Deceased

How Did José Ferrer Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 80

Also known asJose Ferrer, José Vicente Ferrer de Otero y CintrónGenderMaleNationalityUnited StatesBorn08/01/1912Born inSanturce, Puerto RicoDied26/01/1992 (aged 80)Died inCoral GablesCausecolorectal cancerWikidataQ312098 ↗Buried atSanta María Magdalena de Pazzis CemeteryTMDb#12515 ↗

José Vicente Ferrer de Otero y Cintrón was a Puerto Rican actor and director of stage, film and television. He was one of the most celebrated and esteemed Hispanic American actors during his lifetime and after, with a career spanning nearly 60 years between 1935 and 1992. He achieved prominence for his portrayal of Cyrano de Bergerac in the play of the same name, which earned him the inaugural Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play in 1947.

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Filmography94 titles

Year	Title	Character	Age at release
2015	3-D RaritiesMovie	Alfred Davidson (archive footage)	103
1997	Bogart: The Untold StoryMovie	Self (archive footage)	85
1990	Hired to KillMovie	Rallis	78
1990	Old ExplorersMovie	Warner Watney	78
1989	Mother's DayMovie	Judge Leatham	77
1986	MatlockSeries	Nicholas Baron	74
1985	Hitler's SS: Portrait in EvilMovie	Prof. Ludwig Rosenberg	73
1985	Jacques Cousteau: The First 75 YearsMovie	Narrator (voice)	73
1985	SeducedMovie	James Killian	73
1984	Murder, She WroteSeries	Cagliostro	72
1984	DuneMovie	Padisha Emperor Shaddam IV	72
1984	The Evil That Men DoMovie	Dr. Hector Lomelin	72
1984	Samson and DelilahMovie	The High Priest	72
1984	George WashingtonSeries	Governor Dinwiddie	72
1984	Raíces eternasMovie	English Narrator	72
1983	To Be or Not to BeMovie	Prof. Siletski	71
1983	The Horror of It AllMovie	Self / Narrator	71
1983	This Girl for HireMovie	Harrison Wooly	71
1982	NewhartSeries	Arthur Vanderkellen	70
1982	Night of 100 StarsMovie	Self	70
1982	A Midsummer Night's Sex ComedyMovie	Leopold	70
1982	And They're OffMovie	Martin Craig	70
1982	Blood TideMovie	Nereus	70
1981	Berlin Tunnel 21Movie	Martin Komansky	69
1981	Evita PeronMovie	Agustin Magaldi	69
1981	Bloody BirthdayMovie	Doctor	69
1980	Magnum, P.I.Series	Robert Caine	68
1980	The Big BrawlMovie	Dominici	68
1980	Gideon's TrumpetMovie	Abe Fortas	68
1980	Pleasure PalaceMovie	'Pokey'	68
1980	The Dream MerchantsSeries	George Pappas	68
1980	The Murder That Wouldn't DieMovie	Jeff Briggs	68
1979	Tales of the UnexpectedSeries	Carlos	67
1979	The Fifth MusketeerMovie	Athos	67
1979	The French Atlantic AffairSeries	Pres. Aristide Brouchard	67
1979	UFOs: It Has BegunMovie	—	67
1979	Life of SinMovie	Bishop	67
1978	FedoraMovie	Doctor Vando	66
1978	The SwarmMovie	Dr. Andrews	66
1978	The Amazing Captain NemoMovie	Captain Nemo	66
1978	Regie: Billy WilderMovie	Self	66
1977	The Love BoatSeries	Deke Donner	65
1977	The SentinelMovie	Priest of the Brotherhood	65
1977	Exo-ManMovie	Kermit Haas	65
1977	The Private Files of J. Edgar HooverMovie	Lionel McCoy	65
1977	Simple GiftsMovie	Narrator (segment "A Memory of Christmas") (voice)	65
1977	Who Has Seen the WindMovie	The Ben	65
1976	Voyage of the DamnedMovie	Manuel Benitez	64
1976	The Big BusMovie	Ironman	64
1976	TeleplaySeries	Sam	64
1976	Crash!Movie	Marc Denne	64
1976	Truman at PotsdamMovie	Josef Stalin	64
1975	The Missing Are DeadlyMovie	—	63
1975	The Art of CrimeMovie	Beckwith Sloan	63
1975	Medical StorySeries	—	63
1975	Forever Young, Forever FreeMovie	Father Alberto	63
1975	RicklesMovie	—	63
1974	CyranoMovie	Cyrano de Bergerac (voice)	62
1971	ColumboSeries	Marshall Cahill	59
1971	GideonMovie	Angel of the Lord	59
1971	BanyonMovie	Lee Jennings	59
1968	The Little Drummer BoyMovie	Ben Haramed (voice)	56
1968	A Case of LibelMovie	Boyd Bendix	56
1967	Enter LaughingMovie	Harrison B. Marlowe	55
1967	Le avventure e gli amori di Miguel CervantesMovie	Hassan Bey	55
1967	KismetMovie	Hajj	55
1965	The Greatest Story Ever ToldMovie	Herod Antipas	53
1965	Ship of FoolsMovie	Rieber	53
1963	Nine Hours to RamaMovie	Superintendent Das	51
1963	The Danny Kaye ShowSeries	Self	51
1962	Lawrence of ArabiaMovie	Turkish Bey	50
1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSeries	Self	50
1959	The Bell Telephone HourSeries	Self	47
1958	The High Cost of LovingMovie	Jim Fry	46
1958	I Accuse!Movie	Captain Alfred Dreyfus	46
1957	Four Girls in TownMovie	Director	45
1957	The Lux ShowSeries	Self	45
1956	The Rosemary Clooney ShowSeries	Self	44
1956	The Wedding in MonacoMovie	Self - Narrator (voice) (uncredited)	44
1956	The Great ManMovie	Joe Harris	44
1955	The ShrikeMovie	Jim Downs	43
1955	The Cockleshell HeroesMovie	Major Stringer	43
1954	Producers' ShowcaseSeries	—	42
1954	The Caine MutinyMovie	Lt. Barney Greenwald	42
1954	Deep in My HeartMovie	Sigmund Romberg	42
1953	Miss Sadie ThompsonMovie	Alfred Davidson	41
1952	Moulin RougeMovie	Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec	40
1950	What's My Line?Series	Self - Mystery Guest	38
1950	WhirlpoolMovie	David Korvo	38
1950	CrisisMovie	Raoul Farrago	38
1950	Cyrano de BergeracMovie	Cyrano de Bergerac	38
1950	The Secret FuryMovie	José (uncredited)	38
1948	The Ed Sullivan ShowSeries	Self	36
1948	Joan of ArcMovie	The Dauphin, Charles VII, later King of France	36