Lluís Alberni

Lluís Alberni,^[1][2] conegut com a Luis Alberni (Barcelona, 4 d'octubre de 1886 – Hollywood, 23 de desembre de 1962) va ser un actor català, nacionalitzat estatunidenc.^[3][4][5]

Lluís Alberni

Biografia
Naixement	4 octubre 1886 Barcelona
Mort	23 desembre 1962 (76 anys) Hollywood (Califòrnia)
Causa de mort	infart de miocardi
Sepultura	Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery
Formació	Universitat de Miami
Activitat
Ocupació	actor, actor de cinema, actor de teatre
Activitat	1915 -

Biografia

Alberni estava actuant a Bordeus quan l'humorista nord-americà Wilson Mizner i el dramaturg Paul Armstrong el van convidar a anar als Estats Units, oferint-li la seva ajuda.^[6] L'abril de 1912, a Nova York com a passatger a bord del S/S Nieuw Amsterdam.

A Nova York, Alberni va actuar tant a l'escenari com a la pantalla. La seva primera actuació cinematogràfica va ser al drama de 1915, ''Children of the Ghetto. A l'escenari, va aparèixer en més d'una dotzena d'obres de Broadway. A l'era del cinema sonor, va tenir papers notables com a Jacopo a The Count of Monte Cristo (1934), com a Mr. Louis Louis a Easy Living (1937) i com a alcalde a A Bell for Adano (1945). També va tenir petits papers a When Willie Comes Marching Home (1950) de John Ford i els Els Deu Manaments (1956) de Cecil B. DeMille.

