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.
Señor sordo y despistado
Film 1955
Amadeo, el verdugo
Film 1963
Don Pablo, el alcalde
Film 1953
Don Antonio
Film 1967
Don Pablo
Film 1961
Don Pancho
Film 1945
Maresciallo Fausto Venanzio
Film 1959
Don Cosme - el escribano
Film 1950
Cristóbal
Film 1957
Anticuario
Film 1953
Eudosio
Film 1957
Don Carmelo Romagosa
Film 1936
Presidente
Film 1962
Don Anselmo
Film 1960
Pietrino
Film 1957
Painter
Film 1948
El Tío del Gabán
Film 1956
José
Film 1955
Mauricio Dupont
Film 1959
Sr. Gaspar
Film 1963
Tío Juan
Film 1958
El abuelo
Film 1962
Sacerdote - tio de Guillermo
Film 1957
Testigo accidente
Film 1958
Don Benito
Film 1964
Hermano Pío
Film 1960
Don Damián
Film 1960
Don Sebastián Guzmán, el secuestrado
Film 1962
Manuel Pardiñas
Film 1912
Don Arístides
Film 1962
Padre Roque
Film 1954
Film 2023
Marcelo
Film 1961
Pedro
Film 1950
Fabián Pérez
Film 1944
Ramón
Film 1952
Cipri
Film 1956
Joaquin
Film 1954
Bombero
Film 1962
Paco
Film 1955
Román
Film 1965
Film 1951
Paco
Film 1935
Film 1948
Don Cándido
Film 1944
Film 1950
Don Gervasio
Film 1957
Maestro Lambertini
Film 1952
Don Faustino
Film 1954
Joaquín
Film 1954
Inventor
Film 1955
Campillo
Film 1955
El Duque
Film 1963
Don Ramiro
Film 1953
Sánchez
Film 1956
Soldado José Rodríguez
Film 1952
Dimas
Film 1953
El tío Matías
Film 1941
Don Pablo, the mayor (archive footage)
Film 2015
Film 1960
Don Ramón
Film 1956
Hermano Alejandro
Film 1960
(archive footage) (uncredited)
Film 1965
Tío Tomás, el pescador
Film 1949
Levi
Film 1950
Señor Vila
Film 1950
Self (uncredited)
Film 1943
Don Severino, profesor de historia
Film 1961
Recién casado
Film 1962
Matías Orellano
Film 1949
Don Jacobo
Film 1949
Film 1956
Abuelo
Film 1967
Jose Holmes Pérez
Film 1951
Gabriel
Film 1935
Ramón, duque de Hinojares
Film 1944
Labriego
Film 1952
Dimas
Film 1945
Film 1961
Manolo
Film 1953
Representante Carmona
Film 1954
Don Felipe
Film 1956
Don José
Film 1950
Capitán del barco
Film 1951
El abuelo
Film 1944
Hilario
Film 1924
Wences
Film 1954
Chófer de taxi
Film 1954
Don Andrés, el párroco
Film 1956
Gordón
Film 1947
Vendedor de bolsos
Film 1951
Doctor Olmos
Film 1950
Padre de Rosita
Film 1951
Don Cosme
Film 1952
Comisario Pérez
Film 1952
Don Félix
Film 1953
Portero
Film 1954
Pablo
Film 1954
Guarda de las barcas
Film 1956
Film 1956