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.
Acting (100 movies)
Congress in Seville
1955
The Executioner
1963
Welcome Mr. Marshall!
1953
Lo que cuesta vivir
1967
Despedida de soltero
1961
El fantasma y doña Juanita
1945
Policarpo, ufficiale di scrittura
1959
Cuentos de la Alhambra
1950
Angels at the Wheel
1957
Miracles of Thursday
1957
The Lovers of Toledo
1953
Fulano y Mengano
1957
The Dancer and the Worker
1936
You and I Are Three
1962
The Wheelchair
1960
The Man Who Wagged His Tail
1957
El señor Esteve
1948
Los ladrones somos gente honrada
1956
El guardián del paraíso
1955
Bombs for Peace
1959
Perro golfo
1963
Villa Alegre
1958
La gran familia
1962
Faustina
1957
Life Ahead
1958
Los dinamiteros
1964
Don Lucio and Brother Pío
1960
Días de feria
1960
Sabían demasiado
1962
Assassination and burial of José Canalejas
1912
Those Who Did Not Go to War
1962
Eleven Pairs of Boots
1954
Don José, Pepe y Pepito
1961
My Beloved Juan
1950
Una chica de opereta
1944
Near the city
1952
La chica del barrio
1956
All Is Possible in Granada
1954
Vamos a contar mentiras
1962
Un día perdido
1955
Un americano en Toledo
1965
Black Sky
1951
Broken Lives
1935
La fiesta sigue
1948
Orosia
1944
El capitán Veneno
1950
Tremolina
1957
Doña Francisquita
1952
The Adventurer of Seville
1954
Un caballero andaluz
1954
Radio Stories
1955
The Miller's Saucy Wife
1955
The Gang of Eleven
1963
¡Che, qué loco!
1953
Uncle Hyacynth
1956
Lola the Coalgirl
1952
This is Madrid
1953
Alma de Dios
1941
Spanish Western
2015
Vida sin risas
1960
The Rocket from Calabuch
1956
El Litri y su sombra
1960
The Family and One More
1965
En un rincón de España
1949
Sin uniforme
1950
La familia Vila
1950
Fin de curso
1943
Margarita se llama mi amor
1961
Cupido contrabandista
1962
Pacto de silencio
1949
Siempre vuelven de madrugada
1949
Dos novias para un torero
1956
Operation Delilah
1967
Una cubana en España
1951
La bien pagada
1935
Ella, él y sus millones
1944
Estrella de Sierra Morena
1952
Un hombre de negocios
1945
Punto y banca
1961
Airport
1953
Love on Wheels
1954
Afternoon at the Bulls
1956
Servicio en la mar
1950
Spanish Round
1951
La vida empieza a medianoche
1944
Como la tierra
1954
Nuits andalouses
1954
Manolo guardia urbano
1956
Love Charm
1947
The Seventh Page
1951
Un soltero difícil
1950
Me quiero casar contigo
1951
Path to the Kingdom
1952
Último día
1952
Condemned to Hang
1953
Intriga en el escenario
1954
Nubes de verano
1954
Sucedió en mi aldea
1956
Rapto en la ciudad
1956
Songs for After a War
1976
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|