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.
Academy Awards
Best Actor
Known For
Dune
(1984)
Padisha Emperor Shaddam IV
Lawrence of Arabia
(1962)
Turkish Bey
The Greatest Story Ever Told
(1965)
Herod Antipas
The Big Brawl
(1980)
Dominici
Moulin Rouge
(1952)
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Joan of Arc
(1948)
The Dauphin, Charles VII, later King of France
The Caine Mutiny
(1954)
Lt. Barney Greenwald
The Swarm
(1978)
Dr. Andrews
Voyage of the Damned
(1976)
Manuel Benitez
The Sentinel
(1977)
Priest of the Brotherhood
The Big Bus
(1976)
Ironman
Bloody Birthday
(1981)
Doctor
Ship of Fools
(1965)
Rieber
Cyrano de Bergerac
(1950)
Cyrano de Bergerac
A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy
(1982)
Leopold
Pleasure Palace
(1980)
'Pokey'
Full Filmography
Acting
Joan of Arc
(1948)
The Dauphin, Charles VII, later King of France
Crisis
(1950)
Raoul Farrago
Cyrano de Bergerac
(1950)
Cyrano de Bergerac
The Secret Fury
(1950)
José (uncredited)
Whirlpool
(1950)
David Korvo
Moulin Rouge
(1952)
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Anything Can Happen
(1952)
Giorgi Papashvily
Miss Sadie Thompson
(1953)
Alfred Davidson
The Caine Mutiny
(1954)
Lt. Barney Greenwald
Deep in My Heart
(1954)
Sigmund Romberg
The Shrike
(1955)
Jim Downs
The Cockleshell Heroes
(1955)
Major Stringer
The Great Man
(1956)
Joe Harris
Four Girls in Town
(1957)
Director
I Accuse!
(1958)
Captain Alfred Dreyfus
The High Cost of Loving
(1958)
Jim Fry
Lawrence of Arabia
(1962)
Turkish Bey
Stop Train 349
(1963)
Cowan the Reporter
Nine Hours to Rama
(1963)
Superintendent Das
Cyrano and d'Artagnan
(1964)
Cyrano de Bergerac
Ship of Fools
(1965)
Rieber
The Greatest Story Ever Told
(1965)
Herod Antipas
Enter Laughing
(1967)
Harrison B. Marlowe
Kismet
(1967)
Hajj
Cervantes
(1967)
Hassan Bey
The Little Drummer Boy
(1968)
Ben Haramed (voice)
The Aquarians
(1970)
Dr. Alfred Vreeland
Crosscurrent
(1971)
Dr. Charles Bedford
Gideon
(1971)
Angel of the Lord
Banyon
(1971)
Lee Jennings
The Marcus-Nelson Murders
(1973)
Jake Weinhaus
Cyrano
(1974)
Cyrano de Bergerac (voice)
Forever Young, Forever Free
(1975)
Father Alberto
Rickles
(1975)
Medical Story
(1975)
Dr. William Knowland
The Missing Are Deadly
(1975)
The Art of Crime
(1975)
Beckwith Sloan
Order to Kill
(1975)
Inspector Reed
Crash!
(1976)
Marc Denne
The Big Bus
(1976)
Ironman
Voyage of the Damned
(1976)
Manuel Benitez
Paco
(1976)
Fermin Flores
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
(1977)
Lionel McCoy
Exo-Man
(1977)
Kermit Haas
The Sentinel
(1977)
Priest of the Brotherhood
Dracula's Dog
(1977)
Inspector Branco
Who Has Seen the Wind
(1977)
The Ben
Simple Gifts
(1977)
Narrator (segment "A Memory of Christmas") (voice)
Fedora
(1978)
Doctor Vando
The Swarm
(1978)
Dr. Andrews
The Amazing Captain Nemo
(1978)
Captain Nemo
Fame
(1978)
Francesco
UFOs: It Has Begun
(1979)
The Fifth Musketeer
(1979)
Athos
Natural Enemies
(1979)
Harry Rosenthal
Life of Sin
(1979)
The Big Brawl
(1980)
Dominici
Gideon's Trumpet
(1980)
Abe Fortas
Pleasure Palace
(1980)
'Pokey'
The Murder That Wouldn't Die
(1980)
Jeff Briggs
Berlin Tunnel 21
(1981)
Martin Komansky
Bloody Birthday
(1981)
Doctor
Evita Peron
(1981)
Agustin Magaldi
Blood Tide
(1982)
Nereus
And They're Off
(1982)
Martin Craig
Night of 100 Stars
(1982)
Self
A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy
(1982)
Leopold
Blood Feud
(1983)
Edward Bennett Williams
The Being
(1983)
Mayor Gordon Lane
The Wind in the Willows
(1983)
Badger (voice)
The Horror of It All
(1983)
Self / Narrator
To Be or Not to Be
(1983)
Prof. Siletski
This Girl For Hire
(1983)
Harrison Wooly
Raíces eternas
(1984)
English Narrator
Samson and Delilah
(1984)
The High Priest
The Evil That Men Do
(1984)
Dr. Hector Lomelin
Dune
(1984)
Padisha Emperor Shaddam IV
Hitler's SS : Portrait In Evil
(1985)
Prof. Ludwig Rosenberg
Seduced
(1985)
James Killian
Covenant
(1985)
Victor Noble
Jacques Cousteau: The First 75 Years
(1985)
Narrator (voice)
Blood & Orchids
(1986)
Walter Bergman
Young Harry Houdini
(1987)
Dr. Tybalt Grimaldi
The Sun and the Moon
(1987)
Mother's Day
(1989)
Judge Leatham
Old Explorers
(1990)
Warner Watney
Hired to Kill
(1990)
Rallis
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
(1991)
Self
The Perfect Tribute
(1991)
Edward Everett
The Best Of Danny Kaye - The Television Years
(1993)
Self (archive footage)
Bogart: The Untold Story
(1997)
Self (archive footage)
3-D Rarities
(2015)
Alfred Davidson (archive footage)
Dune (1984): The Alternative Edition Redux 4K Remaster
(2021)
Padishah Emperor Shaddam IV
Directing
The Shrike
(1955)
Director
The Cockleshell Heroes
(1955)
Director
The Great Man
(1956)
Director
The High Cost of Loving
(1958)
Director
I Accuse!
(1958)
Director
Return to Peyton Place
(1961)
Director
State Fair
(1962)
Director
Writing