290px-Luis_Alberni_in_Hats_Off.jpgLUIS ALBERNI
INFORMATION FROM IMDb
Date of birth
4 October 1886
Barcelona, Cataluña, Spain
Date of death
23 December 1962
Hollywood, California, USA. (heart attack)
Sometimes Credited As:
Louis Alberni
Height
5' 7" (1.70 m)
Trivia
Screen and stage actor.
Fluent speaker of seven different languages, gourmet chef, artist and piano player.
Mini biography
Spanish character actor Luis Alberni was born on the date of October 4, 1886 in Cataluna Barcelona, Spain. His mother's maiden name was Malo, and father's surname Alberni. Luis attended the university of Madrid and majored in drama, it was around this time that he began to get involved in acting in Europe. While acting in a Shakespearean play, (Hamlet), the audience went hysterical and loved him. Due to the recognition he received it was then that he decided to become a comedian.
In 1914 he decided to move to the United States to continue with his career in acting. His first wife, whose name is currently unknown, bore him two sons, Luis and Carlos. He then got a divorce and married his last wife, Wanda Kay Wilson, with whom he stayed until his last days. In the process no children had been conceived. 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. On the date of December 23, 1962 he passed away and was buried at Pierce Brothers Valhalla Memorial Park in north Hollywood, California.
IMDb mini-biography by Anthony Carrillo
Filmography
Actor
1. The Ten Commandments (1956) (uncredited) .... Old Hebrew
2. What Price Glory (1952) .... Charmaine's Great uncle
3. Captain Carey, U.S.A. (1950) .... Sandro
... aka After Midnight (UK)
4. When Willie Comes Marching Home (1950) (uncredited) .... Barman
5. Night Song (1948) (scenes deleted) .... Flower vendor
6. Double Rhythm (1946) .... Mr. Palucci
... aka Musical Parade: Double Rhythm (USA: series title)
7. In Fast Company (1946) .... Tony (Fruit Vendor)
8. Hit the Hay (1945) .... French Professor
9. A Bell for Adano (1945) .... Cacopardo
10. Wonder Man (1945) (uncredited) .... Opera Prompter
11. I Was a Criminal (1945) .... Prison Guard
... aka Captain of Koepenick (USA)
... aka Passport to Heaven (USA)
12. When the Lights Go On Again (1944)
13. The Conspirators (1944) (uncredited) .... Prison guard
14. Rainbow Island (1944) (uncredited) .... Jerry (native with laundry)
15. In Society (1944) (uncredited) .... Luigi, Pottery Dealer
... aka Abbott and Costello in Society
16. Machine Gun Mama (1944) .... Ignacio
... aka Tropical Fury (USA)
17. It Happened Tomorrow (1944) (uncredited) .... Restaurant Owner
18. Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid (1944) (uncredited) .... Tony
... aka Henry Plays Cupid (UK)
19. A Voice in the Wind (1944) .... Bartender
20. Men on Her Mind (1944) .... Alberti Verdi
21. Harvest Melody (1943) .... Cafe Manager
22. Here Comes Elmer (1943) .... Dr. Zichy
23. Nearly Eighteen (1943) .... Gus
24. You're a Lucky Fellow, Mr. Smith (1943) .... Goreni
25. Here Comes Kelly (1943) (as Louis Alberni) .... Nick
26. The Man from Down Under (1943) (uncredited) .... Dino
27. Submarine Base (1943) .... Mr. Styx
28. My Son, the Hero (1943) .... Tony
29. Two Weeks to Live (1943) (uncredited) .... Van Dyke aka Dr. Jekyll
30. Mexican Spitfire's Elephant (1942) .... Luigi
31. I Married an Angel (1942) (uncredited) .... Jean Frederique
32. Obliging Young Lady (1942) .... Riccardi, the musician
33. Babes on Broadway (1941) .... Nick
34. Law of the Tropics (1941) (scenes deleted) .... Native
35. World Premiere (1941) .... Signor Scaletti
36. They Met in Bombay (1941) .... Maitre d'hotel
37. San Antonio Rose (1941) .... Nick Ferris
38. She Knew All the Answers (1941) .... Inventor
39. They Met In Argentina (1941) (uncredited) .... Don Luis Jose Alfonso Frutos y Murphy
