José Isbert
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1886-03-03
Day of Death
1966-11-28 (80 years old)
Place of Birth
Madrid, Madrid, Spain
José Isbert
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.
Known For
Acting
(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
(1967)
Lo que cuesta vivir
as Don Antonio
(1965)
The Family and One More
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1965)
Un americano en Toledo
as Román
(1964)
Los dinamiteros
as Don Benito
(1963)
The Executioner
as Amadeo, el verdugo
(1963)
The Gang of Eleven
as El Duque
(1963)
Perro golfo
as Sr. Gaspar
(1962)
La gran familia
as El abuelo
(1962)
You and I Are Three
as Presidente
(1962)
Those Who Did Not Go to War
as Don Arístides
(1962)
Cupido contrabandista
as Recién casado
(1962)
(1962)
Sabían demasiado
as Don Sebastián Guzmán, el secuestrado
(1961)
Despedida de soltero
as Don Pablo
(1961)
(1961)
Don José, Pepe y Pepito
as Marcelo
(1961)
Margarita se llama mi amor
as Don Severino, profesor de historia
(1960)
The Wheelchair
as Don Anselmo
(1960)
El Litri y su sombra
as Hermano Alejandro
(1960)
Don Lucio and Brother Pío
as Hermano Pío
(1960)
(1960)
Días de feria
as Don Damián
(1959)
Policarpo, ufficiale di scrittura
as Maresciallo Fausto Venanzio
(1959)
Bombs for Peace
as Mauricio Dupont
(1958)
Life Ahead
as Testigo accidente
(1958)
Villa Alegre
as Tío Juan
(1957)
Angels at the Wheel
as Cristóbal
(1957)
The Man Who Wagged His Tail
as Pietrino
(1957)
Miracles of Thursday
as Don José
(1957)
Fulano y Mengano
as Eudosio
(1957)
Faustina
as Sacerdote - tio de Guillermo
(1957)
Tremolina
as Don Gervasio
(1956)
The Rocket from Calabuch
as Don Ramón
(1956)
La chica del barrio
as Cipri
(1956)
Uncle Hyacynth
as Sánchez
(1956)
Afternoon at the Bulls
as Don Felipe
(1956)
Los ladrones somos gente honrada
as El Tío del Gabán
(1956)
Manolo guardia urbano
as Don Andrés, el párroco
(1956)
Sucedió en mi aldea
as Guarda de las barcas
(1956)
(1956)
(1955)
Radio Stories
as Inventor
(1955)
Congress in Seville
as Señor sordo y despistado
(1955)
The Miller's Saucy Wife
as Campillo
(1955)
El guardián del paraíso
as José
(1955)
Un día perdido
as Paco
(1954)
Un caballero andaluz
as Joaquín
(1954)
All Is Possible in Granada
as Joaquin
(1954)
Love on Wheels
as Representante Carmona
(1954)
Eleven Pairs of Boots
as Padre Roque
(1954)
The Adventurer of Seville
as Don Faustino
(1954)
Nuits andalouses
as Chófer de taxi
(1954)
Como la tierra
as Wences
(1954)
Nubes de verano
as Pablo
(1954)
Intriga en el escenario
as Portero
(1953)
Welcome Mr. Marshall!
as Don Pablo, el alcalde
(1953)
The Lovers of Toledo
as Anticuario
(1953)
Airport
as Manolo
(1953)
This is Madrid
as Dimas
(1953)
Condemned to Hang
as Don Félix
(1953)
¡Che, qué loco!
as Don Ramiro
(1952)
Lola the Coalgirl
as Soldado José Rodríguez
(1952)
Doña Francisquita
as Maestro Lambertini
(1952)
Sor Intrépida
as Don Cosme
(1952)
Near the city
as Ramón
(1952)
Estrella de Sierra Morena
as Labriego
(1952)
Último día
as Comisario Pérez
(1951)
The Seventh Page
as Vendedor de bolsos
(1951)
(1951)
Una cubana en España
as Jose Holmes Pérez
(1951)
Spanish Round
as Capitán del barco
(1951)
Me quiero casar contigo
as Padre de Rosita
(1950)
(1950)
Cuentos de la Alhambra
as Don Cosme - el escribano
(1950)
La familia Vila
as Señor Vila
(1950)
Sin uniforme
as Levi
(1950)
My Beloved Juan
as Pedro
(1950)
Servicio en la mar
as Don José
(1950)
Un soltero difícil
as Doctor Olmos
(1949)
Pacto de silencio
as Matías Orellano
(1949)
Siempre vuelven de madrugada
as Don Jacobo
(1949)
En un rincón de España
as Tío Tomás, el pescador
(1948)
(1948)
El señor Esteve
as Painter
(1947)
Love Charm
as Gordón
(1945)
El fantasma y doña Juanita
as Don Pancho
(1945)
Un hombre de negocios
as Dimas
(1944)
Una chica de opereta
as Fabián Pérez
(1944)
La vida empieza a medianoche
as El abuelo
(1944)
Orosia
as Don Cándido
(1944)
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)
Broken Lives
as Paco
(1935)
La bien pagada
as Gabriel
(1924)
La mala ley
as Hilario
(1912)
Assassination and burial of José Canalejas
as Manuel Pardiñas