
Jean Richard
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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
Credits

The Oldest Profession (1967)
as Joseph, Mimi's Previous Client (segment "Mademoiselle Mimi")

War of the Buttons (1962)
as Lebrac's father

Elena and Her Men (1956)
as Hector

The Annuity (1972)
as Jo (un voyou)

This Time it Must Be Caviar (1961)
as Siméon

Royal Affairs in Versailles (1953)
as Du Croisy playing the role of Tartuffe

Operation Caviar (1961)
as Siméon

Signé Furax (1981)
as Maigret

I Love Only You (1949)
as Un passager de l'avion

Six Hours to Lose (1947)
as City sergeant

The Seven Deadly Sins (1952)
as The peasant (segment "La Gourmandise")

We Will Go to Deauville (1962)
as Le plombier - M. Simeon

Le Médecin malgré lui (1973)
as Sganarelle

Under Your Hat (1965)
as Docteur Tannait

You Have Nothing to Declare? (1959)
as Marius Frontignac

Slightly Ahead (1956)
as Ferdinand Galiveau, marchand de volailles et turfiste

The Double Bed (1965)
as Father

Jaloux comme un tigre (1964)
as The man with the wrecked car

The Boss of Champignol (1966)
as Claudius Binoche

Some Like It... Cold (1960)
as Jérôme Valmorin, explorer

L'Auvergnat et l'Autobus (1969)
as Jean Richard

Clémentine chérie (1964)
as Auguste

L'Or du duc (1965)
Actor

Un clair de Lune à Maubeuge (1962)
as Philibert

The Bamboo Stroke (1963)
as Albert

Les fortiches (1961)
as Dédé

Life Together (1958)
as André Le Lorrain

Bernard and the Lion (1951)
as The Brigadier

Bebert and the Train (1963)
as Mr. Martin

Black Humor (1965)
as Polyte - segment 1 'La Bestiole'

Chicken Feed for Little Birds (1963)
as le boucher

The Gendarme of Champignol (1959)
as Claudius Binoche

Cinema of yesteryear (1953)
as Pasquale

Beru and These Women (1968)
as Inspecteur principal Bérurier

How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning (1965)
as Paul Arnaud, membre de l'amicale (sketch "Les Bons Vivants")

Sweet and Sour (1963)
as Lepetit (le nounou 2)

Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century (1960)
as Le trafiquant du marché noir / Black Marketeer

Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4) (2009)
as Self (archive footage)

Adémaï at the border post (1950)
Actor

Rope Around the Neck (1965)
as Arthur

His Father's Portrait (1953)
as Paul Durand

The Cheerful Squadron (1954)
as Laperrine

The Bureaucrats (1959)
as Boudin

Without Trumpet or Drum (1959)
as Leon Riffard

It Happened on the 36 Candles (1957)
as Self (uncredited)

We at Champignol (1957)
as Claudius Binoche

Les Mordus de Paris (1965)
as Mr. Durand

Comment épouser un premier ministre (1964)
as Le promoteur

Sale temps pour les mouches (1966)
as Principal inspector Bérurier

La Maison de campagne (1969)
as Bertrand Boiselier

The King of the Bla Bla Bla (1950)
as Jacques

Marriage Episodes (1954)
as M. des Rillettes

La demoiselle et son revenant (1952)
as Ricard

La Peau de l'ours (1957)
as Commissioner Etienne Ledru

My Pal the Gypsy (1959)
as Mr. Pittuiti, gypsy

Cigarettes, Whiskey and Wild Women (1959)
as The knocked out customer who asks for whiskey (uncredited)

Life is beautiful (1956)
as l'employé

Service Entrance (1954)
as Jules Béchard, mandataire aux halles

Le Costaud des Batignolles (1952)
as Policeman

The Fenouillard Family (1961)
as Agénor Fenouillard

My Wife Is a Panther (1961)
as Roger

Tête folle (1960)
as Gérard

The Real Bargain (1965)
Actor

The Lace Wars (1965)
as Le prince de Beaulieu

Deux de l'escadrille (1953)
as Pierre Dourdan, aka 'Saucisse'

Les deux font la paire (1955)
as Achille Baluchet

Le Passage de Vénus (1951)
Actor

Le Roi Pandore (1950)
as Gendarme Quichenette

Drôle de noce (1952)
as Joseph Bonhomme

Small Local Trains (1960)
as César Beauminet

Les Truands (1956)
as Alexandre Benoit

La Madelon (1955)
as Antoine Pichot

Bang Bang (1967)
as Paulo

Casta diva (1954)
as Domenico Fiorillo
La Malle volante (1959)
as Ferdinand

Tartarin de Tarascon (1962)
as Director of the 'Mitaine' circus

Mission in Tangier (1949)
as Drunk President

En bordée (1958)
as Prosper Cartahu

Chéri-Bibi (1955)
as Chéri-bibi / Maxime du Touchais

Noix de coco (1972)
as Loulou
Maigret en vacances (1971)
as Maigret

Stop the Massacre (1959)
as Antoine Martin

Dernier tiercé (1965)
as Laredon

Wonderful Mentality (1953)
as Honoré Bonvalet





