José Ferrer

José Ferrer

Acting

Born January 8, 1912 · Santurce, Puerto Rico

7 films as director · Active 1955–1962

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

Columbo

Columbo

1971

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

The Love Boat

The Love Boat

1977

What's My Line?

What's My Line?

1950

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

1984

Magnum, P.I.

Magnum, P.I.

1980

Newhart

Newhart

1982

Matlock

Matlock

1986

Directed(7)

State Fair

1962State Fair★ 4.9

Return to Peyton Place

1961Return to Peyton Place★ 6.6

I Accuse!

1958I Accuse!★ 6.6

The High Cost of Loving

1958The High Cost of Loving★ 6.6

The Great Man

1956The Great Man★ 5.0

The Cockleshell Heroes

1955The Cockleshell Heroes★ 5.9

The Shrike

1955The Shrike★ 7.7

Acting(124)

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

1979The Hughes Mystery

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

1975Medical StoryDr. William Knowland

1975Medical StoryDr. William Knowland

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

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

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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