After the war, he met his wife Joan McCort, where they were both working for the CBC (English Canada's public broadcaster) in the International Radio Service.
His main co-stars over the years were Roger Baulu, Jean Coutu, Claude Séguin and Mario Verdon.
DesBaillets also worked as a sports journalist for a few years, acting as host of Radio-Canada's Hot Stove League program which was broadcast during hockey matches and involved a panel of experts discussing the game.
Later in life he pursued a career as an actor but was only able to find work doing small parts in movies and commercials.
DesBaillets' marriage to Joan McCort was to last until his death in his modest appartement located a 45 Brittany Apt 502 on September 4, 1990, caused by heart failure.