Jean Richard
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 18 April 1921 · Bessines, Deux-Sèvres, France
- Died
- 12 December 2001
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
Acting 84
- 2009Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4) as Self (archive footage)
- 1981Signé Furax as Maigret
- 1973Le Médecin malgré lui as Sganarelle
- 1972Noix de coco as Loulou
- 1972The Annuity as Jo (un voyou)
- 1971Maigret en vacances as Maigret
- 1969La Maison de campagne as Bertrand Boiselier
- 1969L'Auvergnat et l'Autobus as Jean Richard
- 1968Beru and These Women as Inspecteur principal Bérurier
- 1967Bang Bang as Paulo
- 1967The Oldest Profession as Joseph, Mimi's Previous Client (segment "Mademoiselle Mimi")
- 1966Sale temps pour les mouches as Principal inspector Bérurier
- 1966The Boss of Champignol as Claudius Binoche
- 1965The Lace Wars as Le prince de Beaulieu
- 1965How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning as Paul Arnaud, membre de l'amicale (sketch "Les Bons Vivants")
- 1965L'Or du duc
- 1965Under Your Hat as Docteur Tannait
- 1965The Double Bed as Father
- 1965Rope Around the Neck as Arthur
- 1965Dernier tiercé as Laredon
- 1965Les Mordus de Paris as Mr. Durand
- 1965Black Humor as Polyte - segment 1 'La Bestiole'
- 1965The Real Bargain
- 1964Comment épouser un premier ministre as Le promoteur
- 1964Clémentine chérie as Auguste
- 1964Jaloux comme un tigre as The man with the wrecked car
- 1963Bebert and the Train as Mr. Martin
- 1963Sweet and Sour as Lepetit (le nounou 2)
- 1963The Bamboo Stroke as Albert
- 1963Chicken Feed for Little Birds as le boucher
- 1962We Will Go to Deauville as Le plombier - M. Simeon
- 1962Un clair de Lune à Maubeuge as Philibert
- 1962Tartarin de Tarascon as Director of the 'Mitaine' circus
- 1962War of the Buttons as Lebrac's father
- 1961This Time it Must Be Caviar as Siméon
- 1961Operation Caviar as Siméon
- 1961My Wife Is a Panther as Roger
- 1961Les fortiches as Dédé
- 1961The Fenouillard Family as Agénor Fenouillard
- 1960Small Local Trains as César Beauminet
- 1960Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century as Le trafiquant du marché noir / Black Marketeer
- 1960Tête folle as Gérard
- 1960Some Like It... Cold as Jérôme Valmorin, explorer
- 1959La Malle volante as Ferdinand
- 1959Without Trumpet or Drum as Leon Riffard
- 1959My Pal the Gypsy as Mr. Pittuiti, gypsy
- 1959Stop the Massacre as Antoine Martin
- 1959You Have Nothing to Declare? as Marius Frontignac
- 1959The Bureaucrats as Boudin
- 1959The Gendarme of Champignol as Claudius Binoche
- 1959Cigarettes, Whiskey and Wild Women as The knocked out customer who asks for whiskey (uncredited)
- 1958Life Together as André Le Lorrain
- 1958En bordée as Prosper Cartahu
- 1957It Happened on the 36 Candles as Self (uncredited)
- 1957La Peau de l'ours as Commissioner Etienne Ledru
- 1957We at Champignol as Claudius Binoche
- 1956Slightly Ahead as Ferdinand Galiveau, marchand de volailles et turfiste
- 1956Life is beautiful as l'employé
- 1956Elena and Her Men as Hector
- 1956Les Truands as Alexandre Benoit
- 1955La Madelon as Antoine Pichot
- 1955Chéri-Bibi as Chéri-bibi / Maxime du Touchais
- 1955Les deux font la paire as Achille Baluchet
- 1954Casta diva as Domenico Fiorillo
- 1954The Cheerful Squadron as Laperrine
- 1954Marriage Episodes as M. des Rillettes
- 1954Service Entrance as Jules Béchard, mandataire aux halles
- 1953Royal Affairs in Versailles as Du Croisy playing the role of Tartuffe
- 1953Cinema of yesteryear as Pasquale
- 1953His Father's Portrait as Paul Durand
- 1953Wonderful Mentality as Honoré Bonvalet
- 1953Deux de l'escadrille as Pierre Dourdan, aka 'Saucisse'
- 1952Drôle de noce as Joseph Bonhomme
- 1952La demoiselle et son revenant as Ricard
- 1952Le Costaud des Batignolles as Policeman
- 1952The Seven Deadly Sins as The peasant (segment "La Gourmandise")
- 1951Le Passage de Vénus
- 1951Bernard and the Lion as The Brigadier
- 1950The King of the Bla Bla Bla as Jacques
- 1950Adémaï at the border post
- 1950Le Roi Pandore as Gendarme Quichenette
- 1949I Love Only You as Un passager de l'avion
- 1949Mission in Tangier as Drunk President
- 1947Six Hours to Lose as City sergeant