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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1912-01-08 (113 years old)

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.

Known For

Acting

2015

3-D Rarities as Alfred Davidson (archive footage)

1997

Bogart: The Untold Story as Self (archive footage)

1993

1991

The Perfect Tribute as Edward Everett

1990

Hired to Kill as Rallis
Old Explorers as Warner Watney

1989

Mother's Day as Judge Leatham

1988

Strange Interlude as Professor Leeds

1987

Young Harry Houdini as Dr. Tybalt Grimaldi

1986

Blood & Orchids as Walter Bergman
Blood & Orchids as Walter Bergman

1985

Covenant as Victor Noble
Seduced as James Killian
Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil as Prof. Ludwig Rosenberg

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 as Governor Dinwiddie
Murder, She Wrote as Cagliostro

1983

To Be or Not to Be as Prof. Siletski
The Horror of It All as Self / Narrator
The Being as Mayor Gordon Lane
The Wind in the Willows as Badger (voice)
Blood Feud as Edward Bennett Williams
This Girl For Hire as Harrison Wooly

1982

And They're Off as Martin Craig
Blood Tide as Nereus
Newhart as Arthur Vanderkellen

1981

Berlin Tunnel 21 as Martin Komansky
Bloody Birthday as Doctor
Evita Peron as Agustin Magaldi
Peter and Paul as Gamaliel

1980

Gideon's Trumpet as Abe Fortas
The Big Brawl as Dominici
Pleasure Palace as 'Pokey'
The Dream Merchants as George Pappas
Magnum, P.I. as Robert Caine

1979

Natural Enemies as Harry Rosenthal
The French Atlantic Affair as Pres. Aristide Brouchard

1978

The Amazing Captain Nemo as Captain Nemo
The Swarm as Dr. Andrews
Fedora as Doctor Vando
Fame as Francesco

1977

Dracula's Dog as Inspector Branco
The Sentinel as Priest of the Brotherhood
Simple Gifts as Narrator (segment "A Memory of Christmas") (voice)
Exo-Man as Kermit Haas
The Rhinemann Exchange as Erich Rhinemann
The Love Boat as Deke Donner

1976

The Big Bus as Ironman
Crash! as Marc Denne
Paco as Fermin Flores
Voyage of the Damned as Manuel Benitez

1975

Order to Kill as Inspector Reed
Forever Young, Forever Free as Father Alberto
Medical Story as Dr. William Knowland
The Art of Crime as Beckwith Sloan

1974

Cyrano as Cyrano de Bergerac (voice)

1973

The Marcus-Nelson Murders as Jake Weinhaus
Kojak as Jake Weinhaus

1971

Crosscurrent as Dr. Charles Bedford
Gideon as Angel of the Lord
Banyon as Lee Jennings
Columbo as Marshall Cahill

1970

The Aquarians as Dr. Alfred Vreeland

1968

The Little Drummer Boy as Ben Haramed (voice)

1967

Enter Laughing as Harrison B. Marlowe
Kismet as Hajj

1965

Ship of Fools as Rieber

1964

Cyrano and d'Artagnan as Cyrano de Bergerac

1963

Nine Hours to Rama as Superintendent Das
Stop Train 349 as Cowan the Reporter

1962

Lawrence of Arabia as Turkish Bey

1959

1958

I Accuse! as Captain Alfred Dreyfus

1957

Four Girls in Town as Director
The Lux Show as Self

1956

The Great Man as Joe Harris

1955

The Cockleshell Heroes as Major Stringer
The Shrike as Jim Downs

1954

The Caine Mutiny as Lt. Barney Greenwald
Deep in My Heart as Sigmund Romberg

1953

Miss Sadie Thompson as Alfred Davidson

1952

Moulin Rouge as Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Anything Can Happen as Giorgi Papashvily

1950

Whirlpool as David Korvo
Cyrano de Bergerac as Cyrano de Bergerac
Crisis as Raoul Farrago
The Secret Fury as José (uncredited)
What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest

1948

Joan of Arc as The Dauphin, Charles VII, later King of France

1946

Bolivia as Narrator

Directing

1962

State Fair as Director

1961

1958

I Accuse! as Director

1956

The Great Man as Director

1955

The Shrike as Director

Writing

1956

The Great Man as Screenplay