Luis Alberni

American actor (1886–1962)

Charlotte Hall Alberni

(m. 1919; div. 1940)

Wanda Mary Wilson

(m. 1940)

Luis Alberni (October 4, 1886 – December 23, 1962) was a Spanish-born American character actor of stage and films.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Early years

Alberni was born in Barcelona, Spain, on October 4, 1886. He acted in stock theater for four years in Marseille before he went back to Barcelona, earned a BA degree, and studied law.^[4]

Career

Alberni was acting in Bordeaux when American humorist Wilson Mizner and playwright Paul Armstrong invited him to come to the United States, offering their help.^[4] In April 1912, he sailed to New York City as a steerage passenger aboard the S/S Nieuw Amsterdam.

In New York, Alberni 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),^[5] as Mr. Louis Louis in Easy Living (1937), and as the mayor in A Bell for Adano (1945).

Personal life and death

Alberni and his wife, Charlotte, married on April 18, 1919, in New York City. They were divorced on February 3, 1938. They had three children.^[6]

Alberni died at the motion picture actors' home in Woodland Hills, California in 1962. His remains are interred in an unmarked grave at Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery in North Hollywood.^[7]

Complete filmography

Children of the Ghetto (1915) - Pincus - the Poet
The Madonna of the Slums (1919, Short)
39 East (1920) - Count Gionelli
Little Italy (1921) - Ricci
The Man from Beyond (1922) - Captain of the Barkentine
The Bright Shawl (1923) - Vincente Escobar - Andre's Brother
The Valley of Lost Souls (1923) - Jacques
Second Youth (1924) - Greenwich Village Party Guest (uncredited)
The Cheerful Fraud (1926) - Valet (uncredited)
The Battle of Paris (1929) - Waiter (uncredited)
The Santa Fe Trail (1930) - Juan Castinado
Strange Birds (1930, Short) - The Baron
One Heavenly Night (1931) - Violinist (uncredited)
Svengali (1931) - Gecko
Monkey Business in Africa (1931, Short) - Julius Gonzola
Sweepstakes (1931) - Cantina Bartender (uncredited)
Movie-Town (1931, Short) - Baron Gonzola
Children of Dreams (1931) - (uncredited)
The Last Flight (1931) - Spectator at Bullfight (uncredited)
I Like Your Nerve (1931) - Sao Pedro Waiter (uncredited)
I Surrender Dear (1931, Short) - Marquis
The Tip-Off (1931) - Scarno - Roadhouse Manager (uncredited)
The Great Junction Hotel (1931, Short)
The Mad Genius (1931) - Sergei Bankieff
Men in Her Life (1931) - Anton
Manhattan Parade (1931) - Vassily Vassiloff
Cock of the Air (1932) - Capt. Tonnino
High Pressure (1932) - Colombo (uncredited)
The Girl in the Tonneau (1932, Short) - Luis Mazetti
Stop That Run (1932, Short)
Hombres de mi vida (1932) - Gaston
The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood (1932) - Bladimir Petrosky
Rule 'Em and Weep (1932, Short) - Anarchist
The Woman in Room 13 (1932) - Peppi Tonelli
First in War (1932, Short) - President of the Revolutionary Party of Nicarania
Week-End Marriage (1932) - Louis - the Bootlegger (uncredited)
Crooner (1932) - Tamborini (uncredited)
Two Against the World (1932) - Yelling Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
A Parisian Romance (1932) - Pascal
The Big Stampede (1932) - Sonora Joe
Trouble in Paradise (1932) - Annoyed Opera Fan (uncredited)
Guilty or Not Guilty (1932) - Pete
The Conquerors (1932) - Second Agitator (uncredited)
The Bride's Bereavement; or, The Snake in the Grass (1932, Short)
