Jean Richard

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

96

Gender

Male

Birthday

1921-04-18

Day of death

2001-12-12 (80 years old)

Place of Birth

Bessines, Deux-Sèvres, France

Jean Richard

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 Wikipedia article Jean Richard (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

  • Champs-Elysées

    Champs-Elysées

  • Champs-Elysées

    Champs-Elysées

  • Sacrée Soirée

    Sacrée Soirée

  • Apostrophes

    Apostrophes

  • Le monde est à vous

    Le monde est à vous

  • Le Grand Échiquier

    Le Grand Échiquier

  • Discorama

    Discorama

  • 30 millions d'amis

    30 millions d'amis

  • Cinépanorama

    Cinépanorama

  • Midi trente

    Midi trente

  • Clémentine chérie

    Clémentine chérie

  • Dernier tiercé

    Dernier tiercé

  • Samedi soir

    Samedi soir

  • The Investigations of Commissioner Maigret

    The Investigations of Commissioner Maigret

  • Small Local Trains

    Small Local Trains

  • En bordée

    En bordée

  • Wonderful Mentality

    Wonderful Mentality

  • It Happened on the 36 Candles

    It Happened on the 36 Candles

  • La Madelon

    La Madelon

  • War of the Buttons

    War of the Buttons

  • How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning

    How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning

  • The Annuity

    The Annuity

  • Bebert and the Train

    Bebert and the Train

  • The Oldest Profession

    The Oldest Profession

  • The Cheerful Squadron

    The Cheerful Squadron

  • Black Humor

    Black Humor

  • Beru and These Women

    Beru and These Women

  • Life Together

    Life Together

  • The Seven Deadly Sins

    The Seven Deadly Sins

  • Les Truands

    Les Truands

  • Sweet and Sour

    Sweet and Sour

  • Cadet Rousselle

    Cadet Rousselle

  • Un clair de Lune à Maubeuge

    Un clair de Lune à Maubeuge

  • Les fortiches

    Les fortiches

  • We Will Go to Deauville

    We Will Go to Deauville

  • Chicken Feed for Little Birds

    Chicken Feed for Little Birds

  • Rope Around the Neck

    Rope Around the Neck

  • The King of the Bla Bla Bla

    The King of the Bla Bla Bla

  • Le Roi Pandore

    Le Roi Pandore

  • Royal Affairs in Versailles

    Royal Affairs in Versailles

  • His Father's Portrait

    His Father's Portrait

  • Cinema of yesteryear

    Cinema of yesteryear

  • Cigarettes, Whiskey and Wild Women

    Cigarettes, Whiskey and Wild Women

  • My Pal the Gypsy

    My Pal the Gypsy

  • I Love Only You

    I Love Only You

  • The Boss of Champignol

    The Boss of Champignol

  • Six Hours to Lose

    Six Hours to Lose

  • The Real Bargain

    The Real Bargain

  • Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century

    Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century

  • Without Trumpet or Drum

    Without Trumpet or Drum

  • Deux de l'escadrille

    Deux de l'escadrille

  • Some Like It... Cold

    Some Like It... Cold

  • La Maison de campagne

    La Maison de campagne

  • My Wife Is a Panther

    My Wife Is a Panther

  • Sale temps pour les mouches

    Sale temps pour les mouches

  • L'Auvergnat et l'Autobus

    L'Auvergnat et l'Autobus

  • Le Costaud des Batignolles

    Le Costaud des Batignolles

  • Les mordus de Paris

    Les mordus de Paris

  • The Bamboo Stroke

    The Bamboo Stroke

  • Jaloux comme un tigre

    Jaloux comme un tigre

  • Signé Furax

    Signé Furax

  • Mission in Tangier

    Mission in Tangier

  • Drôle de noce

    Drôle de noce

  • Comment épouser un premier ministre

    Comment épouser un premier ministre

  • Elena and Her Men

    Elena and Her Men

  • Service Entrance

    Service Entrance

  • The Double Bed

    The Double Bed

  • Noix de coco

    Noix de coco

  • The Fenouillard Family

    The Fenouillard Family

  • Under Your Hat

    Under Your Hat

  • L'or du duc

    L'or du duc

  • You Have Nothing to Declare?

    You Have Nothing to Declare?

  • Slightly Ahead

    Slightly Ahead

  • Chéri-Bibi

    Chéri-Bibi

  • The Lace Wars

    The Lace Wars

  • Operation Caviar

    Operation Caviar

  • We at Champignol

    We at Champignol

  • Adémaï at the border post

    Adémaï at the border post

  • Casta diva

    Casta diva

  • Bang Bang

    Bang Bang

  • The Gendarme of Champignol

    The Gendarme of Champignol

  • Le Passage de Vénus

    Le Passage de Vénus

  • Tartarin de Tarascon

    Tartarin de Tarascon

  • Marriage Episodes

    Marriage Episodes

  • Life is beautiful

    Life is beautiful

  • Tête folle

    Tête folle

  • La Peau de l'ours

    La Peau de l'ours

  • La demoiselle et son revenant

    La demoiselle et son revenant

  • Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)

    Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)

  • Bernard and the Lion

    Bernard and the Lion

  • This Time it Must Be Caviar

    This Time it Must Be Caviar

  • Stop the Massacre

    Stop the Massacre

  • The Bureaucrats

    The Bureaucrats

  • La Malle volante

    La Malle volante

  • Le Médecin malgré lui

    Le Médecin malgré lui

  • Les deux font la paire

    Les deux font la paire