Jean Richard
April 18, 1921 (104 years old) in Bessines, Deux-Sèvres, France
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
Credits
- 2009 · Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4) as Self (archive footage)
- 1987 · Le monde est à vous as Self
- 1987 · Sacrée Soirée as Self
- 1982 · Champs-Elysées as Self
- 1982 · Champs-Elysées as Self (archive footage)
- 1981 · Signé Furax as Maigret
- 1976 · 30 millions d'amis as Self
- 1975 · Apostrophes as Self
- 1973 · Le Médecin malgré lui as Sganarelle
- 1972 · Noix de coco as Loulou
- 1972 · Midi trente as Self
- 1972 · The Annuity as Jo (un voyou)
- 1972 · Le Grand Échiquier as Self
- 1971 · Cadet Rousselle as Self
- 1971 · Samedi soir as Self
- 1969 · La Maison de campagne as Bertrand Boiselier
- 1969 · L'Auvergnat et l'Autobus as Jean Richard
- 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, member of the association (segment "Les Bons Vivants")
- 1965 · L'or du duc as
- 1965 · Under Your Hat as Docteur Tannait
- 1965 · The Double Bed as Father
- 1965 · Rope Around the Neck as Arthur
- 1965 · Dernier tiercé as Laredon
- 1965 · Les mordus de Paris as Mr. Durand
- 1965 · Black Humor as Polyte - segment 1 'La Bestiole'
- 1965 · The Real Bargain as
- 1964 · Comment épouser un premier ministre as Le promoteur
- 1964 · Clémentine chérie as Auguste
- 1964 · Jaloux comme un tigre as The man with the wrecked car
- 1963 · Bebert and the Train as Mr. Martin
- 1963 · Sweet and Sour as Lepetit (le nounou 2)
- 1963 · The Bamboo Stroke as Albert
- 1963 · Chicken Feed for Little Birds as le boucher
- 1962 · We Will Go to Deauville as Le plombier - M. Simeon
- 1962 · Un clair de Lune à Maubeuge as Philibert
- 1962 · Tartarin de Tarascon as Director of the 'Mitaine' circus
- 1962 · War of the Buttons as Lebrac's father
- 1961 · This Time it Must Be Caviar as Siméon
- 1961 · Operation Caviar as Siméon
- 1961 · My Wife Is a Panther as Roger
- 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 · Without Trumpet or Drum as Leon Riffard
- 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 · The Bureaucrats as Boudin
- 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 · Elena and Her Men as Hector
- 1956 · Les Truands as Alexandre Benoit
- 1956 · Cinépanorama as Self
- 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 · The Cheerful Squadron as Laperrine
- 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 · Cinema of yesteryear as Pasquale
- 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 · La demoiselle et son revenant as Ricard
- 1952 · Le Costaud des Batignolles as Policeman
- 1952 · The Seven Deadly Sins as The peasant (segment "La Gourmandise")
- 1951 · Le Passage de Vénus as
- 1951 · Bernard and the Lion as The Brigadier
- 1950 · The King of the Bla Bla Bla as Jacques
- 1950 · Adémaï at the border post as
- 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