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.
Santa Barbara(1984)as Dr. Gustave Santal
Good-bye Cruel World(1982)as Pierre
The Concorde... Airport '79(1979)as Henri
Ski Lift to Death(1978)as Clevenger
The Mask of Alexander Cross(1977)as Jaques Belmont
Dark Echoes(1977)
The Van(1977)
One by One(1974)
43: The Richard Petty Story(1972)
Les lumières de ma ville(1950)
Earth Girls Are Easy(1988)
Sweet Lies(1987)
Nobody's Fool(1986)
Secret Admirer(1985)
Shogun(1980)
The Ski Bum(1971)
The Godfather(1972)
Mutiny on the Bounty(1962)
Kismet(1955)
The Misfit Brigade(1987)
Footprints on the Moon: Apollo 11(1969)as Jules Verne
American Bandstand(1952)as Self - Interview