José Ferrer
Acting
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.
Born: January 8, 1912
Place of Birth: Santurce, Puerto Rico
Known For
Cyrano
Long-nosed Cyrano de Begerac helps an army officer woo Roxanne, the woman he loves in this animated version of Edmond Rostand's play.
Columbo
Columbo is a friendly, verbose, disheveled-looking police detective who is consistently underestimated by his suspects. Despite his unprepossessing appearance and apparent absentmindedness, he shrewdly solves all of his cases and secures all evidence needed for indictment. His formidable eye for detail and meticulously dedicated approach often become clear to the killer only late in the storyline.
The Horror of It All
A collection of film clips from horror movies and interviews with the actors and directors who made them.
Lawrence of Arabia
During World War I, English officer Thomas Edward 'T.E.' Lawrence sets out to unite and lead the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes to fight the Turks.
Forever Young, Forever Free
A poignant tale of friendship and resilience between two South African children, Tsepo and Jannie, set against the contrasting backdrops of rural Africa and 1970s New York City. Their bond faces trials as they navigate the challenges of injury and the quest for healing.
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
This documentary, hosted by actor Burgess Meredith, explores the life and career of movie director Otto Preminger, whose body of work includes such memorable films as Anatomy of a Murder, Exodus, Laura, Forever Amber, Advise and Consent, In Harm's Way, The Moon Is Blue, The Man with the Golden Arm, and many other movies made from the '30s through the '70s. Interviews with actors Frank Sinatra, Vincent Price, James Stewart, Michael Caine, and others who worked with the flamboyant and sometimes control-obsessed director add information and insight to the story.
Le avventure e gli amori di Miguel Cervantes
This epic Spanish biopic chronicles the life of Cervantes, Spain's great novelist, playwright and poet, during the 16th-century, when as a young man he goes to Italy to become a soldier for the Pope. Later he helps the Pope's emissary wage war against the Spanish Moors. His exploits win him great favor. He falls in love with a famous Italian courtesan and she with him. Unfortunately, the Pope splits them apart with his newest decree which demands that all prostitutes leave the city. Upset, Cervantes goes to fight in the famed sea battle of Lepanto and comes back a hero. Later he is captured by Barbary pirates and ransomed by Trinitarian friars.
Murder, She Wrote
An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from 1962 to 1992. It originally aired during late-night. For its first ten years, Carson's Tonight Show was based in New York City with occasional trips to Burbank, California; in May 1972, the show moved permanently to Burbank, California. In 2002, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson was ranked #12 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.
George Washington
This 1984 miniseries chronicles the life of George Washington, the 1st President of the United States, from age 11 to age 51. Based on the biography by James Thomas Flexner.
Filmography
as Alfred Davidson (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Edward Everett
as Warner Watney
as Rallis
as Judge Leatham
as Professor Leeds
as Dr. Tybalt Grimaldi
as Nicholas Baron
as Walter Bergman
as Walter Bergman
as Victor Noble
as Narrator (voice)
as James Killian
as Prof. Ludwig Rosenberg
as Padisha Emperor Shaddam IV
as Cagliostro
as Governor Dinwiddie
as The High Priest
as Dr. Hector Lomelin
as Prof. Siletski
as Mayor Gordon Lane
as Badger (voice)
as Edward Bennett Williams
as Self / Narrator
as Harrison Wooly
as Arthur Vanderkellen
as Nereus
as Leopold
as Martin Craig
as Self
as Doctor
as Gamaliel
as Martin Komansky
as Agustin Magaldi
as Robert Caine
as 'Pokey'
as Dominici
as George Pappas
as Abe Fortas
as Jeff Briggs
as Pres. Aristide Brouchard
as Harry Rosenthal
as Athos
as Carlos
as Francesco
as Doctor Vando
as Dr. Andrews
as Captain Nemo
as Narrator (segment "A Memory of Christmas") (voice)
as Lionel McCoy
as Deke Donner
as Kermit Haas
as Inspector Branco
as The Ben
as Erich Rhinemann
as Priest of the Brotherhood
as Marc Denne
as Manuel Benitez
as Ironman
as Fermin Flores
as Beckwith Sloan
as Dr. William Knowland
as Inspector Reed
as Father Alberto
as Cyrano de Bergerac (voice)
as Jake Weinhaus
as Dr. Charles Bedford
as Marshall Cahill
as Angel of the Lord
as Lee Jennings
as Dr. Alfred Vreeland
as Ben Haramed (voice)
as Hassan Bey
as Hajj
as Harrison B. Marlowe
as Rieber
as Herod Antipas
as Cyrano de Bergerac
as Self
as Cowan the Reporter
as Superintendent Das
as Turkish Bey
as Self
as Jim Fry
as Captain Alfred Dreyfus
as Director
as Joe Harris
as Self - Presenter / Performer
as Major Stringer
as Jim Downs
as Sigmund Romberg
as Lt. Barney Greenwald
as Alfred Davidson
as Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
as Giorgi Papashvily
as Cyrano de Bergerac
as Raoul Farrago
as José (uncredited)
as Self - Mystery Guest
as David Korvo
as The Dauphin, Charles VII, later King of France
as Self