- Achieved major stardom in mid-life in Jules Dassin's Rififi (1955).
- Belgian leading man of French film who reverted to melancholy-looking character parts in the 1950s. Best known for his film association with directors Jules Dassin and Luis Buñuel.
- Trained for acting at the Brussels Conservatoire and was a member of Jean-Louis Barrault's theatre company for a time.
- Played Marius in the 1934 French film version of Les Misérables (1934).
- He appeared in the World War II epic Il giorno più lungo (1962), where he appears in only one scene in the role of the Counter admiral Jaujard.
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