Spanish actor (1886–1966)
In this
Spanish name, the first or paternal
surname is
Ysbert and the second or maternal family name is
Alvarruiz.
José Isbert |
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 Isbert in 1925 |
| Born | José Enrique Benito y Emeterio Ysbert Alvarruiz
(1886-03-03)3 March 1886
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| Died | 28 November 1966(1966-11-28) (aged 80)
Madrid, Spain |
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| Other names | Pepe Isbert |
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| Occupation | Actor |
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| Years active | 1912–1966 |
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José Enrique Benito y Emeterio Ysbert Alvarruiz (3 March 1886 inMadrid – 28 November 1966 in Madrid), also known asJosé Isbert and/orPepe Isbert, was a Spanishactor.
In 1903 he worked at the Court of Accounts (Tribunal de Cuentas), but decided to give up working as a civil servant and that same year he made his stage debut at theTeatro Apolo in Madrid in the playEl iluso Cañizares, changing the spelling of his real name from Y to I. He moved to theTeatro Lara, where he was very successful.
He was married toElvira Soriano and he was father of the actressMaría Isbert[1] and grandfather ofTony Isbert andCarlos Ysbert (the second Spanish voice of Homer Simpson).
In 1912 he debuted in the short filmAsesinato y entierro de Don José Canalejas (playingPardiñas, the anarchist who killedJosé 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 byFlorián Rey,La pura verdad in (1931).
In the 1930s he acted in half a dozen films including:¿Cuándo te suicidas? (1931) directed byManuel Romero (director),La bien pagada (1935) byEusebio Fernández Ardavín orEl bailarín y el trabajador (1935), directed byLuis Marquina and based on a play byJacinto Benavente.
In the 1940s he gained great popularity in films such asTe quiero para mí (1944) andEl testamento del virrey (1944), both directed byLadislao Vajda;Ella, él y sus millones (1944) byJuan de Orduña;El fantasma y doña Juanita (1945) byRafael Gil andPacto de silencio (1949), byAntonio Román.
The films he is most remembered for are from the 1950s and 1960s, in classics directed byLuis García Berlanga:Welcome Mr. Marshall! (1953),Los jueves, milagro (1957) andEl verdugo (1963); and the dark comedy masterpieceEl cochecito byMarco Ferreri, all written byRafael Azcona.
He was the grandfather in the Spanish classicLa gran familia (1962), and its sequelLa gran familia... y uno más (1965), these films earning him still greater popularity.
Pepe Isbert died inMadrid due to a heart condition when he was 80 years old. He was buried atTarazona de la Mancha cemetery in theprovince of Albacete.
Selected filmography
[edit]- Asesinato y entierro de Don José Canalejas (1912, Short) - Manuel Pardiñas
- ¡A la orden, mi coronel! (1919)
- La mala ley (1924) - Hilario
- 48 pesetas de taxi (1930)
- The Pure Truth (1931) - Sr. Lamberti
- When Do You Commit Suicide? (1932) - Petavey
- Broken Lives (1935) - Paco
- La bien pagada (1935) - Gabriel
- The Dancer and the Worker (1936) - Don Carmelo Romagosa
- Heart of Gold (1941) - El tío Matías
- El sobre lacrado (1941) - Don Casto
- Una chica de opereta (1944) - Fabián Pérez
- Orosia (1944) - Don Cándido
- Aventura (1944) - Empresario Rodríguez
- Te quiero para mí (1944) - Don Miguel
- Life Begins at Midnight (1944) - El abuelo
- El testamento del virrey (1944) - Don Prudencio
- Ella, él y sus millones (1944) - Ramón, duque de Hinojares
- The Phantom and Dona Juanita (1945) - Don Pancho
- Un hombre de negocios (1945) - Dimas
- The Princess of the Ursines (1947) - Maese Pucheros
- 2 cuentos para 2 (1947) - Gordón
- Mi enemigo el doctor (1948)
- Confidences (1948) - Don Mauricio
- The Party Goes On (1948) - M. Lapin
- Pacto de silencio (1949) - Matías Orellano
