José Isbert
Acting
Born March 3, 1886 · Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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.
Films (101)
Spanish Western
2015
Songs for After a War
1976
Lo que cuesta vivir
1967
Operation Delilah
1967
The Family and One More
1965
Un americano en Toledo
1965
Los dinamiteros
1964
The Executioner
1963
The Gang of Eleven
1963
Perro golfo
1963
The Big Family
1962
Cupido contrabandista
1962
Sabían demasiado
1962
You and I Are Three
1962
Those Who Did Not Go to War
1962
Vamos a contar mentiras
1962
Despedida de soltero
1961
Margarita se llama mi amor
1961
Don José, Pepe y Pepito
1961
Punto y banca
1961
The Wheelchair
1960
Don Lucio and Brother Pío
1960
Vida sin risas
1960
Días de feria
1960
El Litri y su sombra
1960
Bombs for Peace
1959
Policarpo, ufficiale di scrittura
1959
Life Ahead
1958
Villa Alegre
1958
The Man Who Wagged His Tail
1957
Angels at the Wheel
1957
Miracles of Thursday
1957
Fulano y Mengano
1957
Faustina
1957
Tremolina
1957
Dos novias para un torero
1956
Manolo guardia urbano
1956
The Rocket from Calabuch
1956
Los ladrones somos gente honrada
1956
Rapto en la ciudad
1956
Sucedió en mi aldea
1956
Uncle Hyacynth
1956
La chica del barrio
1956
Afternoon at the Bulls
1956
The Miller's Saucy Wife
1955
Un día perdido
1955
Congress in Seville
1955
Radio Stories
1955
El guardián del paraíso
1955
Un caballero andaluz
1954
Intriga en el escenario
1954
Love on Wheels
1954
Eleven Pairs of Boots
1954
Como la tierra
1954
The Adventurer of Seville
1954
Nuits andalouses
1954
All Is Possible in Granada
1954
Nubes de verano
1954
Condemned to Hang
1953
This is Madrid
1953
Airport
1953
Welcome Mr. Marshall!
1953
¡Che, qué loco!
1953
The Lovers of Toledo
1953
Doña Francisquita
1952
Último día
1952
Estrella de Sierra Morena
1952
Near the city
1952
Lola the Coalgirl
1952
Path to the Kingdom
1952
Spanish Round
1951
The Seventh Page
1951
Una cubana en España
1951
Black Sky
1951
Me quiero casar contigo
1951
El capitán Veneno
1950
Cuentos de la Alhambra
1950
Un soltero difícil
1950
Servicio en la mar
1950
La familia Vila
1950
My Beloved Juan
1950
Sin uniforme
1950
En un rincón de España
1949
Siempre vuelven de madrugada
1949
Pacto de silencio
1949
El señor Esteve
1948
La fiesta sigue
1948
Love Charm
1947
Un hombre de negocios
1945
El fantasma y doña Juanita
1945
Ella, él y sus millones
1944
La vida empieza a medianoche
1944
Orosia
1944
Una chica de opereta
1944
Fin de curso
1943
Alma de Dios
1941
The Dancer and the Worker
1936
La bien pagada
1935
Broken Lives
1935
La mala ley
1924
Assassination and burial of José Canalejas
1912