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Luis Alberni Born: October 4, 1886 Died: December 23, 1962 (at the age of 76) |
Luis Alberni was born October 4, 1886 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. His Mothers maden name was Malo. Louis majored in Drama at University of Madrid. He started acting in Europe and while doing a Shakesearean play, the audience laughed histerically and loved him. After this he was hooked on the recognition and decided to become a comedian.
In 1914 Alberni moved to the United States to continue acting. In 1915 he made his american film debut in 'Children of the Ghetto' as Pincus, the poet. Between 1915 and 1928 he had been in more than a dozen Broadway plays including, in 1924-1925, the original production of 'What Price Glory?'.
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Alberni spent most of his time in Hollywood playing excitable waiters, Shop owners, janitors, etc.
Around the age of mid-seventies, Luis lived in a home for the elderly devoted to actors, most of whom were from the Screen Actors guild or Masquers Club.
Alberni married his fist wife Charlotte Hall in 1919 and they divorced in 1940. They had 2 sons Carlos Alberni and Luis Alberni. He then married his second wife Wanda Kay Wison (Date they married is unknown) and they were married till his death, they had no children.
Alberni spoke seven languages, was a gourmet chef, artist and piano player.
Luis Alberni died in Hollywood, California on December 23, 1962 of a heart attack at the age of 76. His remains are interred at Pierce Brothers Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery in North Hollywood, California.
| ------------ Films ----------- | ||
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| (1956) | The Ten Commandments | Old Hebrew at Moses' House (uncredited) |
| (1952) | "Hollywood Opening Night" - Welcome Home, Stranger (1952) | |
| (1952) | What Price Glory | Grand Uncle (uncredited) |
| (1950) | Captain Carey, U.S.A. | Sandro |
| (1950) | When Willie Comes Marching Home | Barman (uncredited) |
| (1947) | Night Song | Flower Vendor (scenes deleted) |
| (1946) | Double Rhythm (Short) | Mr. Palucci |
| (1946) | In Fast Company | Tony - Fruit Vendor |
| (1945) | Hit the Hay | French Professor (uncredited) |
| (1945) | A Bell for Adano | Cacopardo |
| (1945) | Wonder Man | Opera Prompter (uncredited) |
| (1945) | I Was a Criminal | Prison Guard |
| (1944) | When the Lights Go on Again | Joe |
| (1944) | The Conspirators | Prison Guard (uncredited) |
| (1944) | Rainbow Island | Jerry - Native with Laundry (uncredited) |
| (1944) | Machine Gun Mama | Ignacio |
| (1944) | In Society | Luigi, Pottery Dealer (uncredited) |
| (1944) | It Happened Tomorrow | Restaurant Owner (uncredited) |
| (1944) | Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid | Tony (uncredited) |
| (1944) | Voice in the Wind | Bartender |
| (1944) | Men on Her Mind | Alberti Verdi |
| (1943) | Harvest Melody | Cafe Manager |
| (1943) | Here Comes Elmer | Dr. Zichy |
| (1943) | Nearly Eighteen | Gus |
| (1943) | You're a Lucky Fellow, Mr. Smith | Goreni |
| (1943) | Here Comes Kelly | Nick (as Louis Alberni) |
| (1943) | The Man from Down Under | Dino Piza (uncredited) |
| (1943) | Submarine Base | Mr. Styx |
| (1943) | My Son, the Hero | Tony |
| (1943) | Two Weeks to Live | Van Dyke / Dr. Jekyll (uncredited) |
| (1942) | Northwest Rangers | Jacques (uncredited) |
| (1942) | Mexican Spitfire's Elephant | Luigi |
| (1942) | I Married an Angel | Jean Frederique (uncredited) |
| (1942) | Obliging Young Lady | Riccardi, the musician |
| (1941) | Babes on Broadway | Nick |
| (1941) | World Premiere | Signor Scaletti |
| (1941) | They Met in Bombay | Maitre d'hotel |
| (1941) | San Antonio Rose | Nick Ferris |
| (1941) | She Knew All the Answers | Inventor |
| (1941) | They Met in Argentina | Don Luis Jose Alfonso Frutos y Murphy (uncredited) |
