
José Ferrer
Known for Acting · 123 credits
- Born
- 1912-01-08
- Died
- 1992-01-26
- Place of birth
- Santurce, Puerto Rico
- Also known as
- Jose Ferrer · José Vicente Ferrer de Otero y Cintrón
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
TV Shows (26)

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self

Columbo
1971
as Marshall Cahill

Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Cagliostro

The Love Boat
1977
as Deke Donner

Matlock
1986
as Nicholas Baron

Magnum, P.I.
1980
as Robert Caine

What's My Line?
1950
as Self

American Playhouse
1982
as Professor Leeds

Hotel
1982
as Alex Huff

Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as Carlos

Newhart
1982
as Arthur Vanderkellen

The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self

The Danny Kaye Show
1963
as Self

The Bell Telephone Hour
1959
as Self

Medical Story
1975
as Dr. William Knowland
Producers' Showcase
1954

The French Atlantic Affair
1979
as Pres. Aristide Brouchard

Strange Interlude
1988
as Professor Leeds
The Lux Show
1957
as Self

Peter and Paul
1981
as Gamaliel

George Washington
1984
as Governor Dinwiddie

The Rhinemann Exchange
1977
as Erich Rhinemann

The Dream Merchants
1980
as George Pappas

Blood & Orchids
1986
as Walter Bergman
The Rosemary Clooney Show
1956
as Self
Teleplay
1976
as Sam
Movies (97)

Dune
1984
as Padisha Emperor Shaddam IV

Life of Sin
1979
as Bishop

Lawrence of Arabia
1962
as Turkish Bey

Fedora
1978
as Doctor Vando

Voyage of the Damned
1976
as Manuel Benitez

Pleasure Palace
1980
as 'Pokey'

The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965
as Herod Antipas

Covenant
1985
as Victor Noble

Old Explorers
1990
as Warner Watney

The Big Brawl
1980
as Dominici

Medical Story
1975
as Dr. William Knowland

The Caine Mutiny
1954
as Lt. Barney Greenwald

Fame
1978
as Francesco

Seduced
1985
as James Killian

The Evil That Men Do
1984
as Dr. Hector Lomelin

The Swarm
1978
as Dr. Andrews

The Big Bus
1976
as Ironman

The Cockleshell Heroes
1955
as Major Stringer

The Sentinel
1977
as Priest of the Brotherhood

Stop Train 349
1963
as Cowan the Reporter

Night of 100 Stars
1982
as Self

To Be or Not to Be
1983
as Prof. Siletski

Gideon's Trumpet
1980
as Abe Fortas

Cyrano
1974
as Cyrano de Bergerac (voice)

Ship of Fools
1965
as Rieber

Hired to Kill
1990
as Rallis

Joan of Arc
1948
as The Dauphin, Charles VII, later King of France

The Perfect Tribute
1991
as Edward Everett
Bolivia
1946
as Narrator

A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy
1982
as Leopold

This Girl for Hire
1983
as Harrison Wooly

Deep in My Heart
1954
as Sigmund Romberg

Cyrano and d'Artagnan
1964
as Cyrano de Bergerac
Raíces eternas
1984
as English Narrator

Bloody Birthday
1981
as Doctor
Regie: Billy Wilder
1978
as Self

Moulin Rouge
1952
as Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Young Harry Houdini
1987
as Dr. Tybalt Grimaldi

The Fifth Musketeer
1979
as Athos

Banyon
1971
as Lee Jennings

Whirlpool
1950
as David Korvo

The Little Drummer Boy
1968
as Ben Haramed (voice)

Simple Gifts
1977
as Narrator (segment "A Memory of Christmas") (voice)

Paco
1976
as Fermin Flores

Evita Peron
1981
as Agustin Magaldi

Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil
1985
as Prof. Ludwig Rosenberg

The Missing Are Deadly
1975
A Case of Libel
1968
as Boyd Bendix

Bogart: The Untold Story
1997
as Self (archive footage)

The Being
1983
as Mayor Gordon Lane

The Wedding in Monaco
1956
as Self - Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Miss Sadie Thompson
1953
as Alfred Davidson
Truman at Potsdam
1976
as Josef Stalin

The Secret Fury
1950
as José (uncredited)

The Wind in the Willows
1983
as Badger (voice)

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991
as Self

Samson and Delilah
1984
as The High Priest

Mother's Day
1989
as Judge Leatham

And They're Off
1982
as Martin Craig

Exo-Man
1977
as Kermit Haas

Cyrano de Bergerac
1950
as Cyrano de Bergerac

Zoltan… Hound of Dracula
1977
as Inspector Branco

The Amazing Captain Nemo
1978
as Captain Nemo

The Marcus-Nelson Murders
1973
as Jake Weinhaus

Anything Can Happen
1952
as Giorgi Papashvily

I Accuse!
1958
as Captain Alfred Dreyfus

Crash!
1976
as Marc Denne

Nine Hours to Rama
1963
as Superintendent Das

Blood Tide
1982
as Nereus

The Great Man
1956
as Joe Harris

Rickles
1975

3-D Rarities
2015
as Alfred Davidson (archive footage)

The Horror of It All
1983
as Self / Narrator

Natural Enemies
1979
as Harry Rosenthal

Crisis
1950
as Raoul Farrago

Four Girls in Town
1957
as Director
The Sun and the Moon
1987

The High Cost of Loving
1958
as Jim Fry
UFOs: It Has Begun
1979

The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
1977
as Lionel McCoy

Order to Kill
1975
as Inspector Reed

Who Has Seen the Wind
1977
as The Ben

Crosscurrent
1971
as Dr. Charles Bedford

Le avventure e gli amori di Miguel Cervantes
1967
as Hassan Bey

The Shrike
1955
as Jim Downs

Forever Young, Forever Free
1975
as Father Alberto

Berlin Tunnel 21
1981
as Martin Komansky

The Aquarians
1970
as Dr. Alfred Vreeland

The Best Of Danny Kaye - The Television Years
1993
as Self (archive footage)

The Art of Crime
1975
as Beckwith Sloan
Rodin: The Gates of Hell
1982
as Self - Rodin(voice)

Enter Laughing
1967
as Harrison B. Marlowe

Jacques Cousteau: The First 75 Years
1985
as Narrator (voice)

Kismet
1967
as Hajj

Blood Feud
1983
as Edward Bennett Williams

The Murder That Wouldn't Die
1980
as Jeff Briggs

Gideon
1971
as Angel of the Lord
About José Ferrer
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. With 123 credits spanning from 1946 to 2015, José Ferrer has appeared in 97 films and 26 TV shows.
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Most Popular José Ferrer Movies
- Dune (1984) — as Padisha Emperor Shaddam IV
- Life of Sin (1979) — as Bishop
- Lawrence of Arabia (1962) — as Turkish Bey
- Fedora (1978) — as Doctor Vando
- Voyage of the Damned (1976) — as Manuel Benitez
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