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José Ferrer

Acting

Born: 1912-01-08
Died: 1992-01-26
From: Santurce, Puerto Rico
Gender: Male
Popularity: 1.2

Also Known As

Jose FerrerJosé Vicente Ferrer de Otero y Cintrón

Biography

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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Awards & Nominations9 won · 4 nominated

🏆 Won

Distinguished Americans series

2012
🏆 Won

honorary doctor of the University of Miami

1984
Nominated

Tony Award for Best Musical

Oh, Captain!

1958
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Actor

Moulin Rouge

1953
🏆 Won

Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play

1952
🏆 Won

Tony Award for Best Director

1952
🏆 Won

Academy Award for Best Actor

Cyrano de Bergerac

1951
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Actor

Cyrano de Bergerac

1951
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor

Joan of Arc

1949
🏆 Won

Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play

1947
🏆 Won

star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

🏆 Won

Donaldson Awards

🏆 Won

National Medal of Arts

Acting110 titles

Anything Can Happen
10.0
Movie

Anything Can Happen

1952Comedy
Simple Gifts
10.0
Cartoon

Simple Gifts

1977Animation
Paco
10.0
Movie

Paco

1976Thriller
Fame
9.0
Movie

Fame

1978Drama
Old Explorers
9.0
Movie

Old Explorers

1990Drama
Cyrano
9.0
Cartoon

Cyrano

1974Animation
Banyon
9.0
Movie

Banyon

1971Thriller
Jacques Cousteau: The First 75 Years
9.0
Movie

Jacques Cousteau: The First 75 Years

1985Documentary
The Horror of It All
8.3
Movie

The Horror of It All

1983Documentary
The Art of Crime
8.3
Movie

The Art of Crime

1975Thriller
Columbo
8.1
Series

Columbo

1971-2003Thriller
Lawrence of Arabia
8.0
Movie

Lawrence of Arabia

1962Action
The Shrike
8.0
Movie

The Shrike

1955Drama
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
8.0
Movie

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

1991Documentary
The Bell Telephone Hour
8.0
Series

The Bell Telephone Hour

1959-1968Drama
Forever Young, Forever Free
7.8
Movie

Forever Young, Forever Free

1975Drama
Le avventure e gli amori di Miguel Cervantes
7.7
Movie

Le avventure e gli amori di Miguel Cervantes

1967Action
George Washington
7.7
Series

George Washington

1984Drama
The Marcus-Nelson Murders
7.6
Movie

The Marcus-Nelson Murders

1973Drama
Mother's Day
7.5
Movie

Mother's Day

1989Drama
Murder, She Wrote
7.5
Series

Murder, She Wrote

1984-1996Thriller
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
7.5
Series

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962-1992Documentary
Kismet
7.3
Movie

Kismet

1967Drama
Magnum, P.I.
7.3
Series

Magnum, P.I.

1980-1988Thriller
The Caine Mutiny
7.2
Movie

The Caine Mutiny

1954Drama
Peter and Paul
7.2
Series

Peter and Paul

1981Drama
The French Atlantic Affair
7.2
Series

The French Atlantic Affair

1979Thriller
Blood & Orchids
7.2
Series

Blood & Orchids

1986Drama
Newhart
7.1
Series

Newhart

1982-1990Comedy
Matlock
7.1
Series

Matlock

1986-1995Drama
Medical Story
7.0
Movie

Medical Story

1975Drama
Crosscurrent
7.0
Movie

Crosscurrent

1971Drama
Stop Train 349
7.0
Movie

Stop Train 349

1963Drama
Who Has Seen the Wind
7.0
Movie

Who Has Seen the Wind

1977Comedy
Young Harry Houdini
7.0
Movie

Young Harry Houdini

1987Comedy
Gideon
7.0
Movie

Gideon

1971Drama
The Missing Are Deadly
7.0
Movie

The Missing Are Deadly

1975Thriller
What's My Line?
7.0
Series

What's My Line?

1950-1967Drama
The Danny Kaye Show
7.0
Series

The Danny Kaye Show

1963-1967Comedy
Strange Interlude
7.0
Series

Strange Interlude

1988Drama
Cyrano de Bergerac
6.9
Movie

Cyrano de Bergerac

1950Romance
The High Cost of Loving
6.8
Movie

The High Cost of Loving

1958Comedy
Night of 100 Stars
6.8
Movie

Night of 100 Stars

1982Comedy
The Ed Sullivan Show
6.8
Series

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948-1971Comedy
Tales of the Unexpected
6.8
Series

Tales of the Unexpected

1979-1988Drama
Hotel
6.8
Series

Hotel

1982-1988Drama
Berlin Tunnel 21
6.7
Movie

Berlin Tunnel 21

1981Drama
To Be or Not to Be
6.7
Movie

To Be or Not to Be

1983Comedy
Deep in My Heart
6.7
Movie

Deep in My Heart

1954Drama
Crisis
6.7
Movie

Crisis

1950Thriller
Fedora
6.7
Movie

Fedora

1978Drama
Moulin Rouge
6.6
Movie

Moulin Rouge

1952Drama
Ship of Fools
6.6
Movie

Ship of Fools

1965Drama
The Little Drummer Boy
6.6
Cartoon

The Little Drummer Boy

1968Animation
I Accuse!
6.6
Movie

I Accuse!

