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Mel Ferrer (1917-2008) was an American actor. His notable hits were 1952’s Scaramouche, 1953’s Lili and 1953’s Knights of the Round Table. Ferrer also played opposite his then-wife, Audrey Hepburn, in 1956’s War and Peace. He was also a director and producer on stage, screen, and television. His IMDb page shows 108 acting credits from 1947 to 1998. This page will rank Mel 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.
Mel Ferrer Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews, and awards.
Year
Movie (Year)
Rating
S
Year Movie (Year) Rating S
1962
The Longest Day (1962)
AA Best Picture Nom
1952
Scaramouche (1952)
1953
Lili (1953)
1953
Knights of the Round Table (1953)
1956
War and Peace (1956)
1949
Lost Boundaries (1949)
1964
Sex and the Single Girl (1964)
1957
The Sun Also Rises (1957)
1964
The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)
1952
Rancho Notorious (1952)
1950
Born To Be Bad (1950)
1964
Paris When It Sizzles (1964)
1956
Elena And Her Men (1956)
1959
The World, the Flesh and the Devil (1959)
1958
Fräulein (1958)
1951
The Brave Bulls (1951)
1981
Lili Marleen (1981)
1962
The Devil and the Ten Commandments (1962)
1959
Green Mansions (1959)
1960
Blood And Roses (1960)
1966
El Greco (1966)
1973
The Girl From The Red Cabaret (1973)
1953
Saadia (1953)
1960
Ladies Man (1960)
1957
The Vintage (1957)
1955
Oh... Rosalinda!! (1955)
1960
The Hands of Orlac (1960)
1974
The Antichrist (1974)
1975
Brannigan (1975)
1976
Eaten Alive (1976)
1979
The Visitor (1979)
1980
Eaten Alive! (1980)
1979
Screamers (1979)
1978
The Fifth Floor (1978)
1978
Hi-Riders (1978)
1978
The Norseman (1978)
Mel Ferrer Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
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| R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | Review | Oscar Nom / Win | UMR Score | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Actual B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | B.O. Rank by Year | Review | Oscar Nom / Win | UMR Score | S |
| 1 | The Longest Day (1962) AA Best Picture Nom |
John Wayne & Sean Connery |
31.30 | 521.4 | 521.40 | 3 | 60 | 05 / 02 | 95.4 | |
| 2 | Scaramouche (1952) | Stewart Granger & Janet Leigh |
7.60 | 173.6 | 426.60 | 22 | 78 | 00 / 00 | 94.6 | |
| 4 | Lili (1953) | Leslie Caron | 6.70 | 139.5 | 340.50 | 42 | 80 | 06 / 01 | 93.7 | |
| 3 | Knights of the Round Table (1953) | Ava Gardner & Robert Taylor |
13.70 | 285.2 | 511.10 | 10 | 62 | 02 / 00 | 92.6 | |
| 5 | War and Peace (1956) | Audrey Hepburn & Henry Fonda |
17.90 | 405.8 | 405.80 | 8 | 58 | 03 / 00 | 91.5 | |
| 6 | Lost Boundaries (1949) | Beatrice Pearson | 5.60 | 161.5 | 161.50 | 43 | 72 | 00 / 00 | 91.2 | |
| 7 | Sex and the Single Girl (1964) | Henry Fonda & Tony Curtis |
12.10 | 161.5 | 161.50 | 20 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 87.6 | |
| 8 | The Sun Also Rises (1957) | Tyrone Power & Ava Gardner |
8.60 | 191.3 | 191.30 | 23 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 87.0 | |
| 9 | The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964) | Sophia Loren & James Mason |
4.80 | 63.2 | 63.20 | 61 | 75 | 01 / 00 | 80.0 | |
| 10 | Rancho Notorious (1952) | Marlene Dietrich & Arthur Kennedy |
2.50 | 56.8 | 56.80 | 136 | 77 | 00 / 00 | 79.5 | |
| 11 | Born To Be Bad (1950) | Joan Fontaine & Robert Ryan |
2.70 | 70.7 | 106.00 | 116 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 72.6 | |
