Jean Richard
Known for ActingBorn 1921-04-18 — died 2001-12-12Bessines, 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.
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Known for
Signé Furax
1981 · as Maigret
The Annuity
1972 · as Jo (un voyou)
Marriage Episodes
1954 · as M. des Rillettes
Six Hours to Lose
1947 · as City sergeant
Elena and Her Men
1956 · as Hector
Slightly Ahead
1956 · as Ferdinand Galiveau, marchand de volailles et turfiste
Tête folle
1960 · as Gérard
War of the Buttons
1962 · as Lebrac's father
The Bamboo Stroke
1963 · as Albert
Clémentine chérie
1964 · as Auguste
The Double Bed
1965 · as Father
Le Médecin malgré lui
1973 · as Sganarelle
The Bureaucrats
1959 · as Boudin
Royal Affairs in Versailles
1953 · as Du Croisy playing the role of Tartuffe
The Cheerful Squadron
1954 · as Laperrine
L'Or du duc
1965
The Oldest Profession
1967 · as Joseph, Mimi's Previous Client (segment "Mademoiselle Mimi")
The Fenouillard Family
1961 · as Agénor Fenouillard