Luis Alberni
Born: 1886-10-03 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Died: 1962-12-23
Known For: Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Luis Alberni (October 4, 1886 – December 23, 1962) was a Spanish-born American character actor in American films. Alberni was born in Barcelona, Spain. He majored in acting while attending the University of Madrid. In order to pursue his acting career further, he determined to emigrate to the United States and, in April 1912, he sailed to New York City as a steerage passenger aboard the S/S Nieuw Amsterdam. In New York, he acted on both stage and screen. His first motion picture performance was in the 1915 Jewish drama, Children of the Ghetto. On the stage, he appeared in more than a dozen Broadway plays between 1915 and 1928, including 39 East, Dreams for Sale and the original production of What Price Glory? in 1924–1925. In the sound film era, he had notable roles as Jacopo in The Count of Monte Cristo (1934), as Mr. Louie Louie in Easy Living (1937), and as the mayor in A Bell for Adano (1945). He died at the motion picture actors' home in Woodland Hills, California in 1962. His remains are interred at Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery.
Filmography
1956
- The Ten Commandments as Old Hebrew at Moses' House (uncredited)
1950
- When Willie Comes Marching Home as Barman (uncredited)
- Captain Carey, U.S.A. as Sandro
1947
- Road to Hollywood as The Marquis
1945
- A Bell for Adano as Cacopardo
- Hit the Hay as Language Professor
1944
- It Happened Tomorrow
- In Society as Luigi - Pottery Dealer (uncredited)
- Voice in the Wind as Bartender
- When the Lights Go On Again as Joe
- Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid as Tony
- Men on Her Mind as Alberti Verdi
- Machine Gun Mama as Ignacio
1943
- Submarine Base as Mr. Styx
- Harvest Melody as Cafe Manager
- Here Comes Elmer as Dr. Zichy
- The Man from Down Under as Dino Piza
- You're a Lucky Fellow, Mr. Smith as Goreni
- Here Comes Kelly as Nick
- Nearly Eighteen as Gus
- My Son, The Hero as Tony
1942
- Mexican Spitfire's Elephant as Luigi
- Northwest Rangers as Jacques
- Obliging Young Lady as Riccardi
1941
- The Lady Eve as Emile, Pike's chef
- That Hamilton Woman as King of Naples
- They Met in Bombay as Maitre d'hotel
- She Knew All the Answers as Inventor
- Babes on Broadway as Nick
- Road to Zanzibar as Proprietor - Native Booth
- San Antonio Rose as Nick Ferris
- World Premiere as Signor Scaletti
1940
- Public Deb No. 1 as Frontenac
- The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady as N. Pappakontous
- Enemy Agent as A. Calteroni
- Scatterbrain as Prof. DeLemma
- High School as Signor Cicero
1939
- Naughty But Nice as Stanislaus Pysinski
- The Housekeeper's Daughter as Veroni
- The Great Man Votes as Manos
- Let Freedom Ring as Tony (uncredited)
1938
- I'll Give a Million as Reporter
1937
- Easy Living as Mr. Louis Louis
- Madame X as Scipio
- The Great Garrick as Luis Basset
- When You're in Love as Luis Perugini
- Love on Toast as Joe Piso
- Hitting a New High as Luis Marlo
- Manhattan Merry-Go-Round as Martinetti
- Under Suspicion as Luigi
- Mr. Dodd Takes the Air as Bit Part (uncredited)
- The King and the Chorus Girl as Gaston
- Two Wise Maids as Guili
- Sing and Be Happy as Posini
1936
- Anthony Adverse as Tony Guisseppi
- Dancing Pirate as Pamfilo (the Jailer)
- Colleen as Carlo
- Ticket to Paradise as Dr. Munson aka Monte
- Hats Off as Caesar Rosero
- Follow Your Heart as Tony Masetti
1935
- The Gay Deception as Ernest
- Roberta as Voyda
- Bad Boy as Tony
- The Good Fairy as The Barber
- The Gilded Lily as Nate
- Love Me Forever as Luigi
- The Winning Ticket as Tony
- In Caliente as The Magistrate
- Music Is Magic as Señor Castellano - Cafe Proprietor
- Let's Live Tonight as Mario Weems
- Goin' to Town as Sr. Vitola
- Metropolitan as Ugo Pizzi
- Manhattan Moon as Luigi
- Rendezvous at Midnight as Janitor
- Public Opinion as Caparini
1934
- The Count of Monte Cristo as Jacopo
- Glamour as Monsieur Paul
- One Night of Love as Giovanni
- I Believed in You as Giacomo
- Stingaree as Italian Celebrant (uncredited)
- Caravane as Gypsy Chieftain
- The Captain Hates the Sea as Juan Gilboa
- Strictly Dynamite as Jake (uncredited)
- La buenaventura as Fresco
1933
- Lady Killer as Director (uncredited)
- Stage Mother as Hors D'Oeuvres Waiter (uncredited)
- Topaze as Dr. Bomb
- Flying Down to Rio as Rio Casino Manager (uncredited)
- Child of Manhattan as Carlos Spumoni Bustamente
- Menu as The Master Chef (uncredited)
- I Love That Man as Angelo - Janitor
- Above the Clouds as Speakeasy Owner
- The Last Trail as Pedro Gonzales
- The Sphinx as Luigi Baccigalupi
- The Chief as Man at Alderman Meeting (uncredited)
- When Ladies Meet as Pierre
- The Man from Monterey as Felipe
- Men Must Fight as Soto
- Trick for Trick as Metzger
- Artist's Muddles as Pietro Cellini
- The California Trail as Commandant Emilio Quierra
- Havana Widows as Second Taxi Driver (uncredited)
- Sherman Said It as Frenchman
1932
- Trouble in Paradise as Annoyed Opera Fan (uncredited)
- The Big Stampede as Sonora Joe
- The Woman in Room 13 as Peppi Tonelli
- Week-End Marriage as Luis the Bootlegger (uncredited)
- The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood as Bladimir Petrosky
- High Pressure as Colombo (uncredited)
- Cock of the Air as Captain Tonnino
- Guilty or Not Guilty as Pete
- Hypnotized as Hungarian Consul
- A Parisian Romance as Luis Alberni
- The Men in Her Life as Gaston
- First in War as President of the Revolutionary Party of Nicarania
- The Girl in the Tonneau as Luis Mazetti
1931
- The Last Flight as Spectator at Bullfight
- Svengali as Gecko
- Men in Her Life as Anton
- I Like Your Nerve as Sao Pedro Waiter (uncredited)
- The Mad Genius as Sergei Bankieff
- The Tip-Off as Scarno (uncredited)
- Manhattan Parade as Vassily Vassiloff
- Sweepstakes as Bartender
- I Surrender Dear as Marquis
- Monkey Business in Africa as Julius Gonzola
1930
- The Santa Fe Trail as Juan Castinado
- Strange Birds as The Baron
1929
- The Battle of Paris as Waiter (uncredited)
1926
- The Cheerful Fraud as Valet
1924
- Second Youth as Greenwich Village Party Guest
1922
- The Man from Beyond as Captain of the Barkentine
1921
- Little Italy as Ricci
1920
- 39 East as Count Gionelli