| 14 | Paris When It Sizzles (1964) | Audrey Hepburn & William Holden |
5.70 | 76.0 | 76.00 | 47 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 69.0 | |
| 12 | Elena And Her Men (1956) | Ingrid Bergman & Jean Marais |
1.10 | 26.0 | 26.00 | 173 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 68.7 | |
| 13 | The World, the Flesh and the Devil (1959) | Harry Belafonte | 1.70 | 34.8 | 64.60 | 124 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 65.3 | |
| 16 | Fräulein (1958) | Dana Wynter | 1.60 | 33.9 | 33.90 | 118 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 61.8 | |
| 18 | The Brave Bulls (1951) | Anthony Quinn | 2.90 | 71.4 | 71.40 | 133 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 57.9 | |
| 15 | Lili Marleen (1981) | Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder | 0.40 | 1.7 | 1.70 | 162 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 57.9 | |
| 17 | The Devil and the Ten Commandments (1962) | Michel Simon | 0.60 | 10.1 | 10.10 | 131 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 57.2 | |
| 22 | Green Mansions (1959) | Audrey Hepburn & Directed by Mel Ferrer |
3.40 | 69.9 | 69.90 | 72 | 45 | 00 / 00 | 44.0 | |
| 19 | Blood And Roses (1960) | Directed by Roger Vadim | 0.40 | 6.3 | 6.30 | 146 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 43.5 | |
| 20 | El Greco (1966) | Rosanna Schiaffino | 0.30 | 3.6 | 3.60 | 147 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 41.2 | |
| 21 | The Girl From The Red Cabaret (1973) | Marisol | 0.40 | 2.7 | 2.70 | 174 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 35.8 | |
| 23 | Saadia (1953) | Cornel Wilde | 1.80 | 36.6 | 85.20 | 174 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 32.4 | |
| 24 | Ladies Man (1960) | Catherine Deneuve | 0.00 | 0.5 | 9.60 | 162 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 24.6 | |
| 25 | The Vintage (1957) | Pier Angeli | 0.70 | 16.6 | 81.60 | 176 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 24.6 | |
| 24 | Oh... Rosalinda!! (1955) | Michael Redgrave | 0.10 | 3.5 | 3.50 | 200 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 24.5 | |
| 27 | The Hands of Orlac (1960) | Christopher Lee | 0.30 | 5.7 | 5.70 | 147 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 22.1 | |
| 27 | The Antichrist (1974) | Arthur Kennedy | 1.10 | 7.1 | 7.10 | 130 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 20.4 | |
| 31 | Brannigan (1975) | John Wayne & Richard Attenborough |
6.10 | 37.0 | 37.00 | 64 | 42 | 00 / 00 | 17.8 | |
| 28 | Eaten Alive (1976) | Neville Brand | 0.20 | 0.9 | 0.90 | 171 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 17.2 | |
| 30 | The Visitor (1979) | Glenn Ford | 0.40 | 2.0 | 2.00 | 156 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 13.5 | |
| 31 | Eaten Alive! (1980) | Robert Kerman | 0.10 | 0.6 | 0.60 | 183 | 48 | 00 / 00 | 11.2 | |
| 32 | Screamers (1979) | Barbara Bach | 0.10 | 0.7 | 0.70 | 173 | 46 | 00 / 00 | 8.6 | |
| 34 | The Fifth Floor (1978) | Bo Hopkins | 0.10 | 0.6 | 0.60 | 158 | 46 | 00 / 00 | 8.6 | |
| 34 | Hi-Riders (1978) | Stephen McNally | 0.40 | 1.9 | 1.90 | 143 | 42 | 00 / 00 | 5.6 | |
| 35 | The Norseman (1978) | Lee Majors & Cornel Wilde |
2.20 | 11.9 | 11.90 | 107 | 34 | 00 / 00 | 3.1 |
Check out Mel Ferrer‘s career compared to current and classic actors. Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time.
