José Isbert
Acting
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.
Songs for After a War
as Don Pablo (archive footage) (uncredited)
Age 89 (now 80)
Los ladrones somos gente honrada
as El Tío del Gabán
Age 70 (now 80)
Songs for After a War
as Don Pablo (archive footage) (uncredited)
Age 89 (now 80)
The Family and One More
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Age 79 (now 80)
Margarita se llama mi amor
as Don Severino, profesor de historia
Age 75 (now 80)
Policarpo, ufficiale di scrittura
as Maresciallo Fausto Venanzio
Age 73 (now 80)
Los ladrones somos gente honrada
as El Tío del Gabán
Age 70 (now 80)
Ella, él y sus millones
as Ramón, duque de Hinojares
Age 58 (now 80)
The Dancer and the Worker
as Don Carmelo Romagosa
Age 50 (now 80)
Assassination and burial of José Canalejas
as Manuel Pardiñas
Age 26 (now 80)Gathering insights...
Also Known As
José Ysbert Alvarruiz, Don José Isbert, Jose Isbert, Pepe Isbert, Хосе Исберт
IMDB
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