Pierre Jalbert (9 January 1925 – 22 January 2014) was a Canadian skier, actor, and motion picture film and sound editor, primarily known for his role as "Caje" on the US television 1960s World War II program ''
Combat!''.
Early life
He was Christened Joseph Jacques Pierre-Paul Jalbert in
Quebec City,
Quebec, the son of a newspaperman. He graduated from Ouellet College and attended
Laval University
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People
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* Laval (surname)
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, where he was part of the University
Royal Canadian Air Cadets during
World War II.
Skiing career
He was both Canada's Junior and Senior National
Ski Champion. In 1948, he was the Captain of Canada's Olympic Ski Team at St. Moritz, but due to breaking his leg in a fall during a practice run, he never skied in the Games. After the Olympics, he was involved with the
National Film Board of Canada. Eventually he moved to the United States and worked as a ski instructor at
Sun Valley Sun Valley may refer to:
Places Australia
* Sun Valley, New South Wales
* Sun Valley, Queensland, a suburb of Gladstone
United States
* Valley of the Sun, a region that covers the Phoenix metropolitan area
*Sun Valley, Arizona
* Sun Valley, Los A ...
, Idaho, in the 1950s.
Editing and acting career
In 1952, he went to
Hollywood
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* Hollywood, Los Angeles, a neighborhood in California
* Hollywood, a metonym for the cinema of the United States
Hollywood may also refer to:
Places United States
* Hollywood District (disambiguation)
* Hollywood, ...
looking for a job, and found employment as a film editor at
MGM.
In 1961, at the urging of an agent friend, he auditioned for and got the part of bilingual Cajun PFC Paul "Caje" Le May in the ABC World War II dramatic TV series
Combat!. After the show's cancellation in 1967, Jalbert had a few other acting roles before returning to his editing career. Pierre worked on ''
The Godfather'', including the famous baptism intercut sequence at the climax of the movie. He was nominated for an
Emmy Award
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for sound editing for the 1981
miniseries
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''
Shōgun''. He retired in 1990.
Personal information
He is the brother of
René Marc Jalbert
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, the sergeant-at-arms of Quebec's legislature whose bravery saved lives during
Denis Lortie's 1984 attack on that institution. He was married to Joy Lee, a ballerina and interior designer who appeared in the films ''
Son of Sinbad
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The film was shot in 1953 and planned to be released in 3D ...
'' and ''
Love is a Many-Splendored Thing''.
Death
Pierre Jalbert died in Los Angeles on 22 January 2014. He had been in the hospital since suffering a heart attack on his 89th birthday, two weeks prior.
Filmography (actor)
References
External links
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1925 births
2014 deaths
Canadian male film actors
Canadian male television actors
Canadian military personnel of World War II
Male actors from Quebec City
20th-century Canadian male actors
Université Laval alumni