Personal Info
Жан Ришар
Jean Richard
Acting
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.
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Known For
Filmography
Movies
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
La Maison de campagne
as Bertrand Boiselier
L'Auvergnat et l'Autobus
as Jean Richard
Beru and These Women
as Inspecteur principal Bérurier
The Oldest Profession
as Joseph, Mimi's Previous Client (segment "Mademoiselle Mimi")
Bang Bang
as Paulo
TV Shows
Sacrée Soirée
as Self · 1 ep.
Le monde est à vous
as Self · 1 ep.
Champs-Elysées
as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep.
30 millions d'amis
as Self · 1 ep.
Apostrophes
as Self · 1 ep.
Midi trente
as Self · 2 ep.
Le Grand Échiquier
as Self · 1 ep.
Samedi soir
as Self · 1 ep.
Cadet Rousselle
as Self · 1 ep.
The Investigations of Commissioner Maigret
as Commissaire Jules Maigret · 88 ep.