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Mel Ferrer
Sign in to saveAlso known as Melchor Gastón Ferrer, Melchor Gaston Ferrer
American actor, director and producer (1917–2008)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Tito's hats
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · Elberon, New Jersey, USA
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…
Known for
- Deneuve, la reine Catherine — Self (archive footage)2022
- Morceaux de Cannes2021
- Audrey — Self - Actor / 1st Husband (archive footage)2020
- Saint John Baptist De La Salle: Patron Saint of Teachers2010
- Legenden: Audrey Hepburn — Self (archive footage)2005
- Catherine the Great — Patriarch1996
- Audrey Hepburn: Remembered — Self1993
- Eye of the Widow — CIA Chief Frankenheimer1991
- Christine Cromwell1989
- Outrage! — Judge Michael Lengel1986
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- France
- Active from
- 1917
- Active to
- 2008
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 18
- Total plays
- 22
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The Sequence of the Human Genome
· 2001 · cited 10,178x
- Signatures of mutational processes in human cancer
· 2013 · cited 8,718x
- Observation of a new particle in the search for the Standard Model Higgs boson with the ATLAS detector at the LHC
· 2012 · cited 6,740x
- DnaSP 6: DNA Sequence Polymorphism Analysis of Large Data Sets
· 2017 · cited 6,469x
- Surviving Sepsis Campaign: International Guidelines for Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock: 2016
· 2017 · cited 4,958x
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Key facts
- Born
- Melchor Gastón Ferrer , ( 1917-08-25 ) August 25, 1917, Elberon, New Jersey , U.S.
- Died
- June 2, 2008 (2008-06-02) (aged 90), Santa Barbara, California , U.S.
- Occupations
- Actor director producer
- Years active
- 1937–1998
- Children
- 6, including Sean Hepburn Ferrer
- Relatives
- Emma Ferrer (granddaughter)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Image
- Mel Ferrer - 1960.jpg
- Height
- 191
- Number of children
- 5
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- Mel Ferrer
- date of birth
- 1917-08-25
- date of death
- 2008-06-02
- Commons gallery
- Mel Ferrer
- start of work period
- 1937-00-00
- end of work period
- 1998-00-00
- birth name
- Melchior Gaston Ferrer
- name in native language
- Mel Ferrer
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Melchor Gastón Ferrer (August 25, 1917 – June 2, 2008) was an American actor, director, and producer, active in film, theatre, and television. He achieved prominence on Broadway before scoring notable film hits with Scaramouche (1952), Lili (1953), and Knights of the Round Table (also 1953). He starred opposite his wife, actress Audrey Hepburn, in War and Peace (1956) and produced her film Wait Until Dark (1967).
Beginning in the 1970s, Ferrer acted extensively in Italian films and appeared in several cult hits, including The Antichrist (1974), The Black Corsair (1976) and Nightmare City (1980). He was also a co-founder of the La Jolla Playhouse.