{{Short description|Canadian skier, actor, and motion picture film and sound editor (1925–2014)}} {{Use Canadian English|date=October 2012}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox person | name = Pierre Jalbert | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = Joseph Jacques Pierre-Paul Jalbert | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1925|1|9}} | birth_place = Quebec City, Quebec, Canada | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2014|01|22|1925|1|9}} | death_place = {{nowrap|Los Angeles, California, U.S.}} | other_names = | years_active = 1955–1990 | spouse = Joy Lee | website = }}
'''Joseph Jacques Pierre-Paul Jalbert''' (9 January 1925 – 22 January 2014), or known simply as '''Pierre Jalbert''', 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==
Jalbert was born in Quebec City, Quebec, the son of a newspaperman. He graduated from Ouellet College and attended Laval University, 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,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=mf4uAAAAIBAJ&sjid=GNwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6425,3474939&dq=pierre+jalbert+broke+leg&hl=en|title=Ottawa Citizen – Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com|accessdate=14 June 2021}}</ref> 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, Idaho, in the 1950s.
==Editing and acting career== In 1952, he went to 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 for sound editing for the 1981 miniseries ''Shōgun''. 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 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'' and ''Love is a Many-Splendored Thing''.<ref name=ci>{{cite magazine |last=Clemens |first=Samuel |date=October 2023 |pages=52 |title=Joy Lee |magazine=Classic Images}}</ref>
==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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/amp/obituaries/latimes/169269977|title=Pierre Jalbert Obituary (2014) - Los Angeles, CA - Los Angeles Times|website=legacy.com|accessdate=14 June 2021}}</ref>
==Filmography (actor)== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- |1955|| ''Ski Crazy!'' || Psychiatrist || |- |1962–1967|| ''Combat!'' || PFC Paul "Caje" LeMay || 115 episodes |- |1967|| ''Mission: Impossible'' || Paul Lebarre || 1 episode |- |1968|| ''The Virginian'' || Jules || 1 episode |- |1969|| ''The Name of the Game'' || Dr. Nieves || 1 episode |- |1969|| ''Footprints on the Moon- Apollo 11'' || Jules Verne || Voice<br>(Re-released in 2009 on DVD for the 40th anniversary of the first Moon landing) |- |1971|| ''Night Gallery'' || Andrea Doria Officer of the watch || |- |1971|| ''The Ski Bum'' || Roger || |- |1974|| ''The Richard Petty Story'' || Curtis Cross || |- |1978|| ''Ski Lift to Death'' || Clevenger || TV movie |- |1979|| ''The Concorde... Airport '79'' || Henri || |- |1983|| ''Good-bye, Cruel World'' || Pierre || |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb name | id=0416097}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Jalbert, Pierre}} Category:1925 births Category:2014 deaths Category:Université Laval alumni Category:Royal Canadian Air Force personnel of World War II Category:Male actors from Quebec City Category:Canadian male film actors Category:Canadian male television actors Category:20th-century Canadian male actors