José Isbert

Known for ActingBorn 1886-03-03Died 1966-11-28Madrid, Madrid, Spain

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Punto y banca

Vida sin risas

Sucedió en mi aldea

Un caballero andaluz

Love on Wheels

¡Che, qué loco!

Path to the Kingdom

Lo que cuesta vivir

Un americano en Toledo

Perro golfo

You and I Are Three

El guardián del paraíso

Nuits andalouses

Último día

The Seventh Page

Cuentos de la Alhambra

Sin uniforme

En un rincón de España

Siempre vuelven de madrugada

Una chica de opereta

Orosia

Fin de curso

Despedida de soltero

Como la tierra

Spanish Round

Pacto de silencio

Un hombre de negocios

La vida empieza a medianoche

Vamos a contar mentiras

Don Lucio and Brother Pío

This is Madrid

The Executioner

Operation Delilah

Radio Stories

Bombs for Peace

Villa Alegre

The Rocket from Calabuch

Policarpo, ufficiale di scrittura

Welcome Mr. Marshall!

Los ladrones somos gente honrada

Estrella de Sierra Morena

Near the city

Doña Francisquita

Tremolina

Congress in Seville

The Miller's Saucy Wife

Lola the Coalgirl

Una cubana en España