (archive footage)
2009
Signé Furax
as Maigret
1981
Le Médecin malgré lui
as Sganarelle
1973
Noix de coco
as Loulou
1972
The Annuity
as Jo (un voyou)
1972
La Maison de campagne
as Bertrand Boiselier
1969
L'Auvergnat et l'Autobus
as Jean Richard
1969
Beru and These Women
as Principal inspector Bérurier
1968
Bang Bang
as Paulo
1967
The Oldest Profession
as Joseph, Mimi's Previous Client (segment "Mademoiselle Mimi")
1967
Sale temps pour les mouches
as Principal inspector Bérurier
1966
The Boss of Champignol
as Claudius Binoche
1966
The Lace Wars
as Le prince de Beaulieu
1965
How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning
as Paul Arnaud, membre de l'amicale (sketch "Les Bons Vivants")
1965
L'or du duc
1965
Under Your Hat
as Docteur Tannait
1965
The Double Bed
as Father
1965
Rope Around the Neck
as Arthur
1965
Dernier tiercé
as Laredon
1965
Les Mordus de Paris
as Mr. Durand
1965
Black Humor
as Polyte - segment 1 'La Bestiole'
1965
The Real Bargain
1965
Comment épouser un premier ministre
as Le promoteur
1964
Clémentine chérie
as Auguste
1964
Jaloux comme un tigre
as The man with the wrecked car
1964
Bebert and the Train
as Mr. Martin
1963
Sweet and Sour
as Lepetit (le nounou 2)
1963
The Bamboo Stroke
as Albert
1963
Chicken Feed for Little Birds
as le boucher
1963
We Will Go to Deauville
as Le plombier - M. Simeon
1962
Un clair de Lune à Maubeuge
as Philibert
1962
Tartarin de Tarascon
as Director of the 'Mitaine' circus
1962
War of the Buttons
as Lebrac's father
1962
This Time it Must Be Caviar
as Siméon
1961
Operation Caviar
as Siméon
1961
My Wife Is a Panther
as Roger
1961
The Fenouillard Family
as Agénor Fenouillard
1961
Les fortiches
as Dédé
1961
Small Local Trains
as César Beauminet
1960
Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
as Le trafiquant du marché noir / Black Marketeer
1960
TV Shows (10)
Le monde est à vous
as Self
1987
Sacrée Soirée
as Self
1987
Champs-Elysées
as Self
1982
30 millions d'amis
as Self
1976
Apostrophes
as Self
1975
Midi trente
as Self
1972
Le Grand Échiquier
as Self
1972
Cadet Rousselle
as Self
1971
Samedi soir
as Self
1971
The Investigations of Commissioner Maigret
as Commissaire Jules Maigret
1967