José Isbert
Acting
Born 1886-03-03
Died 1966-11-28
Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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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.
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Filmography
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Acting
58 credits
Spanish Round
Operation Delilah
Un día perdido
Estrella de Sierra Morena
The Rocket from Calabuch
Welcome Mr. Marshall!
Sabían demasiado
Don José, Pepe y Pepito
Path to the Kingdom
The Executioner
The Seventh Page
El señor Esteve
Los ladrones somos gente honrada
Radio Stories
Policarpo, ufficiale di scrittura
Tremolina
The Wheelchair
All Is Possible in Granada
Uncle Hyacynth
Love on Wheels
Perro golfo
Un soltero difícil
The Miller's Saucy Wife
La familia Vila
The Lovers of Toledo
The Family and One More
My Beloved Juan
Spanish Western
Una cubana en España
Afternoon at the Bulls
The Man Who Wagged His Tail
Airport
Fulano y Mengano
Nubes de verano
Doña Francisquita
Lola the Coalgirl
Sucedió en mi aldea
Cupido contrabandista
The Big Family
La chica del barrio
Condemned to Hang
Angels at the Wheel
Margarita se llama mi amor
Songs for After a War
Me quiero casar contigo
Don Lucio and Brother Pío
Como la tierra
El Litri y su sombra
Sin uniforme
Eleven Pairs of Boots
El fantasma y doña Juanita
Assassination and burial of José Canalejas
Manolo guardia urbano
Pacto de silencio
Nuits andalouses
La vida empieza a medianoche
Those Who Did Not Go to War
Siempre vuelven de madrugada
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