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Mel Ferrer

Mel Ferrer

Highest Rated: 100% Rancho Notorious (1952)

Lowest Rated: 0% Antichrist (1974)

Birthday: Aug 25, 1917

Birthplace: Elberon, New Jersey, USA

A handsome and often tragic leading man in features during the 1950s, Mel Ferrer rose to fame as the dashing star of "Scaramouche" (1952), "Lili" (1953), "War and Peace" (1956) and "The Sun Also Rises" (1957). But Ferrer's true passion was behind the scenes, and he directed several features, including "Vendetta" (1950) and "Every Day is a Holiday" (1965) while scoring a professional triumph with 1967's "Wait Until Dark," which starred his wife, Audrey Hepburn. Ferrer was unable to parlay the film's success into more projects, and after a health setback following his divorce from Hepburn in 1968, settled into a steady diet of television guest appearances and turns in European features, including several crass horror and exploitation titles. One of Hollywood's most reluctant stars, Mel Ferrer's early roles, buoyed by his dignified carriage and soulful looks, kept him a filmgoer favorite long after his own career had come to an end.

Highest rated movies

100% Lili
100% Rancho Notorious
93% The Fall of the Roman Empire
84% The Longest Day
79% The Visitor
75% Born to Be Bad
71% Elena and Her Men
67% Knights of the Round Table