Mel could probably best be described as a B list actor who got key supporting roles and invariably lower – but usually in his heyday equal- billing to the top stars in the movie. For example in 1957’s The Sun Also Rises he was a boxer and got billed after Ty Power and Ava Gardner but above the “has-been” Errol Flynn a demotion which Flynn is said to have fruitlessly resisted. When the Hollywood Big Boys consign you to lower billing
there’s nothing you can do about it as Myrna Loy could have testified.
In 1956’s War and Peace Mel was the 3rd wheel and billed third to his wife Audrey Hepburn and Hank Fonda. It was the fate of Hollywood leading men/supporting actors who married greater female stars to suffer certain indignities such as being called for example Mr Bette Davis [Gary Merrill] Mr Joan Crawford [Franchot Tone] Mr Shirley Temple [John Agar] and Mr Audrey Hepburn [Mel Ferrer] in the way that possibly some regulars on this site think of the Work Horse as Mr Debbie Cogerson.
I have seen/heard Mel in 10 movies:
War and Peace
Wait Until Dark-Audrey in the lead; Mel uncredited and voice only
The Sun also Rises
Charade-Audrey and Al Leach were the stars; Mel uncredited
Fall of the Roman Empire
The Vintage-on double bill here with Lana Turner’s “Diane”
Knights of the Round Table-Mel 3rd billed
Scaramouche – Mel 4th billed
Rancho Notorious – Mel supported Dietrich and Arthur Kennedy
Saadia – on a double here with Widmark’s “Take the High Ground”
I last saw Mel recently in a 1973 Columbo episode “Requiem for a Falling Star” in which Mel is a seedy gossip columnist who is blackmailing guest villainess Anne Baxter.
“Voted Up!”
Mel Ferrer, good actor, good subject.
Have you got a page on his famous brother Jose? [Bruce growls]
I’ve seen 9 of the 35 films on the chart. Favorites are – Nights at the Round Table, The Longest Day, Scaramouche, Fall of the British Empire and Brannigan.
The sword duel between Mel Ferrerer and Stewart Granger in Scaramouche might be the longest on film, and one of the best.
The musical ‘Lili’ Mel’s best reviewed film? Oh the humanity! 🙂
Good stuff Bruce. Vote Up!
STEVE
By the way there’s an old saucy line that goes “Once a Knight always a Knight but once a night is enough!”
Anyway I’m off to bed now so good knight to you.
PS As we know Jose Ferrer was George Clooney’s uncle. Are you now suggesting that Mel Ferrer was also Gorgeous George’s uncle?
Hi Bob, I was teasing Bruce with that line on Jose Ferrer but you took the bait instead. 🙂
Did you know cousin Mel (stop it Steve!) had once directed Jose in a 1946 stage play of Cyrano de Bergerac? As you know Jose later won an Oscar for the film version of Cyrano.
HI STEVE: Is the WH actually reading enough of our posts to take ANY bait: did he even see your quip about Jose/Mel? I can quickly if you wish direct you to 15 recent posts of mine that are now history but none of which ever received even a nominal thumbs up.
I was unaware of the Cyrano/Mel trivia. Thanks for sharing it. Jose seems to have dined out on Cyrano in the way that Yul dined out on The King for years.
I for one am in fact glad to see you injecting more humour into your posts as I like your sense of humour and feel you should indulge in more of it. It’s a refreshing contrast to guys like Joel and his disciple who seem to take everything about movies as if it were life or death.
Mel Ferrer is # 398 on the 2020 Oracle of Bacon Top 1000. These are the other actors on the list he has appeared with.
