Jean Richard (actor)
French actor, comedian, and circus entrepreneur
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Jean Richard (18 April 1921 – 12 December 2001) was a French actor, comedian, and circus entrepreneur.[1][better source needed] 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.[2]
OccupationsActor, comedian, entrepreneur
Jean Richard | |
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 Jean Richard in 1949 (Studio Harcourt). | |
| Born | 18 April 1921 |
| Died | 12 December 2001 (aged 80) |
| Occupations | Actor, comedian, entrepreneur |
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.[2]
Filmography
- 1947: Six heures à perdre (directed by Alex Joffé Jean Lévitte) – Le sergent de ville
- 1949: Mission in Tangier (directed by André Hunebelle) – Le président
- 1949: I Like Only You – Un passager de l'avion
- 1950: King Pandora (directed by André Berthomieu) – Quichenette
- 1950: Adémaï au poteau-frontière (directed by Paul Colline)
- 1951: The King of the Bla Bla Bla – Jacques
- 1951: Bernard and the Lion (directed by Robert Dhéry) – Le brigadier
- 1951: Le passage de Vénus
- 1952: Le Costaud des Batignolles (directed by Guy Lacourt) – L'inspecteur de police
- 1952: The Seven Deadly Sins – Le paysan (segment "Gourmandise, La / Gluttony")
- 1952: La Demoiselle et son revenant (directed by Marc Allégret) – Ricard
- 1952: Drôle de noce (directed by Léo Joannon) – Joseph Bonhomme
- 1953: Deux de l'escadrille (directed by Maurice Labro) – Pierre Dourdan – dit 'Saucisse'
- 1953: Wonderful Mentality (directed by André Berthomieu) – Honoré Bonvalet
- 1953: Week-end à Paris (directed by Gordon Parry)
- 1953: His Father's Portrait (directed by André Berthomieu) – Paul
- 1953: Cinema d'altri tempi – Pasquale
- 1954: Royal Affairs in Versailles (directed by Sacha Guitry) – Du Croisy / Tartuffe
- 1954: Service Entrance (directed by Carlo Rim) – Jules Béchard
- 1954: Scènes de ménage – Des Rillettes
- 1954: The Cheerful Squadron – Il soldato Laperrine
- 1954: Les Deux font la paire (directed by André Berthomieu) – Achille Baluchet
- 1954: Casta Diva (directed by Carmine Gallone) – Domenico Fiorillo
- 1955: Chéri-Bibi (directed by Marcello Pagliero) – Chéri-bibi / Maxime du Touchais
- 1955: Madelon (directed by Jean Boyer) – Antoine Pichot
- 1955: Elena and Her Men (directed by Jean Renoir) – Hector
- 1956: La vie est belle – L'employé
- 1956: Short Head (directed by Norbert Carbonnaux) – Ferdinan Galiveau, éleveur de volailles à Parthenay
- 1957: Nous autres à Champignol (directed by Jean Bastia) – Claudius Binoche
- 1957: The Bear's Skin (directed by Claude Boissol) – Commissaire Étienne Ledru
- 1957: C'est arrivé à 36 chandelles – Jean Richard (uncredited)
- 1957: Les Truands (directed by Carlo Rim) – Alexandre Benoit
- 1958: En bordée (directed by Pierre Chevalier) – Prosper Cartahu
- 1958: Life Together (directed by Clément Duhour) – André Le Lorrain
- 1959: Cigarettes, Whiskey and Wild Women – Le client assommé qui demande du wisky (uncredited)
- 1959: The Gendarme of Champignol (directed by Jean Bastia) – Claudius Binoche
- 1959: The Bureaucrats (directed by Henri Diamant-Berger) – Boudin
- 1959: Vous n'avez rien à déclarer? (directed by Clément Duhour) – Frontignac
- 1959: Arrêtez le massacre (directed by André Hunebelle) – Antoine Martin
