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)
1952
- What Price Glory as Grand Uncle (uncredited)
1950
- Captain Carey, U.S.A. as Sandro
- When Willie Comes Marching Home as Barman (uncredited)
1947
- Road to Hollywood as The Marquis
1945
- A Bell for Adano as Cacopardo
- Hit the Hay as Language Professor
1944
- It Happened Tomorrow
- Men on Her Mind as Alberti Verdi
- The Conspirators as Prison Guard (uncredited)
- Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid as Tony
- Voice in the Wind as Bartender
- When the Lights Go On Again as Joe
- In Society as Luigi - Pottery Dealer (uncredited)
- Machine Gun Mama as Ignacio
1943
- Submarine Base as Mr. Styx
- My Son, The Hero as Tony
- The Man from Down Under as Dino Piza
- Harvest Melody as Cafe Manager
- Here Comes Elmer as Dr. Zichy
- You're a Lucky Fellow, Mr. Smith as Goreni
- Here Comes Kelly as Nick
- Nearly Eighteen as Gus
1942
- Mexican Spitfire's Elephant as Luigi
- Obliging Young Lady as Riccardi
- Northwest Rangers as Jacques
1941
- The Lady Eve as Emile, Pike's Chef
- That Hamilton Woman as King of Naples
- They Met in Bombay as Maitre d'hotel
- They Met in Argentina as Don Luis Jose Alfonso Frutos y Murphy (uncredited)
- She Knew All the Answers as Inventor
- Road to Zanzibar as Proprietor Native Booth
- Babes on Broadway as Nick
- World Premiere as Signor Scaletti
- San Antonio Rose as Nick Ferris
1940
- Public Deb No. 1 as Frontenac
- Scatterbrain as Prof. DeLemma
- The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady as N. Pappakontous
- High School as Signor Cicero
- Enemy Agent as A. Calteroni
1939
- Naughty but Nice as Stanislaus Pysinski
- The Great Man Votes as Manos
- The Housekeeper's Daughter as Veroni
- Let Freedom Ring as Tony (uncredited)
1938
- I'll Give a Million as Reporter
1937
- When You're in Love as Luis Perugini
- Easy Living as Mr. Louis Louis
- Manhattan Merry-Go-Round as Martinetti
- Hitting a New High as Luis Marlo
- Madame X as Scipio
- Sing and Be Happy as Posini
- Mr. Dodd Takes the Air as Bit Part (uncredited)
- The King and the Chorus Girl as Gaston
- The Great Garrick as Luis Basset
- Love on Toast as Joe Piso
- Two Wise Maids as Guili
- Under Suspicion as Luigi
1936
- Anthony Adverse as Tony Guisseppi
- Dancing Pirate as Pamfilo (the Jailer)
- Colleen as Carlo
- Ticket to Paradise as Dr. Munson aka Monte
- Follow Your Heart as Tony Masetti
- Hats Off as Caesar Rosero
1935
- Manhattan Moon as Luigi
- In Caliente as The Magistrate
- The Gilded Lily as Nate
- The Good Fairy as The Barber
- The Gay Deception as Ernest
- Metropolitan as Ugo Pizzi
- Let's Live Tonight as Mario Weems
- Roberta as Voyda
- The Winning Ticket as Tony
- Music Is Magic as Señor Castellano - Cafe Proprietor
- Bad Boy as Tony
- Love Me Forever as Luigi
- Goin' to Town as Sr. Vitola
- Rendezvous at Midnight as Janitor
- Public Opinion as Caparini
1934
- The Count of Monte Cristo as Jacopo
- La buenaventura as Fresco
- One Night of Love as Giovanni
- Stingaree as Italian Celebrant (uncredited)
- I Believed in You as Giacomo
- The Captain Hates the Sea as Juan Gilboa
- Caravane as Gypsy Chieftain
- Glamour as Monsieur Paul
- Strictly Dynamite as Jake (uncredited)
1933
- Flying Down to Rio as Rio Casino Manager (uncredited)
- I Love That Man as Angelo - Janitor
- The Man from Monterey as Felipe
- Menu as The Master Chef (uncredited)
- When Ladies Meet as Pierre
- The Sphinx as Luigi Baccigalupi
- Men Must Fight as Soto
- Lady Killer as Director (uncredited)
- The Chief as Man at Alderman Meeting (uncredited)
- Havana Widows as Second Taxi Driver (uncredited)
- Child of Manhattan as Carlos Spumoni Bustamente
- Above the Clouds as Speakeasy Owner
- The Last Trail as Pedro Gonzales
- Stage Mother as Hors D'Oeuvres Waiter (uncredited)
- Topaze as Dr. Bomb
- The California Trail as Commandant Emilio Quierra
- Artist's Muddles as Pietro Cellini
- Trick for Trick as Metzger
- Sherman Said It as Frenchman
1932
- Trouble in Paradise as Annoyed Opera Fan (uncredited)
- The Woman in Room 13 as Peppi Tonelli
- Cock of the Air as Captain Tonnino
- The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood as Bladimir Petrosky
- Guilty or Not Guilty as Pete
- Hypnotized as Hungarian Consul
- High Pressure as Colombo (uncredited)
- The Men in Her Life as Gaston
- The Big Stampede as Sonora Joe
- Week-End Marriage as Luis the Bootlegger (uncredited)
- A Parisian Romance as Luis Alberni
- The Girl in the Tonneau as Luis Mazetti
- First in War as President of the Revolutionary Party of Nicarania
1931
- Sweepstakes as Bartender
- I Like Your Nerve as Sao Pedro Waiter (uncredited)
- Men in Her Life as Anton
- The Tip-Off as Scarno (uncredited)
- The Mad Genius as Sergei Bankieff
- Svengali as Gecko
- Manhattan Parade as Vassily Vassiloff
- Monkey Business in Africa as Julius Gonzola
- The Last Flight as Spectator at Bullfight
- I Surrender Dear as Marquis
1930
- Strange Birds as The Baron
- The Santa Fe Trail as Juan Castinado
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