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.

Personal Facts

Known For

Acting

Gender

male

Known Credits

113

Birth Date

1912-01-08 00:00:00

Birth Place

Santurce, Puerto Rico

Known For

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  Blood & Orchids
• 

  Dune
• 

  The Amazing Captain Nemo
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  Crash!
• 

  Paco
• 

  Cyrano and d'Artagnan

Credits

• actors (105 credits)

  • 3-D Rarities

    Alfred Davidson (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2015
  • Bogart: The Untold Story

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    1997
  • The Best Of Danny Kaye - The Television Years

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    1993
  • Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1991
  • The Perfect Tribute

    Edward Everett

    actor

    actors
    1991
  • Old Explorers

    Warner Watney

    actor

    actors
    1990
  • Hired to Kill

    Rallis

    actor

    actors
    1990
  • Mother's Day

    Judge Leatham

    actor

    actors
    1989
  • Young Harry Houdini

    Dr. Tybalt Grimaldi

    actor

    actors
    1987
  • The Sun and the Moon

    actor

    actors
    1987
  • Blood & Orchids

    Walter Bergman

    actor

    actors
    1986
  • Matlock

    - The Don (2) (1986) ... Nicholas Baron actor actors

    - The Don (1) (1986) ... Nicholas Baron actor actors
    1986
  • Covenant

    Victor Noble

    actor

    actors
    1985
  • Jacques Cousteau: The First 75 Years

    Narrator (voice)

    actor

    actors
    1985
  • Seduced

    James Killian

    actor

    actors
    1985
  • Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil

    Prof. Ludwig Rosenberg

    actor

    actors
    1985
  • Dune

    Padisha Emperor Shaddam IV

    actor

    actors
    1984
  • Samson and Delilah

    The High Priest

    actor

    actors
    1984
  • The Evil That Men Do

    Dr. Hector Lomelin

    actor

    actors
    1984
  • Raíces eternas

    English Narrator

    actor

    actors
    1984
  • Murder, She Wrote

    - Death Casts a Spell (1984) ... Cagliostro actor actors
    1984
  • To Be or Not to Be

    Prof. Siletski

    actor

    actors
    1983
  • The Being

    Mayor Gordon Lane

    actor

    actors
    1983
  • The Wind in the Willows

    Badger (voice)

    actor

    actors
    1983
  • Blood Feud

    Edward Bennett Williams

    actor

    actors
    1983
  • The Horror of It All

    Self / Narrator

    actor

    actors
    1983
  • This Girl for Hire

    Harrison Wooly

    actor

    actors
    1983
  • Rodin: The Gates of Hell

    Self - Rodin(voice)

    actor

    actors
    1982
  • Blood Tide

    Nereus

    actor

    actors
    1982
  • A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy

    Leopold

    actor

    actors
    1982
  • And They're Off

    Martin Craig

    actor

    actors
    1982
  • Night of 100 Stars

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1982
  • Newhart

    - Till Depth Do Us Part (2) (1987) ... Arthur Vanderkellen actor actors

    - It's My Party and I'll Die if I Want To (1987) ... Arthur Vanderkellen actor actors

    - Thanksgiving for the Memories (1986) ... Arthur Vanderkellen actor actors

    - Pre-Nups (1986) ... Arthur Vanderkellen actor actors

    - Locks, Stocks, and Noodlehead (1985) ... Arthur Vanderkellen actor actors
    1982
  • Bloody Birthday

    Doctor

    actor

    actors
    1981
  • Berlin Tunnel 21

    Martin Komansky

    actor

    actors
    1981
  • Evita Peron

    Agustin Magaldi

    actor

    actors
    1981
  • Pleasure Palace

    'Pokey'

    actor

    actors
    1980
  • The Big Brawl

    Dominici

    actor

    actors
    1980
  • Gideon's Trumpet

    Abe Fortas

    actor

    actors
    1980
  • The Murder That Wouldn't Die

    Jeff Briggs

    actor

    actors
    1980
  • Magnum, P.I.

    - Lest We Forget (1981) ... Robert Caine actor actors
    1980
  • Natural Enemies

    Harry Rosenthal

    actor

    actors
    1979
  • The Fifth Musketeer

    Athos

    actor

    actors
    1979
  • UFOs: It Has Begun

    actor

    actors
    1979
  • Life of Sin

    Bishop

    actor

    actors
    1979
  • Tales of the Unexpected

    - The Man From the South (1979) ... Carlos actor actors
    1979
  • Fame

    Francesco

    actor

    actors
    1978
  • Fedora

    Doctor Vando

    actor

    actors
    1978
  • The Swarm

    Dr. Andrews

    actor

    actors
    1978
  • The Amazing Captain Nemo

    Captain Nemo

    actor

    actors
    1978
  • Regie: Billy Wilder

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1978
  • Simple Gifts

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

    actor

    actors
    1977
  • The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover

    Lionel McCoy

    actor

    actors
    1977
  • Exo-Man

    Kermit Haas

    actor

    actors
    1977
  • Zoltan… Hound of Dracula

    Inspector Branco

    actor

    actors
    1977
  • Who Has Seen the Wind

    The Ben

    actor

    actors
    1977
  • The Sentinel

    Priest of the Brotherhood

    actor

    actors
    1977
  • The Love Boat

    - The Expedition/Julie's Wedding/The Mongala/Julie's Replacement/The Three R's/The Professor's Wife (2) (1981) ... Deke Donner actor actors

