José Isbert
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.
The Executioner
as Amadeo, el verdugoAn undertaker gets married to an old executioner's daughter and, although he doesn't like it,...
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Welcome Mr. Marshall!
as Don Pablo, el alcaldeA small Spanish town, Villar del Río, is alerted to the upcoming visit of American diplomats and...
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The Rocket from Calabuch
as Don RamónProfessor Hamilton, a naive Nuclear scientist who once thought bombs were good for humanity,...
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The Wheelchair
as Don AnselmoDon Anselmo, a retired old man, decides to buy a motorized disabled stroller since all his...
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The Family and One More
as (archive footage) (uncredited)The life of the family inordinate surveyor Carlos Alonso has undergone several changes over the...
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The First Look
as uncreditedThe foundation in Madrid of the Institute of Investigations and Cinematographic Experiences...
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Uncle Hyacynth
as SánchezHyacinth, a former matador who lives miserably with his nephew Pepote, receives a letter...
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Ella, él y sus millones
as Ramón, duque de HinojaresArturo Salazar is a powerful businessman who wants to be related to the nobility, so he asks an...
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Spanish Western
as Don Pablo, the mayor (archive footage)A vindication of the role of the technicians and artists who made spaghetti western genre...
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Black Sky
as uncreditedA woman who works as employee in a fashion store has to care for her ill mother. At the same...
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Angels at the Wheel
as CristóbalA group of taxi drivers try to reanimate a young woman who has been close to being run over by...
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Doña Francisquita
as Maestro LambertiniFrancisquita secretly loves Fernando, but he is in love with the beautiful and fickle Aurora.
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The Adventurer of Seville
as Don FaustinoBandits kidnap Figaro, the famous barber of Seville, and use his wonderful voice to attract...
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El bailarín y el trabajador
as Don Carmelo RomagosaThe wealthy father of a young girl who has a relationship with a boy who has just won a waltzing...
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Miracles of Thursday
as Don JoséIn Fontecilla, a Spanish village in decline, the mayor and other illustrious citizens hatch a...
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Alhambra Tales
as Don Cosme - el escribanoMariquilla is a beautiful gypsy who is in love with Lucas, a soldier of the garrison in the...
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Airport
as ManoloDifferent kind of people arrives to Madrid airport. Some goes with their heads and others just...
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Un caballero andaluz
as JoaquínIn the farmhouse Los Laureles, owned by Don Juan Manuel Almodovar, wealthy Andalusian landowner,...
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Life Ahead
as Testigo accidenteFinished their careers of Law and Medicine, respectively, Antonio Redondo and Josefina Castro, a...
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Policarpo, ufficiale di scrittura
as Maresciallo Fausto VenanzioPolicarpo De Tappetti is a calligrapher who works under the orders of Don César Pancarano de...
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The Lovers of Toledo
as AnticuarioToledo, 1825. To save her fiancé, an opponent of the regime, the beautiful Inès agrees to marry...
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El fantasma y doña Juanita
as Don PanchoFearing that her niece Rosita will abandon her true love and enter into a marriage of...
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Eleven Pairs of Boots
as Padre RoqueIgnacio, a professional footballer, has sentimental and labor problems. His girlfriend is about...
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Love on Wheels
as Representante CarmonaA taxi driver participates in a singing contest of a radio station for non-professionals and...
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Nuits andalouses
as Chófer de taxiWhen her father died, Dominique de Bellocombes inherited her ancestors' château, some worthless...
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Fulano y Mengano
as EudosioEudosio and Carlos were imprisoned by mistake. Now out of prison, are trying to get a job and to...
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The Seventh Page
as Vendedor de bolsosChronicle of the daily activity of a newspaper called La Jornada. Through the events covered by...
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Love Charm
as GordónBerta is a young manicurist whose boyfriend, Jorge, is too shy to ask for a raise, something she...
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El capitán Veneno
as uncreditedIn Madrid, under Queen Isabel II reign, rebellions are frequent events. During one of them...
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Radio Stories
as InventorThree short stories based on radio competitions, all linked by speaker Gabriel and his fiancee....
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Una chica de opereta
as Fabián PérezA poor composer sells his songs to a music publisher who attributes them to his son, who sells...
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El Litri y su sombra
as Hermano AlejandroBiopic about Miguel Báez "El Litri", a descendant of two generations of bullfighters: his older...
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Afternoon at the Bulls
as Don FelipeRight-handers Ricardo Puente, Juan Carmona and Rondeño II, which will take the alternative are...
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Manolo guardia urbano
as Don Andrés, el párrocoManolo, a cheerful and kind traffic policeman is happy at the birth of his first child, after...