1 CHRISTOPHER LEE The Hands of Orlac (1960)
3 CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)
13 SEAN CONNERY The Longest Day (1962)
23 ROD STEIGER The Longest Day (1962)
34 FRANCO NERO The Visitor (1979)
36 ANTHONY QUINN The Brave Bulls (1951)
39 RODDY MCDOWELL The Longest Day (1962)
40 UDO KIER Lili Marleen (1981)
41 DONALD PLEASENCE The Hands of Orlac (1960)
50 ALAN ARKIN Wait Until Dark (1967)
55 JOHN MILLS War and Peace (1956)
66 OMAR SHARIFF The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)
81 ROBERT MITCHUM The Longest Day (1962)
85 F. MURRAY ABRAHAM Eye of the Widow (1991)
90 RICHARD ATTENBOROUGH Brannigan (1975)
108 JAMES MASON The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)
124 ROBERT WAGNER The Longest Day (1962)
126 HENRY FONDA Sex and the Single Girl (1964)
126 HENRY FONDA The Fugitive (1947)
126 HENRY FONDA The Longest Day (1962)
126 HENRY FONDA War and Peace (1956)
137 LAUREN BACALL Sex and the Single Girl (1964)
142 LANCE HENRIKSEN The Visitor (1979)
158 SHELLEY WINTERS The Visitor (1979)
175 GEORGE SEGAL The Longest Day (1962)
180 FERNANDO REY El Greco (1966)
180 FERNANDO REY El señor de La Salle (1964)
182 FRANK FINLAY The Longest Day (1962)
185 GIANCARLO GIANNINI Lili Marleen (1981)
190 HERBERT LOM War and Peace (1956)
201 KLAUS KINSKI The Net (1975)
216 JEANNE MOREAU Mille milliards de dollars (1982)
255 TOMAS MILIAN Silent Action (1975)
258 SOPHIA LOREN The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)
263 KABIR BEDI THE BLACK CORSAIR (1976)
294 RICHARD BURTON The Longest Day (1962)
313 AVA GARDNER Knights of the Round Table (1953)
313 AVA GARDNER The Sun Also Rises (1957)
344 JOHN WAYNE Brannigan (1975)
344 JOHN WAYNE The Longest Day (1962)
354 ALAIN DELON The Devil and the Ten Commandments (1962)
377 GLENN FORD The Visitor (1979)
379 WILLIAM HOLDEN Paris – When It Sizzles (1964)
385 EDDIE ALBERT The Longest Day (1962)
385 EDDIE ALBERT The Sun Also Rises (1957)
413 JOSEPH COTTEN Guyana: Cult of the Damned (1979)
413 JOSEPH COTTEN Screamers (1979)
419 ALEC GUINNESS The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)
423 BO HOPKINS The Fifth Floor (1978)
443 LESLIE PHILLIPS The Longest Day (1962)
447 TRACEY WALTER The Fifth Floor (1978)
458 VITTORIO GASSMAN War and Peace (1956)
462 STUART WHITMAN Eaten Alive (1977)
462 STUART WHITMAN Guyana: Cult of the Damned (1979)
462 STUART WHITMAN The Longest Day (1962)
473 TONY CURTIS Paris – When It Sizzles (1964)
473 TONY CURTIS Sex and the Single Girl (1964)
510 JOHN IRELAND Guyana: Cult of the Damned (1979)
510 JOHN IRELAND The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)
512 RAY MILLAND La ragazza dal pigiama giallo (1977)
514 ADOLFO CELI El Greco (1966)
517 WOLFGANG PREISS The Longest Day (1962)
518 JOHN VERNON Brannigan (1975)
533 ELKE SOMMER The Net (1975)
534 CURT JURGENS The Longest Day (1962)
564 CYRIL CUSACK Saadia (1953)
565 MICHAEL MEDWIN The Longest Day (1962)
596 ROY KINNEAR Oh… Rosalinda!! (1955)
612 DESMOND LLEWELYN Knights of the Round Table (1953)
618 RICHARD JOHNSON Il fiume del grande caimano (1979)
618 RICHARD JOHNSON Saadia (1953)
618 RICHARD JOHNSON Screamers (1979)
633 ALEXANDER KNOX The Longest Day (1962)
667 PETER LAWFORD The Longest Day (1962)
688 LESLIE CARON Lili (1953)
713 MARNE MAITLAND Saadia (1953)
722 JOHN HUSTON The Visitor (1979)
727 ROBERT RYAN Born to Be Bad (1950)
727 ROBERT RYAN The Longest Day (1962)
740 GERT FROBE The Longest Day (1962)
749 KATHLEEN FREEMAN The Norseman (1978)
