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José Ferrer

Actor

José Ferrer

Born January 8, 1912 in Santurce, Puerto RicoDied January 26, 199284 films

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.

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Lawrence of Arabia posterFirst watchLawrence of Arabia19628.0as Turkish BeyDuring World War I, English officer Thomas Edward 'T.E.' Lawrence sets out to unite and lead the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes to fight the Turks.View film

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Filmography

84 films as actor
  1. 1991The Perfect TributeEdward Everett
  2. 1990Old ExplorersWarner Watney
  3. 1990Hired to KillRallis
  4. 1989Mother's DayJudge Leatham
  5. 1987Young Harry HoudiniDr. Tybalt Grimaldi
  6. 1987The Sun and the Moon
  7. 1985CovenantVictor Noble
  8. 1985SeducedJames Killian
  9. 1985Hitler's SS: Portrait in EvilProf. Ludwig Rosenberg
  10. 1984DunePadisha Emperor Shaddam IV
  11. 1984Samson and DelilahThe High Priest
  12. 1984The Evil That Men DoDr. Hector Lomelin
  13. 1983To Be or Not to BeProf. Siletski
  14. 1983The BeingMayor Gordon Lane
  15. 1983The Wind in the WillowsBadger (voice)
  16. 1983Blood FeudEdward Bennett Williams
  17. 1983This Girl for HireHarrison Wooly
  18. 1982Blood TideNereus
  19. 1982A Midsummer Night's Sex ComedyLeopold
  20. 1982And They're OffMartin Craig
  21. 1981Bloody BirthdayDoctor
  22. 1981Berlin Tunnel 21Martin Komansky
  23. 1981Evita PeronAgustin Magaldi
  24. 1980Pleasure Palace'Pokey'
  25. 1980The Big BrawlDominici
  26. 1980Gideon's TrumpetAbe Fortas
  27. 1980The Murder That Wouldn't DieJeff Briggs
  28. 1979Natural EnemiesHarry Rosenthal
  29. 1979The Fifth MusketeerAthos
  30. 1979Life of SinBishop
  31. 1978FameFrancesco
  32. 1978FedoraDoctor Vando
  33. 1978The SwarmDr. Andrews
  34. 1978The Amazing Captain NemoCaptain Nemo
  35. 1977Simple GiftsNarrator (segment "A Memory of Christmas") (voice)
  36. 1977The Private Files of J. Edgar HooverLionel McCoy
  37. 1977Exo-ManKermit Haas
  38. 1977Zoltan… Hound of DraculaInspector Branco
  39. 1977Who Has Seen the WindThe Ben
  40. 1977The SentinelPriest of the Brotherhood
  41. 1976Crash!Marc Denne
  42. 1976Voyage of the DamnedManuel Benitez
  43. 1976The Big BusIronman
  44. 1976PacoFermin Flores
  45. 1976Truman at PotsdamJosef Stalin
  46. 1975The Art of CrimeBeckwith Sloan
  47. 1975Rickles
  48. 1975Medical StoryDr. William Knowland
  49. 1975Order to KillInspector Reed
  50. 1975Forever Young, Forever FreeFather Alberto
  51. 1975The Missing Are Deadly
  52. 1974CyranoCyrano de Bergerac (voice)
  53. 1973The Marcus-Nelson MurdersJake Weinhaus
  54. 1971CrosscurrentDr. Charles Bedford
  55. 1971GideonAngel of the Lord
  56. 1971BanyonLee Jennings
  57. 1970The AquariansDr. Alfred Vreeland
  58. 1968The Little Drummer BoyBen Haramed (voice)
  59. 1968A Case of LibelBoyd Bendix
  60. 1967Le avventure e gli amori di Miguel CervantesHassan Bey
  61. 1967KismetHajj
  62. 1967Enter LaughingHarrison B. Marlowe
  63. 1965Ship of FoolsRieber
  64. 1965The Greatest Story Ever ToldHerod Antipas
  65. 1964Cyrano and d'ArtagnanCyrano de Bergerac
  66. 1963Stop Train 349Cowan the Reporter
  67. 1963Nine Hours to RamaSuperintendent Das
  68. 1962Lawrence of ArabiaTurkish Bey
  69. 1958The High Cost of LovingJim Fry
  70. 1958I Accuse!Captain Alfred Dreyfus
  71. 1957Four Girls in TownDirector
  72. 1956The Great ManJoe Harris
  73. 1955The Cockleshell HeroesMajor Stringer
  74. 1955The ShrikeJim Downs
  75. 1954Deep in My HeartSigmund Romberg
  76. 1954The Caine MutinyLt. Barney Greenwald
  77. 1953Miss Sadie ThompsonAlfred Davidson
  78. 1952Moulin RougeHenri de Toulouse-Lautrec
  79. 1952Anything Can HappenGiorgi Papashvily
  80. 1950Cyrano de BergeracCyrano de Bergerac
  81. 1950CrisisRaoul Farrago
  82. 1950The Secret FuryJosé (uncredited)
  83. 1950WhirlpoolDavid Korvo
  84. 1948Joan of ArcThe Dauphin, Charles VII, later King of France