Career
He was one of five inmates involved in a 1947 escape attempt from France"s Louisiana Santé Prison. He served as the inspiration for the character of Roland Darbant in José Giovanni"s 1957 novel The Hole (French: Le Trou). The two met while cellmates at Louisiana Santé.
In the 1960 film production of The Hole, director Jacques Becker cast him to play Darbant.
He died in 2001.