Gino Cervi
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Luigi Cervi, better known as Gino Cervi, was an Italian actor. He was best known for portraying Peppone in a series of comedies based on the character Don Camillo (1952–1965), and police detective Jules Maigret on the television series Le inchieste del commissario Maigret (1964–1972).
Cervi in 1970
Cervi (left) with the Belgian author Georges Simenon and the Italian publisher Arnoldo Mondadori
Gino Cervi in Maigret (1967).
Jules Maigret
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Jules Maigret, or simply Maigret, is a fictional French police detective, a commissaire ("commissioner") of the Paris Brigade Criminelle, created by writer Georges Simenon. The character's full name is Jules Amédée François Maigret.
Maigret statue by Pieter d'Hont in Delfzijl, Netherlands. The unveiling was made by Simenon himself on 3 September 1966, at the place where he had written the first Maigret novel, and was attended by Maigret actors from various countries.
![Marcel Guillaume [fr], a celebrated French police commissioner, pictured giving evidence in 1932. He has been seen as a possible inspiration for Maigr](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Marcel_Guillaume_commissaire_divisionnaire_1932.jpg/600px-Marcel_Guillaume_commissaire_divisionnaire_1932.jpg)
Marcel Guillaume [fr], a celebrated French police commissioner, pictured giving evidence in 1932. He has been seen as a possible inspiration for Maigret.
Jules Maigret memorial plaque