Dave Petitjean

Joseph Dave Petitjean Jr. ( born January 11, 1928 in Rayne, Louisiana, USA, † June 18, 2013 in Lafayette, Louisiana ) was an American actor.

Life and work

Dave petitjean parents were in the seed business and is operated a goods depot for the country trade in Rayne. At the age of 16, he had briefly attended the Louisiana State University before joining the course of the Second World War the United States Navy and served aboard the battleship USS Estes. After the war he studied agriculture at Southwest Louisiana Institute, now the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. After his education he worked for 25 years at the chemical company Olin Corporation. After that, he worked for an insurance company by the year 2000.

Petit Jean stepped beside professionally as an actor in appearance. He had supporting roles in films such as The Big Easy - The Big Easy and Angel Heart as well as in television films and series such as In the Heat of the Night. He also released three CDs with stereotypical short stories about the Cajun.

In his last years, Petit Jean was suffering from Alzheimer 's disease, which forced him to give up acting. He died aged 85 in a retirement home and was survived by his wife Audrey, with whom he had been married since 1950, and their two sons Joseph and George.