Where to watch Jean Richard in the UK
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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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- Le monde est à vous (1987) as Self
- Sacrée Soirée (1987) as Self
- Champs-Elysées (1982) 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
- Samedi soir (1971) as Self
- 30 millions d'amis (1976) 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")
- The Oldest Profession (1967) as Joseph, Mimi's Previous Client (segment "Mademoiselle Mimi")
- Royal Affairs in Versailles (1953) as Du Croisy playing the role of Tartuffe
- War of the Buttons (1962) as Lebrac's father
- The Annuity (1972) as Jo (un voyou)
- Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century (1960) as Le trafiquant du marché noir / Black Marketeer
- Casta diva (1954) as Domenico Fiorillo
- Bang Bang (1967) as Paulo
- The Lace Wars (1965) as Le prince de Beaulieu
- The Seven Deadly Sins (1952) as The peasant (segment "La Gourmandise")
- The Cheerful Squadron (1954) as Laperrine
- It Happened on the 36 Candles (1957) as Self (uncredited)
- We Will Go to Deauville (1962) as Le plombier - M. Simeon
- Signé Furax (1981) as Maigret
- Life Together (1958) as André Le Lorrain
- The Double Bed (1965) as Father
- This Time it Must Be Caviar (1961) as Siméon
- Elena and Her Men (1956) as Hector
- I Love Only You (1949) as Un passager de l'avion
- Six Hours to Lose (1947) as City sergeant
- Chicken Feed for Little Birds (1963) as le boucher
- Operation Caviar (1961) as Siméon
- Clémentine chérie (1964) as Auguste
- Tartarin de Tarascon (1962) as Director of the 'Mitaine' circus
- Le Costaud des Batignolles (1952) as Policeman
- Black Humor (1965) as Polyte - segment 1 'La Bestiole'
- Life is beautiful (1956) as l'employé
- Under Your Hat (1965) as Docteur Tannait
- Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4) (2009) as Self (archive footage)
- Small Local Trains (1960) as César Beauminet
- Jaloux comme un tigre (1964) as The man with the wrecked car
- Mission in Tangier (1949) as Drunk President
- Chéri-Bibi (1955) as Chéri-bibi / Maxime du Touchais
- La Madelon (1955) as Antoine Pichot
- You Have Nothing to Declare? (1959) as Marius Frontignac
- The Real Bargain (1965) Cast
- Sweet and Sour (1963) as Lepetit (le nounou 2)
- Some Like It... Cold (1960) as Jérôme Valmorin, explorer
- Les Truands (1956) as Alexandre Benoit
- Bebert and the Train (1963) as Mr. Martin
- Service Entrance (1954) as Jules Béchard, mandataire aux halles
- Without Trumpet or Drum (1959) as Leon Riffard
- Adémaï at the border post (1950) Cast
- L'Auvergnat et l'Autobus (1969) as Jean Richard
- Cinema of yesteryear (1953) as Pasquale
- Comment épouser un premier ministre (1964) as Le promoteur
- Beru and These Women (1968) as Inspecteur principal Bérurier
- Wonderful Mentality (1953) as Honoré Bonvalet
- The Boss of Champignol (1966) as Claudius Binoche
- Slightly Ahead (1956) as Ferdinand Galiveau, marchand de volailles et turfiste
- En bordée (1958) as Prosper Cartahu
- L'Or du duc (1965) Cast
- Sale temps pour les mouches (1966) as Principal inspector Bérurier
- The Fenouillard Family (1961) as Agénor Fenouillard
- Deux de l'escadrille (1953) as Pierre Dourdan, aka 'Saucisse'
- Bernard and the Lion (1951) as The Brigadier
- Marriage Episodes (1954) as M. des Rillettes
- Un clair de Lune à Maubeuge (1962) as Philibert
- The Bureaucrats (1959) as Boudin
- Drôle de noce (1952) as Joseph Bonhomme
- La Peau de l'ours (1957) as Commissioner Etienne Ledru
- We at Champignol (1957) as Claudius Binoche
- Le Médecin malgré lui (1973) as Sganarelle
- The King of the Bla Bla Bla (1950) as Jacques
- Le Roi Pandore (1950) as Gendarme Quichenette
- Le Passage de Vénus (1951) Cast
- The Bamboo Stroke (1963) as Albert
- Les Mordus de Paris (1965) as Mr. Durand
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Most-watched Jean Richard films currently: How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning (1965), The Oldest Profession (1967), Royal Affairs in Versailles (1953), War of the Buttons (1962), The Annuity (1972).
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Selected TV credits: Le monde est à vous (1987), Sacrée Soirée (1987), Champs-Elysées (1982), Apostrophes (1975), Le Grand Échiquier (1972).
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