José Isbert
Born: 1886-03-03 in Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Died: 1966-11-28
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2015
- Spanish Western as Don Pablo, the mayor (archive footage)
1976
- Songs for After a War as Don Pablo (archive footage) (uncredited)
1967
- Operation Delilah as Abuelo
- Lo que cuesta vivir as Don Antonio
1965
- The Family and One More as (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Un americano en Toledo as Román
1964
- Los dinamiteros as Don Benito
1963
- The Executioner as Amadeo, el verdugo
- The Gang of Eleven as El Duque
- Perro golfo as Sr. Gaspar
1962
- Cupido contrabandista as Recién casado
- Sabían demasiado as Don Sebastián Guzmán, el secuestrado
- La gran familia as El abuelo
- Vamos a contar mentiras
- Those Who Did Not Go to War as Don Arístides
- You and I Are Three as Presidente
1961
- Margarita se llama mi amor as Don Severino, profesor de historia
- Punto y banca
- Despedida de soltero as Don Pablo
- Don José, Pepe y Pepito as Marcelo
1960
- Don Lucio and Brother Pío as Hermano Pío
- El Litri y su sombra as Hermano Alejandro
- The Wheelchair as Don Anselmo
- Vida sin risas
- Días de feria as Don Damián
1959
- Policarpo, ufficiale di scrittura as Maresciallo Fausto Venanzio
- Bombs for Peace as Mauricio Dupont
1958
- Life Ahead as Testigo accidente
- Villa Alegre as Tío Juan
1957
- Faustina as Sacerdote - tio de Guillermo
- The Man Who Wagged His Tail as Pietrino
- Angels at the Wheel as Cristóbal
- Fulano y Mengano as Eudosio
- Miracles of Thursday as Don José
- Tremolina as Don Gervasio
1956
- The Rocket from Calabuch as Don Ramón
- Uncle Hyacynth as Sánchez
- Rapto en la ciudad
- Dos novias para un torero
- Afternoon at the Bulls as Don Felipe
- Manolo guardia urbano as Don Andrés, el párroco
- La chica del barrio as Cipri
- Los ladrones somos gente honrada as El Tío del Gabán
- Sucedió en mi aldea as Guarda de las barcas
1955
- Un día perdido as Paco
- The Miller's Saucy Wife as Campillo
- Radio Stories as Inventor
- El guardián del paraíso as José
- Congress in Seville as Señor sordo y despistado
1954
- Nuits andalouses as Chófer de taxi
- The Adventurer of Seville as Don Faustino
- Un caballero andaluz as Joaquín
- Eleven Pairs of Boots as Padre Roque
- Nubes de verano as Pablo
- All Is Possible in Granada as Joaquin
- Love on Wheels as Representante Carmona
- Intriga en el escenario as Portero
- Como la tierra as Wences
1953
- Airport as Manolo
- Condemned to Hang as Don Félix
- Welcome Mr. Marshall! as Don Pablo, el alcalde
- The Lovers of Toledo as Anticuario
- This is Madrid as Dimas
- ¡Che, qué loco! as Don Ramiro
1952
- Último día as Comisario Pérez
- Lola the Coalgirl as Soldado José Rodríguez
- Near the city as Ramón
- Estrella de Sierra Morena as Labriego
- Path to the Kingdom as Don Cosme
- Doña Francisquita as Maestro Lambertini
1951
- The Seventh Page as Vendedor de bolsos
- Spanish Round as Capitán del barco
- Black Sky
- Una cubana en España as Jose Holmes Pérez
- Me quiero casar contigo as Padre de Rosita
1950
- Sin uniforme as Levi
- El capitán Veneno
- Servicio en la mar as Don José
- Cuentos de la Alhambra as Don Cosme - el escribano
- La familia Vila as Señor Vila
- My Beloved Juan as Pedro
- Un soltero difícil as Doctor Olmos
1949
- Pacto de silencio as Matías Orellano
- Siempre vuelven de madrugada as Don Jacobo
- En un rincón de España as Tío Tomás, el pescador
1948
- El señor Esteve as Painter
- La fiesta sigue
1947
- Love Charm as Gordón
1945
- Un hombre de negocios as Dimas
- El fantasma y doña Juanita as Don Pancho
1944
- Orosia as Don Cándido
- La vida empieza a medianoche as El abuelo
- Una chica de opereta as Fabián Pérez
- Ella, él y sus millones as Ramón, duque de Hinojares
1943
- Fin de curso as Self (uncredited)
1941
- Alma de Dios as El tío Matías
1936
- The Dancer and the Worker as Don Carmelo Romagosa
1935
- La bien pagada as Gabriel
- Broken Lives as Paco
1924
- La mala ley as Hilario
1912
- Assassination and burial of José Canalejas as Manuel Pardiñas