He also worked as an actor, notably with Barrault in Les Enfants du Paradis, playing Anselme Deburau, father to Barrault's Jean-Gaspard Deburau.
Radio je i kao glumac, posebno sa Baroltom u filmu "Deca raja"(Les Enfants du Paradis), igra Anselma Deburau, oca Barrault Jean-Gaspar Deburau.