José Isbert
Biography
José Isbert (real name: José Ysbert Alvarruiz), also known as Pepe Isbert (3 March 1886 in Madrid – 28 November 1966 in Madrid), was a Spanish actor. In 1912 he debuted in the short film Asesinato y entierro de Don José Canalejas (playing Pardiñas, the anarchist who killed José Canalejas). During the silent era he worked in theatre with supporting roles in cinema, but with the advent of sound, he made a big screen comeback in the comedy directed by Florián Rey, La pura verdad in (1931). In the 1930s he acted in half a dozen films including: ¿Cuándo te suicidas? (1931) directed by Manuel Romero, La bien pagada (1935) by Eusebio Fernández Ardavín orEl bailarín y el trabajador (1935), directed by Luis Marquina and based on a play by Jacinto Benavente. In the 1940s he gained great popularity in films such as Te quiero para mí (1944) and El testamento del virrey (1944), both directed by Ladislao Vajda; Ella, él y sus millones (1944) by Juan de Orduña; El fantasma y doña Juanita (1945) by Rafael Gil and Pacto de silencio (1949), by Antonio Román. The films he is most remembered for are from the 1950s and 1960s, in classics directed by Luis García Berlanga: Welcome Mr. Marshall! (1953), Los jueves, milagro(1957) and El verdugo (1963); and the dark comedy masterpiece El cochecito by Marco Ferreri, all written by Rafael Azcona. He was the grandfather in the Spanish classic La gran familia (1962), and its sequel La gran familia... y uno más (1965), these films earning him still greater popularity. Pepe Isbert died in Madrid due to a heart condition when he was 80 years old. He was buried at Tarazona de la Mancha cemetery in the province of Albacete.
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Movies (50)
Spanish Western
as Don Pablo, the mayor (archive footage)
2015
Songs for After a War
as Don Pablo (archive footage) (uncredited)
1976
Lo que cuesta vivir
as Don Antonio
1967
Operation Delilah
as Abuelo
1967
The Family and One More
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
1965
Un americano en Toledo
as Román
1965
Los dinamiteros
as Don Benito
1964
The Executioner
as Amadeo, el verdugo
1963
The Gang of Eleven
as El Duque
1963
Perro golfo
as Sr. Gaspar
1963
The Big Family
as El abuelo
1962
Cupido contrabandista
as Recién casado
1962
Sabían demasiado
as Don Sebastián Guzmán, el secuestrado
1962
You and I Are Three
as Presidente
1962
Those Who Did Not Go to War
as Don Arístides
1962
Vamos a contar mentiras
1962
Despedida de soltero
as Don Pablo
1961
Margarita se llama mi amor
as Don Severino, profesor de historia
1961
Don José, Pepe y Pepito
as Marcelo
1961
Punto y banca
1961
The Wheelchair
as Don Anselmo
1960
Don Lucio and Brother Pío
as Hermano Pío
1960
Vida sin risas
1960
Días de feria
as Don Damián
1960
El Litri y su sombra
as Hermano Alejandro
1960
Bombs for Peace
as Mauricio Dupont
1959
Policarpo, ufficiale di scrittura
as Maresciallo Fausto Venanzio
1959
Life Ahead
as Testigo accidente
1958
Villa Alegre
as Tío Juan
1958
The Man Who Wagged His Tail
as Pietrino
1957
Angels at the Wheel
as Cristóbal
1957
Miracles of Thursday
as Don José
1957
Fulano y Mengano
as Eudosio
1957
Faustina
as Sacerdote - tio de Guillermo
1957
Tremolina
as Don Gervasio
1957
Dos novias para un torero
1956
Manolo guardia urbano
as Don Andrés, el párroco
1956
The Rocket from Calabuch
as Don Ramón
1956
Los ladrones somos gente honrada
as El Tío del Gabán
1956
Rapto en la ciudad
1956
Sucedió en mi aldea
as Guarda de las barcas
1956
Uncle Hyacynth
as Sánchez
1956
La chica del barrio
as Cipri
1956
Afternoon at the Bulls
as Don Felipe
1956
The Miller's Saucy Wife
as Campillo
1955
Un día perdido
as Paco
1955
Congress in Seville
as Señor sordo y despistado
1955
Radio Stories
as Inventor
1955
El guardián del paraíso
as José
1955
Un caballero andaluz
as Joaquín
1954