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