Filmografia

• Children of the Ghetto (1915) - Pincus - el Poeta
• The Madonna of the Slums (1919, curt)
• 39 East (1920) - Conte Gionelli
• Little Italy (1921) - Ricci
• The Man from Beyond (1922) - capità del Barkentine
• The Bright Shawl (1923) - Vincente Escobar - germà d'Andre
• The Valley of Lost Souls (1923) - Jacques
• Second Youth (1924) - invitat a la festa de Greenwich Village (sense acreditar)
• The Cheerful Fraud (1926) - aparcacotxes (sense acreditar)
• The Battle of Paris (1929) - cambrer (sense acreditar)
• The Santa Fe Trail (1930) - Juan Castinado
• Strange Birds (1930, curt) - el Baró
• One Heavenly Night (1931) - Violinista (sense acreditar)
• Svengali (1931) - Gecko
• Monkey Business in Africa (1931, curt) - Julius Gonzola
• Sweepstakes (1931) - cambrer de la Cantina (sense acreditar)
• Movie-Town (1931, curt) - Baró Gonzola
• Children of Dreams (1931) - (sense acreditar)
• The Last Flight (1931) - espectador a la Corrida (sense acreditar)
• I Like Your Nerve (1931) - cambrer (sense acreditar)
• I Surrender Dear (1931, curt) - Marquès
• The Tip-Off (1931) - Scarno (sense acreditar)
• The Great Junction Hotel (1931, curt)
• The Mad Genius (1931) - Sergei Bankieff
• Men in Her Life (1931) - Anton
• Manhattan Parade (1931) - Vassily Vassiloff
• Cock of the Air (1932) - capità Tonnino
• High Pressure (1932) - Colombo (sense acreditar)
• The Girl in the Tonneau (1932, curt) - Luis Mazetti
• Stop That Run (1932, curt)
• Hombres de mi vida (1932) - Gaston
• The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood (1932) - Bladimir Petrosky
• Rule 'Em and Weep (1932, curt) - anarquista
• The Woman in Room 13 (1932) - Peppi Tonelli
• First in War (1932, curt) - President
• Week-End Marriage (1932) - Louis - el contrabandista (sense acreditar)
• Crooner (1932) - Tamborini (sense acreditar)
• Two Against the World (1932) - especador (sense acreditar)
• A Parisian Romance (1932) - Pascal
• The Big Stampede (1932) - Sonora Joe
• Trouble in Paradise (1932) - Fan de l'Opera enfadat (sense acreditar)
• Guilty or Not Guilty (1932) - Pete
• The Conquerors (1932) - segon agitador (sense acreditar)
• The Bride's Bereavement; o, The Snake in the Grass (1932, curt)
• Rasputin and the Empress (1932) - assistent del fotograf (sense acreditar)
• Hypnotized (1932) - consol hongarès
• Artist's Muddles (1933, curt) - Pietro Cellini
• Child of Manhattan (1933) - Bustamente
• Topaze (1933) - Dr. Bomb
• Men Must Fight (1933) - Soto
• The California Trail (1933) - Comandant Emilio Quierra
• Infernal Machine (1933) - passatger italià (sense acreditar)
• Trick for Trick (1933) - Metzger
• The Sphinx (1933) - Luigi Baccigalupi
• When Ladies Meet (1933) - Pierre - el servent
• I Love That Man (1933) - Angelo - conserge
• The Man from Monterey (1933) - Felipe Guadalupe Constacio Delgado Santa Cruz de la Verranca
• The Last Trail (1933) - Pedro Gonzales
• Sherman Said It (1933, curt) - francès
• Stage Mother (1933) - cambrer (sense acreditar)
• Menu (1933, curt) - cuiner (sense acreditar)
• The Chief (1933) - home al meeting (sense acreditar)
• Goodbye Love (1933) - Tony
• Havana Widows (1933) - segon taxista (sense acreditar)
• Lady Killer (1933) - Director (sense acreditar)
• Above the Clouds (1933) - propietari
• California Weather (1933, curt)
• By Candlelight (1933) - porter (sense acreditar)
• Volant cap a Rio de Janeiro (Flying Down to Rio) (1933) - manager del casino (sense acreditar)
• Cold Turkey (1933, curt)
• La ciudad de cartón (1934) - Craig
• When Do We Eat? (1934, curt) - Rigo - propietari
• Glamour (1934) - Monsieur Paul
• I Believed in You (1934) - Giacomo
• The Black Cat (1934) - administrador (sense acreditar)
• Strictly Dynamite (1934) - Jake (sense acreditar)
• Stingaree (1934) -italià (sense acreditar)
• La buenaventura (1934) - Fresco
• The Count of Monte Cristo (1934) - Jacopo
• One Night of Love (1934) - Giovanni
• When Strangers Meet (1934) - Nick Panaro
• The Captain Hates the Sea (1934) - Juan Gilboa
• Caravane (1934) - gitano
• The Gilded Lily (1935) - Nate Porcopolis
• The Good Fairy (1935) - barber
• The Winning Ticket (1935) - Tony Capucci
• Rendezvous at Midnight (1935) - conserge
• Roberta (1935) - Alexander Petrovitch Moscovitch Voyda
• Asegure a su mujer (1935) - Bernardo Perry
• Public Opinion (1935) - Caparini
• Let's Live Tonight (1935) - Mario Weems
• Goin' to Town (1935) - Sr. Vitola
• In Caliente (1935) - magristat
• Ticket or Leave It (1935, curt)
• Love Me Forever (1935) - Luigi
• Manhattan Moon (1935) - Luigi
• The Gay Deception (1935) - Ernest
• Metropolitan (1935) - Ugo Pizzi
• Bad Boy (1935) - Tony
• Music Is Music (1935) - Señor Castellano - propietari del Cafè
• Colleen (1936) - Carlo
• Dancing Pirate (1936) - Pamfilo
• Ticket to Paradise (1936) - Dr. Munson
• Anthony Adverse (1936) - Tony Guisseppi
• Follow Your Heart (1936) - Tony Masetti
• Hats Off (1936) - Rosero
• When You're in Love (1937) - Luis Perugini
• Two Wise Maids (1937) - Guili
• The King and the Chorus Girl (1937) - Gaston
• Sing and Be Happy (1937) - Posini
• Easy Living (1937) - Mr. Louis Louis
• Mr. Dodd Takes the Air (1937) - Bit Part (sense acreditar)
• Madame X (1937) - Scipio
• The Great Garrick (1937) - Basset
• Under Suspicion (1937) - Luigi
• Manhattan Merry-Go-Round (1937) - Martinetti
• Love on Toast (1937) - Joe Piso
• Hitting a New High (1937) - Luis Marlo
• I'll Give a Million (1938) - reporter
• Un gran home (The Great Man Votes) (1939) - Manos
• Let Freedom Ring (1939) - Tony (sense acreditar)
• Naughty but Nice (1939) - Stanislaus Pysinski
• The Housekeeper's Daughter (1939) - Veroni
• The Amazing Mr. Williams (1939) - Rinaldo (sense acreditar)
• High School (1940) - Signor Cicero (sense acreditar)
• Twincuplets (1940, curt) - fan de l'opera enfadat
• Enemy Agent (1940) - A. Calteroni
• The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady (1940) - Nicolo Pappakontous (sense acreditar)
• Scatterbrain (1940) - Prof. DeLemma
• Public Deb No. 1 (1940) - Frontenac (sense acreditar)
• So You Won't Talk (1940) - barber (sense acreditar)
• The Lady Eve (1941) - cuiner
• Lady Hamilton (That Hamilton Woman) (1941) - Rei de Nàpols
• Camí de Zanzíbar (Road to Zanzibar) (1941) - propietari - nadiu
• They Met in Argentina (1941) - Don Luis Jose Alfonso Frutos y Murphy (sense acreditar)
• She Knew All the Answers (1941) - inventor
• San Antonio Rose (1941) - Nick Ferris
• They Met in Bombay (1941) - Maitre d'hotel
• World Premiere (1941) - Signor Scaletti
• Babes on Broadway (1941) - Nick
• Obliging Young Lady (1942) - Riccardi
• I Married an Angel (1942) - Jean Frederique (sense acreditar)
• Mexican Spitfire's Elephant (1942) - Luigi
• Northwest Rangers (1942) - Jacques (sense acreditar)
• Two Weeks to Live (1943) - Van Dyke / Dr. Jekyll (sense acreditar)
• My Son, the Hero (1943) - Tony
• Submarine Base (1943) - Mr. Styx
• The Man from Down Under (1943) - Dino Piza (sense acreditar)
• Here Comes Kelly (1943) - Nick
• You're a Lucky Fellow, Mr. Smith (1943) - Goreni
• Nearly Eighteen (1943) - Gus
• Here Comes Elmer (1943) - Dr. Zichy
• Harvest Melody (1943) - Manager del Cafè
• Men on Her Mind (1944) - Alberti Verdi
• Voice in the Wind (1944) - cambrer
• It Happened Tomorrow (1944) - propietari del Restaurant (sense acreditar)
• Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid (1944) - Tony (sense acreditar)
• In Society (1944) - Luigi - distribuïdor de ceràmica (sense acreditar)
• Machine Gun Mama (1944) - Ignacio
• Rainbow Island (1944) - Jerry (sense acreditar)
• The Conspirators (1944) - guàrdia (sense acreditar)
• When the Lights Go On Again (1944) - Joe
• The Captain from Köpenick (1945) - guàrdia
• Wonder Man (1945) (sense acreditar)
• A Bell for Adano (1945) - Cacopardo
• Hit the Hay (1945) - professor francès (sense acreditar)
• In Fast Company (1946) - Tony - Fruit Vendor
• Double Rhythm (1946, curt) - Mr. Palucci
• Night Song (1946) - venedor de flors (scenes deleted)
• When Willie Comes Marching Home (1950) - cambrer (sense acreditar)
• Captain Carey, U.S.A. (1950) - Sandro
• What Price Glory? (1952) - Gran Oncle (sense acreditar)
• Els Deu Manaments (The Ten Commandments) (1956) - Vell hebreu a la casa de Moisès (sense acreditar) (últim paper)

