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Mel Ferrer

Acting

Born August 25, 1917 · Elberon, New Jersey, USA

Died June 2, 2008

Also known as Melchor Gastón Ferrer O’Donohue

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 appeared in several cult hits, including The Antichrist (1974), The Suspicious Death of a Minor (1975), The Black Corsair (1976), and Nightmare City (1980). Description above from the Wikipedia article Mel Ferrer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Awards & recognition

  • star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Filmography49 titles

Columbo

1971as Jerry Parks

Fraulein

1958as Maj. Foster MacLain

Audrey Hepburn: Remembered

1993as Self

The Longest Day

1962as Maj. Gen. Robert Haines

Murder, She Wrote

1984as Eric Brahm

Wait Until Dark

1967as French-Canadian Radio Speaker (voice) (uncredited)

Audrey

2020as Self - Actor / 1st Husband (archive footage)

Hawaii Five-O

1968as Emil Radick

One Shoe Makes it Murder

1982as Carl Charnock

How the West Was Won

1976as Hale Burton

Wonder Woman

1975as Fritz Gerlich

Police Story

1973as Dr. Ross

Scaramouche

1952as Noel, Marquis de Maynes

What's My Line?

1950as Self - Panelist

A Thousand Billion Dollars

1982as Cornelius A. Woaegen, president of GTI

Dallas

1978as Harrison Page

Logan's Run

1977as Analog

Lili

1953as Paul Berthalet

War and Peace

1956as Prince Andrei Bolkonsky

Lost Boundaries

1949as Dr. Scott Mason Carter

The Night Visitor

1971Producer

The Fall of the Roman Empire

1964as Cleander

Sex and the Single Girl

1964as Rudy DeMeyer

Rancho Notorious

1952as Frenchy Fairmont

The World, the Flesh and the Devil

1959as Benson Thacker

Paris When It Sizzles

1964as Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (uncredited)

Macao

1952Co-Director

The Fantastic Journey

as Appolonius

The Antichrist

1974as Massimo Oderisi

Brannigan

1975as Mel Fields

Knights of the Round Table

1953as Arthur

Born to Be Bad

1950as Gobby

The Fugitive

1947as Father Serra (uncredited)

Elena and Her Men

1956as Le comte Henri de Chevincourt

The Pyjama Girl Case

1977as Professor Henry Douglas

The Sun Also Rises

1957as Robert Cohn

Falcon Crest

1981as Phillip Erickson

Nightmare City

1980as General Murchison

The Island of the Fishmen

1979as Radcliffe (US version)

Cock Crows at Eleven

1978as Vera Husband

Charge of the Black Lancers

1962as Andrea Di Tula

Green Mansions

1959Director

Seagulls Fly Low

1978as Roberto Micheli

Eaten Alive

1976as Harvey Wood

The Visitor

1979as Dr. Walker

Eaten Alive!

1980as Professor Carter

The Fifth Floor

1978as Dr. Sidney Coleman

The Great Alligator

1979as Joshua

The Norseman

1978as King Eurich