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