Referències

1. «Trailer». Última Hora, 25-03-1936 [Consulta: 29 desembre 2023].
2. «Cinema». La Campana de Gràcia, 05-10-1934 [Consulta: 29 desembre 2023].
3. Nugent, Frank S. «THE SCREEN; ' When You're in Love' Opens at the Music Hall--The Capitol Presents 'The Last of Mrs. Cheyney'» (en anglès). New York Times, 19-02-1939 [Consulta: 1r agost 2018].
4. «A Behind-the-Scenes Farce.» (en anglès). New York Times, 22-04-1932 [Consulta: 1r agost 2018].
5. Nugent, Frank S. «THE SCREEN IN REVIEW; Jacques Deval's Light Comedy, 'Tovarich,' Is Shown at the Music Hall--'Rosalie' at the Capitol--'Manhattan Merry-Go-Round' at Criterion» (en anglès). New York Times, 31-12-1937 [Consulta: 1r agost 2018].
6. North America Newspaper Alliance «Luis Alberni Little Known In America». Hartford Courant. North America Newspaper Alliance, 09-12-1934, p. 17 [Consulta: 3 juliol 2021].

Enllaços externs

• Lluís Alberni a Internet Movie Database (anglès)
• Lluís Alberni a Allmovie (anglès)
• Lluís Alberni a TCM Movie Database (anglès)
• Lluís Alberni a Internet Broadway Database (anglès)