Acting
Jean Richard
FR, ES, DE, IT cinema · 84 credits
Born
18 April 1921
Died
12 December 2001 (aged 80)
Birthplace
Bessines, Deux-Sèvres, France
Also known as Жан Ришар
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
Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)
as Self (archive footage)
Signé Furax
as Maigret
Le Médecin malgré lui
as Sganarelle
The Annuity
as Jo (un voyou)
Noix de coco
as Loulou
L'Auvergnat et l'Autobus
as Jean Richard
La Maison de campagne
as Bertrand Boiselier
Beru and These Women
as Inspecteur principal Bérurier
The Oldest Profession
as Joseph, Mimi's Previous Client (segment "Mademoiselle Mimi")
Bang Bang
as Paulo
Sale temps pour les mouches
as Principal inspector Bérurier
The Boss of Champignol
as Claudius Binoche
How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning
as Paul Arnaud, membre de l'amicale (sketch "Les Bons Vivants")
Black Humor
as Polyte - segment 1 'La Bestiole'
Under Your Hat
as Docteur Tannait
Les Mordus de Paris
as Mr. Durand
Rope Around the Neck
as Arthur
Dernier tiercé
as Laredon
The Lace Wars
as Le prince de Beaulieu
The Double Bed
as Father
Comment épouser un premier ministre
as Le promoteur
Clémentine chérie
as Auguste
Jaloux comme un tigre
as The man with the wrecked car
Bebert and the Train
as Mr. Martin
Chicken Feed for Little Birds
as le boucher
The Bamboo Stroke
as Albert
Sweet and Sour
as Lepetit (le nounou 2)
Un clair de Lune à Maubeuge
as Philibert
Tartarin de Tarascon
as Director of the 'Mitaine' circus
War of the Buttons
as Lebrac's father
We Will Go to Deauville
as Le plombier - M. Simeon
Operation Caviar
as Siméon
The Fenouillard Family
as Agénor Fenouillard
Les fortiches
as Dédé
My Wife Is a Panther
as Roger
Some Like It... Cold
as Jérôme Valmorin, explorer
Small Local Trains
as César Beauminet
Tête folle
as Gérard
Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
as Le trafiquant du marché noir / Black Marketeer
You Have Nothing to Declare?
as Marius Frontignac
Stop the Massacre
as Antoine Martin
The Bureaucrats
as Boudin
Without Trumpet or Drum
as Leon Riffard
The Gendarme of Champignol
as Claudius Binoche
My Pal the Gypsy
as Mr. Pittuiti, gypsy
Cigarettes, Whiskey and Wild Women
as The knocked out customer who asks for whiskey (uncredited)
Life Together
as André Le Lorrain
En bordée
as Prosper Cartahu
It Happened on the 36 Candles
as Self (uncredited)
We at Champignol
as Claudius Binoche
La Peau de l'ours
as Commissioner Etienne Ledru
Elena and Her Men
as Hector
Slightly Ahead
as Ferdinand Galiveau, marchand de volailles et turfiste
Life is beautiful
as l'employé
Les Truands
as Alexandre Benoit
Chéri-Bibi
as Chéri-bibi / Maxime du Touchais
La Madelon
as Antoine Pichot
Les deux font la paire
as Achille Baluchet
Casta diva
as Domenico Fiorillo
Service Entrance
as Jules Béchard, mandataire aux halles
The Cheerful Squadron
as Laperrine
Marriage Episodes
as M. des Rillettes
Cinema of yesteryear
as Pasquale
Deux de l'escadrille
as Pierre Dourdan, aka 'Saucisse'
Wonderful Mentality
as Honoré Bonvalet
Royal Affairs in Versailles
as Du Croisy playing the role of Tartuffe
His Father's Portrait
as Paul Durand
Drôle de noce
as Joseph Bonhomme
Le Costaud des Batignolles
as Policeman
The Seven Deadly Sins
as The peasant (segment "La Gourmandise")
Bernard and the Lion
as The Brigadier
The King of the Bla Bla Bla
as Jacques
Le Roi Pandore
as Gendarme Quichenette
I Love Only You
as Un passager de l'avion
Mission in Tangier
as Drunk President
Six Hours to Lose
as City sergeant