Jean Francois Henri Richard is a famous actor originally from France, a prominent representative of circus activities. He has won many prizes and awards received for his invaluable contribution to the development of French cinema.
Biography
The future actor was born in the early 20s of the last century in a small city on the outskirts of France. Jean's father was selling horses. When studying at the Lyceum, a teenager was very interested in artistic activity. But Jean's parents believed that their child should become a notary.
The first time after graduation, Richard was sketching cartoons for a local newspaper. Then he made an attempt to enter one of the most expensive and famous educational institutions, which was engaged in teaching horse riding. He could not become a student of this school and went to the city of Lyon, where he found his place as an actor, whose role was to show a naive young man with a pretty appearance. Soon, teaming up with friends, opened his own theater.
Career
At the age of 25, Jean, having graduated from a higher educational institution with a degree in dramatic art, began his circus and acting career. After 5 years, he became famous for the first time, he got the role in the French film "The Great Mentality."
Due to addiction to animals, in 1955 he founded his first zoo in a village in northern France. Then, after 8 years, in the same settlement he opened an amusement park, which was the first in the history of the European state.
1957 for the eminent actor was marked by the fact that he managed to open another business, this time he founded his own circus, which he named after himself. Then I bought another circus establishment, which I later handed over to my son.
To adequately finance such costly enterprises, Jean Richard began to actively develop the cinematographic direction, in several years he played in dozens of films and theatrical productions of various quality.
One of the longest and most profitable projects for the actor was the famous French television series in which he played the role of a police officer. In total, about nine dozen episodes were filmed; this cinematic project has existed for 20 years.
