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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.
Movie | The First Look | 2023-10-23 | |
Movie | Spanish Western | Don Pablo, the mayor (archive footage) | 2015-05-04 |
Movie | Lo que cuesta vivir | Don Antonio | 1967-09-21 |
Movie | Un americano en Toledo | Román | 1965-06-30 |
Movie | The Family and One More | (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1965-09-10 |
Movie | Los dinamiteros | Don Benito | 1964-11-02 |
Movie | The Gang of Eleven | El Duque | 1963-07-26 |
Movie | The Executioner | Amadeo, el verdugo | 1963-08-31 |
Movie | Vamos a contar mentiras | Bombero | 1962-05-21 |
Movie | Those Who Did Not Go to War | Don Arístides | 1962-08-27 |
Movie | La Gran Familia | El abuelo | 1962-12-20 |
Movie | You and I Are Three | Presidente | 1962-09-06 |
Movie | Sabían demasiado | Don Sebastián Guzmán, el secuestrado | 1962-09-18 |
Movie | Punto y banca | 1961-02-01 | |
Movie | Margarita se llama mi amor | Don Severino, profesor de historia | 1961-08-31 |
Movie | Don José, Pepe y Pepito | Marcelo | 1961-04-02 |
Movie | Días de feria | Don Damián | 1960-05-23 |
Movie | The Wheelchair | Don Anselmo | 1960-11-03 |
Movie | Policarpo, ufficiale di scrittura | Maresciallo Fausto Venanzio | 1959-05-01 |
Movie | Villa Alegre | Tío Juan | 1958-07-14 |
Movie | Life Ahead | Testigo accidente | 1958-09-14 |
Movie | Tremolina | Don Gervasio | 1957-04-21 |
Movie | Fulano y Mengano | Eudosio | 1957-07-24 |
Movie | Faustina | Sacerdote - tio de Guillermo | 1957-05-13 |
Movie | Miracles of Thursday | Don José | 1957-08-22 |
Movie | The Man Who Wagged His Tail | Pietrino | 1957-09-27 |
Movie | Angels at the Wheel | Cristóbal | 1957-09-02 |
Movie | La chica del barrio | Cipri | 1956-03-03 |
Movie | Uncle Hyacynth | Sánchez | 1956-03-31 |
Movie | Los ladrones somos gente honrada | El Tío del Gabán | 1956-09-03 |
Movie | The Rocket from Calabuch | 1956-09-28 | |
Movie | Radio Stories | Inventor | 1955-07-25 |
Movie | El guardián del paraíso | José | 1955-05-23 |
Movie | Congress in Seville | Señor sordo y despistado | 1955-09-03 |
Movie | Un día perdido | Paco | 1955-09-20 |
Movie | The Miller's Saucy Wife | Campillo | 1955-12-05 |
Movie | All Is Possible in Granada | Joaquin | 1954-03-08 |
Movie | The Adventurer of Seville | Don Faustino | 1954-05-06 |
Movie | Nuits andalouses | Chauffeur de taxi | 1954-04-02 |
Movie | Eleven Pairs of Boots | Padre Roque | 1954-09-06 |
Movie | Love on Wheels | Representante Carmona | 1954-09-13 |
Movie | Un caballero andaluz | Joaquín | 1954-10-08 |
Movie | The Lovers of Toledo | 1953-01-28 | |
Movie | ¡Che, qué loco! | Don Ramiro | 1953-03-23 |
Movie | Airport | Manolo | 1953-09-14 |
Movie | Welcome Mr. Marshall! | Don Pablo, el alcalde | 1953-04-04 |
Movie | This is Madrid | Dimas | 1953-09-21 |
Movie | Near the city | 1952-03-03 | |
Movie | Lola the Coalgirl | Soldado José Rodríguez | 1952-03-03 |
Movie | Doña Francisquita | Maestro Lambertini | 1952-12-22 |
Movie | Estrella de Sierra Morena | Labriego | 1952-09-22 |
Movie | Black Sky | 1951-07-09 | |
Movie | Spanish Round | Capitán del barco | 1951-12-05 |
Movie | Sin uniforme | Levi | 1950-02-09 |
Movie | Alhambra Tales | Don Cosme - el escribano | 1950-08-24 |
Movie | El capitán Veneno | 1950-10-12 | |
Movie | Pacto de silencio | Matías Orellano | 1949-09-12 |
Movie | La fiesta sigue | 1948-12-21 | |
Movie | El señor Esteve | Painter | 1948-12-31 |
Movie | Love Charm | Gordón | 1947-11-24 |
Movie | El fantasma y doña Juanita | Don Pancho | 1945-03-31 |
Movie | Orosia | Don Cándido | 1944-01-31 |
Movie | Ella, él y sus millones | Ramón, duque de Hinojares | 1944-12-25 |
Movie | Alma de Dios | El tío Matías | 1941-10-10 |
Movie | El bailarín y el trabajador | Don Carmelo Romagosa | 1936-03-21 |
Movie | La bien pagada | Gabriel | 1935-10-04 |
Movie | Broken Lives | Paco | 1935-03-25 |
Movie | The Bad Law | Hilario | 1924-12-22 |