Jean Richard

Jean Richard

1921-04-18 – 2001-12-12 (age 80) Bessines, Deux-SĂšvres, France
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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 VallĂ©e 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

Le Médecin malgré lui
Six Hours to Lose
Six Hours to Lose

1947

as City sergeant

The Annuity
The Annuity

1972

as Jo (un voyou)

Signé Furax
Signé Furax

1981

as Maigret

TĂȘte folle
TĂȘte folle

1960

as Gérard

Les fortiches
Les fortiches

1961

as Dédé

Slightly Ahead
Slightly Ahead

1956

as Ferdinand Galiveau, marchand de volailles et turfiste

Elena and Her Men
Elena and Her Men

1956

as Hector

Marriage Episodes
Marriage Episodes

1954

as M. des Rillettes

The Bamboo Stroke
The Bamboo Stroke

1963

as Albert

Clémentine chérie
Royal Affairs in Versailles
Royal Affairs in Versailles

1953

as Du Croisy playing the role of Tartuffe

Service Entrance
Service Entrance

1954

as Jules Béchard, mandataire aux halles

L'Auvergnat et l'Autobus
L'Auvergnat et l'Autobus

1969

as Jean Richard

Jaloux comme un tigre
Jaloux comme un tigre

1964

as The man with the wrecked car

The Cheerful Squadron
The Cheerful Squadron

1954

as Laperrine

Some Like It... Cold
Some Like It... Cold

1960

as JérÎme Valmorin, explorer

The Gendarme of Champignol
The Gendarme of Champignol

1959

as Claudius Binoche

You Have Nothing to Declare?
You Have Nothing to Declare?

1959

as Marius Frontignac

War of the Buttons
War of the Buttons

1962

as Lebrac's father