Book: "Dans les pas de Gilles / conférence de Jean Villard-Gilles intitulée "La chanson, le théâtre et la vie", donnée le 24 janvier 1944 au Théâtre municipal de Lausanne". Lausanne : Publi-Libris; conference given by Jean Villard in 1944 published with notes and commentaries by Grégoire Montangero
Actor, he was a member of theater groups directed by Jacques Copeau. Using the stage name Gilles, he became later member of a duo called "Gilles et Julien" with Aman Maistre Julien. Becoming famous as a librettist and a composer, he directed cabarets in Paris and Lausanne where he continued to perform.
