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.
Acting
Movie
The Executioner
as Amadeo, el verdugo
1963
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Welcome Mr. Marshall!
as Don Pablo, el alcalde
1953
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The Wheelchair
as Don Anselmo
1960
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The Rocket from Calabuch
as Don Ramón
1956
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The Big Family
as El abuelo
1962
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Miracles of Thursday
as Don José
1957
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Uncle Hyacynth
as Sánchez
1956
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Black Sky
1951
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The Man Who Wagged His Tail
as Pietrino
1957
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The Family and One More
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
1965
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Radio Stories
as Inventor
1955
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Spanish Western
as Don Pablo, the mayor (archive footage)
2015
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Policarpo, ufficiale di scrittura
as Maresciallo Fausto Venanzio
1959
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Life Ahead
as Testigo accidente
1958
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Songs for After a War
as Don Pablo (archive footage) (uncredited)
1976
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Doña Francisquita
as Maestro Lambertini
1952
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Manolo guardia urbano
as Don Andrés, el párroco
1956
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Los dinamiteros
as Don Benito
1964
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Condemned to Hang
as Don Félix
1953
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Faustina
as Sacerdote - tio de Guillermo
1957
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Love Charm
as Gordón
1947
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The Dancer and the Worker
as Don Carmelo Romagosa
1936
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Los ladrones somos gente honrada
as El Tío del Gabán
1956
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My Beloved Juan
as Pedro
1950