Anecdotes

In between acting jobs he ran the shoeshine stand on the Republic Pictures lot.

Appeared in six films nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: Je suis un évadé (1932), Voici la marine ! (1934), Images de la vie (1934), Une étoile est née (1937), Mr. Smith au sénat (1939) and, finally, Le Poison (1945), which won the award.