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