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Jean Richard

Jean Richard

Actor · 1921–2001 · Bessines, Deux-Sèvres, France

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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.

Acted in 81

1970s

  1. 1973

    Le Médecin malgré lui

    Sganarelle

  2. 1972

    Noix de coco

    Loulou

1960s

  1. 1969

    La Maison de campagne

    Bertrand Boiselier

  2. L'Auvergnat et l'Autobus

    Jean Richard

  3. 1968

    Beru and These Women

    Inspecteur principal Bérurier

  4. 1967
  5. Bang Bang

    Paulo

  6. 1966

    Sale temps pour les mouches

    Principal inspector Bérurier

  7. The Boss of Champignol

    Claudius Binoche

  8. 1965

    The Lace Wars

    Le prince de Beaulieu

  9. How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning

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

  10. L'Or du duc

    Movie

  11. Under Your Hat

    Docteur Tannait

  12. The Double Bed

    Father

  13. Rope Around the Neck

    Arthur

  14. Dernier tiercé

    Laredon

  15. Les Mordus de Paris

    Mr. Durand

  16. Black Humor

    Polyte - segment 1 'La Bestiole'

  17. The Real Bargain

    Movie

  18. 1964

    Comment épouser un premier ministre

    Le promoteur

  19. Clémentine chérie

    Auguste

  20. Jaloux comme un tigre

    The man with the wrecked car

  21. 1963

    Bebert and the Train

    Mr. Martin

  22. Sweet and Sour

    Lepetit (le nounou 2)

  23. The Bamboo Stroke

    Albert

  24. Chicken Feed for Little Birds

    le boucher

  25. 1962

    We Will Go to Deauville

    Le plombier - M. Simeon

  26. Un clair de Lune à Maubeuge

    Philibert

  27. Tartarin de Tarascon

    Director of the 'Mitaine' circus

  28. War of the Buttons

    Lebrac's father

  29. 1961

    This Time it Must Be Caviar

    Siméon

  30. Operation Caviar

    Siméon

  31. My Wife Is a Panther

    Roger

  32. Les fortiches

    Dédé

  33. 1960

    Small Local Trains

    César Beauminet

  34. Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century

    Le trafiquant du marché noir / Black Marketeer

  35. Tête folle

    Gérard

  36. Some Like It... Cold

    Jérôme Valmorin, explorer

1950s

  1. 1959

    Without Trumpet or Drum

    Leon Riffard

  2. My Pal the Gypsy

    Mr. Pittuiti, gypsy

  3. Stop the Massacre

    Antoine Martin

  4. You Have Nothing to Declare?

    Marius Frontignac

  5. The Bureaucrats

    Boudin

  6. The Gendarme of Champignol

    Claudius Binoche

  7. Cigarettes, Whiskey and Wild Women

    The knocked out customer who asks for whiskey (uncredited)

  8. 1958

    Life Together

    André Le Lorrain

  9. En bordée

    Prosper Cartahu

  10. 1957

    La Peau de l'ours

    Commissioner Etienne Ledru

  11. We at Champignol

    Claudius Binoche

  12. 1956

    Slightly Ahead

    Ferdinand Galiveau, marchand de volailles et turfiste

  13. Life is beautiful

    l'employé

  14. Elena and Her Men

    Hector

  15. Les Truands

    Alexandre Benoit

  16. 1955

    La Madelon

    Antoine Pichot

  17. Chéri-Bibi

    Chéri-bibi / Maxime du Touchais

  18. Les deux font la paire

    Achille Baluchet

  19. 1954

    Casta diva

    Domenico Fiorillo

  20. The Cheerful Squadron

    Laperrine

  21. Service Entrance

    Jules Béchard, mandataire aux halles

  22. Marriage Episodes

    M. des Rillettes

  23. 1953
  24. Cinema of yesteryear

    Pasquale

  25. His Father's Portrait

    Paul Durand

  26. Wonderful Mentality

    Honoré Bonvalet

  27. Deux de l'escadrille

    Pierre Dourdan, aka 'Saucisse'

  28. 1952

    Drôle de noce

    Joseph Bonhomme

  29. La demoiselle et son revenant

    Ricard

  30. Le Costaud des Batignolles

    Policeman

  31. 1951

    Le Passage de Vénus

    Movie

  32. Bernard and the Lion

    The Brigadier

  33. 1950

    The King of the Bla Bla Bla

    Jacques

  34. Adémaï at the border post

    Movie

  35. Le Roi Pandore

    Gendarme Quichenette

1940s

  1. 1949

    I Love Only You

    Un passager de l'avion

  2. Mission in Tangier

    Drunk President

  3. 1947

    Six Hours to Lose

    City sergeant

Appearances13

2000s

  1. 2009

    Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)

    Self (archive footage)

1950s

  1. 1959
  2. 1957

    It Happened on the 36 Candles

    Self (uncredited)

  3. 1956
  4. 1952

    La Joie de vivre

    Self - Performer · 1 episode