
Jean Richard
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 1921-04-18 – 2001-12-12
Place of birth: 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 Wikipedia article Jean Richard (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for

It Happened on the 36 Candles
1957Self (uncredited)
Cinema of yesteryear
1953Pasquale
Comment épouser un premier ministre
1964Le promoteur
Bebert and the Train
1963Mr. MartinLa Malle volante
1959Ferdinand
Elena and Her Men
1956Hector
Chicken Feed for Little Birds
1963le boucher
Some Like It... Cold
1960Jérôme Valmorin, explorer
The King of the Bla Bla Bla
1950Jacques
Life Together
1958André Le Lorrain
How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning
1965Paul Arnaud, membre de l'amicale (sketch "Les Bons Vivants")
DrĂ´le de noce
1952Joseph Bonhomme
Bernard and the Lion
1951The Brigadier
Le Passage de Vénus
1951
Deux de l'escadrille
1953Pierre Dourdan, aka 'Saucisse'
Wonderful Mentality
1953Honoré Bonvalet
Small Local Trains
1960César Beauminet
Sale temps pour les mouches
1966Principal inspector Bérurier
L'Auvergnat et l'Autobus
1969Jean Richard