José Ferrer
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PERSONAL DATA OF JOSÉ FERRER
Born in: SANTURCE (Puerto Rico)
Born on: 08/01/1909
He dies at: CORAL GABLES (Florida) USA
He dies on: 26/01/1992
BIOGRAPHY OF JOSÉ FERRER
Actor. Familiarly called Joe. He graduated from Princeton in 1934 and during his years of study was part of the Princeton University Triangle Club Musical Theater Group along with James Stewart and F. Scott Fitzgerald. He recites with the same ease in Spanish or English and knows French very well. Famous for his beautiful deep voice he is the only actor who for the same role, that of Cyrano de Bergerac, wins the Tony Award for playing it in the theater in 1947, the 1950 Oscar for the film, and the Emmy nomination. 1955 playing it for TV. In 1963 he still held the same role in the French film “Cyrano et d’Artagnan”. Twice divorced, in 1953 he married the well-known American singer, much younger than him, Rosemary Clooney (sister of George Clooney’s father). After the birth of five children, in 1961 the two divorced but remarried in 1964. The second time the cohabitation lasts even less and in 1967 a second divorce marks the end of the relationship and for Rosemary the first hospitalization in the clinic for a nervous breakdown that will keep her away from the scene for years. The story of their stormy marriage was told for TV in 1982 in “Rosie: The Rosemary Clooney Story”. The first child of the couple, Miguel, born in 1955 is an established TV actor, known in Italy as Dr. Garret Macy of the series “Crossing Jordan”. Their youngest son, Rafael, is also an actor. José said of himself that, after the good roles of the 1950s, he had gone into “free fall”. He still acted until the end, a lot on TV and also in the theater. On Broadway his antagonist Iago of Paul Robeson’s Othello was Shakespeare’s longest running tragedy. He dies at 83 of colon cancer.
THE MOST RECENT FILMS BY JOSÉ FERRER
At the fair for a husband (State Fair)
Role: Film director
Year: 1962
RETURN TO PEYTON PLACE (RETURN TO PEYTON PLACE)
Role: Film director
Year: 1961
THE HIGH COST OF LOVING
Role: Film director
Year: 1958
THE DREYFUS DEAL (I ACCUSATIONS!)
Role: Film director
Year: 1957 Go to the Complete Filmography
THE MOST RECURRING GENRES OF JOSÉ FERRER
Drama: 35% Comedy: 12% Adventure: 11% War: 8%
RECENT ROLES PLAYED BY JOSÉ FERRER
| Movie | Role |
|---|---|
1492: the conquest of Paradise | Alonso |
TOP MODEL TO KILL | Leader Of The Rebels |
Dunes | Emperor Shaaddam Iv |
Profession of executioner | Hector Lomelin |
BIRTHDAY AT HOME FARROW | Doctor |
To be or not to be | Prof. Siletski |
A sexy comedy in a midsummer night | Leopold |
WHO TOUCHES YELLOW DIES | Dominici |
Dracula vs Zombies | Inspector Branco |
THE TRANSATLANTIC OF FEAR | President Aristide Brouchard |
Captain Nemo, Atlantis mission | Cap Nemo |
FEDORA | Dr Vando |
Swarm | Dr. Andrews |
The journey of the damned | Manuel Benitez |
FROM THE SNOWS OF AFRICA TO THE SKYSCRAPERS OF NEW YORK | Father Alberto |
THE HEAD OF THE SNAKE | Inspector Reed |
ENTER LAUGHING | Marlowe |
THE ADVENTURES AND LOVES OF MIGUEL CERVANTES | Hassan Bey |
THE SHIP OF FOLLI | Siegfried Rieber |
