Luis Alberni
- Birthday
- Oct 4, 1886
Bio: 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… More Bio: 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, Rovi
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The Ten Commandments
The Lady Eve
Wonder Man
I Married An Angel
That Hamilton Woman
Filmography
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The Ten Commandments (1956)
- Old Hebrew
- 91%
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What Price Glory (1952)
- The Great Uncle
- 40%
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Captain Carey, U.S.A. (1950)
- Sandro
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Hit the Hay (1945)
- French Professor
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A Bell for Adano (1945)
- Cacopardo
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