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José Ferrer
José Vicente Ferrer de Otero y Cintrón was a Puerto Rican actor and director of stage, film and television. He was one of the most celebrated and esteemed Hispanic American actors during his lifetime and after, with a career spanning nearly 60 years between 1935 and 1992. He achieved prominence for his portrayal of Cyrano de Bergerac in the play of the same name, which earned him the inaugural Ton…
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entertainment · Puerto Rican actor and director (1912–1992) · stage actor · film actor · television actor · film producer · theatre director · film director · screenwriter · actor · director · also José Ferrer, Jose Ferrer, José Vicente Ferrer, Jose Vicente Ferrer, José Vicente Ferrer de Otero y Cintrón, Jose Vicente Ferrer de Otero y Cintron
Born 8 January 1912 · Died 26 January 1992 · Q312098
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2026· 1 entry
2024· 1 entry
Princeton University: Portrait of celebrated actor and director José Ferrer, Class of 1933, unveiled at Princeton
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2012· 2 entries
Awarded Distinguished Americans series (2012).
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The United States Postal Service issued a stamp in Ferrer's honor in its Distinguished Americans series
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2005· 1 entry
The Hispanic Organization of Latin Actors (HOLA) renamed its Tespis Award to the HOLA José Ferrer Tespis Award
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1992· 2 entries
Died 1992-01-26.
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18 days after his 80th birthday, and was interred in Santa María Magdalena de Pazzis Cemetery in Old San Juan in his native Puerto Rico
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1985· 1 entry
Received the National Medal of Arts from President Reagan, becoming the first actor so honored
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1984· 1 entry
Awarded honorary doctor of the University of Miami (1984).
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1981· 1 entry
When he was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame
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1980· 1 entry
Had a role as future Justice Abe Fortas in the made-for-television film version of Anthony Lewis' Gideon's Trumpet, opposite Henry Fonda in an Emmy-nominated performance as Clarence Earl Gideon
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1968· 1 entry
The IRS sent him a tax bill of $122,000 going back to 1962
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1967· 1 entry
Clooney found out about the affair, and she and Ferrer divorced again in 1967.
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1966· 1 entry
And subsequently went on tour with it in the first national company of the show
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1964· 1 entry
In Los Angeles; however, the marriage again crumbled because Ferrer was carrying on an affair with the woman who would become his last wife, Stella Magee
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1958· 1 entry
Ferrer narrated the children's album Tubby the Tuba, which was nominated for the Best Recording For Children at the 1st Annual Grammy Awards
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1955· 1 entry
Ferrer and Clooney had five children in quick succession: Miguel (February 7, 1955 – January 19, 2017), Maria (born August 9, 1956), Gabriel (born August 1, 1957), Monsita (born October 13, 1958) and Rafael (born March 23, 1960).
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1952· 2 entries
Awarded Tony Award for Best Director (1952).
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Awarded Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play (1952).
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1951· 1 entry
Awarded Academy Award for Best Actor for Cyrano de Bergerac (1951).
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1949· 1 entry
Ferrer made his television debut when he starred in The Philco Television Playhouse's one-hour adaptation of the play
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1948· 3 entries
And they moved to Burlington, Vermont in 1950
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Partly due to Hagen's long-concealed affair with Paul Robeson, with whom Hagen and Ferrer had co-starred in the Broadway production of Othello
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They divorced in 1948, partly due to Hagen's long-concealed affair with Paul Robeson, with whom Hagen and Ferrer had co-starred in the Broadway production of Othello.
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1947· 1 entry
Awarded Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play (1947).
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1935· 2 entries
Ferrer was the stage manager at the Suffern Country Playhouse, operated by Joshua Logan, whom Ferrer had known at Princeton
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In A Slight Case of Murder which ran for 69 performances
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1933· 1 entry
Ferrer completed his bachelor's degree in architecture at Princeton University, where he wrote his senior thesis on "French Naturalism and Pardo Bazán"
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1914· 1 entry
When Ferrer was two years old, following the death of his mother
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1912· 1 entry
Born 1912-01-08.
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