# Lluís Alberni

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

## 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. 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

* ↑ «Trailer». Última Hora, 25-03-1936 [Consulta: 29 desembre 2023].
* ↑ «Cinema». La Campana de Gràcia, 05-10-1934 [Consulta: 29 desembre 2023].
* ↑ 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].
* ↑ «A Behind-the-Scenes Farce.» (en anglès). New York Times, 22-04-1932 [Consulta: 1r agost 2018].
* ↑ 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].
* ↑ 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)