# 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 [fr] (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 [fr] (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)