José Isbert
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Film
The Executioner
Amadeo, el verdugo
1963
Film
The Man Who Wagged His Tail
Pietrino
1957
Film
The Rocket from Calabuch
Don Ramón
1956
Film
Welcome Mr. Marshall!
Don Pablo, el alcalde
1953
Film
Spanish Round
Capitán del barco
1951
Film
Don José, Pepe y Pepito
Marcelo
1961
Film
Radio Stories
Inventor
1955
Film
All Is Possible in Granada
Joaquin
1954
Film
Estrella de Sierra Morena
Labriego
1952
Film
The Wheelchair
Don Anselmo
1960
Film
Operation Delilah
Abuelo
1967
Film
Ella, él y sus millones
Ramón, duque de Hinojares
1944
Film
Songs for After a War
Don Pablo (archive footage) (uncredited)
1976
Film
Cuentos de la Alhambra
Don Cosme - el escribano
1950
Film
El fantasma y doña Juanita
Don Pancho
1945
Film
Sucedió en mi aldea
Guarda de las barcas
1956
Film
Una cubana en España
Jose Holmes Pérez
1951
Film
Tremolina
Don Gervasio
1957
Film
¡Che, qué loco!
Don Ramiro
1953
Film
Policarpo, ufficiale di scrittura
Maresciallo Fausto Venanzio
1959
Film
Los ladrones somos gente honrada
El Tío del Gabán
1956
Film
Spanish Western
Don Pablo, the mayor (archive footage)
2015
Film
Path to the Kingdom
Don Cosme
1952
Film
Love Charm
Gordón
1947
Film
Lo que cuesta vivir
Don Antonio
1967
Film
Vamos a contar mentiras
1962
Film
La chica del barrio
Cipri
1956
Film
The Family and One More
(archive footage) (uncredited)
1965
Film
Don Lucio and Brother Pío
Hermano Pío
1960
Film
Margarita se llama mi amor
Don Severino, profesor de historia
1961
Film
Life Ahead
Testigo accidente
1958
Film
Angels at the Wheel
Cristóbal
1957
Film
The Dancer and the Worker
Don Carmelo Romagosa
1936
Film
Un día perdido
Paco
1955
Film
Love on Wheels
Representante Carmona
1954
Film
Uncle Hyacynth
Sánchez
1956
Film
El guardián del paraíso
José
1955
Film
Una chica de opereta
Fabián Pérez
1944
Film
Siempre vuelven de madrugada
Don Jacobo
1949
Film
The Lovers of Toledo
Anticuario
1953
Film
Intriga en el escenario
Portero
1954
Film
El capitán Veneno
1950
Film
Sabían demasiado
Don Sebastián Guzmán, el secuestrado
1962
Film
Lola the Coalgirl
Soldado José Rodríguez
1952
Film
Those Who Did Not Go to War
Don Arístides
1962
Film
The Adventurer of Seville
Don Faustino
1954
Film
Condemned to Hang
Don Félix
1953
Film
Eleven Pairs of Boots
Padre Roque
1954
Film
La familia Vila
Señor Vila
1950
Film
You and I Are Three
Presidente
1962
Film
La princesa de los Ursinos
Maese Pucheros
1947
Film
En un rincón de España
Tío Tomás, el pescador
1949
Film
The Gang of Eleven
El Duque
1963
Film
The Seventh Page
Vendedor de bolsos
1951
Film
La vida empieza a medianoche
El abuelo
1944
Film
Bombs for Peace
Mauricio Dupont
1959
Film
Un hombre de negocios
Dimas
1945
Film
Días de feria
Don Damián
1960
Film
Near the city
Ramón
1952
Film
Un caballero andaluz
Joaquín
1954
Film
Fulano y Mengano
Eudosio
1957
Film
Me quiero casar contigo
Padre de Rosita
1951
Film
Dos novias para un torero
1956
Film
El Litri y su sombra
Hermano Alejandro
1960
Film
Servicio en la mar
Don José
1950
Film
Rapto en la ciudad
1956
Film
El señor Esteve
Painter
1948
Film
Assassination and Burial of José Canalejas
Manuel Pardiñas
1912
Film
Un americano en Toledo
Román
1965
Film
Nubes de verano
Pablo
1954
Film
Vida sin risas
1960
Film
Pacto de silencio
Matías Orellano
1949
Film
My Beloved Juan
Pedro
1950
Film
Alma de Dios
El tío Matías
1941
Film
The Miller's Saucy Wife
Campillo
1955
Film
The Big Family
El abuelo
1962
Film
Miracles of Thursday
Don José
1957
Film
Como la tierra
Wences
1954
Film
Un soltero difícil
Doctor Olmos
1950
Film
Los dinamiteros
Don Benito
1964
Film
Nuits andalouses
Chófer de taxi
1954
Film
Congress in Seville
Señor sordo y despistado
1955
Film
Cupido contrabandista
Recién casado
1962
Film
Airport
Manolo
1953
Film
La fiesta sigue
1948
Film
Black Sky
1951
Film
Afternoon at the Bulls
Don Felipe
1956
Film
This is Madrid
Dimas
1953
Film
Punto y banca
1961
Film
Manolo guardia urbano
Don Andrés, el párroco
1956
Film
Doña Francisquita
Maestro Lambertini
1952
Film
Sin uniforme
Levi
1950
Film
La bien pagada
Gabriel
1935
Film
Despedida de soltero
Don Pablo
1961
Film
Faustina
Sacerdote - tio de Guillermo
1957
Film
Perro golfo
Sr. Gaspar
1963
Film
Fin de curso
Self (uncredited)
1943
Film
Broken Lives
Paco
1935
Film
Orosia
Don Cándido
1944
La mala ley
Hilario
1924
Film
Último día
Comisario Pérez
1952
Film
Villa Alegre
Tío Juan
1958