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Actor

Jean Richard

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Acting credits

93

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Very extensive acting filmography.

TMDB popularity

0.5

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Movies: 83Series: 10

TMDB ID: 147429

IMDb ID: nm0723823

Known for: Acting

Born: April 18, 1921

Died: December 12, 2001

Age: 80

Place of birth: Bessines, Deux-Sèvres, France

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1947 - 2009

Years active: 63

Average TMDB rating: 6.05

Wikidata: Q1360888

Also known as

Жан Ришар

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.

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