Cast & creator
Jean Richard
Best known for Sacrée soirée, Champs-Elysées, Champs-Elysées
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.
Also known as: Жан Ришар
84
film credits
14
television credits
98
1947–2009 · acting roles
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Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (98)
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Sacrée soirée
Self
1987
Champs-Elysées
Self
1982Champs-Elysées
Self (archive footage)
1982
Apostrophes
Self
1975
Le monde est à vous
Self
1987
Le Grand Échiquier
Self
1972
Midi trente
Self
1972Samedi soir
Self
1971
Discorama
Self
1959
Cinépanorama
Self
1956
30 millions d'amis
Self
1976
The Investigations of Commissioner Maigret
Commissaire Jules Maigret
1967
Cadet Rousselle
Self
1971
La Joie de vivre
Self - Performer
1952
The Oldest Profession
Joseph, Mimi's Previous Client (segment "Mademoiselle Mimi")
1967
Royal Affairs in Versailles
Du Croisy playing the role of Tartuffe
1953
Elena and Her Men
Hector
1956
War of the Buttons
Lebrac's father
1962
We Will Go to Deauville
Le plombier - M. Simeon
1962
This Time it Must Be Caviar
Siméon
1961
The Annuity
Jo (un voyou)
1972
Some Like It... Cold
Jérôme Valmorin, explorer
1960
Signé Furax
Maigret
1981
You Have Nothing to Declare?
Marius Frontignac
1959
L'Or du duc
1965
The Seven Deadly Sins
The peasant (segment "La Gourmandise")
1952
I Love Only You
Un passager de l'avion
1949
Operation Caviar
Siméon
1961
Bebert and the Train
Mr. Martin
1963
Clémentine chérie
Auguste
1964
Adémaï at the border post
1950
Six Hours to Lose
City sergeant
1947
Slightly Ahead
Ferdinand Galiveau, marchand de volailles et turfiste
1956
The Boss of Champignol
Claudius Binoche
1966
Under Your Hat
Docteur Tannait
1965
L'Auvergnat et l'Autobus
Jean Richard
1969
His Father's Portrait
Paul Durand
1953
The Cheerful Squadron
Laperrine
1954
The Gendarme of Champignol
Claudius Binoche
1959
How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning
Paul Arnaud, membre de l'amicale (sketch "Les Bons Vivants")
1965
The Bamboo Stroke
Albert
1963
The Bureaucrats
Boudin
1959
Les fortiches
Dédé
1961
The Double Bed
Father
1965
Jaloux comme un tigre
The man with the wrecked car
1964
Le Costaud des Batignolles
Policeman
1952
My Pal the Gypsy
Mr. Pittuiti, gypsy
1959
Life is beautiful
l'employé
1956
My Wife Is a Panther
Roger
1961
Un clair de Lune à Maubeuge
Philibert
1962
Sweet and Sour
Lepetit (le nounou 2)
1963
Bernard and the Lion
The Brigadier
1951
The Lace Wars
Le prince de Beaulieu
1965
Life Together
André Le Lorrain
1958
Le Médecin malgré lui
Sganarelle
1973
Beru and These Women
Inspecteur principal Bérurier
1968
Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
Le trafiquant du marché noir / Black Marketeer
1960
Comment épouser un premier ministre
Le promoteur
1964
It Happened on the 36 Candles
Self (uncredited)
1957
Without Trumpet or Drum
Leon Riffard
1959
Sale temps pour les mouches
Principal inspector Bérurier
1966
The King of the Bla Bla Bla
Jacques
1950
We at Champignol
Claudius Binoche
1957
Cigarettes, Whiskey and Wild Women
The knocked out customer who asks for whiskey (uncredited)
1959
Cinema of yesteryear
Pasquale
1953
Black Humor
Polyte - segment 1 'La Bestiole'
1965
Rope Around the Neck
Arthur
1965
La demoiselle et son revenant
Ricard
1952
Les Mordus de Paris
Mr. Durand
1965
Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)
Self (archive footage)
2009
Chicken Feed for Little Birds
le boucher
1963
Le Roi Pandore
Gendarme Quichenette
1950
The Fenouillard Family
Agénor Fenouillard
1961
La Peau de l'ours
Commissioner Etienne Ledru
1957
Marriage Episodes
M. des Rillettes
1954
Tête folle
Gérard
1960
The Real Bargain
1965
Les deux font la paire
Achille Baluchet
1955
Le Passage de Vénus
1951
Deux de l'escadrille
Pierre Dourdan, aka 'Saucisse'
1953
Service Entrance
Jules Béchard, mandataire aux halles
1954
Drôle de noce
Joseph Bonhomme
1952
Tartarin de Tarascon
Director of the 'Mitaine' circus
1962
La Maison de campagne
Bertrand Boiselier
1969
Casta diva
Domenico Fiorillo
1954
La Madelon
Antoine Pichot
1955
Chéri-Bibi
Chéri-bibi / Maxime du Touchais
1955
Bang Bang
Paulo
1967
Small Local Trains
César Beauminet
1960Maigret en vacances
Maigret
1971
En bordée
Prosper Cartahu
1958
Les Truands
Alexandre Benoit
1956
Dernier tiercé
Laredon
1965La Malle volante
Ferdinand
1959
Mission in Tangier
Drunk President
1949
Noix de coco
Loulou
1972
Stop the Massacre
Antoine Martin
1959
Wonderful Mentality
Honoré Bonvalet
1953