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Jean Richard
Jean Richard

Jean Richard

ActingBorn April 18, 1921Died December 12, 2001 (age 80)Bessines, Deux-Sèvres, France

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.

Filmography

2009
Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1987TV
1982TV
1982
Champs-Elysées

as Self (archive footage)

TV
1981
Signé Furax

as Maigret

Movie
1976TV
1975TV
1973Movie
1972
Noix de coco

as Loulou

Movie
1972TV
1972
The Annuity

as Jo (un voyou)

Movie
1972TV
1971TV
1971TV
1969
La Maison de campagne

as Bertrand Boiselier

Movie
1969Movie
1968
Beru and These Women

as Inspecteur principal Bérurier

Movie
1967
The Investigations of Commissioner Maigret

as Commissaire Jules Maigret

TV
1967
Bang Bang

as Paulo

Movie
1967
The Oldest Profession

as Joseph, Mimi's Previous Client (segment "Mademoiselle Mimi")

Movie
1966
Sale temps pour les mouches

as Principal inspector Bérurier

Movie
1966
The Boss of Champignol

as Claudius Binoche

Movie
1965
The Lace Wars

as Le prince de Beaulieu

Movie
1965
How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning

as Paul Arnaud, membre de l'amicale (sketch "Les Bons Vivants")

Movie
1965Movie
1965
Under Your Hat

as Docteur Tannait

Movie
1965Movie
1965Movie
1965
Dernier tiercé

as Laredon

Movie
1965
Les Mordus de Paris

as Mr. Durand

Movie
1965
Black Humor

as Polyte - segment 1 'La Bestiole'

Movie
1964Movie
1964Movie
1964
Jaloux comme un tigre

as The man with the wrecked car

Movie
1963Movie
1963
Sweet and Sour

as Lepetit (le nounou 2)

Movie
1963Movie
1963Movie
1962
We Will Go to Deauville

as Le plombier - M. Simeon

Movie
1962Movie
1962
Tartarin de Tarascon

as Director of the 'Mitaine' circus

Movie
1962
War of the Buttons

as Lebrac's father

Movie
1961Movie
1961Movie
1961Movie
1961
The Fenouillard Family

as Agénor Fenouillard

Movie
1961
Les fortiches

as Dédé

Movie
1960
Small Local Trains

as César Beauminet

Movie
1960
Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century

as Le trafiquant du marché noir / Black Marketeer

Movie
1960
Tête folle

as Gérard

Movie
1960
Some Like It... Cold

as Jérôme Valmorin, explorer

Movie
1959
La Malle volante

as Ferdinand

Movie
1959Movie
1959
My Pal the Gypsy

as Mr. Pittuiti, gypsy

Movie
1959
Stop the Massacre

as Antoine Martin

Movie
1959
You Have Nothing to Declare?

as Marius Frontignac

Movie
1959Movie
1959
The Gendarme of Champignol

as Claudius Binoche

Movie
1959
Cigarettes, Whiskey and Wild Women

as The knocked out customer who asks for whiskey (uncredited)

Movie
1959
Discorama

as Self

TV
1958
Life Together

as André Le Lorrain

Movie
1958
En bordée

as Prosper Cartahu

Movie
1957
It Happened on the 36 Candles

as Self (uncredited)

Movie
1957
La Peau de l'ours

as Commissioner Etienne Ledru

Movie
1957
We at Champignol

as Claudius Binoche

Movie
1956
Slightly Ahead

as Ferdinand Galiveau, marchand de volailles et turfiste

Movie
1956
Life is beautiful

as l'employé

Movie
1956Movie
1956
Les Truands

as Alexandre Benoit

Movie
1956TV
1955
La Madelon

as Antoine Pichot

Movie
1955
Chéri-Bibi

as Chéri-bibi / Maxime du Touchais

Movie
1955
Les deux font la paire

as Achille Baluchet

Movie
1954
Casta diva

as Domenico Fiorillo

Movie
1954Movie
1954
Service Entrance

as Jules Béchard, mandataire aux halles

Movie
1954
Marriage Episodes

as M. des Rillettes

Movie
1953
Royal Affairs in Versailles

as Du Croisy playing the role of Tartuffe

Movie
1953Movie
1953
His Father's Portrait

as Paul Durand

Movie
1953
Wonderful Mentality

as Honoré Bonvalet

Movie
1953
Deux de l'escadrille

as Pierre Dourdan, aka 'Saucisse'

Movie
1952
Drôle de noce

as Joseph Bonhomme

Movie
1952Movie
1952
The Seven Deadly Sins

as The peasant (segment "La Gourmandise")

Movie
1951
Bernard and the Lion

as The Brigadier

Movie
1950Movie
1950
Le Roi Pandore

as Gendarme Quichenette

Movie
1949
I Love Only You

as Un passager de l'avion

Movie
1949
Mission in Tangier

as Drunk President

Movie
1947
Six Hours to Lose

as City sergeant

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayApril 18, 1921
Day of DeathDecember 12, 2001
Place of BirthBessines, Deux-Sèvres, France
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