Film and stage actor
Belgian leading man of French film who reverted to melancholy-looking character parts in the 1950s. Best known for his film association with directors Jules Dassin and Luis Buuel.
Achieved major stardom in mid-life in Jules Dassin s Du rififi chez les hommes .
Played Marius in the 1934 French film version of Les misrables .
Trained for acting at the Brussels Conservatoire and was a member of Jean-Louis Barrault s theatre company for a time.
He appeared in the World War II epic Il giorno pi lungo , where he appears in only one scene in the role of the Counter admiral Jaujard.
