Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1921-04-18
Day of Death
2001-12-12
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.
Filmography (83)
Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)
2009
Signé Furax
1981
Le Médecin malgré lui
1973
Noix de coco
1972
The Annuity
1972
La Maison de campagne
1969
L'Auvergnat et l'Autobus
1969
Beru and These Women
1968
Bang Bang
1967
The Oldest Profession
1967
Sale temps pour les mouches
1966
The Boss of Champignol
1966
The Lace Wars
1965
How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning
1965
