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José Ferrer (1912-1992) was an Oscar® winning Puerto Rican actor and film director. He was the first Puerto Rican-born actor, as well as the first Hispanic actor, to win an Academy Award®. He won the Best Actor Oscar for 1950’s Cyrano de Bergerac. His IMDb page shows 121 acting credits from 1948 to 1992. This page will rank José Ferrer movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, shorts, cameos, uncredited roles and movies that were not released in North American were not included in the rankings.
José Ferrer Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
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The Best José Ferrer Trivia On IMDb
1. José Vicente Ferrer de Otero y Cintrón was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico in 1912.
2. José Ferrer is the uncle of George Clooney.
3. José Ferrer is nine of only nine actors to have won both the Tony® and the Oscar® for the same role on stage and film. The others are Yul Brynner (The King and I (1956)), Rex Harrison (My Fair Lady (1964)), Viola Davis (Fences (2016),, Anne Bancroft (The Miracle Worker (1962)), Joel Grey (Cabaret (1972)), Paul Scofield (A Man for All Seasons (1966)), Shirley Booth (Come Back, Little Sheba (1952)) and Jack Albertson (The Subject Was Roses (1968)).
4. José Ferrer was a talented pianist in his childhood, he maintained a lifelong passion for music, in later years performing as an opera singer at the Brooklyn Academy of Music and the Beverly Hills Opera.
5. José Ferrer appeared in three Oscar® Best Picture nominees: Moulin Rouge (1952), The Caine Mutiny (1954) and Lawrence of Arabia (1962), with the last being the only winner.
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Jose Ferrer, is the # 48 most connected actor of the 1970’s.
I saw 7 including 5 of top 8. 10 and favorite: joan of arc, 10s not favorites: greatest story ever told, Lawrence of arabia, the caine mutiny. 9 not favorite: dune.
Hey bob cox….thanks for the thoughts on Jose Ferrer. I have not seen your favorite 10…Joan of Arc…..but have seen all of your other 10s….with Lawrence of Arabia and The Caine Mutiny being my 10s and favorites. As for Dune….that movie has grown in stature over the years….but I have never been a huge fan of it…..but maybe it is time to watch it again. Good stuff.
Jose Ferrer is # 228 on the Oracle of Bacon Top 1000 Center of the Hollywood Universe list. I saw his daughter-in-law, Debby Boone a couple of years at a local college show. Anyway these are the other actors in the 1000 he appeared with.
1 CHRISTOPHER LEE Moulin Rouge (1952)
1 CHRISTOPHER LEE The Cockleshell Heroes (1955)
5 MICHAEL CAINE The Swarm (1978)
12 MAX VON SYDOW Dune (1984)
12 MAX VON SYDOW The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
12 MAX VON SYDOW Voyage of the Damned (1976)
25 MALCOLM MCDOWELL Voyage of the Damned (1976)
28 TREVOR HOWARD The Cockleshell Heroes (1955)
29 NED BEATTY The Big Bus (1976)
30 ANTHONY QUINN Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
32 PETER O’TOOLE Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
41 MICHAEL HORDERN I Accuse! (1958)
43 CHRISTOPHER WALKEN The Sentinel (1977)
44 JAMES MASON Voyage of the Damned (1976)
45 OMAR SHARIFF Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
47 JACKIE CHAN The Big Brawl (1980)
48 JOHN CARRADINE Crash! (1977)
48 JOHN CARRADINE The Sentinel (1977)
49 GEORGE KENNEDY Hired to Kill (1990)
57 ORSON WELLES Voyage of the Damned (1976)
68 CHRISTOPHER LLOYD To Be or Not to Be (1983)
75 DONALD PLEASENCE The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
87 ROBERT LOGGIA The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
90 MARTIN LANDAU The Being (1983)
90 MARTIN LANDAU The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
92 CHARLTON HESTON The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
100 ELI WALLACH The Sentinel (1977)
102 RIP TORN The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover (1977)
104 HARRY ANDREWS I Accuse! (1958)
104 HARRY ANDREWS Nine Hours to Rama (1963)
106 BRAD DOURIF Dune (1984)
110 RODDY MCDOWELL The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
119 DEAN STOCKWELL Dune (1984)
122 IAN MCSHANE THE FIFTH MUSKETEER (1979)
123 JEFF GOLDBLUM The Sentinel (1977)
137 SHELLEY WINTERS Enter Laughing (1967)
137 SHELLEY WINTERS The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
138 HERBERT LOM I Accuse! (1958)
144 FERNANDO REY Voyage of the Damned (1976)
146 MARTIN BALSAM The Sentinel (1977)
155 ROBERT MORLEY Nine Hours to Rama (1963)
175 BEN GAZZARA Voyage of the Damned (1976)
182 BURGESS MEREDITH The Sentinel (1977)
189 JONATHAN PRYCE Voyage of the Damned (1976)
193 WILLIAM HOLDEN Fedora (1978)
207 DENHOLM ELLIOTT Voyage of the Damned (1976)
