Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderMale
- Birthday1917-08-25
- Day of Death2008-06-02 (90 years)
- Place of BirthElberon, New Jersey, USA
- Also Known AsMelchor Gastón Ferrer O’Donohue
Mel Ferrer
Biography
Melchor Gastón Ferrer (August 25, 1917 – June 2, 2008) was an American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter. He achieved prominence on Broadway before scoring notable film hits with Scaramouche, Lili, and Knights of the Round Table. He starred opposite his wife, actress Audrey Hepburn, in War and Peace and produced her film Wait Until Dark. He also acted extensively in European films and...Read More
Known For
Acting Career
- 1996
Catherine the Great
As: Patriarch
- 1991
Eye of the Widow
As: CIA Chief Frankenheimer
- 1986
Peter the Great
As: Frederick
- 1986
Outrage!
As: Judge Michael Lengel
- 1985
Seduced
As: Arthur Orloff
- 1984
Murder, She Wrote
As: Eric Brahm
- 1984
Murder, She Wrote
As: Miles Austin
- 1984
Finder of Lost Loves
As: George Matthews
- 1984
A Tender Sunset
As: Franz Bollenstein
- 1982
One Shoe Makes it Murder
As: Carl Charnock
- 1982
Deadly Game
As: Stephan Mathiesen
- 1982
A Thousand Billion Dollars
As: Cornelius A. Woaegen
- 1981
Falcon Crest
As: Phillip Erickson
- 1981
Lili Marleen
As: David Mendelssohn
- 1980
Nightmare City
As: General Murchison
- 1980
Fugitive Family
As: Anthony Durano
- 1980
The Memory of Eva Ryker
As: Dr. Sanford
- 1980
Eaten Alive!
As: Professor Carter
- 1980
The Top of the Hill
As: Andreas Heggener
- 1980
Vultures Over the City
As: Sheriff
- 1979
The Great Alligator
As: Joshua
- 1979
The Visitor
As: Dr. Walker
- 1979
Island of the Fishmen
As: Radcliffe (US version)
- 1978
L'immoralità
As: Vera's husband
- 1978
The Fifth Floor
As: Dr. Sidney Coleman
- 1978
Seagulls Fly Low
As: Roberto Micheli
- 1978
Yesterday's Tomorrow
As: Colonel Stone
- 1978
The Norseman
As: King Eurich
- 1978
Return of the Saint
As: Dr. Paolo Brogli
- 1978
The Amazing Captain Nemo
As: Dr. Robert Cook
- 1978
Dallas
As: Harrison Page
- 1978
Hi-Riders
As: Sheriff
- 1978
Black Beauty
As: Nicholas Skinner
- 1977
The Pyjama Girl Case
As: Professor Henry Douglas
- 1977
Sharon: Portrait of a Mistress
As: David
- 1977
Gangbusters
As: Peseti
- 1977
How the West Was Won
As: Hale Burton
- 1976
Eaten Alive
As: Harvey Wood
- 1976
The Black Corsair
As: Van Gould
- 1976
Origins of the Mafia
As: Armando Della Morra
- 1975
The Net
As: Aurelio Morelli
- 1975
Wonder Woman
As: Fritz Gerlich
- 1975
The Suspicious Death of a Minor
As: Police superintendent
- 1975
Silent Action
As: District Attorney Mannino
- 1975
Brannigan
As: Mel Fields
- 1974
The Antichrist
As: Massimo Oderisi
- 1973
The Girl from the Red Cabaret
As: Dalton Harvey
- 1973
Carola
As: Gen. Franz von Clodius
- 1972
A Time for Loving
As: Doctor Harrison
- 1971
Columbo
As: Jerry Parks
- 1968
Hawaii Five-O
As: Father Neill
- 1968
Hawaii Five-O
As: Emil Radick
- 1967
Wait Until Dark
As: French-Canadian Radio Speaker (voice) (uncredited)
- 1966
El Greco
As: El Greco (Domenico Teotocopulo)
- 1964
Sex and the Single Girl
As: Rudy DeMeyer
- 1964
The Fall of the Roman Empire
As: Cleander
- 1964
Paris When It Sizzles
As: Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (uncredited)
- 1964
El señor de La Salle
As: Juan Bautista de La Salle
- 1962
The Longest Day
As: Maj. Gen. Robert Haines
- 1962
The Devil and the Ten Commandments
As: Philip Allan
- 1962
Charge of the Black Lancers
As: Andrea Di Tula
- 1961
The Laws of War
As: Marco
- 1960
The Hands of Orlac
As: Stephen Orlac
- 1960
Ladies Man
As: Georges Gauthier
- 1960
Blood and Roses
As: Leopoldo De Karnstein
- 1959
The World, the Flesh and the Devil
As: Benson Thacker
- 1958
Fraulein
As: Maj. Foster MacLain
- 1957
The Sun Also Rises
As: Robert Cohn
- 1957
The Vintage
As: Giancarlo Barandero
- 1957
Mayerling
As: Crown Prince Rudolph
- 1956
Elena and Her Men
As: Le comte Henri de Chevincourt
- 1956
War and Peace
As: Prince Andrei Bolkonsky
- 1955
Oh... Rosalinda!!
As: Capt. Alfred Westerman
- 1955
Forbidden
As: Don Paolo Salinas
- 1953
Knights of the Round Table
As: Arthur
- 1953
Saadia
As: Henrik
- 1953
Lili
As: Paul Berthalet
- 1952
Scaramouche
As: Noel, Marquis de Maynes
- 1952
Rancho Notorious
As: Frenchy Fairmont
- 1951
The Brave Bulls
As: Luís Bello
- 1950
Born to Be Bad
As: Gabriel 'Gobby' Broome
- 1949
Lost Boundaries
As: Scott Mason Carter
- 1947
The Fugitive
As: Father Serra (uncredited)