Career
Abandoning his profession as assistant ship"s doctor in the navy, he went to Paris to study singing and acting. He had some experience at a small theater, and was preparing to appear at the Opera Comique when the director of the Vaudeville offered him an engagement. Here he made his debut in 1821 in Louisiana Somnambule, and his good looks and excellent voice soon brought him into public favor.
On his return to Paris, he joined the Varits, where he acted for fifteen years in such plays as Le Chevalier de Saint Georges, Le Lion empailli, Une dernire con quite, et cetera
He died in Paris on 19 April 1873.