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Luis Alberni

 
Actor: Luis Alberni
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  • Born: 1887 in Barcelona, Spain
  • Died: Dec 23, 1962 in Hollywood, California
  • Occupation: Actor
  • Active: '30s-'40s
  • Major Genres: Comedy, Musical
  • Career Highlights: Topaze, Nearly Eighteen, Easy Living
  • First Major Screen Credit: Men in Her Life (1931)

Biography

Spanish-born character actor Luis Alberni spent most of his Hollywood career playing excitable Italians: waiters, janitors, stagehands, and shop proprietors. A short, elfish man usually decked out in a string tie and frock coat, Alberni worked on stage in Europe before heading for Broadway (and the movies) in 1921. He was busiest in the early-talkie era, appearing twice in large, juicy supporting roles opposite John Barrymore. In Svengali, Alberni is Barrymore's long-suffering assistant, while in Mad Genius, he's a dope-addicted stage manager who murders Barrymore in a baroque climax. During World War II, Alberni kept busy playing Italian mayors and peasants, both fascist and partisan. Luis Alberni's final film appearance was as the great-uncle of a "compromised" French peasant girl in John Ford's remake of What Price Glory? (1952) ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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Luis Alberni
Born October 4, 1886(1886-10-04)
Barcelona, Spain;
Died December 23, 1962 (aged 76)
Hollywood, California


Luis Alberni (born October 4, 1886 in Barcelona, Spain; died December 23, 1962 in Hollywood, California) was a Spanish-born American character actor in American films, often playing small town Italians.

Alberni majored in acting while attending the University of Madrid. He moved to the U.S. in 1914 to continue his acting career and made his first film appearance in 1915. He appeared in more than a dozen Broadway plays between 1915 and 1928, including the original production of What Price Glory? in 1924-25. His grave is located at Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery.

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