Actor / Director Profile

Spanish character actor Luis Alberni was born on the date of October 4, 1886 in Cataluna Barcelona, Spain. His mother's maiden name was Malo, and father's surname Alberni. Luis attended the University of Madrid and majored in drama, it was around this time that he began to get involved in acting in Europe. While acting in a Shakespearean play, (Hamlet), the audience went hysterical and loved him. Due to the recognition he received it was then that he decided to become a comedian.In 1914 he decided to move to the United States to continue with his career in acting. His first wife, whose name is unknown, bore him two sons, Luis and Carlos. He then got a divorce and married his last wife, Wanda Kay Wilson, with whom he stayed until his last days. In the process no children had been conceived. Around the age of mid-seventies, Luis lived in a home for the elderly devoted to actors, most of whom were from the Screen Actors guild or Masquers club. On the date of December 23, 1962 he passed away and was buried at Pierce Brothers Valhalla Memorial Park in North Hollywood, California.