Luis Alberni

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Luis Alberni October 4 1886 December 23 1962 was a Spanishborn 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 SS 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 19241925 In the sound film era he had notable roles as Jacopo in The Count of Monte Cristo 1934 as Mr Louie Louie 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