José Ferrer

Won Oscar. Another 3 wins & 6 nominations See more awards »

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Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

Dune (1984)

The Caine Mutiny (1954)

Moulin Rouge (1952)

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1992 Lam Gong juen ji fan fei jo fung wan

1989-1991 Another World (TV series)
Reuben Moreno

– Episode #1.6898 (1991) … Reuben Moreno

– Episode #1.6659 (1990) … Reuben Moreno

– Episode #1.6331 (1990) … Reuben Moreno

– Episode #1.6455 (1989) … Reuben Moreno

1991 The Perfect Tribute (TV movie)
Edward Everett

1990 Hired to Kill
Rallis

1990 Old Explorers
Warner Watney

1989 American Playwrights Theater: The One-Acts (TV series)
Abraham Bentley

– The Rope (1989) … Abraham Bentley

1989 Mother's Day (TV movie)

1988 Sesame Street (TV series)
Tio Jose'

– Episode #19.128 (1988) … Tio Jose'

1988 American Playhouse (TV series)
Professor Leeds

– Strange Interlude (1988) … Professor Leeds

1985-1987 Newhart (TV series)
Arthur Vanderkellen

– Till Depth Do Us Part: Part 2 (1987) … Arthur Vanderkellen

– It's My Party and I'll Die If I Want To (1987) … Arthur Vanderkellen

– Thanksgiving for the Memories (1986) … Arthur Vanderkellen

– Pre-Nups (1986) … Arthur Vanderkellen

– Locks, Stocks, and Noodlehead (1985) … Arthur Vanderkellen

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1987 The Wind in the Willows (TV movie)
Badger (voice)

1987 Young Harry Houdini (TV movie)
Dr. Tybalt Grimaldi

1987 The Sun and the Moon

1986 Matlock (TV series)
Nicholas Baron

– The Don: Part 2 (1986) … Nicholas Baron

– The Don: Part 1 (1986) … Nicholas Baron

1981-1986 The Love Boat (TV series)
Deke / Simon Beck

– The Art Lover/Couples/Made for Each Other (1986) … Simon Beck

– Expedition, The/Julie's Wedding/The Mongala/Julie's Replacement/The Three R's/The Professor's Wife: Part 1 (1981) … Deke

– Expedition, The/Julie's Wedding/The Mongala/Julie's Replacement/The Three R's/The Professor's Wife: Part 2 (1981) … Deke

1986 Blood & Orchids (TV movie)
Walter Bergman

1985 Bridges to Cross (TV series)
Morris Kane

– Memories of Molly (1985) … Morris Kane

1985 Bridges to Cross (TV series)
Morris Kane

– Memories of Molly (1985) … Morris Kane

1985 Covenant (TV movie)
Victor Noble

1985 Seduced (TV movie)
James Killian (as Jose Ferrer)

1985 Hitler's S.S.: Portrait in Evil (TV movie)
Prof. Ludwig Rosenberg

1984 Murder, She Wrote (TV series)
Cagliostro

– Death Casts a Spell (1984) … Cagliostro (as Jose Ferrer)

1984 Dune
Padishah Emperor Shaddam IV

1984 George Washington (TV mini-series)
Lt. Gov. Robert Dinwiddie

1984 Samson and Delilah (TV movie)
The High Priest (as Jose Ferrer)

1984 The Evil That Men Do
Dr. Hector Lomelin

1984 Hotel (TV series)
Alex Huff

– Passages (1984) … Alex Huff

1983 To Be or Not to Be
Prof. Siletski (as Jose Ferrer)

1983 Fantasy Island (TV series)

– Random Choices/My Mother, the Swinger (1983) (as Jose Ferrer)

1983 The Being
Mayor Gordon Lane

1983 This Girl for Hire (TV movie)
Harrison Wooly

1983 Blood Feud (TV movie)
Edward Bennett Williams (Hoffa's attorney)

1982 Quincy M.E. (TV series)
Dr. Stanley Royce

– Ghost of a Chance (1982) … Dr. Stanley Royce (as Jose Ferrer)

1982 Bloodtide
Nereus

1982 A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy
Leopold (as Jose Ferrer)

1981 Bloody Birthday
Doctor

1981 Peter and Paul (TV movie)
Gamaliel (as Jose Ferrer)

1981 Berlin Tunnel 21 (TV movie)
Komanski

1981 Evita Peron (TV movie)
Agustin Magaldi

1981 Magnum, P.I. (TV series)
Judge Robert Caine

– Lest We Forget (1981) … Judge Robert Caine

1980 Pleasure Palace (TV movie)
'Pokey'

1980 The Big Brawl
Dominici

1980 The Dream Merchants (TV movie)
George Pappas

1980 Gideon's Trumpet (TV movie)
Abe Fortas

1980 Battles: The Murder That Wouldn't Die (TV movie)
Jeff Briggs (as Jose Ferrer)

1979 The French Atlantic Affair (TV mini-series)
President Aristide Brouchard

1979 Natural Enemies
Harry Rosenthal (as Jose Ferrer)

1979 The Fifth Musketeer
Athos

1979 Tales of the Unexpected (TV series)
Carlos

– The Man from the South (1979) … Carlos

1979 The Hughes Mystery

1979 A Life of Sin
The Bishop

1978 Fame (TV movie)
Francesco

1978 The Swarm
Dr. Andrews (as Jose Ferrer)

1978 Dracula's Dog
Inspector Branco

1978 Fedora
Doctor Vando

1978 The Return of Captain Nemo (TV movie)
Captain Nemo

1977 The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
Lionel McCoy

1977 Who Has Seen the Wind
The Ben

1977 Exo-Man (TV movie)
Kermit Haas

1977 The Rhinemann Exchange (TV mini-series)
Erich Rhinemann

1977 The Sentinel
Priest of the Brotherhood

1977 Crash!
Marc Denne

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

1976 Voyage of the Damned
Manuel Benitez

1976 Starsky and Hutch (TV series)
Crazy Joey Fortune

– Murder at Sea (1976) … Crazy Joey Fortune (as Jose Ferrer)

