Jean Richard
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
Apostrophes
Self
1975
Series
Sacrée soirée
Self
1987
Series
Champs-Elysées
Self
1982
Series
Champs-Elysées
Self (archive footage)
1982
Series
Le monde est à vous
Self
1987
Series
Le Grand Échiquier
Self
1972
Series
Midi trente
Self
1972
Series
30 millions d'amis
Self
1976
Series
Discorama
Self
1959
Samedi soir
Self
1971
Series
The Investigations of Commissioner Maigret
Commissaire Jules Maigret
1967
Series
Cinépanorama
Self
1956
Series
Cadet Rousselle
Self
1971
Film
The Annuity
Jo (un voyou)
1972
Series
La Joie de vivre
Self - Performer
1952
Film
War of the Buttons
Lebrac's father
1962
Film
Signé Furax
Maigret
1981
Film
Six Hours to Lose
City sergeant
1947
Film
Le Médecin malgré lui
Sganarelle
1973
Film
Royal Affairs in Versailles
Du Croisy playing the role of Tartuffe
1953
Film
How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning
Paul Arnaud, membre de l'amicale (sketch "Les Bons Vivants")
1965
Film
Clémentine chérie
Auguste
1964
Film
The Oldest Profession
Joseph, Mimi's Previous Client (segment "Mademoiselle Mimi")
1967
Film
Marriage Episodes
M. des Rillettes
1954
Film
Elena and Her Men
Hector
1956
Film
The Seven Deadly Sins
The peasant (segment "La Gourmandise")
1952
Film
Tartarin de Tarascon
Director of the 'Mitaine' circus
1962
Film
We Will Go to Deauville
Le plombier - M. Simeon
1962
Film
Sweet and Sour
Lepetit (le nounou 2)
1963
Film
The Double Bed
Father
1965
Film
Slightly Ahead
Ferdinand Galiveau, marchand de volailles et turfiste
1956
Film
The Cheerful Squadron
Laperrine
1954
Film
You Have Nothing to Declare?
Marius Frontignac
1959
Film
The Bamboo Stroke
Albert
1963
Film
Some Like It... Cold
Jérôme Valmorin, explorer
1960
Film
Casta diva
Domenico Fiorillo
1954
Film
Chicken Feed for Little Birds
le boucher
1963
Film
Life Together
André Le Lorrain
1958
Film
The Fenouillard Family
Agénor Fenouillard
1961
Film
L'Auvergnat et l'Autobus
Jean Richard
1969
Film
L'Or du duc
1965
Film
Jaloux comme un tigre
The man with the wrecked car
1964
Film
We at Champignol
Claudius Binoche
1957
Film
Comment épouser un premier ministre
Le promoteur
1964
Film
The Lace Wars
Le prince de Beaulieu
1965
Film
The Boss of Champignol
Claudius Binoche
1966
Film
The Bureaucrats
Boudin
1959
Film
Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
Le trafiquant du marché noir / Black Marketeer
1960
Film
Small Local Trains
César Beauminet
1960
Film
Under Your Hat
Docteur Tannait
1965
Film
Un clair de Lune à Maubeuge
Philibert
1962
Film
Beru and These Women
Inspecteur principal Bérurier
1968
Film
Les fortiches
Dédé
1961
Film
The Real Bargain
1965
Film
This Time it Must Be Caviar
Siméon
1961
Film
Tête folle
Gérard
1960
Film
Black Humor
Polyte - segment 1 'La Bestiole'
1965
Film
Mission in Tangier
Drunk President
1949
Film
Les Mordus de Paris
Mr. Durand
1965
Film
Cigarettes, Whiskey and Wild Women
The knocked out customer who asks for whiskey (uncredited)
1959
Film
Adémaï at the border post
1950
Film
Operation Caviar
Siméon
1961
Film
Les Truands
Alexandre Benoit
1956
Film
Rope Around the Neck
Arthur
1965
Film
Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)
Self (archive footage)
2009
Film
I Love Only You
Un passager de l'avion
1949
Film
Bang Bang
Paulo
1967
Film
My Pal the Gypsy
Mr. Pittuiti, gypsy
1959
Film
Drôle de noce
Joseph Bonhomme
1952
Film
Le Costaud des Batignolles
Policeman
1952
Film
Service Entrance
Jules Béchard, mandataire aux halles
1954
Film
Bebert and the Train
Mr. Martin
1963
Film
It Happened on the 36 Candles
Self (uncredited)
1957
Film
Sale temps pour les mouches
Principal inspector Bérurier
1966
Maigret en vacances
Maigret
1971
Film
Without Trumpet or Drum
Leon Riffard
1959
Film
The Gendarme of Champignol
Claudius Binoche
1959
Film
Bernard and the Lion
The Brigadier
1951
Film
Life is beautiful
l'employé
1956
Film
His Father's Portrait
Paul Durand
1953
Film
Dernier tiercé
Laredon
1965
Film
La Peau de l'ours
Commissioner Etienne Ledru
1957
Film
Noix de coco
Loulou
1972
Film
Chéri-Bibi
Chéri-bibi / Maxime du Touchais
1955
Film
The King of the Bla Bla Bla
Jacques
1950
Film
Les deux font la paire
Achille Baluchet
1955
Film
La Maison de campagne
Bertrand Boiselier
1969
Film
Cinema of yesteryear
Pasquale
1953
Film
Deux de l'escadrille
Pierre Dourdan, aka 'Saucisse'
1953
Film
La Madelon
Antoine Pichot
1955
Film
Le Passage de Vénus
1951
Film
Wonderful Mentality
Honoré Bonvalet
1953
Film
Le Roi Pandore
Gendarme Quichenette
1950
Film
En bordée
Prosper Cartahu
1958
Film
La demoiselle et son revenant
Ricard
1952
Film
Stop the Massacre
Antoine Martin
1959
La Malle volante
Ferdinand
1959
Film
My Wife Is a Panther
Roger
1961