Photos

LOST BOUNDARIES, Mel Ferrer, 1949 KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE, Mel Ferrer as King Arthur, 1953 tkotrt1953-fsct14(tkotrt1953-fsct14) SCARAMOUCHE, Mel Ferrer, Janet Leigh, 1952 BLOOD AND ROSES, (aka ET MOURIR DE PLASIR), Elsa Martinelli, Mel Ferrer, 1960 THE BRAVE BULLS, Mel Ferrer, 1951 EL GRECO, Mel Ferrer, 1966, 20th Century Fox, TM & Copyright KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE, from left: Mel Ferrer, Robert Taylor, 1953 KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE, Mel Ferrer, Ava Gardner, 1953. KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE, Mel Ferrer, Robert Taylor, 1953. LILI, Mel Ferrer, 1953 RANCHO NOTORIOUS, Marlene Dietrich, Arthur Kennedy, Mel Ferrer, 1952 SEX AND THE SINGLE GIRL, Mel Ferrer, Natalie Wood, Henry Fonda (in picture), 1964 THE SUN ALSO RISES, Mel Ferrer, 1957, (c) 20th Century Fox, TM & Copyright THE SUN ALSO RISES, Tyrone Power, Eddie Albert, Ava Gardner, Mel Ferrer, Errol Flynn, 1957, TM & Copyright ©20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved WAR AND PEACE, Mel Ferrer, Audrey Hepburn, 1956 EL GRECO, Mel Ferrer, 1966 THE SUN ALSO RISES, from left, director Henry King, Ava Gardner, Tyrone Power, Mel Ferrer, 1957, TM & Copyright © 20th Century Fox Film Corp BORN TO BE BAD, Mel Ferrer, Joan Fontaine, Zachary Scott, Harold Vermilyea, 1950 THE FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE, Director Anthony Mann, Stephen Boyd, Christopher Plummer, Alec Guinness, Mel Ferrer, 1964 LOST BOUNDARIES, Mel Ferrer, 1949
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet 46% Catherine the Great Patriarch (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet Christine Cromwell: Things That Go Bump in the Night Doctor (Character) - 1989
No Score Yet 80% Outrage! Judge Michael Lengel (Character) - 1986
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Third Cry Unknown (Character) - 1984
No Score Yet No Score Yet One Shoe Makes It Murder Carl Charnock (Character) - 1982
No Score Yet 71% Mille milliards de dollars Cornelius A. Woeagen (Character) - 1981
50% 74% Lili Marleen David Mendelsson (Character) - 1981
No Score Yet 22% The Fifth Floor Dr. Sidney Coleman (Character) - 1980
No Score Yet 36% Eaten Alive! Professor Carter (Character) - 1980
50% 40% City of the Walking Dead General Murchison (Character) - 1980
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Memory of Eva Ryker Dr. Sanford (Character) - 1980
No Score Yet No Score Yet Who Are My Own Juan Bautista de La Salle (Character) - 1980
No Score Yet No Score Yet Fugitive Family Anthony Durano (Character) - 1980
No Score Yet 22% The Great Alligator Joshua (Character) - 1979
79% 43% The Visitor Dr. Walker (Character) - 1979
No Score Yet 9% The Norseman King Eurich (Character) - 1978
60% 36% Screamers Radcliffe (Character) - 1978
No Score Yet 20% The Amazing Captain Nemo Dr. Robert Cook (Character) - 1978
No Score Yet 21% The Girl in the Yellow Pajamas Professor Henry Douglas (Character) - 1978
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hi-Riders Sheriff (Character) - 1978
No Score Yet No Score Yet Yesterday's Tomorrow Colonel Stone (Character) - 1978
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sharon: Portrait of a Mistress David (Character) - 1977
No Score Yet No Score Yet In Hot Weather the Crime Rate Soars Unknown (Character) - 1977
33% 30% Eaten Alive Harvey Wood (Character) - 1976
No Score Yet No Score Yet Il corsaro nero Van Gould (Character) - 1976
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Suspicious Death of a Minor Police superintendent (Character) - 1975
No Score Yet No Score Yet Silent Action District Attorney Mannino (Character) - 1975
25% 40% Brannigan Fields (Character) - 1975
0% 34% Antichrist Massimo Oderisi (Character) - 1974
No Score Yet No Score Yet W Producer - 1974
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tenafly Charlie Rush (Character) - 1973
No Score Yet No Score Yet Embassy Producer - 1972
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Time for Loving Dr. Harrison (Character) - 1971
13% 51% The Night Visitor Producer - 1970
96% 91% Wait Until Dark Producer - 1967
No Score Yet 60% El Greco El Greco (Character),
Producer 		- 1966
No Score Yet No Score Yet Cabriola Director,
Writer 		- 1965
50% 55% Sex and the Single Girl Dr. Rudolph "Rudy" DeMeyer (Character) - 1964
93% 69% The Fall of the Roman Empire Cleander (Character) - 1964
55% 66% Paris When It Sizzles Costume party Jekyll & Hyde (Character) - 1964
No Score Yet No Score Yet Charge of the Black Lancers Andrea di Tula (Character) - 1962
84% 90% The Longest Day Maj. Gen. Robert Haines (Character) - 1962
No Score Yet 81% The Devil and the Ten Commandments Philip Allan (Character) - 1962
No Score Yet No Score Yet Blood and Roses Leopoldo De Karnstein (Character) - 1961
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Law of War Marco (Character) - 1961
No Score Yet No Score Yet Murder by Two Georges Gauthier (Character) - 1960
No Score Yet 43% The Hands of Orlac Stephen Orlac (Character) - 1960
No Score Yet 35% Et mourir de plaisir (Blood and Roses)(To Die with Pleasure) Unknown (Character) - 1960
No Score Yet 62% The World, the Flesh and the Devil Benson Thacker (Character) - 1959
No Score Yet 28% Green Mansions Director - 1959
No Score Yet No Score Yet Fraulein Maj. Foster MacLain (Character) - 1958
No Score Yet 38% The Sun Also Rises Robert Cohn (Character) - 1957
No Score Yet 40% The Vintage Giancarlo Barandero (Character) - 1957
71% 37% Elena and Her Men Le comte Henri de Chevincourt (Character) - 1956
50% 63% War and Peace Prince Andrei Bolkonsky (Character) - 1956
No Score Yet No Score Yet Forbidden Don Paolo Salinas (Character) - 1956
No Score Yet 60% Oh... Rosalinda!! Capt. Alfred Westerman (Character) - 1955
No Score Yet No Score Yet Saadia Henrik (Character) - 1954
100% 82% Lili Paul Berthalet (Character) - 1953
67% 42% Knights of the Round Table Arthur (Character) - 1953
100% 69% Rancho Notorious Frenchy Fairmont (Character) - 1952
No Score Yet 84% Scaramouche Noel, Marquis de Maynes (Character) - 1952
No Score Yet 40% The Brave Bulls Luis Bello (Character) - 1951
75% 58% Born to Be Bad Gabriel "Gobby" Broome (Character) - 1950
No Score Yet 50% The Secret Fury Director - 1950
No Score Yet No Score Yet Vendetta Director - 1950
60% 36% Lost Boundaries Scott Mason Carter (Character) - 1949
No Score Yet No Score Yet Girl of the Limberlost Director - 1945

TV

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet Falcon Crest Phillip Erikson (Character) 1981-1990
No Score Yet 89% Murder, She Wrote Eric Brahm (Guest Star) 1985 1989
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hotel Unknown (Guest Star) 1985
No Score Yet No Score Yet Finder of Lost Loves Unknown (Guest Star) 1984
No Score Yet No Score Yet Fantasy Island Unknown (Guest Star) 1982
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dallas Unknown (Guest Star) 1979-1980
No Score Yet No Score Yet How the West Was Won Unknown (Guest Star) 1978
100% 79% Wonder Woman Unknown (Guest Star) 1977
No Score Yet No Score Yet Police Story Unknown (Character) 1974
No Score Yet 80% Columbo Jerry Parks (Guest Star) 1973
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Farmer's Daughter Director 1963
No Score Yet No Score Yet Zane Grey Theatre Unknown (Character) 1959
No Score Yet No Score Yet Producers' Showcase Unknown (Character) 1957