Jean Richard
Jean Richard (18 April 1921 – 12 December 2001) was a French actor, comedian, and circus entrepreneur.[1] 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]
Jean Richard | |
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Born | 18 April 1921 |
Died | 12 December 2001 80) | (aged
Occupation | 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 in Senlis, aged 80.[2]
Filmography
- 1947: Six heures à perdre (directed by Alex Joffé Jean Lévitte) - Le sergent de ville
- 1949: Mission à Tanger (directed by André Hunebelle) - Le président
- 1949: I Like Only You - Un passager de l'avion
- 1950: Le Roi Pandore (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: Les Sept Péchés capitaux - 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: Le Portrait de son père (directed by André Berthomieu) - Paul
- 1953: Cinema d'altri tempi - Pasquale
- 1954: Si Versailles m'était conté (directed by Sacha Guitry) - Du Croisy / Tartuffe
- 1954: Escalier de service (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: La Madelon (directed by Jean Boyer) - Antoine Pichot
- 1955: Eléna et les hommes (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: La Peau de l'ours (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: La Vie à deux (directed by Clément Duhour) - André Le Lorrain
- 1959: Cigarettes, Whiskey and Wild Women - Le client assommé qui demande du wisky (uncredited)
- 1959: Le Gendarme de Champignol (directed by Jean Bastia) - Claudius Binoche
- 1959: Messieurs les ronds de cuir (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 - 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: Es muß nicht immer Kaviar sein - Siméon
- 1961: Diesmal muß es Kaviar sein - Siméon
- 1962: La Guerre des boutons (directed by Yves Robert) - Lebrac's father
- 1962: Tartarin de Tarascon (directed by Francis Blanche) - Le directeur du cirque 'Mitaine'
- 1962: Un clair de lune à Maubeuge (directed by Jean Chérasse) - Philibert
- 1962: Nous irons à Deauville (directed by Francis Rigaud) - Le plombier - M. Simeon
- 1962: Du mouron pour les petits oiseaux (directed by Marcel Carné) - Louis - le boucher
- 1963: Le Coup de bambou (directed by Jean Boyer) - Albert
- 1963: Dragées au poivre (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: Jaloux comme un tigre (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: Les Bons Vivants (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: Le Plus Vieux Métier du monde (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
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References
- Harris M. Lentz (1 January 2002). Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2001: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture. McFarland, Incorporated Publishers. p. 246. ISBN 978-0-7864-1278-5.
- "Maigret star Richard dies". BBC News. 12 December 2001. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
- The complete guide to Asterix by Peter Kessler ISBN 0-340-65346-9
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