Creator and producer of numerous radio and television programs, which he hosted with his wife Gisèle Parry, he also wrote plays and thought-provoking works. During his military service in the
Near East in the early 1930s, he met the painter and entomologist Wilfrid Perraudin. On September 30 1968, he interviewed passengers and local residents on the Palavas little train before the closure of the line by the Hérault department's local railway company (
Chemins de fer et transport automobile). He was a friend of economist and politician
Jacques Rueff, writer Guy des Cars, painter
Maurice Boitel and writer Françoise Sagan. He was married to Gisèle Parry, then to
Ginette Garcin, and is the father of singer Élizabeth Beauvais, known under the pseudonym Clothilde. His grave is in the village cemetery of
Audresselles. In 1974, he co-wrote with Jean Yanne and Gérard Sire the adaptation of his novel Quand les chinois:
Chinese in Paris. In May 1977, he signed an appeal calling for a halt to current proceedings against the
Groupe Union Défense. Some of his works were used as the basis for screenplays in films by Jean Yanne. In 1980, he appeared in
Nelly Kaplan Charles et Lucie, playing the role of a square keeper. For television, he commented on the
Eurovision Song Contest 1961 for French-speaking television stations. Between 1969 and 1971, he took part in the international French-language television game show Le Francophonissime, alternating with Jean Lanzi, Robert Rocca and
Maurice Biraud. He remained on
Jacques Martin (TV host) show Thé dansant until his death. ==Works==