[2] He then approached every American network about creating a Maigret series with no success until CBS agreed with the stipulation that he cast an international star.
[2] Richard Burton was the first approached and he was keen but two weeks before filming was to commence he dropped out to do Private Lives on Broadway.
[2] At this stage, Columbia Pictures Television agreed but Weingarten still needed a Maigret.
After viewing A Man Called Horse one evening, he decided to approach Richard Harris.
[2] I had been introduced to Maigret back in 1972 by John Huston,” Harris revealed at the time.
[1] The script was drawn from a number of Simenon's original novels and the setting was moved up to the then-modern 1980s.
Three years later, fellow Irishman Michael Gambon stepped into the role for another ITV production entitled Maigret which ran for twelve episodes.