Max Desrau was born on March 21, 1918 in Rouen, Seine-Inférieure [now Seine-Maritime], France as Max Robert Giel. He was an actor, known for Aux frontières du possible (1971), Pour la peau d'un flic (1981) and Le magnifique (1973). He died on September 29, 2001 in Noisy-Le-Sec, Seine-Saint-Denis, France.