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José Ferrer
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American actor and director (1912–1992)
José Ferrer was an American actor and director who had a prominent career in theater and film during the 20th century. He is notable as a significant figure in American entertainment history, though specific details about his most important roles or achievements would require additional context to describe accurately.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 6
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- Finanzas Personales
- Francesca de Sainglerburg
- Liderazgo de la Innovación y la Creatividad
- Policy Space Index
- Tu Lado
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- 733
- Total plays
- 2,069
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Key facts
- Born
- José Vicente Ferrer de Otero y Cintrón , ( 1912-01-08 ) January 8, 1912, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Died
- January 26, 1992 (1992-01-26) (aged 80), Coral Gables, Florida , U.S.
- Resting place
- Santa María Magdalena de Pazzis Cemetery , San Juan
- Education
- Princeton University (1933, B.Arch )
- Occupations
- Actor film director theatre director
- Years active
- 1935–1992
- Children
- 6, including Miguel Ferrer
- Relatives
- Debby Boone (daughter-in-law) Tessa Ferrer (granddaughter) George Clooney (nephew)
- Awards
- National Medal of Arts (1985)
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- Jose Ferrer - 1952.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1912-01-08
- date of death
- 1992-01-26
- Commons category
- José Ferrer (actor)
- birth name
- José Vicente Ferrer de Otero y Cintrón
- start of work period
- 1935-00-00
- name in native language
- José Ferrer
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José Vicente Ferrer de Otero y Cintrón (January 8, 1912 – January 26, 1992) 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. He reprised the role in a 1950 film version and won an Academy Award for Best Actor, making him both the first Hispanic and the first Puerto Rican–born actor to win an Academy Award.
His other notable film roles include Charles VII in Joan of Arc (1948), Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec in Moulin Rouge (1952), defense attorney Barney Greenwald in The Caine Mutiny (1954), Alfred Dreyfus in I Accuse! (1958), which he also directed; the Turkish Bey in Lawrence of Arabia (1962), Siegfried Rieber in Ship of Fools (1965), and Emperor Shaddam IV in Dune (1984). Ferrer also maintained a prolific acting and directing career on Broadway, winning a second Best Actor Tony for The Shrike, and Best Director for The Shrike, The Fourposter, and Stalag 17, Additionally, Ferrer appeared numerous times in the works of Shakespeare, notably as Iago in Othello.