José Isbert
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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- 2023 · The First Look as
- 2015 · Spanish Western as Don Pablo, the mayor (archive footage)
- 1967 · Lo que cuesta vivir as Don Antonio
- 1967 · Operation Delilah as Abuelo
- 1965 · The Family and One More as (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1965 · Un americano en Toledo as Román
- 1964 · Los dinamiteros as Don Benito
- 1963 · The Executioner as Amadeo, el verdugo
- 1963 · The Gang of Eleven as El Duque
- 1963 · Perro golfo as Sr. Gaspar
- 1962 · La Gran Familia 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 as Bombero
- 1961 · 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 as
- 1960 · The Wheelchair as Don Anselmo
- 1960 · Don Lucio and Brother Pío as Hermano Pío
- 1960 · Vida sin risas as
- 1960 · Días de feria as Don Damián
- 1960 · El Litri y su sombra as Hermano Alejandro
- 1959 · Bombs for Peace as Mauricio Dupont
- 1959 · Policarpo, ufficiale di scrittura as Maresciallo Fausto Venanzio
- 1958 · Life Ahead as Testigo accidente
- 1958 · Villa Alegre as Tío Juan
- 1957 · 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
- 1956 · Dos novias para un torero as
- 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 as
- 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
- 1955 · 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
- 1954 · Un caballero andaluz as Joaquín
- 1954 · Intriga en el escenario as Portero
- 1954 · Love on Wheels as Representante Carmona
- 1954 · Eleven Pairs of Boots as Padre Roque
- 1954 · Like the earth as Wences
- 1954 · The Adventurer of Seville as Don Faustino
- 1954 · Nuits andalouses as Chófer de taxi
- 1954 · All Is Possible in Granada as Joaquin
- 1954 · Nubes de verano as Pablo
- 1953 · Condemned to Hang as Don Félix
- 1953 · This is Madrid as Dimas
- 1953 · Airport as Manolo
- 1953 · Welcome Mr. Marshall! as Don Pablo, el alcalde
- 1953 · ¡Che, qué loco! as Don Ramiro
- 1953 · The Lovers of Toledo as Anticuario
- 1952 · Doña Francisquita as Maestro Lambertini
- 1952 · Último día as Comisario Pérez
- 1952 · Estrella de Sierra Morena as Labriego
- 1952 · Lola the Coalgirl as Soldado José Rodríguez
- 1952 · Near the city as Ramón
- 1952 · Sor Intrépida as Don Cosme
- 1951 · Spanish Round as Capitán del barco
- 1951 · The Seventh Page as Vendedor de bolsos
- 1951 · Una cubana en España as Jose Holmes Pérez
- 1951 · Black Sky as
- 1951 · Me quiero casar contigo as Padre de Rosita
- 1950 · El capitán Veneno as
- 1950 · Alhambra Tales as Don Cosme - el escribano
- 1950 · Un soltero difícil as Doctor Olmos
- 1950 · Servicio en la mar as Don José
- 1950 · La familia Vila as Señor Vila
- 1950 · My Beloved Juan as Pedro
- 1950 · Sin uniforme as Levi
- 1949 · En un rincón de España as Tío Tomás, el pescador
- 1949 · Siempre vuelven de madrugada as Don Jacobo
- 1949 · Pacto de silencio as Matías Orellano
- 1948 · El señor Esteve as Painter
- 1948 · La fiesta sigue as
- 1947 · Love Charm as Gordón
- 1945 · Un hombre de negocios as Dimas
- 1945 · El fantasma y doña Juanita as Don Pancho
- 1944 · Ella, él y sus millones as Ramón, duque de Hinojares
- 1944 · La vida empieza a medianoche as El abuelo
- 1944 · Orosia as Don Cándido
- 1944 · Una chica de opereta as Fabián Pérez
- 1943 · Fin de curso as Self (uncredited)
- 1941 · Alma de Dios as El tío Matías
- 1936 · El bailarín y el trabajador as Don Carmelo Romagosa
- 1935 · La bien pagada as Gabriel
- 1935 · Broken Lives as Paco
- 1924 · The Bad Law as Hilario
- 1912 · Assassination and burial of José Canalejas as Manuel Pardiñas