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José Isbert
Madrid, 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 sh…
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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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2015
Spanish Western
Movie Don Pablo, the mayor (archive footage)
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1976
Songs for After a War
Movie Don Pablo (archive footage) (uncredited)
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1967
Lo que cuesta vivir
Movie Don Antonio
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1967
Operation Delilah
Movie Abuelo
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1965
The Family and One More
Movie (archive footage) (uncredited)
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1965
Un americano en Toledo
Movie Román
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1964
Los dinamiteros
Movie Don Benito
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1963
The Executioner
Movie Amadeo, el verdugo
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1963
The Gang of Eleven
Movie El Duque
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1963
Perro golfo
Movie Sr. Gaspar
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1962
The Big Family
Movie El abuelo
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1962
Cupido contrabandista
Movie Recién casado
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1962
Sabían demasiado
Movie Don Sebastián Guzmán, el secuestrado
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1962
You and I Are Three
Movie Presidente
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1962
Those Who Did Not Go to War
Movie Don Arístides
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1962
Vamos a contar mentiras
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1961
Despedida de soltero
Movie Don Pablo
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1961
Margarita se llama mi amor
Movie Don Severino, profesor de historia
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1961
Don José, Pepe y Pepito
Movie Marcelo
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1961
Punto y banca
Movie
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1960
The Wheelchair
Movie Don Anselmo
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1960
Don Lucio and Brother Pío
Movie Hermano Pío
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1960
Vida sin risas
Movie
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1960
Días de feria
Movie Don Damián
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1960
El Litri y su sombra
Movie Hermano Alejandro
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1959
Bombs for Peace
Movie Mauricio Dupont
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1959
Policarpo, ufficiale di scrittura
Movie Maresciallo Fausto Venanzio
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1958
Life Ahead
Movie Testigo accidente
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1958
Villa Alegre
Movie Tío Juan
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1957
The Man Who Wagged His Tail
Movie Pietrino
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1957
Angels at the Wheel
Movie Cristóbal
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1957
Miracles of Thursday
Movie Don José
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1957
Fulano y Mengano
Movie Eudosio
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1957
Faustina
Movie Sacerdote - tio de Guillermo
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1957
Tremolina
Movie Don Gervasio
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1956
Manolo guardia urbano
Movie Don Andrés, el párroco
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1956
The Rocket from Calabuch
Movie Don Ramón
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1956
Los ladrones somos gente honrada
Movie El Tío del Gabán
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1956
Rapto en la ciudad
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