Rasputin and the Empress (1932) - Photographer's Assistant (uncredited)
Hypnotized (1932) - Hungarian Consul
Artist's Muddles (1933, Short) - Pietro Cellini
Child of Manhattan (1933) - Bustamente
Topaze (1933) - Dr. Bomb
Men Must Fight (1933) - Soto
The California Trail (1933) - Commandant Emilio Quierra
Infernal Machine (1933) - Excitable Italian Passenger (uncredited)
Trick for Trick (1933) - Metzger
The Sphinx (1933) - Luigi Baccigalupi
When Ladies Meet (1933) - Pierre - the Servant
I Love That Man (1933) - Angelo - Janitor
The Man from Monterey (1933) - Felipe Guadalupe Constacio Delgado Santa Cruz de la Verranca
The Last Trail (1933) - Pedro Gonzales
Sherman Said It (1933, Short) - Frenchman
Stage Mother (1933) - Hors D'Oeuvres Waiter (uncredited)
Menu (1933, Short) - The Master Chef (uncredited)
The Chief (1933) - Man at Alderman Meeting (uncredited)
Goodbye Love (1933) - Tony
Havana Widows (1933) - Second Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Lady Killer (1933) - Director (uncredited)
Above the Clouds (1933) - Speakeasy Owner
California Weather (1933, Short)
By Candlelight (1933) - Train Porter (uncredited)
Flying Down to Rio (1933) - Rio Casino Manager (uncredited)
Cold Turkey (1933, hort)
La ciudad de cartón (1934) - Craig
When Do We Eat? (1934, Short) - Rigo - Restaurant Owner
Glamour (1934) - Monsieur Paul
I Believed in You (1934) - Giacomo
The Black Cat (1934) - Train Steward (uncredited)
Strictly Dynamite (1934) - Jake (uncredited)
Stingaree (1934) - Italian Celebrant (uncredited)
La buenaventura (1934) - Fresco
The Count of Monte Cristo (1934) - Jacopo
One Night of Love (1934) - Giovanni
When Strangers Meet (1934) - Nick Panaro
The Captain Hates the Sea (1934) - Juan Gilboa
Caravane (1934) - Gypsy Chieftain
The Gilded Lily (1935) - Nate Porcopolis
The Good Fairy (1935) - The Barber
The Winning Ticket (1935) - Tony Capucci
Rendezvous at Midnight (1935) - Janitor
Roberta (1935) - Alexander Petrovitch Moscovitch Voyda
Asegure a su mujer (1935) - Bernardo Perry
Public Opinion (1935) - Caparini
Let's Live Tonight (1935) - Mario Weems
Goin' to Town (1935) - Sr. Vitola
In Caliente (1935) - The Magistrate
Ticket or Leave It (1935, Short)
Love Me Forever (1935) - Luigi
Manhattan Moon (1935) - Luigi
The Gay Deception (1935) - Ernest
Metropolitan (1935) - Ugo Pizzi
Bad Boy (1935) - Tony
Music Is Music (1935) - Señor Castellano - Cafe Proprietor
Colleen (1936) - Carlo
Dancing Pirate (1936) - Pamfilo (the Jailer)
Ticket to Paradise (1936) - Dr. Munson aka Monte
Anthony Adverse (1936) - Tony Guisseppi
Follow Your Heart (1936) - Tony Masetti
Hats Off (1936) - Rosero
When You're in Love (1937) - Luis Perugini
Two Wise Maids (1937) - Guili
The King and the Chorus Girl (1937) - Gaston
Sing and Be Happy (1937) - Posini
Easy Living (1937) - Mr. Louis Louis
Mr. Dodd Takes the Air (1937) - Bit Part (uncredited)
Madame X (1937) - Scipio
The Great Garrick (1937) - Basset
Under Suspicion (1937) - Luigi
Manhattan Merry-Go-Round (1937) - Martinetti
Love on Toast (1937) - Joe Piso
Hitting a New High (1937) - Luis Marlo
I'll Give a Million (1938) - Reporter
The Great Man Votes (1939) - Manos
Let Freedom Ring (1939) - Tony (uncredited)
Naughty but Nice (1939) - Stanislaus Pysinski
The Housekeeper's Daughter (1939) - Veroni
The Amazing Mr. Williams (1939) - Rinaldo (uncredited)
High School (1940) - Signor Cicero (uncredited)
Twincuplets (1940, Short) - Annoyed Opera Fan
Enemy Agent (1940) - A. Calteroni
