
Jean Richard
Known for Acting · 97 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 (13)

Apostrophes
1975
as Self

Champs-Elysées
1982
as Self / Self (archive footage)

Sacrée soirée
1987
as Self

Midi trente
1972
as Self

Le monde est à vous
1987
as Self

30 millions d'amis
1976
as Self
Samedi soir
1971
as Self

Cinépanorama
1956
as Self

Le Grand Échiquier
1972
as Self

Discorama
1959
as Self

The Investigations of Commissioner Maigret
1967
as Commissaire Jules Maigret

Cadet Rousselle
1971
as Self

La Joie de vivre
1952
as Self - Performer
Movies (84)

Le Médecin malgré lui
1973
as Sganarelle

Six Hours to Lose
1947
as City sergeant

The Annuity
1972
as Jo (un voyou)

Tête folle
1960
as Gérard

Les fortiches
1961
as Dédé

Slightly Ahead
1956
as Ferdinand Galiveau, marchand de volailles et turfiste

Signé Furax
1981
as Maigret

Elena and Her Men
1956
as Hector

Marriage Episodes
1954
as M. des Rillettes

L'Auvergnat et l'Autobus
1969
as Jean Richard

The Bamboo Stroke
1963
as Albert

Jaloux comme un tigre
1964
as The man with the wrecked car

Clémentine chérie
1964
as Auguste

The Cheerful Squadron
1954
as Laperrine

Some Like It... Cold
1960
as Jérôme Valmorin, explorer

Service Entrance
1954
as Jules Béchard, mandataire aux halles

Royal Affairs in Versailles
1953
as Du Croisy playing the role of Tartuffe

War of the Buttons
1962
as Lebrac's father

L'Or du duc
1965

The Oldest Profession
1967
as Joseph, Mimi's Previous Client (segment "Mademoiselle Mimi")

You Have Nothing to Declare?
1959
as Marius Frontignac

We at Champignol
1957
as Claudius Binoche

Bebert and the Train
1963
as Mr. Martin
Maigret en vacances
1971
as Maigret

Sweet and Sour
1963
as Lepetit (le nounou 2)

How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning
1965
as Paul Arnaud, membre de l'amicale (sketch "Les Bons Vivants")

The Gendarme of Champignol
1959
as Claudius Binoche

The Fenouillard Family
1961
as Agénor Fenouillard

The Lace Wars
1965
as Le prince de Beaulieu

We Will Go to Deauville
1962
as Le plombier - M. Simeon

The Double Bed
1965
as Father

Adémaï at the border post
1950

Tartarin de Tarascon
1962
as Director of the 'Mitaine' circus

Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
1960
as Le trafiquant du marché noir / Black Marketeer

His Father's Portrait
1953
as Paul Durand

Drôle de noce
1952
as Joseph Bonhomme

Life Together
1958
as André Le Lorrain

Small Local Trains
1960
as César Beauminet

Cinema of yesteryear
1953
as Pasquale

The Seven Deadly Sins
1952
as The peasant (segment "La Gourmandise")

Under Your Hat
1965
as Docteur Tannait

Mission in Tangier
1949
as Drunk President

Chéri-Bibi
1955
as Chéri-bibi / Maxime du Touchais

The Boss of Champignol
1966
as Claudius Binoche

I Love Only You
1949
as Un passager de l'avion

Les Truands
1956
as Alexandre Benoit

The Bureaucrats
1959
as Boudin

Le Passage de Vénus
1951

Bernard and the Lion
1951
as The Brigadier

Casta diva
1954
as Domenico Fiorillo

The Real Bargain
1965

Sale temps pour les mouches
1966
as Principal inspector Bérurier

Operation Caviar
1961
as Siméon

La Madelon
1955
as Antoine Pichot

Le Costaud des Batignolles
1952
as Policeman

Un clair de Lune à Maubeuge
1962
as Philibert

Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)
2009
as Self (archive footage)

Comment épouser un premier ministre
1964
as Le promoteur

Beru and These Women
1968
as Inspecteur principal Bérurier

Without Trumpet or Drum
1959
as Leon Riffard

Chicken Feed for Little Birds
1963
as le boucher

My Pal the Gypsy
1959
as Mr. Pittuiti, gypsy

En bordée
1958
as Prosper Cartahu

Cigarettes, Whiskey and Wild Women
1959
as The knocked out customer who asks for whiskey (uncredited)

Les Mordus de Paris
1965
as Mr. Durand
La Malle volante
1959
as Ferdinand

This Time it Must Be Caviar
1961
as Siméon

Wonderful Mentality
1953
as Honoré Bonvalet

Le Roi Pandore
1950
as Gendarme Quichenette

The King of the Bla Bla Bla
1950
as Jacques

La Peau de l'ours
1957
as Commissioner Etienne Ledru

Rope Around the Neck
1965
as Arthur

La demoiselle et son revenant
1952
as Ricard

Deux de l'escadrille
1953
as Pierre Dourdan, aka 'Saucisse'

La Maison de campagne
1969
as Bertrand Boiselier

Bang Bang
1967
as Paulo

Life is beautiful
1956
as l'employé

Noix de coco
1972
as Loulou

It Happened on the 36 Candles
1957
as Self (uncredited)

My Wife Is a Panther
1961
as Roger

Black Humor
1965
as Polyte - segment 1 'La Bestiole'

Stop the Massacre
1959
as Antoine Martin

Dernier tiercé
1965
as Laredon

Les deux font la paire
1955
as Achille Baluchet
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 97 credits spanning from 1947 to 2009, Jean Richard has appeared in 84 films and 13 TV shows.
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Most Popular Jean Richard Movies
- Le Médecin malgré lui (1973) — as Sganarelle
- Six Hours to Lose (1947) — as City sergeant
- The Annuity (1972) — as Jo (un voyou)
- Tête folle (1960) — as Gérard
- Les fortiches (1961) — as Dédé
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