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.
Movie | Spanish Western | Don Pablo, the mayor (archive footage) | 2015-05-04 |
Movie | The Family and One More | (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1965-09-10 |
Movie | Los dinamiteros | Don Benito | 1964-11-02 |
Movie | The Gang of Eleven | El Duque | 1963-07-26 |
Movie | Vamos a contar mentiras | Bombero | 1962-05-21 |
Movie | Those Who Did Not Go to War | Don Arístides | 1962-08-27 |
Movie | You and I Are Three | Presidente | 1962-09-06 |
Movie | La Gran Familia | El abuelo | 1962-12-20 |
Movie | Don José, Pepe y Pepito | Marcelo | 1961-04-02 |
Movie | Margarita se llama mi amor | Don Severino, profesor de historia | 1961-08-31 |
Movie | El Litri y su sombra | Hermano Alejandro | 1960-02-02 |
Movie | The Wheelchair | Don Anselmo | 1960-11-03 |
Movie | Policarpo, ufficiale di scrittura | Maresciallo Fausto Venanzio | 1959-03-18 |
Movie | Villa Alegre | Tío Juan | 1958-07-14 |
Movie | Life Ahead | Testigo accidente | 1958-09-14 |
Movie | The Man Who Wagged His Tail | Pietrino | 1957-09-27 |
Movie | Tremolina | Don Gervasio | 1957-04-21 |
Movie | Faustina | Sacerdote - tio de Guillermo | 1957-05-13 |
Movie | Miracles of Thursday | Don José | 1957-08-22 |
Movie | Fulano y Mengano | Eudosio | 1957-07-24 |
Movie | Afternoon at the Bulls | Don Felipe | 1956-02-24 |
Movie | Uncle Hyacynth | Sánchez | 1956-03-31 |
Movie | Manolo guardia urbano | Don Andrés, el párroco | 1956-11-23 |
Movie | Los ladrones somos gente honrada | El Tío del Gabán | 1956-09-03 |
Movie | The Rocket from Calabuch | 1956-09-28 | |
Movie | Radio Stories | Inventor | 1955-07-25 |
Movie | El guardián del paraíso | José | 1955-05-23 |
Movie | Un día perdido | Paco | 1955-09-20 |
Movie | The Miller's Saucy Wife | Campillo | 1955-12-05 |
Movie | The Adventurer of Seville | Don Faustino | 1954-05-06 |
Movie | All Is Possible in Granada | Joaquin | 1954-03-08 |
Movie | Love on Wheels | Representante Carmona | 1954-09-13 |
Movie | Eleven Pairs of Boots | Padre Roque | 1954-09-06 |
Movie | The Lovers of Toledo | 1953-01-28 | |
Movie | Welcome Mr. Marshall! | Don Pablo, el alcalde | 1953-04-04 |
Movie | Estrella de Sierra Morena | Labriego | 1952-09-22 |
Movie | Doña Francisquita | Maestro Lambertini | 1952-12-22 |
Movie | Una cubana en España | Jose Holmes Pérez | 1951-09-01 |
Movie | Black Sky | 1951-07-09 | |
Movie | The Seventh Page | Vendedor de bolsos | 1951-10-10 |
Movie | Spanish Round | Capitán del barco | 1951-12-05 |
Movie | My Beloved Juan | 1950-02-12 | |
Movie | Alhambra Tales | Don Cosme - el escribano | 1950-08-24 |
Movie | Pacto de silencio | Matías Orellano | 1949-09-12 |
Movie | La fiesta sigue | 1948-12-21 | |
Movie | El señor Esteve | Painter | 1948-12-31 |
Movie | Love Charm | Gordón | 1947-11-24 |
Movie | El fantasma y doña Juanita | Don Pancho | 1945-03-31 |
Movie | Orosia | Don Cándido | 1944-01-31 |
Movie | Ella, él y sus millones | Ramón, duque de Hinojares | 1944-12-25 |
Movie | La vida empieza a medianoche | El abuelo | 1944-11-09 |
Movie | Alma de Dios | El tío Matías | 1941-10-10 |
Movie | Broken Lives | Paco | 1935-03-25 |
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