Jean Richard
Acting
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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movieComiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)
2009
Self (archive footage)
tvChamps-Elysées
1982
Self / Self (archive footage)
movieSigné Furax
1981
Maigret
movieLe Médecin malgré lui
1973
Sganarelle
movieNoix de coco
1972
Loulou
movieThe Annuity
1972
Jo (un voyou)
movieLa Maison de campagne
1969
Bertrand Boiselier
movieL'Auvergnat et l'Autobus
1969
Jean Richard
movieBeru and These Women
1968
Inspecteur principal Bérurier
tvThe Investigations of Commissioner Maigret
1967
Commissaire Jules Maigret
movieBang Bang
1967
Paulo
movieThe Oldest Profession
1967
Joseph, Mimi's Previous Client (segment "Mademoiselle Mimi")
movieSale temps pour les mouches
1966
Principal inspector Bérurier
movieThe Boss of Champignol
1966
Claudius Binoche
movieThe Lace Wars
1965
Le prince de Beaulieu
movieHow to Keep the Red Lamp Burning
1965
Paul Arnaud, membre de l'amicale (sketch "Les Bons Vivants")
movieUnder Your Hat
1965
Docteur Tannait
movieThe Double Bed
1965
Father
movieDernier tiercé
1965
Laredon
movieLes Mordus de Paris
1965
Mr. Durand
movieBlack Humor
1965
Polyte - segment 1 'La Bestiole'
movieComment épouser un premier ministre
1964
Le promoteur
movieClémentine chérie
1964
Auguste
movieJaloux comme un tigre
1964
The man with the wrecked car
movieBebert and the Train
1963
Mr. Martin
movieSweet and Sour
1963
Lepetit (le nounou 2)
movieChicken Feed for Little Birds
1963
le boucher
movieWe Will Go to Deauville
1962
Le plombier - M. Simeon
movieUn clair de Lune à Maubeuge
1962
Philibert
movieTartarin de Tarascon
1962
Director of the 'Mitaine' circus
movieWar of the Buttons
1962
Lebrac's father
movieThe Fenouillard Family
1961
Agénor Fenouillard
movieSmall Local Trains
1960
César Beauminet
movieCandide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
1960
Le trafiquant du marché noir / Black Marketeer
movieTête folle
1960
Gérard
movieSome Like It... Cold
1960
Jérôme Valmorin, explorer
movieWithout Trumpet or Drum
1959
Leon Riffard
movieMy Pal the Gypsy
1959
Mr. Pittuiti, gypsy
movieStop the Massacre
1959
Antoine Martin
movieYou Have Nothing to Declare?
1959
Marius Frontignac
movieThe Bureaucrats
1959
Boudin
movieThe Gendarme of Champignol
1959
Claudius Binoche
movieCigarettes, Whiskey and Wild Women
1959
The knocked out customer who asks for whiskey (uncredited)
tvDiscorama
1959
Self
movieLife Together
1958
André Le Lorrain
movieEn bordée
1958
Prosper Cartahu
movieIt Happened on the 36 Candles
1957
Self (uncredited)
movieLa Peau de l'ours
1957
Commissioner Etienne Ledru
movieWe at Champignol
1957
Claudius Binoche
movieSlightly Ahead
1956
Ferdinand Galiveau, marchand de volailles et turfiste
movieLife is beautiful
1956
l'employé
movieLes Truands
1956
Alexandre Benoit
movieLa Madelon
1955
Antoine Pichot
movieChéri-Bibi
1955
Chéri-bibi / Maxime du Touchais
movieLes deux font la paire
1955
Achille Baluchet
movieCasta diva
1954
Domenico Fiorillo
movieThe Cheerful Squadron
1954
Laperrine
movieService Entrance
1954
Jules Béchard, mandataire aux halles
movieMarriage Episodes
1954
M. des Rillettes
movieRoyal Affairs in Versailles
1953
Du Croisy playing the role of Tartuffe
movieCinema of yesteryear
1953
Pasquale
movieHis Father's Portrait
1953
Paul Durand
movieWonderful Mentality
1953
Honoré Bonvalet
movieDeux de l'escadrille
1953
Pierre Dourdan, aka 'Saucisse'
movieDrôle de noce
1952
Joseph Bonhomme
movieLe Costaud des Batignolles
1952
Policeman
movieThe Seven Deadly Sins
1952
The peasant (segment "La Gourmandise")
movieBernard and the Lion
1951
The Brigadier
movieLe Roi Pandore
1950
Gendarme Quichenette
movieI Love Only You
1949
Un passager de l'avion
movieMission in Tangier
1949
Drunk President
movieSix Hours to Lose
1947
City sergeant