Robert Pizani

Robert Pizani (26 April 1896 – 17 June 1965) was a French stage and film actor whose 45-year career encompassed leading roles in numerous plays, revues and operettas as well as dozens of films.

In operetta
Pizani's roles in operetta and musical theatre include:
 * Amants légitimes by Fernand Mallet (1924) Théâtre de l'Étoile, as Le Comte de Puyssec (world premiere)
 * Monsieur Beaucaire by André Messager (1925) Théâtre Marigny, as Nash (French premiere)
 * Pouche by Henri Hirschmann (1925) Théâtre de l'Étoile, as Alfred (world premiere)
 * La Teresina by Oscar Straus (1928) Théâtre des Folies-Wagram, as Prince Borghese (premiere of French version)
 * Tip-Toes by George Gershwin (1929) Théâtre des Folies-Wagram, as Oncle Puff (French premiere)
 * Brummell by Reynaldo Hahn (1931) Théâtre des Folies-Wagram, as Beau Brummell (world premiere)
 * Les Petites Cardinal by Arthur Honegger and Jacques Ibert (1938) Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens, as Le Marquis de Cavalcanti (world premiere)
 * Leurs majestés by Hans Lang (1939) Théâtre Pigalle, as Ministre Chrystoforidis (French premiere)

Filmography
Pizani's film roles include:


 * Un gentleman neurasthénique (1924)
 * La grande amie (1927) as L'imitateur de Grock
 * J'ai l'noir ou le Suicide de Dranem (1929)
 * My Aunt from Honfleur (1931)
 * Azaïs (1931) as Stromboli
 * La chauve-souris (1932)
 * Une nuit au paradis (1932) as Alain Harris
 * Le petit écart (1932) as Pianiste
 * Les amours de Pergolèse (1933) as Nicolas d'Arcangioli
 * I'll Always Love You (1933) as Oscar, il parruchiere
 * Je vous aimerai toujours (1933) as Oscar
 * The Heir of the Bal Tabarin (1933) as Le danseur
 * Le supplice de Tantale (1933)
 * Miss Helyett (1933) as Bacarel
 * Une fois dans la vie (1934) as Gallivert
 * The Midnight Prince (1934) as Le comte Maritza
 * L'auberge du Petit-Dragon (1934) as Le cabot
 * Les hommes de la côte (1934)
 * The Imaginary Invalid (1934) as Thomas Diafoirus
 * Le billet de mille (1935) as Un professeur qui joue aux courses
 * His Excellency Antonin (1935) as Le Baron
 * Coup de vent (1936)
 * Rigolboche (1936) as Lecor, le croupier
 * Les petites alliées (1936) as Lohéac
 * L'homme du jour (1937) as Le poète efféminé
 * La loupiote (1937) as Maxime
 * La pocharde (1937) as Moëb
 * La reine des resquilleuses (1937)
 * L'amour veille (1937) as Carteret
 * The Pearls of the Crown (1937) as Talleyrand
 * Hercule (1938) as Le premier frère Riquel
 * Café de Paris (1938) as L'auteur dramatique
 * Alerte en Méditerranée (1938) as Le médecin du port
 * Entrée des artistes (1938) as Jérome
 * Monsieur Coccinelle (1938) as Illusio
 * Remontons les Champs-Élysées (1938) as Richard Wagner / Jacques Offenbach / Olivier Métra
 * Blood Red Rose (1939)
 * La boutique aux illusions (1939) as Le spectateur
 * Entente cordiale (1939) as Paul Cambon
 * La belle revanche (1939) as Casimir Bouchot
 * Jeunes filles en détresse (1939) as Monsieur Tarrand
 * Paradis perdu (1940) as Le couturier Bernard Lesage
 * Le président Haudecoeur (1940) as L'abbé Margot
 * Facing Destiny (1940) as Le couturier
 * Béatrice devant le désir (1944) as Alfred
 * Les Petites du quai aux fleurs (1944) as Un médecin
 * Coup de tête (1944) as Le maître d'hôtel (uncredited)
 * Box of Dreams (1945) as Oncle André
 * Quartier chinois (1947) as Le chef de la police
 * Le Silence est d'or (1947) as M. Duperrier
 * L'éventail (1947) as Le consul Alvaro Gomez
 * Mandrin (1947) as Voltaire
 * Une grande fille toute simple (1948) as Etienne
 * The Tragic Dolmen (1948) as Châtelard
 * The Cupboard Was Bare (1948) as Le médecin
 * The Woman I Murdered (1948) as Arthur de Selve
 * Drame au Vel'd'Hiv' (1949) as Stern
 * Rome Express (1950) as Cornaglia
 * Prelude to Glory (1950) as Floriot
 * Tête blonde (1950) as Martin
 * The Prettiest Sin in the World (1951) as Clément Lebreton
 * A Girl on the Road (1952) as Michel de Romeuil
 * The Nude Dancer (1952) as Grégor
 * J'y suis... j'y reste (1953) as Le Cardinal de Tramone
 * Les révoltés de Lomanach (1954) as Philippe
 * Deadlier Than the Male (1956) as Le Président
 * Fernandel the Dressmaker (1956) as Le Baron
 * It Happened in Aden (1956) as Hubert Robert
 * Les carottes sont cuites (1956)
 * Paris, Palace Hotel (1956) as Georges - le maître d'hôtel du palace
 * Honoré de Marseille (1956) as Baccala
 * Le grand bluff (1957) (uncredited)
 * Folies-Bergère (1957) as Clairval
 * Sénéchal the Magnificent (1957) as Le prince Alexandre
 * La Parisienne (1957) as Ambassador Mouchkine
 * Premier mai (1958) as Saint-Bertin
 * La Violetera (1958) as Maestro
 * Boulevard (1960) as Paulo
 * Le Capitaine Fracasse (1961) as Blazius
 * Le petit garçon de l'ascenseur (1962) (final film role)