Luis Alberni (October 4, 1886 â€" December 23, 1962) was a
Spanish-born American character actor of stage and 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 1924â€"1925. In the
sound film era, he had notable roles as Jacopo in The Count of Monte
Cristo (1934), as Mr. Louis Louis 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.
Spanish-born American character actor of stage and 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 1924â€"1925. In the
sound film era, he had notable roles as Jacopo in The Count of Monte
Cristo (1934), as Mr. Louis Louis 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.
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