Born in Fitchburg, Massachusettes on October 30, 1924, Jacques served in the United States Army during World War II as an interpreter with the French Forces' Signal Center Language Team. After the war, he became an actor, studying acting at the American Theater Wing for Advances Studies. He soon made his Broadway debut in 1949 in the play, The Madwoman of Chaillot. He would also make his television debut on Café de Paris, an early show produced in New York City for the DuMont Television Network. Jacques died on December 28, 1991 from heart failure in Woodland Hills, California.