Jean Richard
Jean Richard (18 April 1921 in Bessines, Deux-Sevres – 12 December 2001 in Senlis, Oise) was a French actor, comedian, and circus entrepreneur. He is most remembered for his role as Georges Simenon's Maigret on the eponymous French television series, which he played for more than twenty years, and for his circus activities. In the 1970-1980s, 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.
Filmography
1947 : Six heures à perdre, directed by Alex Joffé Jean Lévitte
1949 : Le Roi Pandore, directed by André Berthomieu
1949 : Mission à Tanger, directed by André Hunebelle
1950 : Bertrand cœur de lion, directed by Robert Dhéry
1950 : Adémaï au poste frontière, directed by Paul Colline
1951 : The King of the Bla Bla Bla
1952 : Les Sept Péchés capitaux
1952 : Le Costaud des Batignolles, directed by Guy Lacourt
1952 : Week-end à Paris, directed by Gordon Parry
1952 : La Demoiselle et son revenant, directed by Marc Allégret