Robert Pizani Explained

Robert Pizani
Birth Name:	Robert André Louis Pizany
Birth Date:	26 April 1896
Birth Place:	Paris, France
Death Place:	Paris, France
Occupation:	Stage and film actor

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 (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
• (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)

External links

• Lardan, Claude (22 March 1935). "Pizani le plus parisien des artistes". L'Européen, p. 15