208 TELLY SAVALAS The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
216 JEAN-PIERRE CASSEL Cyrano et d’Artagnan (1964)
218 GEORGE SEGAL Ship of Fools (1965)
227 KEENAN WYNN The Great Man (1956)
229 CHARLES DURNING To Be or Not to Be (1983)
230 JEFF COREY Joan of Arc (1948)
232 ANGELA LANSBURY The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
234 TOM BERENGER The Sentinel (1977)
236 FAYE DUNAWAY Voyage of the Damned (1976)
242 AVA GARDNER The Sentinel (1977)
243 HAL HOLBROOK Natural Enemies (1979)
248 WOODY ALLEN A Midsummer Night’s Sex Comedy (1982)
266 ALEC GUINNESS Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
269 JOHN WAYNE The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
270 PHILIPPE NOIRET Cyrano et d’Artagnan (1964)
274 MIA FARROW A Midsummer Night’s Sex Comedy (1982)
285 OLIVER REED Hired to Kill (1990)
290 JURGEN PROCHNOW Dune (1984)
291 ANNE BANCROFT To Be or Not to Be (1983)
297 HENRY FONDA The Swarm (1978)
304 MARY STEENBURGEN A Midsummer Night’s Sex Comedy (1982)
318 STOCKARD CHANNING The Big Bus (1976)
341 CHARLES BRONSON Miss Sadie Thompson (1953)
341 JOHN GLOVER The Evil That Men Do (1984)
344 MAKO The Big Brawl (1980)
372 BEAU BRIDGES The Fifth Musketeer (1979)
373 ERIC POHLMANN I Accuse! (1958)
373 ERIC POHLMANN Moulin Rouge (1952)
379 JOHN IRELAND Joan of Arc (1948)
381 FERDY MAYNE Fedora (1978)
389 PETER CUSHING Moulin Rouge (1952)
391 LLOYD BRIDGES The Fifth Musketeer (1979)
420 PATRICK STEWART Dune (1984)
428 RICHARD WIDMARK The Swarm (1978)
441 MARNE MAITLAND Nine Hours to Rama (1963)
443 SAM WANAMAKER Voyage of the Damned (1976)
459 ANTHONY QUAYLE Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
461 DIANE BAKER Nine Hours to Rama (1963)
475 HORST BUCHHOLZ Nine Hours to Rama (1963)
479 VIVECA LINDFORS I Accuse! (1958)
479 VIVECA LINDFORS Natural Enemies (1979)
484 BEVERLY D’ANGELO The Sentinel (1977)
491 MARIO ADORF Fedora (1978)
496 ARTHUR KENNEDY Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
496 ARTHUR KENNEDY The Sentinel (1977)
503 MICHAEL PARKS The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover (1977)
510 ALLEN GARFIELD Paco (1976)
513 LYNN REDGRAVE The Big Bus (1976)
534 JACK HAWKINS Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
537 KATHLEEN FREEMAN The Secret Fury (1950)
547 RICHARD DREYFUSS The Sentinel (1977)
554 RICHARD JORDAN Dune (1984)
595 SLIM PICKENS The Swarm (1978)
613 BRODERICK CRAWFORD The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover (1977)
616 SUSAN STRASBERG Bloody Birthday (1981)
621 BEN JOHNSON The Swarm (1978)
629 ALLAN CUTHBERTSON NINE HOURS TO RAMA (1963)
631 GEORGE COULOURIS I Accuse! (1958)
631 GEORGE COULOURIS Joan of Arc (1948)
656 CAMERON MITCHELL The Swarm (1978)
672 WALTER PIDGEON Deep in My Heart (1954)
697 SEAN YOUNG Dune (1984)
698 ALDO RAY Miss Sadie Thompson (1953)
702 REX HARRISON The Fifth Musketeer (1979)
704 VIRGINIA MADSEN Dune (1984)
712 SALLY KELLERMAN The Big Bus (1976)
714 MICHAEL J. POLLARD Enter Laughing (1967)
717 ROBERT RYAN The Secret Fury (1950)
730 LOUISE FLETCHER Natural Enemies (1979)
734 JAMES WHITMORE Old Explorers (1990)
736 FREDDIE JONES Dune (1984)
759 NEHEMIAH PERSOFF The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
759 NEHEMIAH PERSOFF Voyage of the Damned (1976)
760 LEE MARVIN Ship of Fools (1965)
760 LEE MARVIN The Caine Mutiny (1954)
767 SIDNEY POITIER The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
775 GENA ROWLANDS The High Cost of Loving (1958)
840 KEVIN MCCARTHY El clan de los inmorales (1975)
851 E.G. MARSHALL ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN (1952)
851 E.G. MARSHALL The Caine Mutiny (1954)
853 LOUIS JOURDAN Cervantes (1967)
857 JOHN CRAWFORD Cyrano de Bergerac (1950)
857 JOHN CRAWFORD The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
866 PERCY HERBERT The Cockleshell Heroes (1955)
877 LLOYD NOLAN The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover (1977)
883 MARIA SCHELL Voyage of the Damned (1976)
890 SAM KYDD THE COCKLESHELL HEROES (1955)
891 RENE AUBERJONOIS The Big Bus (1976)
904 JACK ALBERTSON ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN (1952)
942 RUSS TAMBLYN Deep in My Heart (1954)
962 DAVID MCCALLUM The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
966 JIM BACKUS Deep in My Heart (1954)
966 JIM BACKUS The Great Man (1956)
966 JIM BACKUS The High Cost of Loving (1958)
975 LEE GRANT The Swarm (1978)
975 LEE GRANT Voyage of the Damned (1976)
987 KYLE MACLACHLAN DUNE (1984)
989 LAURENCE NAISMITH I ACCUSE! (1958)
992 VITO SCOTTI The Big Bus (1976)
HM (728) LEO GENN I Accuse! (1958)
HM (830) NORMAN ROSSINGTON LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962)
HM (994) PHILIP STONE VOYAGE OF THE DAMNED (1976)
Jose appeared with 39 Oscar winners.
