Portrait of Jean Richard

Jean Richard

Acting

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.

Born: April 18, 1921

Place of Birth: Bessines, Deux-Sèvres, France

Filmography

2009
Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)

as Self (archive footage)

1987
1982
1982
Champs-Elysées

as Self (archive footage)

1981
Signé Furax

as Maigret

1975
1973
1972
Noix de coco

as Loulou

1972
The Annuity

as Jo (un voyou)

1971
1969
La Maison de campagne

as Bertrand Boiselier

1969
1968
Beru and These Women

as Principal inspector Bérurier

1967
The Investigations of Commissioner Maigret

as Commissaire Jules Maigret

1967
Bang Bang

as Paulo

1967
The Oldest Profession

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

1966
Sale temps pour les mouches

as Principal inspector Bérurier

1966
The Boss of Champignol

as Claudius Binoche

1965
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
Under Your Hat

as Docteur Tannait

1965
1965
Dernier tiercé

as Laredon

1965
Les mordus de Paris

as Mr. Durand

1965
Black Humor

as Polyte - segment 1 'La Bestiole'

1964
1964
Jaloux comme un tigre

as The man with the wrecked car

1963
1963
Sweet and Sour

as Lepetit (le nounou 2)

1963
1962
We Will Go to Deauville

as Le plombier - M. Simeon

1962
Tartarin de Tarascon

as Director of the 'Mitaine' circus

1962
War of the Buttons

as Lebrac's father

1961
1961
The Fenouillard Family

as Agénor Fenouillard

1961
Les fortiches

as Dédé

1960
Small Local Trains

as César Beauminet

1960
Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century

as Le trafiquant du marché noir / Black Marketeer

1960
Tête folle

as Gérard

1960
Some Like It... Cold

as Jérôme Valmorin, explorer

1959
La Malle volante

as Ferdinand

1959
1959
My Pal the Gypsy

as Mr. Pittuiti, gypsy

1959
Stop the Massacre

as Antoine Martin

1959
You Have Nothing to Declare?

as Marius Frontignac

1959
1959
The Gendarme of Champignol

as Claudius Binoche

1959
Cigarettes, Whiskey and Wild Women

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

1959
Discorama

as Self

1958
Life Together

as André Le Lorrain

1958
En bordée

as Prosper Cartahu

1957
It Happened on the 36 Candles

as Self (uncredited)

1957
La Peau de l'ours

as Commissioner Etienne Ledru

1957
We at Champignol

as Claudius Binoche

1956
Slightly Ahead

as Ferdinand Galiveau, marchand de volailles et turfiste

1956
Life is beautiful

as l'employé

1956
1956
Les Truands

as Alexandre Benoit

1956
1955
La Madelon

as Antoine Pichot

1955
Chéri-Bibi

as Chéri-bibi / Maxime du Touchais

1955
Les deux font la paire

as Achille Baluchet

1954
Casta diva

as Domenico Fiorillo

1954
1954
Service Entrance

as Jules Béchard, mandataire aux halles

1954
Marriage Episodes

as M. des Rillettes

1954
Royal Affairs in Versailles

as Du Croisy playing the role of Tartuffe

1953
1953
His Father's Portrait

as Paul Durand

1953
Wonderful Mentality

as Honoré Bonvalet

1953
Deux de l'escadrille

as Pierre Dourdan, aka 'Saucisse'

1952
Drôle de noce

as Joseph Bonhomme

1952
The Seven Deadly Sins

as The peasant (segment "La Gourmandise")

1951
Bernard and the Lion

as The Brigadier

1950
Le Roi Pandore

as Gendarme Quichenette

1949
I Love Only You

as Un passager de l'avion

1949
Mission in Tangier

as Drunk President

1947
Six Hours to Lose

as City sergeant

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