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José Isbert
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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), direct…
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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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José Isbert's Filmography
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Spanish Western
as Don Pablo, the mayor (archive footage)
Songs for After a War
as Don Pablo (archive footage) (uncredited)
Lo que cuesta vivir
as Don Antonio
Operation Delilah
as Abuelo
The Family and One More
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Un americano en Toledo
as Román
Los dinamiteros
as Don Benito
The Executioner
as Amadeo, el verdugo
The Gang of Eleven
as El Duque
Perro golfo
as Sr. Gaspar
The Big Family
as El abuelo
Cupido contrabandista
as Recién casado
Sabían demasiado
as Don Sebastián Guzmán, el secuestrado
You and I Are Three
as Presidente
Those Who Did Not Go to War
as Don Arístides
Vamos a contar mentiras
Despedida de soltero
as Don Pablo
Margarita se llama mi amor
as Don Severino, profesor de historia
Don José, Pepe y Pepito
as Marcelo
Punto y banca
The Wheelchair
as Don Anselmo
Don Lucio and Brother Pío
as Hermano Pío
Vida sin risas
Días de feria
as Don Damián
El Litri y su sombra
as Hermano Alejandro
Bombs for Peace
as Mauricio Dupont
Policarpo, ufficiale di scrittura
as Maresciallo Fausto Venanzio
Life Ahead
as Testigo accidente
Villa Alegre
as Tío Juan
The Man Who Wagged His Tail
as Pietrino
Angels at the Wheel
as Cristóbal
Miracles of Thursday
as Don José
Fulano y Mengano
as Eudosio
Faustina
as Sacerdote - tio de Guillermo
Tremolina
as Don Gervasio
Dos novias para un torero
Manolo guardia urbano
as Don Andrés, el párroco
The Rocket from Calabuch
as Don Ramón
Los ladrones somos gente honrada
as El Tío del Gabán
Rapto en la ciudad
Sucedió en mi aldea
as Guarda de las barcas
Uncle Hyacynth
as Sánchez
La chica del barrio
as Cipri
Afternoon at the Bulls
as Don Felipe
The Miller's Saucy Wife
as Campillo
Un día perdido
as Paco
Congress in Seville
as Señor sordo y despistado
Radio Stories
as Inventor
El guardián del paraíso
as José
Un caballero andaluz
as Joaquín
Intriga en el escenario
as Portero
Love on Wheels
as Representante Carmona
Eleven Pairs of Boots
as Padre Roque
Como la tierra
as Wences
The Adventurer of Seville
as Don Faustino
Nuits andalouses
as Chófer de taxi
All Is Possible in Granada
as Joaquin
Nubes de verano
as Pablo
Condemned to Hang
as Don Félix
This is Madrid
as Dimas
Airport
as Manolo
Welcome Mr. Marshall!
as Don Pablo, el alcalde
¡Che, qué loco!
as Don Ramiro
The Lovers of Toledo
as Anticuario
Doña Francisquita
as Maestro Lambertini
Último día
as Comisario Pérez
Estrella de Sierra Morena
as Labriego
Lola the Coalgirl
as Soldado José Rodríguez
Near the city
as Ramón
Path to the Kingdom
as Don Cosme
Spanish Round
as Capitán del barco
The Seventh Page
as Vendedor de bolsos
Una cubana en España
as Jose Holmes Pérez
Black Sky
Me quiero casar contigo
as Padre de Rosita
El capitán Veneno
Cuentos de la Alhambra
as Don Cosme - el escribano
Un soltero difícil
as Doctor Olmos
Servicio en la mar
as Don José
La familia Vila
as Señor Vila
My Beloved Juan
as Pedro
Sin uniforme
as Levi
En un rincón de España
as Tío Tomás, el pescador
Siempre vuelven de madrugada
as Don Jacobo
Pacto de silencio
as Matías Orellano
El señor Esteve
as Painter
La fiesta sigue
Love Charm
as Gordón
La princesa de los Ursinos
as Maese Pucheros
Un hombre de negocios
as Dimas
El fantasma y doña Juanita
as Don Pancho
Ella, él y sus millones
as Ramón, duque de Hinojares
La vida empieza a medianoche
as El abuelo
Orosia
as Don Cándido
Una chica de opereta
as Fabián Pérez
Fin de curso
as Self (uncredited)
Alma de Dios
as El tío Matías
The Dancer and the Worker
as Don Carmelo Romagosa
La bien pagada
as Gabriel
Broken Lives
as Paco
No Poster
La mala ley
as Hilario
Assassination and Burial of José Canalejas
as Manuel Pardiñas