José Ferrer
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| - | '''''Moulin Rouge''''' ([[1952 in film|1952]]) is a [[film]] directed by [[John Huston]], produced by [[Sir John Woolf and James Woolf of Romulus Films]] and released by [[United Artists]]. The film is set in [[Paris]] in the late 19th century, following [[artist]] [[Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec]] in the city's [[Bohemianism|bohemian]] sub-culture in and around the [[burlesque]] palace, the [[Moulin Rouge]]. The screenplay is by Huston, based on the [[novel]] by [[Pierre La Mure]]. The cinematography was by [[Oswald Morris]]. | + | '''José Vicente Ferrer de Otero y Cintrón''' (January 8, 1912 – January 26, 1992), best known as '''José Ferrer''', was a [[Puerto Rican]] actor, as well as a [[Theatre director|theater]] and [[Director (film)|film]] director. He was the first [[Puerto Rican]], as well as the first [[Hispanic]] actor to win an [[Academy Award]]. Jose Ferrer donated his [[Academy Award]] to the [[University of Puerto Rico]] as a tribute to his roots. The prolific and distinguished thespian also won numerous [[Tony Awards]]: In 1947 he won a [[Tony Award]] for his theatrical performance of [[Cyrano de Bergerac]], and in 1952 Ferrer won the Distingished Dramatic Actor Award for [[The Shrike]], plus the Outstanding Director Award for [[The Shrike]], [[The Fourposter]], and [[Stalag 17]]. Jose Ferrer's contributions to American theatre were recognized in 1981 when he was inducted into the [[American Theatre Hall of Fame]]. Further honors came in 1985 when he was awarded the [[National Medal of Arts]]. |
| + | ==Filmography== | ||
| + | {| class="wikitable sortable" | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | ! Year | ||
| + | ! Title | ||
| + | ! Role | ||
| + | ! class="unsortable" | Notes | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | 1948 | ||
| + | | ''[[Joan of Arc (1948 film)|Joan of Arc]]'' | ||
| + | | [[Charles VII of France|The Dauphin, Charles VII]] | ||
| + | | Nominated — [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor]] | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | 1949 | ||
| + | | ''[[Whirlpool (film)|Whirlpool]]'' | ||
| + | | David Korvo | ||
| + | | | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | 1950 | ||
| + | | ''[[Cyrano de Bergerac (1950 film)|Cyrano de Bergerac]]'' | ||
| + | | [[Cyrano de Bergerac (play)|Cyrano de Bergerac]] | ||
| + | | {{ubl|[[Academy Award for Best Actor]]|[[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama]]}} | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | 1950 | ||
| + | | ''[[Crisis (1950 film)|Crisis]]'' | ||
| + | | Raoul Farrago | ||
| + | | | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | 1950 | ||
| + | | ''{{sortname|The|Secret Fury}}'' | ||
| + | | José | ||
| + | | | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | 1952 | ||
| + | | ''[[Moulin Rouge (1952 film)|Moulin Rouge]]'' | ||
| + | | [[Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec]] | ||
| + | | Nominated — [[Academy Award for Best Actor]] | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | 1952 | ||
| + | | ''[[Anything Can Happen]]'' | ||
| + | | Giorgi Papashvily | ||
| + | | | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | 1953 | ||
| + | | ''[[Miss Sadie Thompson]]'' | ||
| + | | Alfred Davidson | ||
| + | | | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | 1953 | ||
| + | | ''Producers' Showcase'': "Cyrano de Bergerac" | ||
| + | | [[Cyrano de Bergerac (play)|Cyrano de Bergerac]] | ||
| + | | Nominated — [[Primetime Emmy Award|Emmy Award]] Best Actor - Single Performance | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | 1954 | ||
| + | | ''[[Deep in My Heart (1954 film)|Deep in My Heart]]'' | ||
| + | | [[Sigmund Romberg]] | ||
| + | | | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | 1954 | ||
| + | | ''{{sortname|The|Caine Mutiny|The Caine Mutiny (film)}}'' | ||
| + | | Lt. Barney Greenwald | ||
| + | | Nominated — [[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role|BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actor]] | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | 1955 | ||
