Jean Richard, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jean Richard

French actor

Date of Birth: 18-Apr-1921

Place of Birth: Bessines, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Date of Death: 12-Dec-2001

Profession: musician, film producer, director, television actor, film actor, circus performer, circus director

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Aries

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 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.