40. Road to Zanzibar (1941) .... Native booth proprietor
41. That Hamilton Woman (1941) .... King of Naples
... aka Lady Hamilton (UK)
42. The Lady Eve (1941) .... Emile, Pike's chef
43. So You Won't Talk (1940) (uncredited) .... Barber
44. Public Deb No. 1 (1940) (uncredited) .... Frontenac
45. Scatterbrain (1940) .... Prof. DeLemma
46. The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady (1940) (uncredited) .... N. Pappakontous
47. Enemy Agent (1940/I) .... A. Calteroni
... aka Secret Enemy (UK)
48. Twincuplets (1940)
49. High School (1940) (uncredited) .... Signor Cicero
50. The Amazing Mr. Williams (1939) (uncredited) .... Rinaldo
51. The Housekeeper's Daughter (1939) .... Veroni
52. Naughty But Nice (1939) .... Stanislaus Pysinski
53. Let Freedom Ring (1939) (uncredited) .... Tony
54. The Great Man Votes (1939) .... Manos
55. I'll Give a Million (1938) .... Reporter
56. Hitting a New High (1937) .... Luis Marlo
57. Love on Toast (1937) .... Joe Piso
58. Manhattan Merry-Go-Round (1937) .... Martinetti, the Impressario
... aka Manhattan Music Box (UK)
59. Under Suspicion (1937) .... Luigi
60. The Great Garrick (1937) .... Luis Basset
61. Madame X (1937) .... Scipio
62. Easy Living (1937) .... Mr. Louis Louis
63. Sing and Be Happy (1937) .... Posini
64. The King and the Chorus Girl (1937) .... Gaston
... aka Grand Passion (USA)
... aka Romance Is Sacred (UK)
... aka Romance in Paris (USA)
65. Two Wise Maids (1937) .... Guili
66. When You're in Love (1937) .... Luis Perugini
... aka For You Alone (UK)
67. Hats Off (1936) .... Rosero
68. Follow Your Heart (1936) .... Tony
69. Anthony Adverse (1936) .... Tony Guiseppe
70. Ticket to Paradise (1936) .... Dr. Munson
71. Dancing Pirate (1936) .... Pamfilo (the jailer)
72. Colleen (1936) .... Carlo
73. Music Is Magic (1935) .... Señor Castellano
74. Bad Boy (1935) .... Tony, Hot Dog Vendor
75. Metropolitan (1935) .... Ugo Pizzi
76. Thunder in the Night (1935) .... Taxi Driver (scenes deleted) (replaced by Herman Bing)
77. The Gay Deception (1935) .... Ernest
78. Manhattan Moon (1935) .... Luigi
... aka Sing Me a Love Song (UK)
79. Love Me Forever (1935) .... Luigi
... aka On Wings of Song (UK)
80. Ticket or Leave It (1935)
81. In Caliente (1935) .... The Magistrate
... aka Viva Senorita (USA: poster title)
82. Goin' to Town (1935) .... Sr. Vitola
83. Let's Live Tonight (1935) .... Mario Weems
84. Public Opinion (1935) .... Caparini
85. Asegure a su mujer (1935)
... aka He Trusted His Wife (USA)
86. Roberta (1935) .... Alexander Petrovitch Moskovich Voyda
87. The Winning Ticket (1935) .... Tony
88. The Good Fairy (1935) .... The Barber
89. The Gilded Lily (1935) .... Nate Porcopolis
90. The Captain Hates the Sea (1934) .... Juan Gilboa, Panamanian policeman
91. When Strangers Meet (1934) .... Nick
92. One Night of Love (1934) .... Giovanni, Monteverdi's Assistant
93. The Count of Monte Cristo (1934) .... Jacopo
94. I Surrender Dear (1934) .... Marquis
95. Buenaventura, La (1934) .... Fresco
96. Stingaree (1934) (uncredited) .... Student
97. Strictly Dynamite (1934) (uncredited) .... Jake, Maxie's Barber
98. The Black Cat (1934) (uncredited) .... Train Steward
... aka The House of Doom (UK)
... aka The Vanishing Body (USA: reissue title)
99. I Believed in You (1934) .... Giacomo
100. Glamour (1934) .... Monsieur Paul
101. When Do We Eat? (1934) .... Rigo, Restaurant Owner
102. Ciudad de cartón, La (1934)
... aka Cardboard City
... aka Hollywood, ciudad de cartón
103. Caravane (1934) .... Gypsy Chieftain
... aka Hochzeitsnacht (Austria)
104. Lady Killer (1933) (uncredited) .... Director
105. Flying Down to Rio (1933) (uncredited) .... Rio Casino Manager
106. By Candlelight (1933) (uncredited)
