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.
Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1886-03-03
Place of birth
Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Images
Cast
Congress in Seville
1955
6.50
The Executioner
1963
7.57
Welcome Mr. Marshall!
1953
7.42
Lo que cuesta vivir
1967
0.00
Despedida de soltero
1961
0.00
El fantasma y doña Juanita
1945
3.50
Cuentos de la Alhambra
1950
8.80
Angels at the Wheel
1957
6.30
Miracles of Thursday
1957
6.80
The Lovers of Toledo
1953
1.00
Fulano y Mengano
1957
6.30
The Dancer and the Worker
1936
4.80
You and I Are Three
1962
0.00
The Wheelchair
1960
6.81
The Man Who Wagged His Tail
1957
6.80
El señor Esteve
1948
5.70
Los ladrones somos gente honrada
1956
6.80
El guardián del paraíso
1955
8.00
Bombs for Peace
1959
6.00
Perro golfo
1963
0.00
Villa Alegre
1958
5.00
The Big Family
1962
6.53
Faustina
1957
5.70
Life Ahead
1958
6.50
Los dinamiteros
1964
5.30
Días de feria
1960
5.00
Don Lucio and Brother Pío
1960
7.20
Sabían demasiado
1962
4.50
Those Who Did Not Go to War
1962
6.00
Eleven Pairs of Boots
1954
6.00
Don José, Pepe y Pepito
1961
5.00
My Beloved Juan
1950
6.60
Una chica de opereta
1944
0.00
Near the city
1952
6.30
La chica del barrio
1956
0.00
All Is Possible in Granada
1954
5.00
Vamos a contar mentiras
1962
7.80
Un día perdido
1955
6.00
Un americano en Toledo
1965
0.00
Black Sky
1951
6.10
La fiesta sigue
1948
4.30
Broken Lives
1935
0.00
Orosia
1944
0.00
El capitán Veneno
1950
4.70
Tremolina
1957
0.00
Doña Francisquita
1952
6.80
Un caballero andaluz
1954
0.00
The Adventurer of Seville
1954
5.70
Radio Stories
1955
7.23
The Miller's Saucy Wife
1955
5.00
The Gang of Eleven
1963
6.00
¡Che, qué loco!
1953
0.00
Uncle Hyacynth
1956
6.80
Lola the Coalgirl
1952
6.70
This is Madrid
1953
7.20
Alma de Dios
1941
5.00
Spanish Western
2015
6.20
Vida sin risas
1960
0.00
The Rocket from Calabuch
1956
7.40
El Litri y su sombra
1960
4.00
The Family and One More
1965
6.40
En un rincón de España
1949
0.00
Sin uniforme
1950
0.00
La familia Vila
1950
6.00
Fin de curso
1943
0.00
Margarita se llama mi amor
1961
3.50
Cupido contrabandista
1962
0.00
Pacto de silencio
1949
0.00
Siempre vuelven de madrugada
1949
0.00
Dos novias para un torero
1956
5.00
Operation Delilah
1967
6.00
Una cubana en España
1951
6.00
La bien pagada
1935
0.00
Ella, él y sus millones
1944
5.50
Estrella de Sierra Morena
1952
7.00
Un hombre de negocios
1945
0.00
Punto y banca
1961
0.00
Airport
1953
5.30
Love on Wheels
1954
0.00
Afternoon at the Bulls
1956
4.80
Servicio en la mar
1950
0.00
Spanish Round
1951
0.00
La vida empieza a medianoche
1944
6.00
La mala ley
1924
0.00
Como la tierra
1954
0.00
Nuits andalouses
1954
0.00
Manolo guardia urbano
1956
6.00
Love Charm
1947
5.30
The Seventh Page
1951
8.00
Un soltero difícil
1950
0.00
Me quiero casar contigo
1951
0.00
Path to the Kingdom
1952
0.00
Último día
1952
0.00
Condemned to Hang
1953
5.30
Intriga en el escenario
1954
0.00
Nubes de verano
1954
0.00
Sucedió en mi aldea
1956
0.00
Rapto en la ciudad
1956
0.00
Songs for After a War
1976
6.50