Jean Richard

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jean Richard (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Apostrophes

Champs-Elysées

Champs-Elysées

Sacrée soirée

Le monde est à vous

Le Grand Échiquier

Discorama

Cinépanorama

All Movies (83)

• Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)2009 · as Self (archive footage)
• Signé Furax1981 · as Maigret
• Le Médecin malgré lui1973 · as Sganarelle
• Noix de coco1972 · as Loulou
• The Annuity1972 · as Jo (un voyou)
• La Maison de campagne1969 · as Bertrand Boiselier
• L'Auvergnat et l'Autobus1969 · as Jean Richard
• Beru and These Women1968 · as Inspecteur principal Bérurier
• Bang Bang1967 · as Paulo
• The Oldest Profession1967 · as Joseph, Mimi's Previous Client (segment "Mademoiselle Mimi")
• Sale temps pour les mouches1966 · as Principal inspector Bérurier
• The Boss of Champignol1966 · as Claudius Binoche
• The Lace Wars1965 · as Le prince de Beaulieu
• How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning1965 · as Paul Arnaud, membre de l'amicale (sketch "Les Bons Vivants")
• L'Or du duc1965
• Under Your Hat1965 · as Docteur Tannait
• The Double Bed1965 · as Father
• Rope Around the Neck1965 · as Arthur
• Dernier tiercé1965 · as Laredon
• Les Mordus de Paris1965 · as Mr. Durand
• Black Humor1965 · as Polyte - segment 1 'La Bestiole'
• The Real Bargain1965
• Comment épouser un premier ministre1964 · as Le promoteur
• Clémentine chérie1964 · as Auguste
• Jaloux comme un tigre1964 · as The man with the wrecked car
• Bebert and the Train1963 · as Mr. Martin
• Sweet and Sour1963 · as Lepetit (le nounou 2)
• The Bamboo Stroke1963 · as Albert
• Chicken Feed for Little Birds1963 · as le boucher
• We Will Go to Deauville1962 · as Le plombier - M. Simeon
• Un clair de Lune à Maubeuge1962 · as Philibert
• Tartarin de Tarascon1962 · as Director of the 'Mitaine' circus
• War of the Buttons1962 · as Lebrac's father
• This Time it Must Be Caviar1961 · as Siméon
• Operation Caviar1961 · as Siméon
• My Wife Is a Panther1961 · as Roger
• The Fenouillard Family1961 · as Agénor Fenouillard
• Les fortiches1961 · as Dédé
• Small Local Trains1960 · as César Beauminet
• Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century1960 · as Le trafiquant du marché noir / Black Marketeer
• Tête folle1960 · as Gérard
• Some Like It... Cold1960 · as Jérôme Valmorin, explorer
• La Malle volante1959 · as Ferdinand
• Without Trumpet or Drum1959 · as Leon Riffard
• My Pal the Gypsy1959 · as Mr. Pittuiti, gypsy
• Stop the Massacre1959 · as Antoine Martin
• You Have Nothing to Declare?1959 · as Marius Frontignac
• The Bureaucrats1959 · as Boudin
• The Gendarme of Champignol1959 · as Claudius Binoche
• Cigarettes, Whiskey and Wild Women1959 · as The knocked out customer who asks for whiskey (uncredited)
• Life Together1958 · as André Le Lorrain
• En bordée1958 · as Prosper Cartahu
• It Happened on the 36 Candles1957 · as Self (uncredited)
• La Peau de l'ours1957 · as Commissioner Etienne Ledru
• We at Champignol1957 · as Claudius Binoche
• Slightly Ahead1956 · as Ferdinand Galiveau, marchand de volailles et turfiste
• Life is beautiful1956 · as l'employé
• Elena and Her Men1956 · as Hector
• Les Truands1956 · as Alexandre Benoit
• La Madelon1955 · as Antoine Pichot
• Chéri-Bibi1955 · as Chéri-bibi / Maxime du Touchais
• Les deux font la paire1955 · as Achille Baluchet
• Casta diva1954 · as Domenico Fiorillo
• The Cheerful Squadron1954 · as Laperrine
• Service Entrance1954 · as Jules Béchard, mandataire aux halles
• Marriage Episodes1954 · as M. des Rillettes
• Royal Affairs in Versailles1953 · as Du Croisy playing the role of Tartuffe
• Cinema of yesteryear1953 · as Pasquale
• His Father's Portrait1953 · as Paul Durand
• Wonderful Mentality1953 · as Honoré Bonvalet
• Deux de l'escadrille1953 · as Pierre Dourdan, aka 'Saucisse'
• Drôle de noce1952 · as Joseph Bonhomme
• La demoiselle et son revenant1952 · as Ricard
• Le Costaud des Batignolles1952 · as Policeman
• The Seven Deadly Sins1952 · as The peasant (segment "La Gourmandise")
• Le Passage de Vénus1951
• Bernard and the Lion1951 · as The Brigadier
• The King of the Bla Bla Bla1950 · as Jacques
• Adémaï at the border post1950
• Le Roi Pandore1950 · as Gendarme Quichenette
• I Love Only You1949 · as Un passager de l'avion
• Mission in Tangier1949 · as Drunk President
• Six Hours to Lose1947 · as City sergeant

All TV Shows (13)

• Le monde est à vous1987 · as Self
• Sacrée soirée1987 · as Self
• Champs-Elysées1982 · as Self
• Champs-Elysées1982 · as Self (archive footage)
• 30 millions d'amis1976 · as Self
• Apostrophes1975 · as Self
• Midi trente1972 · as Self
• Le Grand Échiquier1972 · as Self
• Cadet Rousselle1971 · as Self
• Samedi soir1971 · as Self
• The Investigations of Commissioner Maigret1967 · as Commissaire Jules Maigret
• Discorama1959 · as Self
• Cinépanorama1956 · as Self