107. California Weather (1933)
108. Above the Clouds (1933) .... Speakeasy Owner
... aka Winged Devils (UK)
109. If I Were Free (1933) (scenes deleted)
... aka Behold We Live (UK)
110. Havana Widows (1933) (uncredited) .... Second Taxi Driver
111. Goodbye Love (1933) .... Tony
112. The Chief (1933) (uncredited) .... Man at Alderman Meeting
... aka My Old Man's a Fireman
113. Menu (1933) (uncredited) .... The Master Chef
114. Stage Mother (1933) (uncredited) .... Hors D'Oeuvres Waiter
115. Sherman Said It (1933)
116. The Last Trail (1933) .... Pedro Gonzales
117. The Man from Monterey (1933) .... Felipe Guadalupe Constacio Delgado Santa Cruz de la Verranca
118. I Love That Man (1933) .... Angelo, Janitor
119. When Ladies Meet (1933) .... Pierre
... aka Strange Skirts (USA: TV title)
... aka Truth Is Stranger (USA: TV title)
120. The Sphinx (1933) .... Luigi Baccigalupi
121. Trick for Trick (1933) .... Metzger
122. The California Trail (1933) .... Commandant Emilio Quierra
123. Men Must Fight (1933) .... Soto, the Cook
124. Child of Manhattan (1933) .... Bustamente
125. Topaze (1933/I) .... Dr. Bomb
126. Artist's Muddles (1933) (as Louis Alberni) .... Pietro Cellini,
127. Hypnotized (1932) .... Consul
128. Rasputin and the Empress (1932) (uncredited) .... Photographer's assistant
... aka Rasputin the Mad Monk (UK)
129. The Bride's Bereavement; or, The Snake in the Grass (1932)
... aka Snake in the Grass
130. The Conquerors (1932) (uncredited) .... First Agitator
... aka Pioneer Builders (USA: reissue title)
131. Trouble in Paradise (1932) (uncredited) .... Annoyed Opera Fan
132. The Big Stampede (1932) .... Sonora Joe
133. Guilty or Not Guilty (1932) .... Pete
134. A Parisian Romance (1932) .... Pascal
135. Two Against the World (1932) (uncredited) .... Yelling courtroom spectator
136. Crooner (1932) (uncredited) .... Tamborini
137. Week-end Marriage (1932) .... Louis
... aka Weekend Lives
... aka Working Wives (UK)
138. First in War (1932)
139. The Woman in Room 13 (1932) .... Tonelli
140. Rule 'Em and Weep (1932) .... Anarchist
141. The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood (1932) .... Bladimir Petrosky
142. Hombres de mi vida (1932) .... Gaston
143. Stop That Run (1932)
... aka Traveling Man #4: Stop That Run (USA: series title)
144. High Pressure (1932) (uncredited) .... Colombo
145. Cock of the Air (1932) .... Capt. Tonnino
146. Manhattan Parade (1932) .... Vassiloff
147. Girl in the Tonneau (1932)
148. Men in Her Life (1931) .... Anton
149. The Mad Genius (1931) .... Sergei Bankieff
150. The Tip-Off (1931) (uncredited) .... Scarno, Roadhouse Manager
... aka Looking for Trouble (UK)
... aka The Tip Off (USA: poster title)
151. Side Show (1931) (scenes deleted) .... The Great Santini
152. I Like Your Nerve (1931) (uncredited) .... Sao Pedro waiter
153. The Last Flight (1931) (uncredited) .... Spectator at Bullfight
154. Children of Dreams (1931)
155. Movie Town (1931)
156. Sweepstakes (1931)
157. Svengali (1931) .... Gecko
158. One Heavenly Night (1931) (uncredited) .... Violinist
159. The Santa Fe Trail (1930) .... Juan Castinado
... aka The Law Rides West (UK)
160. Strange Birds (1930)
161. The Battle of Paris (1929) (uncredited)
... aka The Gay Lady
162. The Cheerful Fraud (1926) (uncredited) .... Valet
163. Second Youth (1924) (uncredited) .... Greenwich Village Party Guest
164. The Valley of Lost Souls (1923) .... Jacques
165. The Bright Shawl (1923) .... Vincente Escobar
166. The Man from Beyond (1922) .... Captain of the Barkentine
167. Little Italy (1921) .... Ricci
168. 39 East (1920) .... Count Gionelli
169. The Madonna of the Slums (1919)
170. Children of the Ghetto (1915) .... Pincus, the poet
Archive Footage
1. The Road to Hollywood (1946) .... The Marquis