- 1959: Mon pote le gitan (directed by François Gir) – Pittuiti
- 1959: The Goose of Sedan (directed by Helmut Käutner) – Leon Riffard
- 1959: Certains l'aiment froide (directed by Jean Bastia and Guy Lionel) – Jérôme Valmorin
- 1960: Tête folle (directed by Robert Vernay)
- 1960: Candide ou l'optimisme au XXe siècle – Le trafiquant du marché noir / Black Marketeer
- 1960: Les Tortillards (directed by Jean Bastia) – César Beauminet
- 1960: Les Fortiches (directed by Georges Combret) – Dédé
- 1961: The Fenouillard Family (directed by Yves Robert) – Agénor Fenouillard
- 1961: Ma femme est une panthère (directed by Raymond Bailly) – Roger
- 1961: La Belle Américaine (directed by Robert Dhéry) – le serrurier
- 1961: It Can't Always Be Caviar (directed by Géza von Radványi) – Siméon
- 1961: This Time It Must Be Caviar (directed by Géza von Radványi) – Siméon
- 1962: War of the Buttons (directed by Yves Robert) – Lebrac's father
- 1962: Tartarin of Tarascon (directed by Francis Blanche) – Le directeur du cirque 'Mitaine'
- 1962: Moonlight in Maubeuge (directed by Jean Chérasse) – Philibert
- 1962: We Will Go to Deauville (directed by Francis Rigaud) – Le plombier – M. Simeon
- 1962: Du mouron pour les petits oiseaux (directed by Marcel Carné) – Louis – le boucher
- 1963: The Bamboo Stroke (directed by Jean Boyer) – Albert
- 1963: Sweet and Sour (directed by Jacques Baratier) – Lepetit (le nounou 2)
- 1963: Bebert and the Train (directed by Yves Robert) – M. Martin
- 1964: Clémentine chérie (directed by Pierre Chevalier) – Auguste
- 1964: Jealous as a Tiger (directed by Darry Cowl) – Le monsieur à la voiture accidentée
- 1964: Allez France (directed by Robert Dhéry and Pierre Tchernia) – Un français dans le bus
- 1964: Comment épouser un premier ministre (directed by Michel Boisrond) – Le promoteur
- 1964: Le Dernier tiercé (directed by Richard Pottier) – Laredon
- 1965: La Bonne occase (directed by Michel Drach)
- 1965: Black Humor – Polyte – segment 1 'La Bestiole'
- 1965: Les Mordus de Paris – M. Durand
- 1965: La Corde au cou (directed by Joseph Lisbona) – Arthur
- 1965: The Double Bed – Father
- 1965: La tête du client (directed by Jacques Poitrenaud) – Docteur Tannait
- 1965: L'Or du duc (directed by Jacques Baratier)
- 1965: How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning (directed by Gilles Grangier and Georges Lautner) – Paul Arnaud (segment "Bons vivants, Les")
- 1965: The Lace Wars (directed by René Clair) – Le Prince de Beaulieu
- 1966: Le Caïd de Champignol (directed by Jean Bastia) – Claudius Binoche
- 1966: San Antonio - Sale temps pour les mouches (directed by Guy Lefranc) – L'inspecteur principal Bérurier
- 1967: The Oldest Profession (directed by Claude Autant-Lara and Mauro Bolognini) – Le commissaire du peuple (segment "Mademoiselle Mimi")
- 1967: Bang Bang (directed by Serge Piolet) – Paulo
- 1967: Demeure chaste et pure
- 1967: Cecile est morte (directed by Claude Barma)
- 1968: Béru et ces dames (directed by Guy Lefranc) – L'inspecteur principal Bérurier
- 1969: L'Auvergnat et l'Autobus – Jean Richard
- 1969: La Maison de campagne (directed by Jean Girault) – Bertrand Boiselier
- 1969: Du blé en liasses – Bauchard
- 1972: Le Viager (directed by Pierre Tchernia) – Jo (un voyou) (cameo)
- 1981: Signé Furax (directed by Marc Simenon) – Maigret