1976 Paco
Fermin Flores

1976 The Big Bus
Ironman (as Jose Ferrer)

1976 Truman at Potsdam (TV movie)
Josef Stalin

1975 The Art of Crime (TV movie)
Beckwith Sloan (as Jose Ferrer)

1975 Medical Story (TV movie)
Dr. William Knowland

1975 Order to Assassinate
Inspector Reed

1975 e'Lollipop
Father Alberto

1975 The Missing Are Deadly (TV movie)
Mr. Warren

1974 ABC Afterschool Specials (TV series)
Cyrano de Bergerac

– Cyrano (1974) … Cyrano de Bergerac (voice)

1974 Columbo (TV series)
Dr. Marshall Cahill

– Mind Over Mayhem (1974) … Dr. Marshall Cahill (as Jose Ferrer)

1973 Great Mysteries (TV series)
Old Harry

– In the Confessional (1973) … Old Harry

1973 Kojak (TV series)
Jake Weinhaus

– The Marcus-Nelson Murders (1973) … Jake Weinhaus (as Jose Ferrer)

1971 Crosscurrent (TV movie)
Dr. Charles Bedford

1971 Gideon (TV movie)
Angel of the Lord

1971 Banyon (TV series)
Lee Jennings

– Pilot (1971) … Lee Jennings

1970 The Name of the Game (TV series)
Adrian Blake / Bristow

– Why I Blew Up Dakota (1970) … Bristow

– Tarot (1970) … Adrian Blake

1970 The Aquarians (TV movie)
Dr. Alfred Vreeland

1968 The Little Drummer Boy (TV short)
Ben Haramed (voice) (as Jose Ferrer)

1968 A Case of Libel (TV movie)
Boyd Bendix

1967 Young Rebel
Hassan Bey

1967 Kismet (TV movie)
Hajj

1967 Enter Laughing
Harrison B. Marlowe (as Jose Ferrer)

1965 Ship of Fools
Rieber (as Jose Ferrer)

1965 The Greatest Story Ever Told
Herod Antipas

1964 Bewitched (TV series)
Narrator

– Mother, Meet What's His Name (1964) … Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

– Be It Ever So Mortgaged (1964) … Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

– I, Darrin, Take This Witch, Samantha (1964) … Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1964 Cyrano et d'Artagnan
Cyrano de Bergerac

1963 The Greatest Show on Earth (TV series)
Harry Kyle

– No Middle Ground for Harry Kyle (1963) … Harry Kyle

1963 Stop Train 349
Cowan the Reporter (as Jose Ferrer)

1963 Nine Hours to Rama
Supt. Gopal Das

1962 Lawrence of Arabia
Turkish Bey (as Jose Ferrer)

1961 Return to Peyton Place
Voice of Mark Steele (uncredited)

1960/II No Place Like Home (TV movie)

1959 The United States Steel Hour (TV series)

– Marriage... Handle with Care (1959)

1959 G.E. True Theater (TV series)
Joe Garvey

– Survival (1959) … Joe Garvey (as Jose Ferrer)

1958 The High Cost of Loving
Jim 'Jimbo' Fry

1958 I Accuse!
Capt. Alfred Dreyfus (as Jose Ferrer)

1956 The Great Man
Joe Harris

1956 The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (TV series)
Cyrano de Bergerac

– Cyrano De Bergerac (1956) … Cyrano de Bergerac (voice)

1955 The Cockleshell Heroes
Major Stringer (as Jose Ferrer: in closing credits)

1955 Producers' Showcase (TV series)
Cyrano de Bergerac

– Cyrano de Bergerac (1955) … Cyrano de Bergerac

1955 The Shrike
Jim Downs

1954 Deep in My Heart
Sigmund Romberg

1954 The Caine Mutiny
Lt. Barney Greenwald (as Jose Ferrer)

1953 Miss Sadie Thompson
Alfred Davidson (as Jose Ferrer)

1952 Moulin Rouge
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec / The Comte de Toulouse-Lautrec

1952/I Anything Can Happen
Giorgi Papashvily

1950 Cyrano de Bergerac
Cyrano de Bergerac

1950 Crisis
Raoul Farrago (as Jose Ferrer)

1950 The Secret Fury
José (uncredited)

1949 Whirlpool
David Korvo (as Jose Ferrer)

1949 The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse (TV series)
Cyrano de Bergerac / Sammy Glick

– What Makes Sammy Run? (1949) … Sammy Glick

– Cyrano de Bergerac (1949) … Cyrano de Bergerac

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

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(1959) Album: Narrated a bilingual (English and Spanish) recording of Sergei Prokofiev's "Peter and the Wolf". The music was played by the Vienna State Opera Orchestra conducted by Sir Eugene Goossens. See more »

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Alternate Names:

Jose Ferrer

Height:

5' 9¼" (1.76 m)

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I am more important than my problems. See more »

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His most famous performance was as "Cyrano de Bergerac". He played it on the stage in 1946 and 1953, on film in 1950 ( Cyrano de Bergerac, winning the Oscar for that performance, and on live TV in 1949 and 1955. He played Cyrano again in the French film Cyrano et d'Artagnan. He won the Tony for his stage portrayal of the role in 1947... See more »

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Rich, full voice and distinctive, articulate enunciation See more »

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Joe See more »

Star Sign:

Capricorn

José Ferrer (I) (1912–1992)

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