José Isbert
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
The Executioner
Amadeo, el verdugo
Welcome Mr. Marshall!
Don Pablo, el alcalde
The Family and One More
(archive footage) (uncredited)
Spanish Western
Don Pablo, the mayor (archive footage)
Radio Stories
Inventor
La gran familia
El abuelo
All Is Possible in Granada
Joaquin
The Rocket from Calabuch
Don Ramón
Fulano y Mengano
Eudosio
Love on Wheels
Representante Carmona
The Lovers of Toledo
Anticuario
The Wheelchair
Don Anselmo
Villa Alegre
Tío Juan
Sabían demasiado
Don Sebastián Guzmán, el secuestrado
Pacto de silencio
Matías Orellano
Airport
Manolo
El fantasma y doña Juanita
Don Pancho
You and I Are Three
Presidente
Un caballero andaluz
Joaquín
Policarpo, ufficiale di scrittura
Maresciallo Fausto Venanzio
Angels at the Wheel
Cristóbal
Uncle Hyacynth
Sánchez
Lola the Coalgirl
Soldado José Rodríguez
The Miller's Saucy Wife
Campillo
Condemned to Hang
Don Félix
Un día perdido
Paco
Afternoon at the Bulls
Don Felipe
El capitán Veneno
The Adventurer of Seville
Don Faustino
Black Sky
The Man Who Wagged His Tail
Pietrino
Margarita se llama mi amor
Don Severino, profesor de historia
Los dinamiteros
Don Benito
Sin uniforme
Levi
Doña Francisquita
Maestro Lambertini
This is Madrid
Dimas
Siempre vuelven de madrugada
Don Jacobo
Lo que cuesta vivir
Don Antonio
Congress in Seville
Señor sordo y despistado
La fiesta sigue
Un hombre de negocios
Dimas
Cupido contrabandista
Recién casado
Life Ahead
Testigo accidente
Me quiero casar contigo
Padre de Rosita
Vamos a contar mentiras
Eleven Pairs of Boots
Padre Roque
My Beloved Juan
Pedro
Miracles of Thursday
Don José
Dos novias para un torero
The Gang of Eleven
El Duque
La vida empieza a medianoche
El abuelo
Despedida de soltero
Don Pablo
El Litri y su sombra
Hermano Alejandro
Bombs for Peace
Mauricio Dupont
Near the city
Ramón
Perro golfo
Sr. Gaspar
En un rincón de España
Tío Tomás, el pescador
Días de feria
Don Damián
La chica del barrio
Cipri
Alma de Dios
El tío Matías
Those Who Did Not Go to War
Don Arístides
Don Lucio and Brother Pío
Hermano Pío
El guardián del paraíso
José
La familia Vila
Señor Vila
Fin de curso
Self (uncredited)
The Seventh Page
Vendedor de bolsos
Cuentos de la Alhambra
Don Cosme - el escribano
Punto y banca
Love Charm
Gordón
La bien pagada
Gabriel
Spanish Round
Capitán del barco
El señor Esteve
Painter
Una cubana en España
Jose Holmes Pérez
Vida sin risas
Sor Intrépida
Don Cosme
Don José, Pepe y Pepito
Marcelo
Intriga en el escenario
Portero
Nuits andalouses
Chófer de taxi
Manolo guardia urbano
Don Andrés, el párroco
Operation Delilah
Abuelo
Tremolina
Don Gervasio
Estrella de Sierra Morena
Labriego
The Dancer and the Worker
Don Carmelo Romagosa
Orosia
Don Cándido
Una chica de opereta
Fabián Pérez
Ella, él y sus millones
Ramón, duque de Hinojares
La mala ley
Hilario
Como la tierra
Wences
¡Che, qué loco!
Don Ramiro
Faustina
Sacerdote - tio de Guillermo
Nubes de verano
Pablo
Rapto en la ciudad
Los ladrones somos gente honrada
El Tío del Gabán
Último día
Comisario Pérez
Un soltero difícil
Doctor Olmos
Assassination and burial of José Canalejas
Manuel Pardiñas
Sucedió en mi aldea
Guarda de las barcas
Servicio en la mar
Don José
Un americano en Toledo
Román
Broken Lives
Paco