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