The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady (1940) - Nicolo Pappakontous (uncredited)
Scatterbrain (1940) - Prof. DeLemma
Public Deb No. 1 (1940) - Frontenac (uncredited)
So You Won't Talk (1940) - Barber (uncredited)
The Lady Eve (1941) - Pike's Chef
That Hamilton Woman (1941) - King of Naples
Road to Zanzibar (1941) - Proprietor - Native Booth
They Met in Argentina (1941) - Don Luis Jose Alfonso Frutos y Murphy (uncredited)
She Knew All the Answers (1941) - Inventor
San Antonio Rose (1941) - Nick Ferris
They Met in Bombay (1941) - Maitre d'hotel
World Premiere (1941) - Signor Scaletti
Babes on Broadway (1941) - Nick
Obliging Young Lady (1942) - Riccardi
I Married an Angel (1942) - Jean Frederique (uncredited)
Mexican Spitfire's Elephant (1942) - Luigi
Northwest Rangers (1942) - Jacques (uncredited)
Two Weeks to Live (1943) - Van Dyke / Dr. Jekyll (uncredited)
My Son, the Hero (1943) - Tony
Submarine Base (1943) - Mr. Styx
The Man from Down Under (1943) - Dino Piza (uncredited)
Here Comes Kelly (1943) - Nick
You're a Lucky Fellow, Mr. Smith (1943) - Goreni
Nearly Eighteen (1943) - Gus
Here Comes Elmer (1943) - Dr. Zichy
Harvest Melody (1943) - Cafe Manager
Men on Her Mind (1944) - Alberti Verdi
Voice in the Wind (1944) - Bartender
It Happened Tomorrow (1944) - Restaurant Owner (uncredited)
Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid (1944) - Tony (uncredited)
In Society (1944) - Luigi - Pottery Dealer (uncredited)
Machine Gun Mama (1944) - Ignacio
Rainbow Island (1944) - Jerry - Native with Laundry (uncredited)
The Conspirators (1944) - Prison Guard (uncredited)
When the Lights Go On Again (1944) - Joe
The Captain from Köpenick (1945) - Prison Guard
Wonder Man (1945) - Opera Prompter (uncredited)
A Bell for Adano (1945) - Cacopardo
Hit the Hay (1945) - French Professor (uncredited)
In Fast Company (1946) - Tony - Fruit Vendor
Double Rhythm (1946, Short) - Mr. Palucci
Night Song (1946) - Flower Vendor (scenes deleted)
When Willie Comes Marching Home (1950) - Barman (uncredited)
Captain Carey, U.S.A. (1950) - Sandro
What Price Glory? (1952) - Grand Uncle (uncredited)
The Ten Commandments (1956) - Old Hebrew at Moses' House (uncredited) (final film role)

References

^ Nugent, Frank S. (February 19, 1939). "THE SCREEN; ' When You're in Love' Opens at the Music Hall--The Capitol Presents 'The Last of Mrs. Cheyney'". New York Times. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
^ "A Behind-the-Scenes Farce". New York Times. April 22, 1932. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
^ Nugent, Frank S. (December 31, 1937). "THE SCREEN IN REVIEW; Jacques Deval's Light Comedy, 'Tovarich,' Is Shown at the Music Hall--'Rosalie' at the Capitol--'Manhattan Merry-Go-Round' at Criterion". New York Times. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
^ ^a ^b Merrick, Mollie (December 9, 1934). "Luis Alberni Little Known In America". Hartford Courant. North America Newspaper Alliance. p. 17. Retrieved July 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Sennwald, Andre (September 27, 1934). "A First-Rate Film Version of "The Count of Monte Cristo," at the Rivoli -- "Servant's Entrance."". New York Times. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
^ "Actor's Wife Wins Divorce, Custody Of Three Children". Daily News. California, Los Angeles. February 4, 1938. p. 9. Retrieved July 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14000 Famous Persons by Scott Wilson