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 | Operation Delilah | Abuelo | 1967-08-21 |
Movie | Lo que cuesta vivir | Don Antonio | 1967-09-21 |
Movie | The Family and One More | (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1965-09-10 |
Movie | Los dinamiteros | Don Benito | 1964-11-02 |
Movie | The Executioner | Amadeo, el verdugo | 1963-08-31 |
Movie | The Gang of Eleven | El Duque | 1963-07-26 |
Movie | Vamos a contar mentiras | Bombero | 1962-05-21 |
Movie | You and I Are Three | Presidente | 1962-09-06 |
Movie | Those Who Did Not Go to War | Don Arístides | 1962-08-27 |
Movie | Sabían demasiado | Don Sebastián Guzmán, el secuestrado | 1962-09-18 |
Movie | Cupido contrabandista | Recién casado | 1962-12-10 |
Movie | La Gran Familia | El abuelo | 1962-12-20 |
Movie | Don José, Pepe y Pepito | Marcelo | 1961-04-02 |
Movie | Punto y banca | 1961-02-01 | |
Movie | Margarita se llama mi amor | Don Severino, profesor de historia | 1961-08-31 |
Movie | Despedida de soltero | Don Pablo | 1961-11-27 |
Movie | Días de feria | Don Damián | 1960-05-23 |
Movie | El Litri y su sombra | Hermano Alejandro | 1960-02-02 |
Movie | Don Lucio and Brother Pío | Hermano Pío | 1960-09-27 |
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 | Tremolina | Don Gervasio | 1957-04-21 |
Movie | The Man Who Wagged His Tail | Pietrino | 1957-09-27 |
Movie | Fulano y Mengano | Eudosio | 1957-07-24 |
Movie | Faustina | Sacerdote - tio de Guillermo | 1957-05-13 |
Movie | Angels at the Wheel | Cristóbal | 1957-09-02 |
Movie | Miracles of Thursday | Don José | 1957-08-22 |
Movie | La chica del barrio | Cipri | 1956-03-03 |
Movie | Afternoon at the Bulls | Don Felipe | 1956-02-24 |
Movie | Los ladrones somos gente honrada | El Tío del Gabán | 1956-09-03 |
Movie | Uncle Hyacynth | Sánchez | 1956-03-31 |
Movie | The Rocket from Calabuch | 1956-09-28 | |
Movie | Dos novias para un torero | 1956-12-06 | |
Movie | Manolo guardia urbano | Don Andrés, el párroco | 1956-11-23 |
Movie | Radio Stories | Inventor | 1955-07-25 |
Movie | El guardián del paraíso | José | 1955-05-23 |
Movie | Congress in Seville | Señor sordo y despistado | 1955-09-03 |
Movie | Un día perdido | Paco | 1955-09-20 |
Movie | The Miller's Saucy Wife | Campillo | 1955-12-05 |
Movie | Nuits andalouses | Chauffeur de taxi | 1954-04-02 |
Movie | The Adventurer of Seville | Don Faustino | 1954-05-06 |
Movie | All Is Possible in Granada | Joaquin | 1954-03-08 |
Movie | Un caballero andaluz | Joaquín | 1954-10-08 |
Movie | Like the earth | Wences | 1954-07-05 |
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 | ¡Che, qué loco! | Don Ramiro | 1953-03-23 |
Movie | Airport | Manolo | 1953-09-14 |
Movie | Welcome Mr. Marshall! | Don Pablo, el alcalde | 1953-04-04 |
Movie | This is Madrid | Dimas | 1953-09-21 |
Movie | Lola the Coalgirl | Soldado José Rodríguez | 1952-03-03 |
Movie | Near the city | 1952-03-03 | |
Movie | Estrella de Sierra Morena | Labriego | 1952-09-22 |
Movie | Doña Francisquita | Maestro Lambertini | 1952-12-22 |
Movie | Black Sky | 1951-07-09 | |
Movie | Me quiero casar contigo | Padre de Rosita | 1951-03-24 |
Movie | Una cubana en España | Jose Holmes Pérez | 1951-09-01 |
Movie | The Seventh Page | Vendedor de bolsos | 1951-10-10 |
Movie | Spanish Round | Capitán del barco | 1951-12-05 |
Movie | La familia Vila | Señor Vila | 1950-05-08 |
Movie | Sin uniforme | Levi | 1950-02-09 |
Movie | Servicio en la mar | Don José | 1950-05-21 |
Movie | Alhambra Tales | Don Cosme - el escribano | 1950-08-24 |
Movie | El capitán Veneno | 1950-10-12 | |
Movie | Pacto de silencio | Matías Orellano | 1949-09-12 |
Movie | Siempre vuelven de madrugada | Don Jacobo | 1949-09-19 |
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 | Una chica de opereta | Fabián Pérez | 1944-01-17 |
Movie | La vida empieza a medianoche | El abuelo | 1944-11-09 |
Movie | Ella, él y sus millones | Ramón, duque de Hinojares | 1944-12-25 |
Movie | Fin de curso | Self (uncredited) | 1943-01-01 |
Movie | Alma de Dios | El tío Matías | 1941-10-10 |
Movie | El bailarín y el trabajador | Don Carmelo Romagosa | 1936-03-21 |
Movie | La bien pagada | Gabriel | 1935-10-04 |
Movie | Broken Lives | Paco | 1935-03-25 |
Movie | The Bad Law | Hilario | 1924-12-22 |
Movie | Assassination and burial of José Canalejas | Manuel Pardiñas | 1912-12-11 |