Luis Alberni

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Luis Alberni (October 4, 1886 – December 23, 1962) was a Spanish-born American character actor who worked both on stage and in films.

He was born in Barcelona and spent four years in stock theater in Marseille. He then returned to Barcelona to earn a BA and study law. While acting in Bordeaux, he was invited to move to the United States by American humorist Wilson Mizner and playwright Paul Armstrong. He sailed to New York in April 1912.

In New York, Alberni acted on stage and screen. His first film was the 1915 Jewish drama Children of the Ghetto. On Broadway, he appeared in more than a dozen plays between 1915 and 1928, including 39 East, Dreams for Sale, and the original production of What Price Glory? in 1924–1925.

In the sound era, he is remembered for roles such as Jacopo in The Count of Monte Cristo (1934), Mr. Louis Louis in Easy Living (1937), and the mayor in A Bell for Adano (1945).

He married Charlotte Hall Alberni on April 18, 1919; they divorced on February 3, 1938, and had three children. He then married Wanda Mary Wilson in 1940.

Alberni died on December 23, 1962, at the motion picture actors' home in Woodland Hills, California. His remains are in an unmarked grave at Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery in North Hollywood.