Jean Richard

Jean Richard

Acting
Born Apr 18, 1921
From Bessines, Deux-Sèvres, France
Died Dec 12, 2001

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

Filmography — Acting

The Lace Wars
4.0
1965

The Lace Wars

Le prince de Beaulieu

Royal Affairs in Versailles
6.6
1953

Royal Affairs in Versailles

Du Croisy playing the role of Tartuffe

War of the Buttons
7.2
1962

War of the Buttons

Lebrac's father

The Oldest Profession
4.9
1967

The Oldest Profession

Joseph, Mimi's Previous Client (segment "Mademoiselle Mimi")

Signé Furax
4.8
1981

Signé Furax

Maigret

Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
6.2
1960

Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century

Le trafiquant du marché noir / Black Marketeer

The Annuity
6.6
1972

The Annuity

Jo (un voyou)

Casta diva
6.0
1954

Casta diva

Domenico Fiorillo

The Bureaucrats
5.4
1959

The Bureaucrats

Boudin

Elena and Her Men
5.9
1956

Elena and Her Men

Hector

The Seven Deadly Sins
5.9
1952

The Seven Deadly Sins

The peasant (segment "La Gourmandise")

The Real Bargain
1.0
1965

The Real Bargain

Les Truands
4.5
1956

Les Truands

Alexandre Benoit

We Will Go to Deauville
5.6
1962

We Will Go to Deauville

Le plombier - M. Simeon

How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning
5.5
1965

How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning

Paul Arnaud, membre de l'amicale (sketch "Les Bons Vivants")

La Peau de l'ours
5.0
1957

La Peau de l'ours

Commissioner Etienne Ledru

Under Your Hat
3.3
1965

Under Your Hat

Docteur Tannait

Sweet and Sour
4.6
1963

Sweet and Sour

Lepetit (le nounou 2)

Life Together
5.7
1958

Life Together

André Le Lorrain

Six Hours to Lose
5.2
1947

Six Hours to Lose

City sergeant

Slightly Ahead
6.1
1956

Slightly Ahead

Ferdinand Galiveau, marchand de volailles et turfiste

Beru and These Women
3.2
1968

Beru and These Women

Inspecteur principal Bérurier

Chicken Feed for Little Birds
6.0
1963

Chicken Feed for Little Birds

le boucher

Un clair de Lune à Maubeuge
5.0
1962

Un clair de Lune à Maubeuge

Philibert

Bang Bang
4.0
1967

Bang Bang

Paulo

Le Roi Pandore
5.3
1950

Le Roi Pandore

Gendarme Quichenette

This Time it Must Be Caviar
6.0
1961

This Time it Must Be Caviar

Siméon

L'Or du duc
1.0
1965

L'Or du duc

My Pal the Gypsy
4.0
1959

My Pal the Gypsy

Mr. Pittuiti, gypsy

Bebert and the Train
6.3
1963

Bebert and the Train

Mr. Martin

Les Mordus de Paris
1965

Les Mordus de Paris

Mr. Durand

Cinema of yesteryear
1953

Cinema of yesteryear

Pasquale

Small Local Trains
6.7
1960

Small Local Trains

César Beauminet

Black Humor
2.0
1965

Black Humor

Polyte - segment 1 'La Bestiole'

The Double Bed
2.5
1965

The Double Bed

Father

Deux de l'escadrille
1953

Deux de l'escadrille

Pierre Dourdan, aka 'Saucisse'

Mission in Tangier
5.8
1949

Mission in Tangier

Drunk President

Sale temps pour les mouches
5.7
1966

Sale temps pour les mouches

Principal inspector Bérurier

Comment épouser un premier ministre
1.0
1964

Comment épouser un premier ministre

Le promoteur

Le Costaud des Batignolles
2.5
1952

Le Costaud des Batignolles

Policeman

Chéri-Bibi
4.5
1955

Chéri-Bibi

Chéri-bibi / Maxime du Touchais

En bordée
7.0
1958

En bordée

Prosper Cartahu

The Bamboo Stroke
3.3
1963

The Bamboo Stroke

Albert

Operation Caviar
5.1
1961

Operation Caviar

Siméon

Marriage Episodes
5.0
1954

Marriage Episodes

M. des Rillettes

Life is beautiful
4.5
1956

Life is beautiful

l'employé

Some Like It... Cold
5.5
1960

Some Like It... Cold

Jérôme Valmorin, explorer

We at Champignol
1.0
1957

We at Champignol

Claudius Binoche

L'Auvergnat et l'Autobus
1969

L'Auvergnat et l'Autobus

Jean Richard

The Boss of Champignol
1966

The Boss of Champignol

Claudius Binoche

Wonderful Mentality
1953

Wonderful Mentality

Honoré Bonvalet

Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)
6.0
2009

Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)

Self (archive footage)

The Cheerful Squadron
5.7
1954

The Cheerful Squadron

Laperrine

I Love Only You
5.0
1949

I Love Only You

Un passager de l'avion

Tartarin de Tarascon
4.8
1962

Tartarin de Tarascon

Director of the 'Mitaine' circus

Jaloux comme un tigre
2.0
1964

Jaloux comme un tigre

The man with the wrecked car

La demoiselle et son revenant
1952

La demoiselle et son revenant

Ricard

It Happened on the 36 Candles
2.0
1957

It Happened on the 36 Candles

Self (uncredited)

Le Médecin malgré lui
1973

Le Médecin malgré lui

Sganarelle

Clémentine chérie
6.0
1964

Clémentine chérie

Auguste

You Have Nothing to Declare?
5.8
1959

You Have Nothing to Declare?

Marius Frontignac

The King of the Bla Bla Bla
7.5
1950

The King of the Bla Bla Bla

Jacques

Without Trumpet or Drum
1959

Without Trumpet or Drum

Leon Riffard

La Maison de campagne
5.2
1969

La Maison de campagne

Bertrand Boiselier

Le Passage de Vénus
10.0
1951

Le Passage de Vénus

Noix de coco
4.0
1972

Noix de coco

Loulou

Drôle de noce
4.5
1952

Drôle de noce

Joseph Bonhomme

Bernard and the Lion
5.2
1951

Bernard and the Lion

The Brigadier

The Gendarme of Champignol
4.0
1959

The Gendarme of Champignol

Claudius Binoche

Dernier tiercé
1965

Dernier tiercé

Laredon

Stop the Massacre
1959

Stop the Massacre

Antoine Martin

My Wife Is a Panther
1.0
1961

My Wife Is a Panther

Roger

Adémaï at the border post
6.0
1950

Adémaï at the border post

Rope Around the Neck
1965

Rope Around the Neck

Arthur

La Madelon
4.3
1955

La Madelon

Antoine Pichot

Cigarettes, Whiskey and Wild Women
4.7
1959

Cigarettes, Whiskey and Wild Women

The knocked out customer who asks for whiskey (uncredited)

His Father's Portrait
5.0
1953

His Father's Portrait

Paul Durand

The Fenouillard Family
5.1
1961

The Fenouillard Family

Agénor Fenouillard

Service Entrance
5.7
1954

Service Entrance

Jules Béchard, mandataire aux halles

Les deux font la paire
3.5
1955

Les deux font la paire

Achille Baluchet

Tête folle
1960

Tête folle

Gérard

1959

La Malle volante

Ferdinand

Les fortiches
1.0
1961

Les fortiches

Dédé