José Isbert
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
101
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
Life Ahead
Those Who Did Not Go to War
Don Lucio and Brother Pío
Ella, él y sus millones
La vida empieza a medianoche
The Family and One More
Love Charm
Orosia
You and I Are Three
The Gang of Eleven
Último día
The Executioner
Los dinamiteros
Lo que cuesta vivir
Sin uniforme
Airport
El guardián del paraíso
Cupido contrabandista
This is Madrid
Sabían demasiado
Spanish Western
Spanish Round
Rapto en la ciudad
The Seventh Page
Policarpo, ufficiale di scrittura
Dos novias para un torero
Un hombre de negocios
Bombs for Peace
The Dancer and the Worker
¡Che, qué loco!
Servicio en la mar
The Man Who Wagged His Tail
Faustina
El Litri y su sombra
The Lovers of Toledo
Operation Delilah
Nuits andalouses
Uncle Hyacynth
El capitán Veneno
The Rocket from Calabuch
Welcome Mr. Marshall!
La gran familia
Punto y banca
El señor Esteve
Un día perdido
Condemned to Hang
Afternoon at the Bulls
Path to the Kingdom
The Adventurer of Seville
Vamos a contar mentiras
Estrella de Sierra Morena
The Miller's Saucy Wife
Near the city
La fiesta sigue
Cuentos de la Alhambra
Lola the Coalgirl
Angels at the Wheel
Margarita se llama mi amor
Despedida de soltero
Un caballero andaluz
Fulano y Mengano
Una chica de opereta
La mala ley
Radio Stories
Miracles of Thursday
My Beloved Juan
Alma de Dios
Eleven Pairs of Boots
La bien pagada
La familia Vila
Días de feria
Pacto de silencio
Los ladrones somos gente honrada
Siempre vuelven de madrugada
Tremolina
Nubes de verano
Don José, Pepe y Pepito
Congress in Seville
La chica del barrio
Vida sin risas
Un soltero difícil
Songs for After a War
Black Sky
Manolo guardia urbano
All Is Possible in Granada
The Wheelchair
Intriga en el escenario
Una cubana en España
Doña Francisquita
El fantasma y doña Juanita
Love on Wheels
Broken Lives
En un rincón de España
Un americano en Toledo
Sucedió en mi aldea
Como la tierra
Perro golfo
Fin de curso
Assassination and burial of José Canalejas
Me quiero casar contigo
Villa Alegre
