Jean Richard
Acting
Born April 18, 1921 · Bessines, Deux-Sèvres, France
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…
Known For · 40 titles
Apostrophes
Champs-Elysées
Sacrée soirée
Le Grand Échiquier
Le monde est à vous
Discorama
Midi trente
30 millions d'amis
Samedi soir
Cinépanorama
The Investigations of Commissioner Maigret
Cadet Rousselle
La Joie de vivre
Le Médecin malgré lui
Six Hours to Lose
Marriage Episodes
Signé Furax
The Annuity
The Bamboo Stroke
Royal Affairs in Versailles
Elena and Her Men
War of the Buttons
The Seven Deadly Sins
Bernard and the Lion
Tête folle
Clémentine chérie
Adémaï at the border post
Les fortiches
The Oldest Profession
How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning
The Lace Wars
The Cheerful Squadron
Service Entrance
Some Like It... Cold
Slightly Ahead
The Fenouillard Family
You Have Nothing to Declare?
The Double Bed
Tartarin de Tarascon
L'Auvergnat et l'Autobus