757 RICHARD CRENNA Wait Until Dark (1967)
780 JOHN DEHNER Scaramouche (1952)
788 MARCEL DALIO The Devil and the Ten Commandments (1962)
788 MARCEL DALIO The Sun Also Rises (1957)
797 ANTHONY QUAYLE Oh… Rosalinda!! (1955)
797 ANTHONY QUAYLE The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)
803 PETER WELLER Screamers (1995)
810 JEAN-PIERRE AUMONT Lili (1953)
828 JACK ELAM Rancho Notorious (1952)
828 JACK ELAM The Norseman (1978)
840 ROBERT STEPHENS War and Peace (1956)
856 BRIAN GLOVER BRANNIGAN (1975)
869 CAMERON MITCHELL Screamers (1979)
895 JOHN CRAWFORD Scaramouche (1952)
895 JOHN CRAWFORD The Longest Day (1962)
897 PATRICK MACNEE Eye of the Widow (1991)
934 RICHARD ANDERSON Scaramouche (1952)
948 FRANK SINATRA Paris – When It Sizzles (1964)
971 ROBERT ENGLUND Eaten Alive (1977)
971 ROBERT ENGLUND The Fifth Floor (1978)
974 EDMOND O’BRIEN The Longest Day (1962)
998 GEOFFREY BAYLDON THE LONGEST DAY (1962)
Mel appeared with 18 Oscar winners.
ALAN ARKIN Wait Until Dark (1967)
ALEC GUINNESS The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)
ANTHONY QUINN The Brave Bulls (1951)
AUDREY HEPBURN Paris – When It Sizzles (1964)
AUDREY HEPBURN Wait Until Dark (1967)
AUDREY HEPBURN War and Peace (1956)
CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)
F. MURRAY ABRAHAM Eye of the Widow (1991)
FRANK SINATRA Paris – When It Sizzles (1964)
HENRY FONDA Sex and the Single Girl (1964)
HENRY FONDA The Fugitive (1947)
HENRY FONDA The Longest Day (1962)
HENRY FONDA War and Peace (1956)
JOAN FONTAINE Born to Be Bad (1950)
JOHN MILLS War and Peace (1956)
JOHN WAYNE Brannigan (1975)
JOHN WAYNE The Longest Day (1962)
RAY MILLAND La ragazza dal pigiama giallo (1977)
RED BUTTONS The Longest Day (1962)
ROD STEIGER The Longest Day (1962)
SEAN CONNERY The Longest Day (1962)
SHELLEY WINTERS The Visitor (1979)
SOPHIA LOREN The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)
WILLIAM HOLDEN Paris – When It Sizzles (1964)
Hey Dan. As always….thank you for putting all of this together. I guess all of his movies made overseas really helped his Oracle ranking. There were probably 20 movies that never saw the light of day in North American theaters. Good ole Henry Fonda gets the honors as most frequent Oracle co-star with 4 movies. Looking at his Oscar winning co-stars, 18 is a very very low number. Good information as always.
I have seen 14 Mel Ferrer movies, including 9 of the top 10.
The HIGHEST rated movie I have seen is The Longest Day.
The highest rated movie I have NOT seen is Lost Boundaries.
The LOWEST rated movie I have seen is Brannigan.
Favourite Mel Ferrer Movies I Have Seen:
Lili
The Longest Day
Scaramouche
Sex and the Single Girl
Rancho Notorious
Born to Be Bad
Other Mel Ferrer Movies I Have Seen:
War and Peace
Knights of the Round Table
The Sun Also Rises
The Fall of the Roman Empire
The World, The Flesh and the Devil
Paris When it Sizzles
Green Mansions
Brannigan
Hey Flora. Thanks for checking out our latest page. He is the 400th Joel subject to get an UMR page. Only 10 to go. Tally count: 14 for you and 6 for me. I think I have seen The Norsemen but not 100% sure. I really liked Lee Majors back then, so I am thinking I saw it, but no memory of it so I did not count it. I have seen two of your favorites…The Longest Day and Scaramouche. I really enjoyed Scaramouche…a great movie that hardly ever gets mentioned these days. I have seen three of your other movies. Good stuff as always.
Great UMR Page
Thank you Mike.