| + | | ''{{sortname|The|Cockleshell Heroes}}'' | ||
| + | | Major Stringer | ||
| + | | Ferrer was also Director | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | 1955 | ||
| + | | ''{{sortname|The|Shrike|The Shrike (film)}}'' | ||
| + | | Jim Downs | ||
| + | | | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | 1956 | ||
| + | | ''{{sortname|The|Great Man}}'' | ||
| + | | Joe Harris | ||
| + | | | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | 1958 | ||
| + | | ''{{sortname|The|High Cost of Loving}}'' | ||
| + | | Jim 'Jimbo' Fry | ||
| + | | | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | 1958 | ||
| + | | ''[[I Accuse!]]'' | ||
| + | | Capt. [[Alfred Dreyfus]] | ||
| + | | | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | 1961 | ||
| + | | ''[[Return to Peyton Place]]'' | ||
| + | | | ||
| + | | as Director only | ||
| + | | | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | 1961 | ||
| + | | ''[[Forbid Them Not]]'' | ||
| + | | Narrator | ||
| + | | | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | 1962 | ||
| + | | ''[[Lawrence of Arabia (film)|Lawrence of Arabia]]'' | ||
| + | | Turkish Bey | ||
| + | | | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | 1963 | ||
| + | | ''[[Delay in Marienborn]]'' | ||
| + | | Cowan the Reporter | ||
| + | | | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | 1963 | ||
| + | | ''[[Nine Hours to Rama]]'' | ||
| + | | Supt. Gopal Das | ||
| + | | | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | 1964 | ||
| + | | ''[[Cyrano et d'Artagnan]]'' | ||
| + | | [[Cyrano de Bergerac (play)|Cyrano de Bergerac]] | ||
| + | | | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | 1965 | ||
| + | | ''[[Ship of Fools (film)|Ship of Fools]]'' | ||
| + | | Siegfried Rieber | ||
| + | | | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | 1965 | ||
| + | | ''{{sortname|The|Greatest Story Ever Told}}'' | ||
| + | | [[Herod Antipas]] | ||
| + | | | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | 1967 | ||
| + | | ''[[Cervantes (film)|Cervantes]]'' | ||
| + | | Hassan Bey | ||
| + | | | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | 1967 | ||
| + | | ''[[Enter Laughing]]'' | ||
| + | | Mr. Marlowe | ||
| + | | | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | 1975 | ||
| + | | ''{{sortname|El|Clan de los inmorales}}'' | ||
| + | | Inspector Reed | ||
| + | | | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | 1976 | ||
| + | | ''{{sortname|The|Big Bus}}'' | ||
| + | | Ironman | ||
| + | | | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | 1976 | ||
| + | | ''[[Forever Young, Forever Free]]'' | ||
| + | | Father Alberto | ||
| + | | | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | 1976 | ||
| + | | ''Paco'' | ||
| + | | Fermin Flores | ||
| + | | | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | 1976 | ||
| + | | ''[[Voyage of the Damned]]'' | ||
| + | | Manuel Benitez | ||
| + | | | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | 1977 | ||
| + | | ''{{sortname|The|Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover}}'' | ||
| + | | Lionel McCoy | ||
| + | | | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | 1977 | ||
| + | | ''[[Who Has Seen the Wind]]'' | ||
| + | | {{sortname|The|Ben|nolink=1}} | ||
| + | | | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | 1977 | ||
| + | | ''{{sortname|The|Sentinel|The Sentinel (1977 film)}}'' | ||
| + | | Priest of the Brotherhood | ||
| + | | | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | 1977 | ||
| + | | ''[[Crash!]]'' | ||
| + | | Marc Denne | ||
| + | | | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | 1978 | ||
| + | | ''{{sortname|The|Swarm|The Swarm (film)}}'' | ||
| + | | Dr. Andrews | ||
| + | | | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | 1978 | ||
| + | | ''[[Dracula's Dog]]'' | ||
| + | | Inspector Branco | ||
| + | | | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | 1978 | ||
| + | | ''[[Fedora (film)|Fedora]]'' | ||
| + | | Doctor Vando | ||
| + | | | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | 1978 | ||
| + | | ''{{sortname|The|Return of Captain Nemo}}'' | ||
| + | | Captain Nemo | ||
| + | | | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | 1979 | ||
| + | | ''[[Natural Enemies]]'' | ||
| + | | Harry Rosenthal | ||
| + | | | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | 1979 | ||
| + | | ''{{sortname|The|Fifth Musketeer}}'' | ||
| + | | [[Athos (fictional character)|Athos]] | ||
| + | | | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | 1979 | ||
| + | | ''{{sortname|A|Life of Sin}}'' | ||
| + | | Bishop | ||
| + | | | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | 1980 | ||
| + | | ''{{sortname|The|Big Brawl}}'' | ||
| + | | Domenici | ||
| + | | | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | 1981 | ||
| + | | ''[[Bloody Birthday]]'' | ||
| + | | Doctor | ||
| + | | | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | 1982 | ||
| + | | ''[[Blood Tide]]'' | ||
| + | | Nereus | ||
| + | | | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | 1982 | ||
| + | | ''{{sortname|A|Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy}}'' | ||
| + | | Leopold | ||
| + | | | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | 1983 | ||
| + | | ''[[To Be or Not to Be (1983 film)|To Be or Not to Be]]'' | ||
| + | | Prof. Siletski | ||
| + | | | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | 1983 | ||
| + | | ''{{sortname|The|Being}}'' | ||
| + | | Mayor Gordon Lane | ||
| + | | | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | 1984 | ||
| + | | ''[[Dune (film)|Dune]]'' | ||
| + | | Padishah Emperor [[Shaddam Corrino IV]] | ||
| + | | | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | 1984 | ||
| + | | ''{{sortname|The|Evil That Men Do|nolink=1}}'' | ||
| + | | Dr. Hector Lomelin | ||
| + | | | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | 1987 | ||
| + | | ''{{sortname|The|Sun and the Moon|nolink=1}}'' | ||
| + | | | ||
| + | | | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | 1990 | ||
| + | | ''[[Hired to Kill]]'' | ||
| + | | Rallis | ||
| + | | | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | 1990 | ||
| + | | ''[[Old Explorers]]'' | ||
| + | | Warner Watney | ||
| + | | | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | 1992 | ||
| + | | ''[[Laam Gong juen ji faan fei jo fung wan]]'' | ||
| + | | | ||
| + | | | ||
| + | |} | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==See also== | ||
| + | * [[List of famous Puerto Ricans]] | ||
| + | * [[French immigration to Puerto Rico]] | ||
| + | * [[List of Puerto Rican Academy Award winners and nominees]] | ||
| - | The film stars [[José Ferrer]] as Toulouse-Lautrec, with [[Zsa Zsa Gabor]] as [[Jane Avril]], [[Suzanne Flon]], [[Eric Pohlmann]], [[Colette Marchand]], [[Christopher Lee]], [[Michael Balfour]], [[Peter Cushing]], [[Katherine Kath]] as [[La Goulue]], [[Theodore Bikel]], and [[Muriel Smith (singer)|Muriel Smith]]. | ||
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José Vicente Ferrer de Otero y Cintrón (January 8, 1912 – January 26, 1992), best known as José Ferrer, was a Puerto Rican actor, as well as a theater and film director. He was the first Puerto Rican, as well as the first Hispanic actor to win an Academy Award. Jose Ferrer donated his Academy Award to the University of Puerto Rico as a tribute to his roots. The prolific and distinguished thespian also won numerous Tony Awards: In 1947 he won a Tony Award for his theatrical performance of Cyrano de Bergerac, and in 1952 Ferrer won the Distingished Dramatic Actor Award for The Shrike, plus the Outstanding Director Award for The Shrike, The Fourposter, and Stalag 17. Jose Ferrer's contributions to American theatre were recognized in 1981 when he was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame. Further honors came in 1985 when he was awarded the National Medal of Arts.
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- List of famous Puerto Ricans
- French immigration to Puerto Rico
- List of Puerto Rican Academy Award winners and nominees
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