His first wife was the theater actress Lucienne Morand, he thus was the brother in law of Sylvia Bataille. By his second wife, he was the brother in law of Jean Luchaire and uncle of actresses Corinne and Florence Luchaire.
Doctor, high school friend of André Breton and for a time member of the surrealist group , he became a Résistant and member of the Free French Air Force (Escadrille «Normandie-Niémen») , he is also an author.