| (1941) | Road to Zanzibar | Proprietor - native booth |
| (1941) | That Hamilton Woman | King of Naples |
| (1941) | The Lady Eve | Pike's Chef |
| (1940) | So You Won't Talk | Barber (uncredited) |
| (1940) | Public Deb No. 1 | Frontenac (uncredited) |
| (1940) | Scatterbrain | Prof. DeLemma |
| (1940) | The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady | N. Pappakontous (uncredited) |
| (1940) | Enemy Agent | A. Calteroni |
| (1940) | Twincuplets (Short) | Annoyed Opera Fan |
| (1940) | High School | Signor Cicero (uncredited) |
| (1939) | The Amazing Mr. Williams | Rinaldo (uncredited) |
| (1939) | The Housekeeper's Daughter | Veroni |
| (1939) | Naughty But Nice | Stanislaus Pysinski |
| (1939) | Let Freedom Ring | Tony (uncredited) |
| (1939) | The Great Man Votes | Manos |
| (1938) | I'll Give a Million | Reporter |
| (1937) | Hitting a New High | Luis Marlo |
| (1937) | Love on Toast | Joe Piso |
| (1937) | Manhattan Merry-Go-Round | Martinetti |
| (1937) | Under Suspicion | Luigi |
| (1937) | The Great Garrick | Basset |
| (1937) | Madame X | Scipio |
| (1937) | Mr. Dodd Takes the Air | Bit Part (uncredited) |
| (1937) | Easy Living | Mr. Louis Louis |
| (1937) | Sing and Be Happy | Posini |
| (1937) | The King and the Chorus Girl | Gaston |
| (1937) | Two Wise Maids | Guili |
| (1937) | When You're in Love | Luis Perugini |
| (1936) | Hats Off | Caesar Rosero |
| (1936) | Follow Your Heart | Tony Masetti |
| (1936) | Anthony Adverse | Tony Guessippi |
| (1936) | Ticket to Paradise | Dr. Munson aka Monte |
| (1936) | Dancing Pirate | Pamfilo (the Jailer) |
| (1936) | Colleen | Carlo |
| (1935) | Music Is Magic | Señor Castellano - Cafe Proprietor |
| (1935) | Bad Boy | Tony |
| (1935) | Metropolitan | Ugo Pizzi |
| (1935) | Thunder in the Night | Taxi Driver (replaced by Herman Bing) (scenes deleted) |
| (1935) | The Gay Deception | Ernest |
| (1935) | Champagne for Breakfast | |
| (1935) | Manhattan Moon | Luigi |
| (1935) | Love Me Forever | Luigi |
| (1935) | Ticket or Leave It (Short) | |
| (1935) | In Caliente | The Magistrate |
| (1935) | Goin' to Town | Sr. Vitola |
| (1935) | Let's Live Tonight | Mario Weems |
| (1935) | Public Opinion | Caparini |
| (1935) | Asegure a su mujer | Bernardo Perry |
| (1935) | Roberta | Voyda |
| (1935) | Rendezvous at Midnight | Janitor |
| (1935) | The Winning Ticket | Tony Capucci |
| (1935) | The Good Fairy | The Barber |
| (1935) | The Gilded Lily | Nate Porcopolis |
| (1934) | Caravane | Gypsy Chieftain |
| (1934) | The Captain Hates the Sea w/ The Three Stooges | Juan Gilboa |
| (1934) | When Strangers Meet | Nick Panaro |
| (1934) | One Night of Love | Giovanni |
| (1934) | The Count of Monte Cristo | Jacopo |
| (1934) | La buenaventura | Fresco |
| (1934) | Stingaree | Italian Celebrant (uncredited) |
| (1934) | Strictly Dynamite | Jake (uncredited) |
| (1934) | The Black Cat | Train Steward (uncredited) |
| (1934) | I Believed in You | Giacomo |
| (1934) | Glamour | Monsieur Paul |
| (1934) | When Do We Eat? (Short) | Rigo, Restaurant Owner |
| (1934) | La ciudad de cartón | Craig |
| (1933) | Flying Down to Rio | Rio Casino Manager (uncredited) |
| (1933) | By Candlelight | Train Porter (uncredited) |
| (1933) | California Weather (Short) | |
| (1933) | Above the Clouds | Speakeasy Owner |
| (1933) | Lady Killer | Director (uncredited) |
| (1933) | Havana Widows | Second Taxi Driver (uncredited) |
| (1933) | Goodbye Love | Tony |
| (1933) | The Chief | Man at Alderman Meeting (uncredited) |
| (1933) | Menu (Short) | The Master Chef (uncredited) |
| (1933) | Stage Mother | Hors D'Oeuvres Waiter (uncredited) |
| (1933) | Sherman Said It (Short) | Frenchman |
| (1933) | The Last Trail | Pedro Gonzales |
| (1933) | The Man from Monterey | Felipe Guadalupe Constacio Delgado Santa Cruz de la Verranca |