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La familia Vila
as Señor VilaMr. Vila is a family father who has worked a lot during his life to achieve a good life for his...
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Despedida de soltero
as Don PabloA couple of friends, "Carmen" (Silvia Solar) and "Miguel"(Germán Cobos), fail to raise the money...
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Los dinamiteros
as Don BenitoDoña Pura, don Benito and don Augusto are three venerable old people who usually coincide each...
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Spanish Round
as Capitán del barcoOver a hundred members of the chorus girls and dance groups from the Spanish "Sección Femenina"...
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Margarita se llama mi amor
as Don Severino, profesor de historiaMargarita is a beautiful and explosive girl studying in the Faculty of Arts somewhere in...
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Faustina
as Sacerdote - tio de GuillermoA conquering woman of love, power, and fame is challenged by the devil, as he too wants to...
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Los ladrones somos gente honrada
as El Tío del GabánA gang of robbers enters a house, hosting a party with intent to commit a robbery. But the...
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Don Lucio and Brother Pío
as Hermano PíoBrother Pío, intending to collect charity for a group of nuns who run an orphanage, travels to...
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The Miller's Saucy Wife
as CampilloIn a region of Andalusia, all the men lust after the miller's young wife.
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My Beloved Juan
as PedroThe strange disappearance of the dogs of his neighbors leads Juan to investigate the case on his...
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All Is Possible in Granada
as JoaquinFollowing meetings between Spain and the United States a delegation of a mining company arrives...
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Those Who Did Not Go to War
as Don ArístidesFirst World War. In a largely rural area of neutral Spain, two families confront one another and...
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Don José, Pepe y Pepito
as MarceloThe arrival of Francis, who owns a factory of surgical material in New York, caused a real stir...
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El señor Esteve
as PainterBarcelona, 1860. Mr. Esteve, owner of a haberdashery and proud of his son, attends the...
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Perro golfo
as Sr. GasparA widower butcher uses the grace of his child's pet, a tramp dog, to attract customers to his...
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You and I Are Three
as PresidenteWhen Manolina saw a picture of Rodolfo, a South American poet, she falls in love for him. Three...
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Cupido contrabandista
as Recién casadoJohn is a shy and good-natured man who lives in Ceuta and does everything by correspondence,...
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¡Che, qué loco!
as Don RamiroA bankrupt man tries to marry a millionaire woman, which triggers a whole series of...
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Pacto de silencio
as Matías OrellanoA woman is told his military husband is considered dead, the truth is he has been transferred to...
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Sin uniforme
as LeviSeveral different people meet in Tangier, where they will have to join efforts to survive.
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El guardián del paraíso
as JoséA serene mind a person is in a coffee some of their experiences: the story of a poet who gives...
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This is Madrid
as DimasIn Madrid during the fifties' the calm life from some neighbors will be changed since the...
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The Gang of Eleven
as El DuqueInspired by the American gangster films, a group of thugs decides to dock the Bank of Spain. "El...
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Sabían demasiado
as Don Sebastián Guzmán, el secuestradoA gang of Spanish pickpockets decide to send one of them to Chicago to learn how to be a gangster...
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Siempre vuelven de madrugada
as Don JacoboA good-for-nothing young man and his friend are involved in a woman's death. To escape Police...
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Condemned to Hang
as Don FélixAndalusia, Spain, 19th century. The roads are infested with bandits who sow panic among...
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La vida empieza a medianoche
as El abueloSilvia Heredia, since her arrival to Madrid is staying at her best friends' house, Mary. Her aim...
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Lola the Coalgirl
as Soldado José RodríguezCadiz, during the War of Independence. The Lola singer in love with a French military entrusted...
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Assassination and burial of José Canalejas
as Manuel PardiñasFilm based on the assassination of the Spanish politician José Canalejas at Manuel Pardiñas's...
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Lo que cuesta vivir
as Don AntonioMr Antonio is undergoing a bad economic situation that shares with his daugther Leonor, a lovely...
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Congress in Seville
as Señor sordo y despistadoCarmen is a Spanish emigrant in Stockholm who does not have the money to run her business or buy...
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Villa Alegre
as Tío JuanPepe and his partner are two truck drivers in the middle of a trip, they decide to stop in the...
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Bombs for Peace
as Mauricio DupontProfessor Don Carlos is a scientist who, after much research, discovers a chemical compound...
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Sucedió en mi aldea
as Guarda de las barcasTwo young and innocent altar boys leave in search of money to buy a new bell for the tower of...
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Operation Delilah
as AbueloA couple try to help the residents of a small Caribbean island overthrow a dictator.
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Una cubana en España
as Jose Holmes PérezBlanquita, a very superstitious Cuban young woman, visits a fortune teller on the eve of her...
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