He created some of his most famous roles in his own comic works, among them the Can-Can Dancer in La Boutique fantasque (1919), the Hussar in Le Beau Danube (1924), and, perhaps best known of all, the Peruvian in Gaîté Parisienne (1938).
El a interpretat unele dintre cele mai celebre roluri din propriile sale creații comice, printre care dansatorul de can-can din La Boutique fantasque (1919), husarul din Le Beau Danube (1924) și, probabil, cel mai cunoscut dintre toate, Peruvian din Gaîté Parisienne (1938).