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.
Known For
The Executioner
The Family and One More
The Man Who Wagged His Tail
Spanish Western
The Wheelchair
Welcome Mr. Marshall!
Radio Stories
The Gang of Eleven
All Movies (101)
- Spanish Western2015 · as Don Pablo, the mayor (archive footage)
- Songs for After a War1976 · as Don Pablo (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Lo que cuesta vivir1967 · as Don Antonio
- Operation Delilah1967 · as Abuelo
- The Family and One More1965 · as (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Un americano en Toledo1965 · as Román
- Los dinamiteros1964 · as Don Benito
- The Executioner1963 · as Amadeo, el verdugo
- The Gang of Eleven1963 · as El Duque
- Perro golfo1963 · as Sr. Gaspar
- The Big Family1962 · as El abuelo
- Cupido contrabandista1962 · as Recién casado
- Sabían demasiado1962 · as Don Sebastián Guzmán, el secuestrado
- You and I Are Three1962 · as Presidente
- Those Who Did Not Go to War1962 · as Don Arístides
- Vamos a contar mentiras1962
- Despedida de soltero1961 · as Don Pablo
- Margarita se llama mi amor1961 · as Don Severino, profesor de historia
- Don José, Pepe y Pepito1961 · as Marcelo
- Punto y banca1961
- The Wheelchair1960 · as Don Anselmo
- Don Lucio and Brother Pío1960 · as Hermano Pío
- Vida sin risas1960
- Días de feria1960 · as Don Damián
- El Litri y su sombra1960 · as Hermano Alejandro
- Bombs for Peace1959 · as Mauricio Dupont
- Policarpo, ufficiale di scrittura1959 · as Maresciallo Fausto Venanzio
- Life Ahead1958 · as Testigo accidente
- Villa Alegre1958 · as Tío Juan
- The Man Who Wagged His Tail1957 · as Pietrino
- Angels at the Wheel1957 · as Cristóbal
- Miracles of Thursday1957 · as Don José
- Fulano y Mengano1957 · as Eudosio
- Faustina1957 · as Sacerdote - tio de Guillermo
- Tremolina1957 · as Don Gervasio
- Dos novias para un torero1956
- Manolo guardia urbano1956 · as Don Andrés, el párroco
- The Rocket from Calabuch1956 · as Don Ramón
- Los ladrones somos gente honrada1956 · as El Tío del Gabán
- Rapto en la ciudad1956
- Sucedió en mi aldea1956 · as Guarda de las barcas
- Uncle Hyacynth1956 · as Sánchez
- La chica del barrio1956 · as Cipri
- Afternoon at the Bulls1956 · as Don Felipe
- The Miller's Saucy Wife1955 · as Campillo
- Un día perdido1955 · as Paco
- Congress in Seville1955 · as Señor sordo y despistado
- Radio Stories1955 · as Inventor
- El guardián del paraíso1955 · as José
- Un caballero andaluz1954 · as Joaquín
- Intriga en el escenario1954 · as Portero
- Love on Wheels1954 · as Representante Carmona
- Eleven Pairs of Boots1954 · as Padre Roque
- Como la tierra1954 · as Wences
- The Adventurer of Seville1954 · as Don Faustino
- Nuits andalouses1954 · as Chófer de taxi
- All Is Possible in Granada1954 · as Joaquin
- Nubes de verano1954 · as Pablo
- Condemned to Hang1953 · as Don Félix
- This is Madrid1953 · as Dimas
- Airport1953 · as Manolo
- Welcome Mr. Marshall!1953 · as Don Pablo, el alcalde
- ¡Che, qué loco!1953 · as Don Ramiro
- The Lovers of Toledo1953 · as Anticuario
- Doña Francisquita1952 · as Maestro Lambertini
- Último día1952 · as Comisario Pérez
- Estrella de Sierra Morena1952 · as Labriego
- Near the city1952 · as Ramón
- Lola the Coalgirl1952 · as Soldado José Rodríguez
- Path to the Kingdom1952 · as Don Cosme
- Spanish Round1951 · as Capitán del barco
- The Seventh Page1951 · as Vendedor de bolsos
- Una cubana en España1951 · as Jose Holmes Pérez
- Black Sky1951
- Me quiero casar contigo1951 · as Padre de Rosita
- El capitán Veneno1950
- Cuentos de la Alhambra1950 · as Don Cosme - el escribano
- Un soltero difícil1950 · as Doctor Olmos
- Servicio en la mar1950 · as Don José
- La familia Vila1950 · as Señor Vila
- My Beloved Juan1950 · as Pedro
- Sin uniforme1950 · as Levi
- En un rincón de España1949 · as Tío Tomás, el pescador
- Siempre vuelven de madrugada1949 · as Don Jacobo
- Pacto de silencio1949 · as Matías Orellano
- El señor Esteve1948 · as Painter
- La fiesta sigue1948
- Love Charm1947 · as Gordón
- Un hombre de negocios1945 · as Dimas
- El fantasma y doña Juanita1945 · as Don Pancho
- Ella, él y sus millones1944 · as Ramón, duque de Hinojares
- La vida empieza a medianoche1944 · as El abuelo
- Orosia1944 · as Don Cándido
- Una chica de opereta1944 · as Fabián Pérez
- Fin de curso1943 · as Self (uncredited)
- Alma de Dios1941 · as El tío Matías
- The Dancer and the Worker1936 · as Don Carmelo Romagosa
- La bien pagada1935 · as Gabriel
- Broken Lives1935 · as Paco
- La mala ley1924 · as Hilario
- Assassination and burial of José Canalejas1912 · as Manuel Pardiñas