| (1933) | I Love That Man | Angelo - Janitor |
| (1933) | When Ladies Meet | Pierre |
| (1933) | The Sphinx | Luigi Baccigalupi |
| (1933) | Trick for Trick | Metzger |
| (1933) | The California Trail | Commandant Emilio Quierra |
| (1933) | Men Must Fight | Soto |
| (1933) | Topaze | Dr. Bomb |
| (1933) | Child of Manhattan | Bustamente |
| (1933) | Artist's Muddles (Short) | Pietro Cellini, (as Louis Alberni) |
| (1932) | Hypnotized | Hungarian Consul |
| (1932) | Rasputin and the Empress | Photographer's Assistant (uncredited) |
| (1932) | The Bride's Bereavement; or, The Snake in the Grass (Short) | |
| (1932) | The Conquerors | First Agitator (uncredited) |
| (1932) | Guilty or Not Guilty | Pete |
| (1932) | Trouble in Paradise | Annoyed Opera Fan (uncredited) |
| (1932) | The Big Stampede | Sonora Joe |
| (1932) | A Parisian Romance | Pascal |
| (1932) | Two Against the World | Yelling Courtroom Spectator (uncredited) |
| (1932) | Crooner | Tamborini (uncredited) |
| (1932) | Week-End Marriage | Louis - the Bootlegger (uncredited) |
| (1932) | First in War (Short) | |
| (1932) | The Woman in Room 13 | Peppi Tonelli |
| (1932) | Rule 'Em and Weep (Short) | Anarchist |
| (1932) | The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood | Bladimir Petrosky |
| (1932) | Hombres de mi vida | Gaston |
| (1932) | Stop That Run (Short) | |
| (1932) | The Girl in the Tonneau (Short) | Luis Mazetti |
| (1932) | High Pressure | Colombo (uncredited) |
| (1932) | Cock of the Air | Captain Tonnino |
| (1931) | Manhattan Parade | Vassily Vassiloff |
| (1931) | Men in Her Life | Anton |
| (1931) | The Mad Genius | Sergei Bankieff |
| (1931) | The Great Junction Hotel (Short) | |
| (1931) | The Tip-Off | Scarno, Roadhouse Manager (uncredited) |
| (1931) | I Surrender Dear (Short) | Marquis |
| (1931) | I Like Your Nerve | Sao Pedro Waiter (uncredited) |
| (1931) | The Last Flight | Spectator at Bullfight (uncredited) |
| (1931) | Children of Dreams (uncredited) | |
| (1931) | Movie-Town (Short) | Baron Gonzola |
| (1931) | Sweepstakes | Cantina Bartender (uncredited) |
| (1931) | Monkey Business in Africa (Short) | Julius Gonzola |
| (1931) | Svengali | Gecko |
| (1931) | One Heavenly Night | Violinist (uncredited) |
| (1930) | Strange Birds (Short) | The Baron |
| (1930) | The Santa Fe Trail | Juan Castinado |
| (1929) | Battle of Paris | Waiter (uncredited) |
| (1926) | The Cheerful Fraud | Valet (uncredited) |
| (1924) | Second Youth | Greenwich Village Party Guest (uncredited) |
| (1923) | The Valley of Lost Souls | Jacques |
| (1923) | The Bright Shawl | Vincente Escobar - Andre's brother |
| (1922) | The Man from Beyond | Captain of the Barkentine |
| (1921) | Little Italy | Ricci |
| (1920) | 39 East | Count Gionelli |
| (1919) | The Madonna of the Slums (Short) | |
| (1915) | Children of the Ghetto | Pincus, the poet |
| ------------ Broadway Plays ----------- | ||
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| Feb 07, 1928 - Oct 1928 | The Silent House | Señor Leon Peroda |
| Dec 01, 1927 - Jan 1928 | Fallen Angels | Maurice Duclos |
| Nov 07, 1927 - Nov 1927 | The Stairs | Manuel Barritos |
| Oct 06, 1927 - Oct 22, 1927 | My Princess | The Ambassador |
| Apr 18, 1927 - Jun 04, 1927 | Lady Do | "Pop" Poulet |
| Jan 04, 1927 - Jan 15, 1927 | Lace Petticoat | Raymond DeLaLange |
| Oct 04, 1926 - Oct 30, 1926 | Deep River | M. Brusard |
| Sep 03, 1924 - Sep 12, 1925 | What Price Glory | Monsieur Pete De La Cognac |
| May 07, 1923 - May 1923 | The Apache | Signor Giovanni Lazzari |
| Feb 19, 1923 - Mar 1923 | Rita Coventry (also had Dwight Frye in play) | Busini |
| Sep 13, 1922 - Sep 1922 | Dreams For Sale | Little Joe |
| Jan 31, 1921 - Feb 1921 | Near Santa Barbara | Ylario |
| Oct 12, 1920 - Nov 1920 | The Outrageous Mrs. Palmer | Leble |
| Mar 31, 1919 - unknown | 39 East | |
| May 03, 1915 - May 1915 | The Lost Co-respondent | |