Personal info

Known for

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

2 / Jan / 1912 (113 years old)

Place of Birth

Santurce, Puerto Rico

Also Known As

Jose Ferrer
José Vicente Ferrer de Otero y Cintrón

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.

Known For

9.0

Cyrano

4 / Mar / 1974

8.3

Forever Young, Forever Free

2 / Mar / 1975

8.1

Columbo

4 / Sep / 1971

8.0

Lawrence of Arabia

3 / Dec / 1962

8.0

The Horror of It All

4 / Feb / 1983

7.7

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

2 / Oct / 1991

7.5

Le avventure e gli amori di Miguel Cervantes

5 / Nov / 1967

7.5

Murder, She Wrote

1 / Sep / 1984

7.4

George Washington

1 / Apr / 1984

7.3

Magnum, P.I.

5 / Dec / 1980

Credits

Acting

2015

•

3-D Rarities

as Alfred Davidson (archive footage)

1997

•

Bogart: The Untold Story

as Self (archive footage)

1993

•

The Best Of Danny Kaye - The Television Years

as Self (archive footage)

1991

•

The Perfect Tribute

as Edward Everett

1991

•

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

as Self

1990

•

Hired to Kill

as Rallis

1990

•

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

1987

•

The Sun and the Moon

1986

•

Blood & Orchids

as Walter Bergman

1986

•

Blood & Orchids

(2 episodes) as Walter Bergman

1985

•

Covenant

as Victor Noble

1985

•

Seduced

as James Killian

1985

•

Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil

as Prof. Ludwig Rosenberg

1985

•

Jacques Cousteau: The First 75 Years

as Narrator (voice)

1984

•

Dune

as Padisha Emperor Shaddam IV

1984

•

The Evil That Men Do

as Dr. Hector Lomelin

1984

•

Samson and Delilah

as The High Priest

1984

•

Raíces eternas

as English Narrator

1984

•

George Washington

(3 episodes) as Governor Dinwiddie

1984

•

Murder, She Wrote

(1 episode) as Cagliostro

1983

•

To Be or Not to Be

as Prof. Siletski

1983

•

The Horror of It All

as Self / Narrator

1983

•

The Being

as Mayor Gordon Lane

1983

•

The Wind in the Willows

as Badger (voice)

1983

•

Blood Feud

as Edward Bennett Williams

1983

•

This Girl For Hire

as Harrison Wooly

1982

•

A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy

as Leopold

1982

•

And They're Off

as Martin Craig

1982

•

Blood Tide

as Nereus

1982

•

Night of 100 Stars

as Self

1982

•

Newhart

(6 episodes) as Arthur Vanderkellen

1981

•

Berlin Tunnel 21

as Martin Komansky

1981

•

Bloody Birthday

as Doctor

1981

•

Evita Peron

as Agustin Magaldi

1981

•

Peter and Paul

(2 episodes) as Gamaliel

1980

•

Gideon's Trumpet

as Abe Fortas

1980

•

The Big Brawl

as Dominici

1980

•

Pleasure Palace

as 'Pokey'

1980

•

The Murder That Wouldn't Die

as Jeff Briggs

1980

•

The Dream Merchants

(3 episodes) as George Pappas

1980

•

Magnum, P.I.

(1 episode) as Robert Caine

1979

•

The Fifth Musketeer

as Athos

1979

•

Natural Enemies

as Harry Rosenthal

1979

•

UFOs: It Has Begun

1979

•

Life of Sin

1979

•

The French Atlantic Affair

(3 episodes) as Pres. Aristide Brouchard

1979

•

Tales of the Unexpected

(1 episode) as Carlos

1978

•

The Amazing Captain Nemo

as Captain Nemo

1978

•

The Swarm

as Dr. Andrews

1978

•

Fedora

as Doctor Vando

1978

•

Fame

as Francesco

1977

•

Dracula's Dog

as Inspector Branco

1977

•

The Sentinel

as Priest of the Brotherhood

1977

•

The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover

as Lionel McCoy

1977

•

Simple Gifts

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

1977

•

Exo-Man

as Kermit Haas

1977

•

Who Has Seen the Wind

as The Ben

1977

•

The Rhinemann Exchange

(3 episodes) as Erich Rhinemann

1977

•

The Love Boat

(2 episodes) as Deke Donner

1976

•

The Big Bus

as Ironman

1976

•

Crash!

