During his early career, he was in "Cartouche", "Captain Fracasse" and in "Merveilleuse Angélique". In 1972, he starred opposite Pierre Richard as Chief of Counter-Espionage Louis Toulouse in the Yves Robert comedy "Le Grand Blond avec Une Chaussure Noire", a role he reprised in the 1974 sequel "Le Retour du Grand Blond".