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