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 ''

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''.

Early life

He was Christened Joseph Jacques Pierre-Paul Jalbert in

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, the son of a newspaperman. He graduated from Ouellet College and attended

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, where he was part of the University

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during

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Skiing career

He was both Canada's Junior and Senior National

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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

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. Eventually he moved to the United States and worked as a ski instructor at Sun Valley, Idaho, in the 1950s.

Editing and acting career

In 1952, he went to

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looking for a job, and found employment as a film editor at

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. 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

. After the show's cancellation in 1967, Jalbert had a few other acting roles before returning to his editing career. Pierre worked on ''

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'', including the famous baptism intercut sequence at the climax of the movie. He was nominated for an

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for sound editing for the 1981

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''. He retired in 1990.

Personal information

He is the brother of René Marc Jalbert, the sergeant-at-arms of Quebec's legislature whose bravery saved lives during

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's 1984 attack on that institution. He was married to Joy Lee, a ballerina and interior designer who appeared in the films ''

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'' 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

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jalbert, Pierre 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