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