as Marc Denne

1976

•

Paco

as Fermin Flores

1976

•

Voyage of the Damned

as Manuel Benitez

1975

•

Order to Kill

as Inspector Reed

1975

•

Forever Young, Forever Free

as Father Alberto

1975

•

Medical Story

as Dr. William Knowland

1975

•

The Art of Crime

as Beckwith Sloan

1975

•

The Missing Are Deadly

1975

•

Rickles

1975

•

Medical Story

(1 episode)

1974

•

Cyrano

as Cyrano de Bergerac (voice)

1973

•

The Marcus-Nelson Murders

as Jake Weinhaus

1973

•

Kojak

(1 episode) as Jake Weinhaus

1971

•

Crosscurrent

as Dr. Charles Bedford

1971

•

Gideon

as Angel of the Lord

1971

•

Banyon

as Lee Jennings

1971

•

Columbo

(1 episode) as Marshall Cahill

1970

•

The Aquarians

as Dr. Alfred Vreeland

1968

•

The Little Drummer Boy

as Ben Haramed (voice)

1967

•

Le avventure e gli amori di Miguel Cervantes

as Hassan Bey

1967

•

Enter Laughing

as Harrison B. Marlowe

1967

•

Kismet

as Hajj

1965

•

The Greatest Story Ever Told

as Herod Antipas

1965

•

Ship of Fools

as Rieber

1964

•

Cyrano and d'Artagnan

as Cyrano de Bergerac

1963

•

Nine Hours to Rama

as Superintendent Das

1963

•

Stop Train 349

as Cowan the Reporter

1963

•

The Danny Kaye Show

(2 episodes) as Self

1962

•

Lawrence of Arabia

as Turkish Bey

1959

•

The Bell Telephone Hour

(1 episode) as Self

1958

•

The High Cost of Loving

as Jim Fry

1958

•

I Accuse!

as Captain Alfred Dreyfus

1957

•

Four Girls in Town

as Director

1957

•

The Lux Show

(3 episodes) as Self

1956

•

The Great Man

as Joe Harris

1956

•

The Rosemary Clooney Show

(1 episode) as Self

1955

•

The Cockleshell Heroes

as Major Stringer

1955

•

The Shrike

as Jim Downs

1954

•

The Caine Mutiny

as Lt. Barney Greenwald

1954

•

Deep in My Heart

as Sigmund Romberg

1954

•

Producers' Showcase

(1 episode)

1953

•

Miss Sadie Thompson

as Alfred Davidson

1952

•

Moulin Rouge

as Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

1952

•

Anything Can Happen

as Giorgi Papashvily

1950

•

Whirlpool

as David Korvo

1950

•

Cyrano de Bergerac

as Cyrano de Bergerac

1950

•

Crisis

as Raoul Farrago

1950

•

The Secret Fury

as José (uncredited)

1950

•

What's My Line?

(2 episodes) as Self - Mystery Guest

1948

•

Joan of Arc

as The Dauphin, Charles VII, later King of France

1948

•

The Ed Sullivan Show

(2 episodes) as Self

1946

•

Bolivia

as Narrator

Directing

1962

•

State Fair

Director

1961

•

Return to Peyton Place

Director

1958

•

I Accuse!

Director

1958

•

The High Cost of Loving

Director

1956

•

The Great Man

Director

1955

•

The Cockleshell Heroes

Director

1955

•

The Shrike

Director

Writing

1956

•

The Great Man

Screenplay

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