1900 b. July 16th. Paris. French actor and screen writer, and translator. 1921 During his military service in Constantinople in Turkey, he meets Jacques Prevert. Through family connections he was Manager at the Hotel Grovesnor. 1922 Friends with Yves Tanguy. 1924 Remarks on kindness of Simone Kahn. 1925 Meets Georges Malkine. Shares a house at 54 rue Chateau in Paris with Jacques Prevert and Yves Tanguy; Benjamin Peret also stayed there. 1926 Created Cadavre Exquis with Andre Breton, Yves Tanguy, Max Morise, See -> 1927 Jan; Joined Communist Party together with Andre Breton, Paul Eluard, Michel Leiris, Jacques Prevert, Yves Tanguy, Pierre Unik, Louis Aragon. Signs Manifesto Hands Off Love in defense of Charlie Chaplin. 1928 Feb; Fifth Session of Investigating Sex : Maxime Alexandre, Andre Breton, Marcel Duhamel, Max Ernst, M, Marcel Noll, Benjamin Peret, Jacques Prevert, Raymond Queneau, Georges Sadoul, Pierre Unik. 1930 Paris express / Souvenirs de Paris de Pierre Prevert et Marcel Duhamel, court metrage with Kiki. 1946 Started Serie Noire ->. 1956 Encourages Chester Himes -> advancing him $125. 1959 Corresponded with Kay Sage. 1977? d. March 6th. in Saint-Laurent-du-Var. See IMDB -> and web >. See Timeline