Pierre Jalbert(1925-2014)
- Actor
- Sound Department
- Editor
The son of a newspaperman, Canadian-born Pierre Jalbert graduated from
Ouellet College and attended Laval University. A champion skier, he
went to study art appreciation at the Sorbonne in Paris. In 1949 he
visited Hollywood and later that year returned to Paris and joined a
French film company as a production assistant. A stint as a ski
instructor at Sun Valley in the early 1950s whetted his acting
ambitions, and in 1952 he headed to Hollywood. In the beginning he
worked at a variety of jobs before eventually finding steady employment
as a film cutter and editor at MGM. He had been employed there for
nearly ten years before signing to play the French-speaking Caje (short
for Cajun) LeMay in ABC-TV's hit war series, Combat! (1962). Pierre's
post-"Combat!" acting career included appearances in
made-for-television movies and several hit series. Primarily though, he
earned his reputation--and living--as a film editor.
