José Ferrer

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1912-01-08 (80 years old)

Deathday

1992-01-26

Place of Birth

Santurce, Puerto Rico

José Ferrer

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

1962

Lawrence of Arabia

as Turkish Bey

1954

The Caine Mutiny

as Lt. Barney Greenwald

1984

Dune

as Padisha Emperor Shaddam IV

1963

Nine Hours to Rama

as Superintendent Das

1978

1981

Berlin Tunnel 21

as Martin Komansky

1965

1952

Moulin Rouge

as Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

1965

Ship of Fools

as Rieber

1983

To Be or Not to Be

as Prof. Siletski

1977

Dracula's Dog

as Inspector Branco

1950

Whirlpool

as David Korvo

1983

The Horror of It All

as Self / Narrator

1967

Enter Laughing

as Harrison B. Marlowe

1950

Cyrano de Bergerac

as Cyrano de Bergerac

1954

Deep in My Heart

as Sigmund Romberg

1948

Joan of Arc

as The Dauphin, Charles VII, later King of France

1953

Miss Sadie Thompson

as Alfred Davidson

1980

Gideon's Trumpet

as Abe Fortas

1955

The Cockleshell Heroes

as Major Stringer

1978

The Swarm

as Dr. Andrews

1977

The Sentinel

as Priest of the Brotherhood

1968

The Little Drummer Boy

as Ben Haramed (voice)

1982

And They're Off

as Martin Craig

1950

Crisis

as Raoul Farrago

1976

The Big Bus

as Ironman

1980

The Big Brawl

as Dominici

1984

The Evil That Men Do

as Dr. Hector Lomelin

1983

The Being

as Mayor Gordon Lane

1978

Fedora

as Doctor Vando

1981

1983

The Wind in the Willows

as Badger (voice)

1975

Order to Kill

as Inspector Reed

1982

Blood Tide

as Nereus

1990

Hired to Kill

as Rallis

1956

The Great Man

as Joe Harris

1976

Crash!

as Marc Denne

1952

Anything Can Happen

as Giorgi Papashvily

1964

Cyrano and d'Artagnan

as Cyrano de Bergerac

1983

Blood Feud

as Edward Bennett Williams

1975

1958

I Accuse!

as Captain Alfred Dreyfus

1980

Pleasure Palace

as 'Pokey'

1975

Medical Story

as Dr. William Knowland

1985

Covenant

as Victor Noble

1955

The Shrike

as Jim Downs

1981

Evita Peron

as Agustin Magaldi

1978

Fame

as Francesco

1971

Crosscurrent

as Dr. Charles Bedford

1977

Simple Gifts

as Narrator (segment "A Memory of Christmas") (voice)

1963

Stop Train 349

as Cowan the Reporter

1985

Seduced

as James Killian

1975

The Art of Crime

as Beckwith Sloan

1979

Natural Enemies

as Harry Rosenthal

1984

Samson and Delilah

as The High Priest

1977

Exo-Man

as Kermit Haas

1977

2015

3-D Rarities

as Alfred Davidson (archive footage)

1976

Paco

as Fermin Flores

1957

1987

Young Harry Houdini

as Dr. Tybalt Grimaldi

1986

Blood & Orchids

as Walter Bergman

1990

Old Explorers

as Warner Watney

1971

Gideon

as Angel of the Lord

1984

Raíces eternas

as English Narrator

1985

Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil

as Prof. Ludwig Rosenberg

1970

The Aquarians

as Dr. Alfred Vreeland

1973

1997

Bogart: The Untold Story

as Self (archive footage)

1991

The Perfect Tribute

as Edward Everett

1976

Voyage of the Damned

as Manuel Benitez

1983

This Girl for Hire

as Harrison Wooly

1950

The Secret Fury

as José (uncredited)

1974

Cyrano

as Cyrano de Bergerac (voice)

1989

Mother's Day

as Judge Leatham

1971

Banyon

as Lee Jennings

1967

Kismet

as Hajj

1988

Strange Interlude

as Professor Leeds

1946

Bolivia

as Narrator

Production

1962

State Fair

as Director

1955

1956

The Great Man

as Director

1961

1958

I Accuse!

as Director

1955

The Shrike

as Director

1956

The Great Man

as Screenplay

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