[1] Passionate about theatre since childhood, he wrote his first play, Les Héritiers, in 1945 after being a law student.

He first experienced success in 1951 with Le Don d'Adèle, which he wrote along with Jean-Pierre Gredy.

[citation needed] Over the next several decades, Barillet would develop what he was most famous for, Boulevard theatre.

In the 1980s, Barillet appeared in television shows, including Malesherbes, avocat du roi, and Condorcet.

Quatre années sans relâche was about theatrical life in France during their German occupation in World War II.