Jean Richard
Born April 18, 1921 (Age: 104)
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Bessines, Deux-Sèvres, France
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.
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.
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Filmography
This Time it Must Be Caviar
1961
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as Siméon
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Age: 40
Operation Caviar
1961
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as Siméon
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Age: 40
My Wife Is a Panther
1961
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as Roger
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Age: 40
The Fenouillard Family
1961
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as Agénor Fenouillard
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Age: 39
Les fortiches
1961
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as Dédé
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Age: 39
Tête folle
1960
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as Gérard
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Age: 38
No Image
La Malle volante
1959
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as Ferdinand
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Age: 38
Without Trumpet or Drum
1959
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as Leon Riffard
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Age: 38
My Pal the Gypsy
1959
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as Mr. Pittuiti, gypsy
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Age: 38
Stop the Massacre
1959
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as Antoine Martin
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Age: 38
You Have Nothing to Declare?
1959
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as Marius Frontignac
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Age: 38
The Bureaucrats
1959
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as Boudin
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Age: 38
The Gendarme of Champignol
1959
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as Claudius Binoche
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Age: 38
Cigarettes, Whiskey and Wild Women
1959
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as The knocked out customer who asks for whiskey (uncredited)
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Age: 37
En bordée
1958
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as Prosper Cartahu
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Age: 37
Life is beautiful
1956
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as l'employé
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Age: 35
Les Truands
1956
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as Alexandre Benoit
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Age: 35
La Madelon
1955
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as Antoine Pichot
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Age: 34
Chéri-Bibi
1955
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as Chéri-bibi / Maxime du Touchais
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Age: 34