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José Ferrer

José Ferrer

Acting1912Santurce, Puerto Rico

Biography

José Ferrer (January 8, 1912 – January 26, 1992), was a Puerto Rican actor and director. He was the first Hispanic actor to win an Academy Award.

Acting History

2015
3-D Rarities
as Alfred Davidson (archive footage)
1997
Bogart: The Untold Story
as Self (archive footage)
1990
Hired to Kill
as Rallis
Old Explorers
as Warner Watney
1989
Mother's Day
as Judge Leatham
1988
Strange Interlude
as Professor Leeds
Strange Interlude
TVas Professor Leeds
1987
1986
Blood & Orchids
as Walter Bergman
Matlock
TVas Nicholas Baron2 eps
Blood & Orchids
TVas Walter Bergman
1985
Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil
as Prof. Ludwig Rosenberg
Seduced
as James Killian
Covenant
as Victor Noble
Newhart
TVas Arthur Vanderkellen6 eps
1984
Dune
as Padisha Emperor Shaddam IV
The Evil That Men Do
as Dr. Hector Lomelin
Samson and Delilah
as The High Priest
Raíces eternas
as English Narrator
George Washington
TVas Governor Dinwiddie
Murder, She Wrote
TVas Cagliostro1 eps
1983
The Horror of It All
as Self / Narrator
This Girl for Hire
as Harrison Wooly
The Being
as Mayor Gordon Lane
The Wind in the Willows
as Badger (voice)
Blood Feud
as Edward Bennett Williams
1982
1981
Berlin Tunnel 21
as Martin Komansky
Evita Peron
as Agustin Magaldi
Tony Awards
TVas Self - Presenter / Performer1 eps
The Love Boat
TVas Deke Donner3 eps
Magnum, P.I.
TVas Robert Caine1 eps
Peter and Paul
TVas Gamaliel
1980
The Big Brawl
as Dominici
Gideon's Trumpet
as Abe Fortas
Pleasure Palace
as 'Pokey'
The Dream Merchants
TVas George Pappas
1979
Natural Enemies
as Harry Rosenthal
Life of Sin
as Bishop
Tales of the Unexpected
TVas Carlos1 eps
The French Atlantic Affair
TVas Pres. Aristide Brouchard
1978
Fedora
as Doctor Vando
The Swarm
as Dr. Andrews
Fame
as Francesco
1977
Exo-Man
as Kermit Haas
The Sentinel
as Priest of the Brotherhood
Dracula's Dog
as Inspector Branco
Simple Gifts
as Narrator (segment "A Memory of Christmas") (voice)
The Rhinemann Exchange
TVas Erich Rhinemann
1976
The Big Bus
as Ironman
Voyage of the Damned
as Manuel Benitez
Paco
as Fermin Flores
Crash!
as Marc Denne
Truman at Potsdam
as Josef Stalin
1975
Order to Kill
as Inspector Reed
Medical Story
as Dr. William Knowland
The Art of Crime
as Beckwith Sloan
1974
Cyrano
as Cyrano de Bergerac (voice)
Columbo
TVas Marshall Cahill1 eps
1973
1971
Crosscurrent
as Dr. Charles Bedford
Gideon
as Angel of the Lord
Banyon
as Lee Jennings
1970
The Aquarians
as Dr. Alfred Vreeland
1968
The Little Drummer Boy
as Ben Haramed (voice)
A Case of Libel
as Boyd Bendix
1967
1965
1964
Cyrano and d'Artagnan
as Cyrano de Bergerac
1963
Stop Train 349
as Cowan the Reporter
Nine Hours to Rama
as Superintendent Das
The Danny Kaye Show
TVas Self2 eps
1958
I Accuse!
as Captain Alfred Dreyfus
I Accuse!
Director
1957
The Lux Show
TVas Self
1956
1955
The Cockleshell Heroes
as Major Stringer
The Shrike
as Jim Downs
What's My Line?
TVas Self - Mystery Guest2 eps
The Shrike
Director
1954
The Caine Mutiny
as Lt. Barney Greenwald
Deep in My Heart
as Sigmund Romberg
1953
Miss Sadie Thompson
as Alfred Davidson
1952
Anything Can Happen
as Giorgi Papashvily
Moulin Rouge
as Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
1950
Crisis
as Raoul Farrago
Cyrano de Bergerac
as Cyrano de Bergerac
Whirlpool
as David Korvo
The Secret Fury
as José (uncredited)
1948
Joan of Arc
as The Dauphin, Charles VII, later King of France
1946
Bolivia
as Narrator

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1/8/1912
Day of Death
1/26/1992
Place of Birth
Santurce, Puerto Rico