Luis Alberni

Luis Alberni

Louis Alberni

Birth Date

10/3/1886 (Age 76)

Birth Place

Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Death Date

12/23/1962

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Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Luis Alberni (October 4, 1886 – December 23, 1962) was a Spanish-born American character actor in American 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 Pric...

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Total Credits

9

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Best Known For

Old Hebrew at Moses' House (uncredited)

Annoyed Opera Fan (uncredited)

Emile, Pike's chef

Gecko

King of Naples

Jacopo

Frequent Collaborators

Archie Mayo

Archie Mayo

1 film together

John Barrymore

John Barrymore

1 film together

Miriam Hopkins

Miriam Hopkins

1 film together

Ernst Lubitsch

Ernst Lubitsch

1 film together

Samson Raphaelson

Samson Raphaelson

1 film together

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