José Isbert

Spanish actor (1886–1966)

José Isbert
Isbert in 1925
Born	José Enrique Benito y Emeterio Ysbert Alvarruiz (1886-03-03)3 March 1886 Madrid, Spain
Died	28 November 1966(1966-11-28) (aged 80) Madrid, Spain
Nationality	Spanish
Other names	Pepe Isbert
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1912–1966

José Enrique Benito y Emeterio Ysbert Alvarruiz (3 March 1886 in Madrid – 28 November 1966 in Madrid), also known as José Isbert and/or Pepe Isbert, was a Spanish actor.

Biography

Early life

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 the Teatro Apolo in Madrid in the play El iluso Cañizares, changing the spelling of his real name from Y to I. He moved to the Teatro Lara, where he was very successful.

He was married to Elvira Soriano and he was father of the actress María Isbert^[1] and grandfather of Tony Isbert and Carlos Ysbert (the second Spanish voice of Homer Simpson).

Career

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 (director), La bien pagada (1935) by Eusebio Fernández Ardavín or El 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.

Selected filmography

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)
Confidencia (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
Amor sobre ruedas (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

References

^ "Falleció la veterana actriz española María Isbert". El Universal (Caracas). 2011-04-25. Retrieved 2011-05-14.

External links

José Isbert at IMDb
Biography in alohacriticon.com

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