Mel Ferrer

Actor

Mel Ferrer

Born August 25, 1917 in Elberon, New Jersey, USADied June 2, 200871 films

Melchor Gastón Ferrer (August 25, 1917 – June 2, 2008) was an American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter. He achieved prominence on Broadway before scoring notable film hits with Scaramouche, Lili, and Knights of the Round Table. He starred opposite his wife, actress Audrey Hepburn, in War and Peace and produced her film Wait Until Dark. He also acted extensively in European films and appeared in several cult hits, including The Antichrist (1974), The Suspicious Death of a Minor (1975), The Black Corsair (1976), and Nightmare City (1980).

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Lili posterFirst watchLili19536.7as Paul BerthaletA leading role.Members of a circus troupe "adopt" Lili Daurier when she finds herself stranded in a strange town. The magician who first comes to her rescue already has romantic entanglements and thinks…View film

Essential films

Ranked by role, acclaim and reach
The Antichrist poster6.1The Antichrist1974Eaten Alive poster5.5Eaten Alive1976War and Peace poster6.6War and Peace1956The Visitor poster5.3The Visitor1979Rancho Notorious poster6.5Rancho Notorious1952Lili Marleen poster6.5Lili Marleen1981The World, the Flesh and the Devil poster6.4The World, the Flesh and the Devil1959Knights of the Round Table poster6.0Knights of the Round Table1953

Filmography

71 films as actor
  1. 2010Saint John Baptist De La Salle: Patron Saint of Teachers
  2. 1996Catherine the GreatPatriarch
  3. 1994Morir A Mi Manera
  4. 1991Eye of the WidowCIA Chief Frankenheimer
  5. 1986Outrage!Judge Michael Lengel
  6. 1985SeducedArthur Orloff
  7. 1984A Tender SunsetFranz Bollenstein
  8. 1982One Shoe Makes it MurderCarl Charnock
  9. 1982Deadly GameStephan Mathiesen
  10. 1982A Thousand Billion DollarsCornelius A. Woaegen, president of GTI
  11. 1981Lili MarleenDavid Mendelssohn
  12. 1981Vultures Over the CitySheriff
  13. 1980Nightmare CityGeneral Murchison
  14. 1980Fugitive FamilyAnthony Durano
  15. 1980The Memory of Eva RykerDr. Sanford
  16. 1980Eaten Alive!Professor Carter
  17. 1979The Great AlligatorJoshua
  18. 1979Guyana: Crime of the Century
  19. 1979The VisitorDr. Walker
  20. 1979Island of the FishmenRadcliffe (US version)
  21. 1978L'immoralitàVera Husband
  22. 1978The Fifth FloorDr. Sidney Coleman
  23. 1978Seagulls Fly LowRoberto Micheli
  24. 1978Yesterday's TomorrowColonel Stone
  25. 1978The NorsemanKing Eurich
  26. 1978The Amazing Captain NemoDr. Robert Cook
  27. 1978Hi-RidersSheriff
  28. 1977The Pyjama Girl CaseProfessor Henry Douglas
  29. 1977Sharon: Portrait of a MistressDavid
  30. 1977GangbustersPeseti
  31. 1976Eaten AliveHarvey Wood
  32. 1976The Black CorsairVan Gould
  33. 1975The NetAurelio Morelli
  34. 1975The Suspicious Death of a MinorPolice superintendent
  35. 1975Silent ActionDistrict Attorney Mannino
  36. 1975BranniganMel Fields
  37. 1974The AntichristMassimo Oderisi
  38. 1973The Girl from the Red CabaretDalton Harvey
  39. 1973CarolaGen. Franz von Clodius
  40. 1972A Time for LovingDoctor Harrison
  41. 1967Wait Until DarkFrench-Canadian Radio Speaker (voice) (uncredited)
  42. 1966El GrecoEl Greco (Domenico Teotocopulo)
  43. 1964Sex and the Single GirlRudy DeMeyer
  44. 1964The Fall of the Roman EmpireCleander
  45. 1964Paris When It SizzlesDr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (uncredited)
  46. 1964El señor de La SalleJuan Bautista de La Salle
  47. 1962The Longest DayMaj. Gen. Robert Haines
  48. 1962The Devil and the Ten CommandmentsPhilip Allan
  49. 1962Charge of the Black LancersAndrea Di Tula
  50. 1961The Laws of WarMarco
  51. 1960The Hands of OrlacStephen Orlac
  52. 1960Ladies ManGeorges Gauthier
  53. 1960Blood and RosesLeopoldo De Karnstein
  54. 1959The World, the Flesh and the DevilBenson Thacker
  55. 1958FrauleinMaj. Foster MacLain
  56. 1957The Sun Also RisesRobert Cohn
  57. 1957The VintageGiancarlo Barandero
  58. 1957MayerlingCrown Prince Rudolph
  59. 1956Elena and Her MenLe comte Henri de Chevincourt
  60. 1956War and PeacePrince Andrei Bolkonsky
  61. 1955Oh... Rosalinda!!Capt. Alfred Westerman
  62. 1955ForbiddenDon Paolo Salinas
  63. 1953Knights of the Round TableArthur
  64. 1953SaadiaHenrik
  65. 1953LiliPaul Berthalet
  66. 1952ScaramoucheNoel, Marquis de Maynes
  67. 1952Rancho NotoriousFrenchy Fairmont
  68. 1951The Brave BullsLuís Bello
  69. 1950Born to Be BadGobby
  70. 1949Lost BoundariesDr. Scott Mason Carter
  71. 1947The FugitiveFather Serra (uncredited)