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 2001 in Senlis, aged 80.
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Acting
Movie
War of the Buttons
as Lebrac's father
1962
Movie
The Annuity
as Jo (un voyou)
1972
Movie
Elena and Her Men
as Hector
1956
Movie
How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning
as Paul Arnaud, membre de l'amicale (sketch "Les Bons Vivants")
1965
Movie
The Oldest Profession
as Joseph, Mimi's Previous Client (segment "Mademoiselle Mimi")
1967
Movie
Royal Affairs in Versailles
as Du Croisy playing the role of Tartuffe
1953
Movie
We Will Go to Deauville
as Le plombier - M. Simeon
1962
Movie
Some Like It... Cold
as Jérôme Valmorin, explorer
1960
Movie
Life Together
as André Le Lorrain
1958
Movie
Bebert and the Train
as Mr. Martin
1963
Movie
Chicken Feed for Little Birds
as le boucher
1963
Movie
Signé Furax
as Maigret
1981
Movie
The Seven Deadly Sins
as The peasant (segment "La Gourmandise")
1952
Movie
Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
as Le trafiquant du marché noir / Black Marketeer
1960
TV
The Investigations of Commissioner Maigret
as Commissaire Jules Maigret
1967
Movie
Small Local Trains
as César Beauminet
1960
Movie
Sale temps pour les mouches
as Principal inspector Bérurier
1966
Movie
Mission in Tangier
as Drunk President
1949
Movie
Sweet and Sour
as Lepetit (le nounou 2)
1963
Movie
Operation Caviar
as Siméon
1961
Movie
Slightly Ahead
as Ferdinand Galiveau, marchand de volailles et turfiste
1956
Movie
Service Entrance
as Jules Béchard, mandataire aux halles
1954
TV
Champs-Elysées
as Self
1982
TV
Champs-Elysées
as Self (archive footage)
1982