---
name: "Chef Milani"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/chef-milani"
fi1m_id: "chef-milani"
imdb_id: "nm0586817"
tmdb_id: 86830
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "5 January 1892"
died: "30 November 1965"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T03:34:04.164228+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Chef Milani

## Identity

Chef Milani

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/chef-milani
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** chef-milani
- **IMDb ID:** nm0586817
- **TMDB ID:** 86830
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0586817/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/86830

Actor. Born 5 January 1892 in Naples, Italy. Died 30 November 1965.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 5 January 1892, Naples, Italy
- **Died:** 30 November 1965
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 other
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0586817/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/86830

## Biography

Chef Milani (1892–1965) was an Italian-American actor and radio and television personality. Born Joseph L. Milani in Naples, Italy, he became known in Los Angeles for his cooking programmes, including 'Chef Milani' on KFWB radio and 'The Chef Milani Show' on KCOP-TV. During the Second World War he oversaw food services at the Hollywood Canteen.

He appeared in numerous Hollywood films between 1943 and 1946, usually in uncredited roles as chefs or restaurant staff. His credited screen role was as Giacomo Romari in *The Seventh Victim* (1943). Other films include *To Have and Have Not* (1944), *Mr. Skeffington* (1944), *The Best Years of Our Lives* (1946) and a cameo as himself in *Hollywood Canteen* (1944). He later appeared in an episode of the television series *Hazel* (1963).

*Sources: imdb.com, allmovie.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Performed in (1) — the average rests on these

- *The Seventh Victim* (1943), Fi1m 62, as Giacomo Romari — [page](https://film.one/film/the-seventh-victim.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *To Have and Have Not* (1945), Fi1m 84, as Chef at Marquis Hotel (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/to-have-and-have-not.md)

## Complete filmography (9)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Best Years of Our Lives* (1946), as Giuseppe - Lucia's Restaurant Proprietor (uncredited) — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/film/the-best-years-of-our-lives.md)
- *Crack-Up* (1946), as Restaurant Proprietor (Uncredited)
- *Without Reservations* (1946), as Diner Captain (uncredited)
- *Adventure* (1945), as Rudolfo (uncredited)
- *A Bell for Adano* (1945), as Capello
- *What a Blonde* (1945), as Tony Gugliemi
- *To Have and Have Not* (1945), as Chef at Marquis Hotel (uncredited) — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/to-have-and-have-not.md)
- *Mr. Skeffington* (1944), as Joe (uncredited)
- *The Seventh Victim* (1943), as Giacomo Romari — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/the-seventh-victim.md)

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