Jean Richard
Known for Acting · 95 credits
- Born
- 1921-04-18
- Died
- 2001-12-12
- Place of birth
- Bessines, Deux-Sèvres, France
- Also known as
- Жан Ришар
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.
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Known For
TV Shows (12)
Champs-Elysées
1982
as Self / Self (archive footage)
Sacrée soirée
1987
as Self
Apostrophes
1975
as Self
Le monde est à vous
1987
as Self
Le Grand Échiquier
1972
as Self
Midi trente
1972
as Self
Discorama
1959
as Self
Samedi soir
1971
as Self
Cinépanorama
1956
as Self
30 millions d'amis
1976
as Self
Cadet Rousselle
1971
as Self
The Investigations of Commissioner Maigret
1967
as Commissaire Jules Maigret
Movies (83)
The Cheerful Squadron
1954
as Laperrine
The Oldest Profession
1967
as Joseph, Mimi's Previous Client (segment "Mademoiselle Mimi")
War of the Buttons
1962
as Lebrac's father
The Annuity
1972
as Jo (un voyou)
Royal Affairs in Versailles
1953
as Du Croisy playing the role of Tartuffe
How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning
1965
as Paul Arnaud, membre de l'amicale (sketch "Les Bons Vivants")
The Double Bed
1965
as Father
Elena and Her Men
1956
as Hector
Sweet and Sour
1963
as Lepetit (le nounou 2)
Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)
2009
as Self (archive footage)
Operation Caviar
1961
as Siméon
Chéri-Bibi
1955
as Chéri-bibi / Maxime du Touchais
Les Truands
1956
as Alexandre Benoit
En bordée
1958
as Prosper Cartahu
The Seven Deadly Sins
1952
as The peasant (segment "La Gourmandise")
We at Champignol
1957
as Claudius Binoche
Signé Furax
1981
as Maigret
Service Entrance
1954
as Jules Béchard, mandataire aux halles
His Father's Portrait
1953
as Paul Durand
The Gendarme of Champignol
1959
as Claudius Binoche
The Bureaucrats
1959
as Boudin
Small Local Trains
1960
as César Beauminet
Casta diva
1954
as Domenico Fiorillo
Un clair de Lune à Maubeuge
1962
as Philibert
The Lace Wars
1965
as Le prince de Beaulieu
The Bamboo Stroke
1963
as Albert
L'Auvergnat et l'Autobus
1969
as Jean Richard
Some Like It... Cold
1960
as Jérôme Valmorin, explorer
Life Together
1958
as André Le Lorrain
Chicken Feed for Little Birds
1963
as le boucher
We Will Go to Deauville
1962
as Le plombier - M. Simeon
Mission in Tangier
1949
as Drunk President
Tartarin de Tarascon
1962
as Director of the 'Mitaine' circus
My Pal the Gypsy
1959
as Mr. Pittuiti, gypsy
Adémaï at the border post
1950
The Boss of Champignol
1966
as Claudius Binoche
Drôle de noce
1952
as Joseph Bonhomme
La demoiselle et son revenant
1952
as Ricard
Six Hours to Lose
1947
as City sergeant
Life is beautiful
1956
as l'employé
La Peau de l'ours
1957
as Commissioner Etienne Ledru
Deux de l'escadrille
1953
as Pierre Dourdan, aka 'Saucisse'
Tête folle
1960
as Gérard
Slightly Ahead
1956
as Ferdinand Galiveau, marchand de volailles et turfiste
Black Humor
1965
as Polyte - segment 1 'La Bestiole'
Beru and These Women
1968
as Inspecteur principal Bérurier
L'Or du duc
1965
Bebert and the Train
1963
as Mr. Martin
Bernard and the Lion
1951
as The Brigadier
The Fenouillard Family
1961
as Agénor Fenouillard
The King of the Bla Bla Bla
1950
as Jacques
Rope Around the Neck
1965
as Arthur
You Have Nothing to Declare?
1959
as Marius Frontignac
Dernier tiercé
1965
as Laredon
Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
1960
as Le trafiquant du marché noir / Black Marketeer
Bang Bang
1967
as Paulo
Stop the Massacre
1959
as Antoine Martin
Sale temps pour les mouches
1966
as Principal inspector Bérurier
This Time it Must Be Caviar
1961
as Siméon
Les deux font la paire
1955
as Achille Baluchet
Les Mordus de Paris
1965
as Mr. Durand
Le Roi Pandore
1950
as Gendarme Quichenette
Marriage Episodes
1954
as M. des Rillettes
The Real Bargain
1965
Le Costaud des Batignolles
1952
as Policeman
Clémentine chérie
1964
as Auguste
I Love Only You
1949
as Un passager de l'avion
Le Médecin malgré lui
1973
as Sganarelle
Wonderful Mentality
1953
as Honoré Bonvalet
Without Trumpet or Drum
1959
as Leon Riffard
Comment épouser un premier ministre
1964
as Le promoteur
Cinema of yesteryear
1953
as Pasquale
La Maison de campagne
1969
as Bertrand Boiselier
Les fortiches
1961
as Dédé
It Happened on the 36 Candles
1957
as Self (uncredited)
Cigarettes, Whiskey and Wild Women
1959
as The knocked out customer who asks for whiskey (uncredited)
Jaloux comme un tigre
1964
as The man with the wrecked car
La Malle volante
1959
as Ferdinand
Noix de coco
1972
as Loulou
La Madelon
1955
as Antoine Pichot
Le Passage de Vénus
1951
Under Your Hat
1965
as Docteur Tannait
My Wife Is a Panther
1961
as Roger
About Jean Richard
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 20… With 95 credits spanning from 1947 to 2009, Jean Richard has appeared in 83 films and 12 TV shows.
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Most Popular Jean Richard Movies
- The Cheerful Squadron (1954) — as Laperrine
- The Oldest Profession (1967) — as Joseph, Mimi's Previous Client (segment "Mademoiselle Mimi")
- War of the Buttons (1962) — as Lebrac's father
- The Annuity (1972) — as Jo (un voyou)
- Royal Affairs in Versailles (1953) — as Du Croisy playing the role of Tartuffe
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