Jean Richard
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 18, 1921
- Died
- December 12, 2001 (aged 80)
- Birthplace
- 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.
Known For
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Filmography
Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Le monde est à vous
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Sacrée soirée
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Champs-Elysées
TV · as Self, Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Signé Furax
Movie · as Maigret
30 millions d'amis
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Apostrophes
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Le Médecin malgré lui
Movie · as Sganarelle
The Annuity
Movie · as Jo (un voyou)
Noix de coco
Movie · as Loulou
Le Grand Échiquier
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Midi trente
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Maigret en vacances
Movie · as Maigret
Cadet Rousselle
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Samedi soir
TV · as Self · 1 ep
L'Auvergnat et l'Autobus
Movie · as Jean Richard
La Maison de campagne
Movie · as Bertrand Boiselier
Beru and These Women
Movie · as Inspecteur principal Bérurier
The Oldest Profession
Movie · as Joseph, Mimi's Previous Client (segment "Mademoiselle Mimi")
Bang Bang
Movie · as Paulo
The Investigations of Commissioner Maigret
TV · as Commissaire Jules Maigret · 88 eps
Sale temps pour les mouches
Movie · as Principal inspector Bérurier
The Boss of Champignol
Movie · as Claudius Binoche
How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning
Movie · as Paul Arnaud, membre de l'amicale (sketch "Les Bons Vivants")
Black Humor
Movie · as Polyte - segment 1 'La Bestiole'
Under Your Hat
Movie · as Docteur Tannait
Les Mordus de Paris
Movie · as Mr. Durand
L'Or du duc
Movie
The Real Bargain
Movie
Rope Around the Neck
Movie · as Arthur
Dernier tiercé
Movie · as Laredon
The Lace Wars
Movie · as Le prince de Beaulieu
The Double Bed
Movie · as Father
Comment épouser un premier ministre
Movie · as Le promoteur
Clémentine chérie
Movie · as Auguste
Jaloux comme un tigre
Movie · as The man with the wrecked car
Bebert and the Train
Movie · as Mr. Martin
Chicken Feed for Little Birds
Movie · as le boucher
The Bamboo Stroke
Movie · as Albert
Sweet and Sour
Movie · as Lepetit (le nounou 2)
Un clair de Lune à Maubeuge
Movie · as Philibert
Tartarin de Tarascon
Movie · as Director of the 'Mitaine' circus
War of the Buttons
Movie · as Lebrac's father
We Will Go to Deauville
Movie · as Le plombier - M. Simeon
Operation Caviar
Movie · as Siméon
This Time it Must Be Caviar
Movie · as Siméon
The Fenouillard Family
Movie · as Agénor Fenouillard
Les fortiches
Movie · as Dédé
My Wife Is a Panther
Movie · as Roger
Some Like It... Cold
Movie · as Jérôme Valmorin, explorer
Small Local Trains
Movie · as César Beauminet
Tête folle
Movie · as Gérard
Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
Movie · as Le trafiquant du marché noir / Black Marketeer
La Malle volante
Movie · as Ferdinand
You Have Nothing to Declare?
Movie · as Marius Frontignac
Stop the Massacre
Movie · as Antoine Martin
The Bureaucrats
Movie · as Boudin
Without Trumpet or Drum
Movie · as Leon Riffard
The Gendarme of Champignol
Movie · as Claudius Binoche
My Pal the Gypsy
Movie · as Mr. Pittuiti, gypsy
Cigarettes, Whiskey and Wild Women
Movie · as The knocked out customer who asks for whiskey (uncredited)
Discorama
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Life Together
Movie · as André Le Lorrain
En bordée
Movie · as Prosper Cartahu
It Happened on the 36 Candles
Movie · as Self (uncredited)
We at Champignol
Movie · as Claudius Binoche
La Peau de l'ours
Movie · as Commissioner Etienne Ledru
Elena and Her Men
Movie · as Hector
Slightly Ahead
Movie · as Ferdinand Galiveau, marchand de volailles et turfiste
Life is beautiful
Movie · as l'employé
Les Truands
Movie · as Alexandre Benoit
Cinépanorama
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Chéri-Bibi
Movie · as Chéri-bibi / Maxime du Touchais
La Madelon
Movie · as Antoine Pichot
Les deux font la paire
Movie · as Achille Baluchet
Casta diva
Movie · as Domenico Fiorillo
Service Entrance
Movie · as Jules Béchard, mandataire aux halles
The Cheerful Squadron
Movie · as Laperrine
Marriage Episodes
Movie · as M. des Rillettes
Cinema of yesteryear
Movie · as Pasquale
Deux de l'escadrille
Movie · as Pierre Dourdan, aka 'Saucisse'
Wonderful Mentality
Movie · as Honoré Bonvalet
Royal Affairs in Versailles
Movie · as Du Croisy playing the role of Tartuffe
His Father's Portrait
Movie · as Paul Durand
Drôle de noce
Movie · as Joseph Bonhomme
Le Costaud des Batignolles
Movie · as Policeman
The Seven Deadly Sins
Movie · as The peasant (segment "La Gourmandise")
La demoiselle et son revenant
Movie · as Ricard
La Joie de vivre
TV · as Self - Performer · 1 ep
Bernard and the Lion
Movie · as The Brigadier
Le Passage de Vénus
Movie
The King of the Bla Bla Bla
Movie · as Jacques
Le Roi Pandore
Movie · as Gendarme Quichenette
Adémaï at the border post
Movie
I Love Only You
Movie · as Un passager de l'avion
Mission in Tangier
Movie · as Drunk President
Six Hours to Lose
Movie · as City sergeant