1958Drama
The Wedding in Monaco
6.6
Movie

The Wedding in Monaco

1956Documentary
A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy
6.5
Movie

A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy

1982Comedy
The Aquarians
6.5
Movie

The Aquarians

1970Drama
The Perfect Tribute
6.5
Movie

The Perfect Tribute

1991Drama
The Rhinemann Exchange
6.5
Series

The Rhinemann Exchange

1977Drama
The Greatest Story Ever Told
6.4
Movie

The Greatest Story Ever Told

1965Drama
Whirlpool
6.4
Movie

Whirlpool

1950Thriller
Gideon's Trumpet
6.4
Movie

Gideon's Trumpet

1980Drama
The Love Boat
6.3
Series

The Love Boat

1977-1987Drama
Dune
6.2
Movie

Dune

1984Action
Nine Hours to Rama
6.2
Movie

Nine Hours to Rama

1963Drama
Joan of Arc
6.2
Movie

Joan of Arc

1948Drama
The Wind in the Willows
6.2
Cartoon

The Wind in the Willows

1983Animation
The Sentinel
6.1
Movie

The Sentinel

1977Horror
Natural Enemies
6.0
Movie

Natural Enemies

1979Drama
3-D Rarities
6.0
Movie

3-D Rarities

2015Documentary
Life of Sin
6.0
Movie

Life of Sin

1979Drama
Voyage of the Damned
6.0
Movie

Voyage of the Damned

1976Drama
The Cockleshell Heroes
5.9
Movie

The Cockleshell Heroes

1955Action
The Big Brawl
5.9
Movie

The Big Brawl

1980Action
Bloody Birthday
5.9
Movie

Bloody Birthday

1981Horror
Cyrano and d'Artagnan
5.9
Movie

Cyrano and d'Artagnan

1964Action
The Evil That Men Do
5.8
Movie

The Evil That Men Do

1984Action
The Dream Merchants
5.7
Series

The Dream Merchants

1980Drama
Pleasure Palace
5.5
Movie

Pleasure Palace

1980Drama
The Secret Fury
5.5
Movie

The Secret Fury

1950Thriller
The Amazing Captain Nemo
5.4
Movie

The Amazing Captain Nemo

1978Sci-Fi
Miss Sadie Thompson
5.4
Movie

Miss Sadie Thompson

1953Drama
Crash!
5.4
Movie

Crash!

1976Horror
The Big Bus
5.3
Movie

The Big Bus

1976Action
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
5.1
Movie

The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover

1977Drama
Samson and Delilah
5.1
Movie

Samson and Delilah

1984Drama
The Swarm
5.0
Movie

The Swarm

1978Sci-Fi
Blood Tide
5.0
Movie

Blood Tide

1982Action
The Great Man
5.0
Movie

The Great Man

1956Drama
This Girl for Hire
5.0
Movie

This Girl for Hire

1983Comedy
Medical Story
5.0
Series

Medical Story

1975-1976Drama
The Fifth Musketeer
4.9
Movie

The Fifth Musketeer

1979Action
The Being
4.9
Movie

The Being

1983Horror
Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil
4.9
Movie

Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil

1985Drama
Zoltan… Hound of Dracula
4.8
Movie

Zoltan… Hound of Dracula

1977Horror
Enter Laughing
4.8
Movie

Enter Laughing

1967Comedy
Hired to Kill
4.7
Movie

Hired to Kill

1990Action
Exo-Man
4.7
Movie

Exo-Man

1977Action
Order to Kill
4.6
Movie

Order to Kill

1975Drama
The Murder That Wouldn't Die
4.3
Movie

The Murder That Wouldn't Die

1980Thriller
Seduced
3.5
Movie

Seduced

1985Drama
Covenant
3.4
Movie

Covenant

1985Drama
Four Girls in Town
2.8
Movie

Four Girls in Town

1957Drama
And They're Off
0
Movie

And They're Off

1982Drama
Blood Feud
0
Movie

Blood Feud

1983Drama
Evita Peron
0
Movie

Evita Peron

1981Drama
Bogart: The Untold Story
0
Movie

Bogart: The Untold Story

1997Documentary
The Best Of Danny Kaye - The Television Years
0
Movie

The Best Of Danny Kaye - The Television Years

1993Comedy
Rickles
0
Movie

Rickles

1975Comedy

Directing7 titles

The Shrike
8.0
Movie

The Shrike

1955Drama
The High Cost of Loving
6.8
Movie

The High Cost of Loving

1958Comedy
Return to Peyton Place
6.6
Movie

Return to Peyton Place

1961Drama
I Accuse!
6.6
Movie

I Accuse!

1958Drama
The Cockleshell Heroes
5.9
Movie

The Cockleshell Heroes

1955Action
The Great Man
5.0
Movie

The Great Man

1956Drama
State Fair
4.8
Movie

State Fair

1962Comedy

Writing1 title

The Great Man
5.0
Movie

The Great Man

1956Drama