    - The Expedition/Julie's Wedding/The Mongala/Julie's Replacement/The Three R's/The Professor's Wife (1) (1981) ... Deke Donner actor actors
    1977
  • Crash!

    Marc Denne

    actor

    actors
    1976
  • Voyage of the Damned

    Manuel Benitez

    actor

    actors
    1976
  • The Big Bus

    Ironman

    actor

    actors
    1976
  • Paco

    Fermin Flores

    actor

    actors
    1976
  • Truman at Potsdam

    Josef Stalin

    actor

    actors
    1976
  • The Art of Crime

    Beckwith Sloan

    actor

    actors
    1975
  • Rickles

    actor

    actors
    1975
  • Medical Story

    Dr. William Knowland

    actor

    actors
    1975
  • Forever Young, Forever Free

    Father Alberto

    actor

    actors
    1975
  • The Missing Are Deadly

    actor

    actors
    1975
  • Cyrano

    Cyrano de Bergerac (voice)

    actor

    actors
    1974
  • The Marcus-Nelson Murders

    Jake Weinhaus

    actor

    actors
    1973
  • Crosscurrent

    Dr. Charles Bedford

    actor

    actors
    1971
  • Gideon

    Angel of the Lord

    actor

    actors
    1971
  • Banyon

    Lee Jennings

    actor

    actors
    1971
  • Columbo

    - Mind Over Mayhem (1974) ... Marshall Cahill actor actors
    1971
  • The Aquarians

    Dr. Alfred Vreeland

    actor

    actors
    1970
  • The Little Drummer Boy

    Ben Haramed (voice)

    actor

    actors
    1968
  • A Case of Libel

    Boyd Bendix

    actor

    actors
    1968
  • Kismet

    Hajj

    actor

    actors
    1967
  • Enter Laughing

    Harrison B. Marlowe

    actor

    actors
    1967
  • Ship of Fools

    Rieber

    actor

    actors
    1965
  • The Greatest Story Ever Told

    Herod Antipas

    actor

    actors
    1965
  • Cyrano and d'Artagnan

    Cyrano de Bergerac

    actor

    actors
    1964
  • Stop Train 349

    Cowan the Reporter

    actor

    actors
    1963
  • Nine Hours to Rama

    Superintendent Das

    actor

    actors
    1963
  • Lawrence of Arabia

    Turkish Bey

    actor

    actors
    1962
  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    - Episode 167 (1968) ... Self actor actors
    1962
  • The High Cost of Loving

    Jim Fry

    actor

    actors
    1958
  • I Accuse!

    Captain Alfred Dreyfus

    actor

    actors
    1958
  • Four Girls in Town

    Director

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • The Great Man

    Joe Harris

    actor

    actors
    1956
  • The Wedding in Monaco

    Self - Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1956
  • The Cockleshell Heroes

    Major Stringer

    actor

    actors
    1955
  • The Shrike

    Jim Downs

    actor

    actors
    1955
  • Deep in My Heart

    Sigmund Romberg

    actor

    actors
    1954
  • The Caine Mutiny

    Lt. Barney Greenwald

    actor

    actors
    1954
  • Miss Sadie Thompson

    Alfred Davidson

    actor

    actors
    1953
  • Moulin Rouge

    Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

    actor

    actors
    1952
  • Anything Can Happen

    Giorgi Papashvily

    actor

    actors
    1952
  • Cyrano de Bergerac

    Cyrano de Bergerac

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • Crisis

    Raoul Farrago

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • The Secret Fury

    José (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • Whirlpool

    David Korvo

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • What's My Line?

    - Episode 443 (1958) ... Self - Mystery Guest actor actors

    - Episode 264 (1955) ... Self - Mystery Guest actor actors
    1950
  • Joan of Arc

    The Dauphin, Charles VII, later King of France

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • Bolivia

    Narrator

    actor

    actors
    1946

• directing (7 credits)

  • State Fair

    director

    directing
    1962
  • Return to Peyton Place

    director

    directing
    1961
  • The High Cost of Loving

    director

    directing
    1958
  • I Accuse!

    director

    directing
    1958
  • The Great Man

    director

    directing
    1956
  • The Cockleshell Heroes

    director

    directing
    1955
  • The Shrike

    director

    directing
    1955

• writing (1 credits)

  • The Great Man

    screenplay

    writing
    1956