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.

Career Overview

José Ferrer has 113 screen credits in a career dating back to 1946. Their work spans 2 cinematic universes — most prominently Dune with 1 titles. Signature works include Dune, Lawrence of Arabia, Blood & Orchids. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

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

• 

  Dune
• 

  Lawrence of Arabia
• 

  Blood & Orchids
• 

  Deep in My Heart
• 

  Moulin Rouge
• 

  A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 2 universes

• Dune (1 titles)
• Peyton Place Collection (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

• Sean Young (2 collaborations)
• Kyle MacLachlan (1 collaborations)
• Francesca Annis (1 collaborations)
• Patrick Stewart (1 collaborations)
• Linda Hunt (1 collaborations)
• Freddie Jones (1 collaborations)
• Brad Dourif (1 collaborations)
• Richard Jordan (1 collaborations)
• Virginia Madsen (1 collaborations)
• Silvana Mangano (1 collaborations)

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