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