ALEC GUINNESS Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
ANNE BANCROFT To Be or Not to Be (1983)
ANTHONY QUINN Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
BEN JOHNSON The Swarm (1978)
BRODERICK CRAWFORD The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover (1977)
CELESTE HOLM The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover (1977)
CHARLTON HESTON The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
CHRISTOPHER WALKEN The Sentinel (1977)
CLAUDETTE COLBERT The Secret Fury (1950)
DEAN JAGGER The Great Man (1956)
DOROTHY MALONE The Being (1983)
FAYE DUNAWAY Voyage of the Damned (1976)
GEORGE KENNEDY Hired to Kill (1990)
HENRY FONDA The Swarm (1978)
HUMPHREY BOGART The Caine Mutiny (1954)
INGRID BERGMAN Joan of Arc (1948)
JACK ALBERTSON ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN (1952)
JOHN WAYNE The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
JOSEPH SCHILDKRAUT THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD (1965)
KIM HUNTER ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN (1952)
LEE GRANT The Swarm (1978)
LEE GRANT Voyage of the Damned (1976)
LEE MARVIN Ship of Fools (1965)
LEE MARVIN The Caine Mutiny (1954)
LOUISE FLETCHER Natural Enemies (1979)
MARTIN BALSAM The Sentinel (1977)
MARTIN LANDAU The Being (1983)
MARTIN LANDAU The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
MARY ASTOR Return to Peyton Place (1961)
MARY STEENBURGEN A Midsummer Night’s Sex Comedy (1982)
MICHAEL CAINE The Swarm (1978)
OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND The Fifth Musketeer (1979)
OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND The Swarm (1978)
PATTY DUKE The Swarm (1978)
REX HARRISON The Fifth Musketeer (1979)
RICHARD DREYFUSS The Sentinel (1977)
SHELLEY WINTERS Enter Laughing (1967)
SHELLEY WINTERS The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
SIDNEY POITIER The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
SIMONE SIGNORET Ship of Fools (1965)
VAN HEFLIN The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
VIVIEN LEIGH Ship of Fools (1965)
WENDY HILLER Voyage of the Damned (1976)
WILLIAM HOLDEN Fedora (1978)
Hey Dan.. Good trivia lists as always. Cool that you saw Debby Boone at a college show. She was a big star when I was growing up. As for Ferrer’s Oracle rating…much higher than I would have guessed. Seeing Max V.S. as his most frequent co-star…makes me think that one day I should do a page on Mr. Sydow. Second list is pretty impressive…especially with him not making many movies. Voyage of the Damned is a movie I want to see…..seems it has been mentioned many times here on UMR…one day I will check it out. Thanks again.
I actually saw his ex-wife in concert (Rosemary) at a pre rock era 50’s show in Brooklyn way back say the early 80’s. She was joined by Kay Starr, Johnny Desmond and the Four Lads, 2 who appeared in their 20’s. I would say that they’re not originals.
Another classic era star, hooray! As Steve said, this page comes out the same day he did a video on Stanley Kramer who directed Ship of Fools. Great timing.
I have seen 12 Jose Ferrer movies, 9 of which are in the top 10.
The HIGHEST rated movie I have seen is Lawrence of Arabia.
The highest rated movie I have NOT seen is Joan of Arc.
The LOWEST rated movie I have seen is The Swarm.
Favourite Jose Ferrer Movies;
Lawrence of Arabia
The Caine Mutiny
Ship of Fools
Moulin Rouge
Cyrano de Bergerac
Miss Sadie Thompson
Deep in My Heart
Other Jose Ferrer Movies I Have Seen:
Return to Peyton Place
The Greatest Story Ever Told
Whirlpool
Crisis
The Swarm
Hey Flora….glad you found our latest classic page….check another Oscar winner off our list of people to do UMR pages on. Tally count….you top me and Steve…congrats on that. As for Ship Of Fools being on my page and Steve’s video….great minds thinking alike! I have seen 4 of your 7 favorite Ferrer movies…..of the three missing….I think Moulin Rouge is the one I want to watch the most. Lawrence of Arabia and The Caine Mutiny would easily by my Top 2 Ferrer movies. And finally….sad to see you giving no love to the classic…The Swarm….especially with Sir Caine and Mr. Widmark in the movie. Good stuff as always.