Education
University of Paris.
lieutenant Counterintelligence officer
University of Paris.
His activities during the Second World War, in which he worked with MI5 interrogating refugees to England, resulted in the capture of eight spies. In 1952, Pinto published two books, Spy-catcher and These formed the basis of the 1959-1961 British Broadcasting Corporation television series Spycatcher, and also an earlier British Broadcasting Corporation Radio series, in both of which he was portrayed by Bernard Archard. A further book, Spycatcher 2, based on the series, was published in 1960.
The 1962 Dutch programme De Fuik, in which Pinto was portrayed by Frits Butzelaar, was also derived from them.
The Daily Telegraph referred to him as a "human bloodhound". Conversely, Guy Liddell stated in 1942 that he had been told that Pinto had "a thoroughly bad record".
Pinto"s career in intelligence began in 1913, when he was recruited by the Deuxième Bureau.