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
*' (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)

References

External links

*Lardan, Claude (22 March 1935)
"Pizani le plus parisien des artistes"
''L'Européen'', p. 15
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pizani, Robert
1896 births
1965 deaths
Male actors from Paris
French male stage actors
French male musical theatre actors
French male film actors
French male silent film actors
20th-century French male actors
20th-century French male singers