- They Always Return at Dawn (1949) - Don Jacobo
- In a Corner of Spain (1949) - Tío Tomás, el pescador
- Sin uniforme (1950) - Levi
- My Beloved Juan (1950) - Pedro
- El señor Esteve (1950) - Artista pintor
- The Vila Family (1950) - Señor Vila
- Un soltero difícil (1950) - Doctor Olmos
- Tales of the Alhambra (1950) - Don Cosme - el escribano
- Tres ladrones en la casa (1950) - Veremundo
- I Want to Marry You (1951) - Padre de Rosita
- Service at Sea (1951) - Don José
- Cielo negro (1951)
- A Cuban in Spain (1951) - Jose Holmes Pérez
- The Seventh Page (1951) - Vendedor de bolsos
- Captain Poison (1951) - Doctor Sánchez
- Spanish Serenade (1952) - Capitán del barco
- Lola the Coalgirl (1952) - Soldado José Rodríguez
- Cerca de la ciudad (1952) - Ramón
- Estrella of the Sierra Morena (1952) - Labriego
- The Song of Sister Maria (1952) - Labriego
- Sor intrépida (1952) - Don Cosme
- Last Day (1952) - Comisario Pérez
- Doña Francisquita (1952) - Maestro Lambertini
- Lovers of Toledo (1953) - Anticuario
- What Madness! (1953) - Don Ramiro
- Welcome Mr. Marshall! (1953) - Don Pablo, el alcalde
- Airport (1953) - Manolo
- Such is Madrid (1953) - Dimas
- Condemned to Hang (1953) - Don Félix
- Plot on the Stage (1953) - Portero
- All Is Possible in Granada (1954) - Joaquín
- Nuits andalouses (1954) - Chauffeur de taxi
- Aventuras del barbero de Sevilla (1954) - Don Faustino
- Como la tierra (1954) - Wences
- Eleven Pairs of Boots (1954) - Padre Roque
- Love on Wheels (1954) - Representante Carmona
- An Andalusian Gentleman (1954) - Joaquín
- El guardián del paraíso (1955) - José
- Historias de la radio (1955) - Inventor
- Congress in Seville (1955) - Señor sordo y despistado
- Nubes de verano (1955) - Pablo
- Un día perdido (1955) - Paco
- La pícara molinera (1955) - Campillo, el pregonero
- Rapto en la ciudad (1955)
- La chica del barrio (1956) - Cipri
- Afternoon of the Bulls (1956) - Don Felipe
- Uncle Hyacynth (1956) - Sánchez
- Sucedió en mi aldea (1956) - Guardia de las barcas
- We Thieves Are Honourable (1956) - El Tío del Gabán
- The Rocket from Calabuch (1956) - Don Ramón
- Manolo, guardia urbano (1956) - Don Andrés, el sacerdote
- Miracle of the White Suit (1956) - Alcalde
- Dos novias para un torero (1956)
- Recluta con niño (1956)
- Tremolina (1957) - Don Gervasio
- Un abrigo a cuadros (1957) - Don José
- Faustina (1957) - Sacerdote - tio de Guillermo
- Fulano y Mengano (1957) - Eudosio
- Los jueves, milagro (1957) - Don José
- Los ángeles del volante (1957) - Cristóbal
- The Man Who Wagged His Tail (1957) - Pietrino
- Villa Alegre (1958) - Tío Juan
- La vida por delante (1958) - Testigo accidente
- Policarpo (1959) - Maresciallo Venanzio Frasca
- Bombas para la paz (1959) - Mauricio Dupont
- College Boarding House (1959) - Don Servando
- Litri and His Shadow (1960) - Hermano Alejandro
- Carnival Day (1960) - Don Damián
- Nothing Less Than an Archangel (1960) - Don Fabián
- El cochecito (1960) - Don Anselmo Proharán
- Vida sin risas (1960)
- Don Lucio y el hermano Pío (1960) - Hermano Pío
- An American in Toledo (1960) - Román
- Patricia mía (1961)
- Don José, Pepe y Pepito (1961) - Marcelo
- Margarita se llama mi amor (1961) - Don Severino, profesor de historia
- Despedida de soltero (1961) - Don Pablo
- Vamos a contar mentiras (1961) - Bombero
- Los que no fuimos a la guerra (1962) - Don Arístides
- You and Me Are Three (1962) - Presidente
- Sabían demasiado (1962) - Don Sebastián Guzmán, el secuestrado
- Cupido contrabandista (1962) - Recién casado
- La gran familia (1962) - El abuelo
- Perro golfo (1963) - Guarda de las obras
- El sol en el espejo (1963) - Don Pablo
- La pandilla de los once (1963) - El Duque
- El Verdugo (1963) - Amadeo, el verdugo
- Los dinamiteros (1964) - Don Benito
- Cristina (1967) - El tío
- Operación Dalila (1967) - Abuelo
- Lo que cuesta vivir (1967) - Don Antonio
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