Gorlett was born on June 13, 1898 in Pélissanne, Bouches-du-Rhône, France as Joseph Auguste Fabre. He was an actor, known for Saturnin de Marseille (1941), Vous seule que j'aime (1939) and Au soleil de Marseille (1938). He died on January 27, 1963 in Salon-de-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône.