Person
José Ferrer
Acting · 1912–1992 · Santurce, 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.
Known for
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
Columbo
Marshall Cahill
Murder, She Wrote
Cagliostro
The Love Boat
Deke Donner
Magnum, P.I.
Robert Caine
Matlock
Nicholas Baron
Newhart
Arthur Vanderkellen
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
Hotel
Alex Huff
What's My Line?
Self
Filmography
- 20153-D RaritiesAlfred Davidson (archive footage)
- 1997Bogart: The Untold StorySelf (archive footage)
- 1993The Best Of Danny Kaye - The Television YearsSelf (archive footage)
- 1991Preminger: Anatomy of a FilmmakerSelf
- 1991The Perfect TributeEdward Everett
- 1990Old ExplorersWarner Watney
- 1990Hired to KillRallis
- 1989Mother's DayJudge Leatham
- 1988Strange InterludeProfessor Leeds
- 1987Young Harry HoudiniDr. Tybalt Grimaldi
- 1987The Sun and the Moon
- 1986MatlockNicholas Baron
- 1986Blood & OrchidsWalter Bergman
- 1985CovenantVictor Noble
- 1985Jacques Cousteau: The First 75 YearsNarrator (voice)
- 1985SeducedJames Killian
- 1985Hitler's SS: Portrait in EvilProf. Ludwig Rosenberg
- 1984DunePadisha Emperor Shaddam IV
- 1984Murder, She WroteCagliostro
- 1984George WashingtonGovernor Dinwiddie
- 1984Samson and DelilahThe High Priest
- 1984The Evil That Men DoDr. Hector Lomelin
- 1984Raíces eternasEnglish Narrator
- 1983To Be or Not to BeProf. Siletski
- 1983The BeingMayor Gordon Lane
- 1983The Wind in the WillowsBadger (voice)
- 1983Blood FeudEdward Bennett Williams
- 1983The Horror of It AllSelf / Narrator
- 1983This Girl for HireHarrison Wooly
- 1982NewhartArthur Vanderkellen
- 1982Rodin: The Gates of HellSelf - Rodin(voice)
- 1982Blood TideNereus
- 1982HotelAlex Huff
- 1982A Midsummer Night's Sex ComedyLeopold
- 1982And They're OffMartin Craig
- 1982Night of 100 StarsSelf
- 1982American PlayhouseProfessor Leeds
- 1981Bloody BirthdayDoctor
- 1981Peter and PaulGamaliel
- 1981Berlin Tunnel 21Martin Komansky
- 1981Evita PeronAgustin Magaldi
- 1980Magnum, P.I.Robert Caine
- 1980Pleasure Palace'Pokey'
- 1980The Big BrawlDominici
- 1980The Dream MerchantsGeorge Pappas
- 1980Gideon's TrumpetAbe Fortas
- 1980The Murder That Wouldn't DieJeff Briggs
- 1979The French Atlantic AffairPres. Aristide Brouchard
- 1979Natural EnemiesHarry Rosenthal
- 1979The Fifth MusketeerAthos
- 1979Tales of the UnexpectedCarlos
- 1979UFOs: It Has Begun
- 1979Life of SinBishop
- 1978FameFrancesco
- 1978FedoraDoctor Vando
- 1978The SwarmDr. Andrews
- 1978The Amazing Captain NemoCaptain Nemo
- 1978Regie: Billy WilderSelf
- 1977Simple GiftsNarrator (segment "A Memory of Christmas") (voice)
- 1977The Private Files of J. Edgar HooverLionel McCoy
- 1977The Love BoatDeke Donner
- 1977Exo-ManKermit Haas
- 1977Zoltan… Hound of DraculaInspector Branco
- 1977Who Has Seen the WindThe Ben
- 1977The Rhinemann ExchangeErich Rhinemann
- 1977The SentinelPriest of the Brotherhood
- 1976Crash!Marc Denne
- 1976Voyage of the DamnedManuel Benitez
- 1976TeleplaySam
- 1976The Big BusIronman
- 1976PacoFermin Flores
- 1976Truman at PotsdamJosef Stalin
- 1975The Art of CrimeBeckwith Sloan
- 1975Rickles
- 1975Medical StoryDr. William Knowland
- 1975Medical Story
- 1975Order to KillInspector Reed
- 1975Forever Young, Forever FreeFather Alberto
- 1975The Missing Are Deadly
- 1974CyranoCyrano de Bergerac (voice)
- 1973The Marcus-Nelson MurdersJake Weinhaus
- 1971CrosscurrentDr. Charles Bedford
- 1971ColumboMarshall Cahill
- 1971GideonAngel of the Lord
- 1971BanyonLee Jennings
- 1970The AquariansDr. Alfred Vreeland
- 1968The Little Drummer BoyBen Haramed (voice)
- 1968A Case of LibelBoyd Bendix
- 1967Le avventure e gli amori di Miguel CervantesHassan Bey
- 1967KismetHajj
- 1967Enter LaughingHarrison B. Marlowe
- 1965Ship of FoolsRieber
- 1965The Greatest Story Ever ToldHerod Antipas
- 1964Cyrano and d'ArtagnanCyrano de Bergerac
- 1963The Danny Kaye ShowSelf
- 1963Stop Train 349Cowan the Reporter
- 1963Nine Hours to RamaSuperintendent Das
- 1962Lawrence of ArabiaTurkish Bey
- 1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf
- 1962State FairDirector
- 1961Return to Peyton PlaceDirector
- 1959The Bell Telephone HourSelf
- 1958The High Cost of LovingJim Fry
- 1958I Accuse!Captain Alfred Dreyfus
- 1957The Lux ShowSelf
- 1957Four Girls in TownDirector
- 1956The Great ManJoe Harris
- 1956The Rosemary Clooney ShowSelf
- 1956The Wedding in MonacoSelf - Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- 1955The Cockleshell HeroesMajor Stringer
- 1955The ShrikeJim Downs
- 1954Deep in My HeartSigmund Romberg
- 1954Producers' Showcase
- 1954The Caine MutinyLt. Barney Greenwald
- 1953Miss Sadie ThompsonAlfred Davidson
- 1952Moulin RougeHenri de Toulouse-Lautrec
- 1952Anything Can HappenGiorgi Papashvily
- 1950Cyrano de BergeracCyrano de Bergerac
- 1950CrisisRaoul Farrago
- 1950The Secret FuryJosé (uncredited)
- 1950What's My Line?Self
- 1950WhirlpoolDavid Korvo
- 1948Joan of ArcThe Dauphin, Charles VII, later King of France
- 1948The Ed Sullivan ShowSelf
- 1946BoliviaNarrator
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