Acting
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.
Movies with José Isbert
The Rocket from Calabuch
1956
The Executioner
1963
Spanish Round
1951
Operation Delilah
1967
Welcome Mr. Marshall!
1953
Spanish Western
2015
Sabían demasiado
1962
The Wheelchair
1960
Path to the Kingdom
1952
The Big Family
1962
Estrella de Sierra Morena
1952
The Seventh Page
1951
The Family and One More
1965
Tremolina
1957
Condemned to Hang
1953
Una cubana en España
1951
Un día perdido
1955
Don José, Pepe y Pepito
1961
The Dancer and the Worker
1936
Los ladrones somos gente honrada
1956
Radio Stories
1955
All Is Possible in Granada
1954
Sucedió en mi aldea
1956
Uncle Hyacynth
1956
Life Ahead
1958
Fulano y Mengano
1957
Me quiero casar contigo
1951
El capitán Veneno
1950
You and I Are Three
1962
Perro golfo
1963
La chica del barrio
1956
Airport
1953
El señor Esteve
1948
Miracles of Thursday
1957
Policarpo, ufficiale di scrittura
1959
The Man Who Wagged His Tail
1957
Love on Wheels
1954
Los dinamiteros
1964
Songs for After a War
1976
Cuentos de la Alhambra
1950
Margarita se llama mi amor
1961
My Beloved Juan
1950
La familia Vila
1950
Un soltero difícil
1950
Ella, él y sus millones
1944
Servicio en la mar
1950
El fantasma y doña Juanita
1945
Lola the Coalgirl
1952
Una chica de opereta
1944
Alma de Dios
1941
Un hombre de negocios
1945
Assassination and burial of José Canalejas
1912
Eleven Pairs of Boots
1954
Don Lucio and Brother Pío
1960
Sin uniforme
1950
Afternoon at the Bulls
1956
Angels at the Wheel
1957
Doña Francisquita
1952
Intriga en el escenario
1954
Those Who Did Not Go to War
1962
La princesa de los Ursinos
1947
Black Sky
1951
Vida sin risas
1960
The Lovers of Toledo
1953
Siempre vuelven de madrugada
1949
Cupido contrabandista
1962
Bombs for Peace
1959
El guardián del paraíso
1955
The Gang of Eleven
1963
Faustina
1957
Un americano en Toledo
1965
Un caballero andaluz
1954
Pacto de silencio
1949
Orosia
1944
Días de feria
1960
The Adventurer of Seville
1954
El Litri y su sombra
1960
Love Charm
1947
Villa Alegre
1958
Nubes de verano
1954
Lo que cuesta vivir
1967
Como la tierra
1954
The Miller's Saucy Wife
1955
La bien pagada
1935
Broken Lives
1935
En un rincón de España
1949
La fiesta sigue
1948
La vida empieza a medianoche
1944
¡Che, qué loco!
1953
Congress in Seville
1955
Nuits andalouses
1954
This is Madrid
1953
Último día
1952
Punto y banca
1961
Manolo guardia urbano
1956
Dos novias para un torero
1956
Near the city
1952
Vamos a contar mentiras
1962
Fin de curso
1943
Rapto en la ciudad
1956
La mala ley
1924
Despedida de soltero
1961