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Mel Ferrer is a Actor, Director, Producer and Co-Director American born on 25 august 1917 at New Jersey (USA)

Mel Ferrer

Mel Ferrer
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Birth name Melchior Gaston Ferrer
Nationality USA
Birth 25 august 1917 at New Jersey (USA)
Death 2 june 2008 (at 90 years) at Santa Barbara (USA)

Mel Ferrer (August 25, 1917 – June 2, 2008) was an American actor, film director and film producer.

Biography

Ferrer was married five times. His wives were:


Frances Gunby Pilchard, an actress who became a sculptor; daughter of Sewell Norris Pilchard Jr, a physician, and his wife, the former Louise Collier Gunby. They married in 1937 and divorced in 1939.
Barbara C. Tripp. They married in 1940 and later divorced. They had two children: a daughter, Mela Ferrer (born 1943) and a son, Christopher Ferrer (born 1944).
Frances Ferrer (née Pilchard), who had been his first wife. This marriage, which took place in 1944, also ended in divorce. They had two children: Pepa Philippa Ferrer (born 1941) and Mark Young Ferrer (born 1944).
Audrey Hepburn, the actress, to whom he was married from 1954 until 1968. They had one child, a son, Sean Hepburn Ferrer (born 1960).
Elizabeth Soukhotine, whom he married in 1971.
Before his marriage to Elizabeth Soukhotine in 1971, Ferrer also had a relationship with 29-year-old interior designer Tessa Kennedy

Best films

War and Peace (1956)
(Actor)
Knights of the Round Table (1954)
(Actor)
Scaramouche (1952)
(Actor)
Lili (1953)
(Actor)
The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)
(Actor)

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Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Mel Ferrer (72 films)

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Actor

Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words, 1h54
Directed by Stig Björkman
Genres Documentary, Historical
Themes Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry
Actors Alicia Vikander, Isabella Rossellini, Roberto Rossellini, Ingrid Bergman, Liv Ullmann, Sigourney Weaver
Roles Le comte Henri de Chevincourt (archive footage) (uncredited)
Rating73% 3.6930353.6930353.6930353.6930353.693035
Nommée sept fois aux Oscars, Ingrid Bergman y fut récompensée trois fois. Elle fut une des actrices les plus talentueuses de l’âge d’or du cinéma hollywoodien et ses rôles dans des films comme CASABLANCA (1942), HANTISE (1944) et SONATE D’AUTOMNE (1978) sont inoubliables. En partant d’archives privées et d’interviews de ses enfants, ce film dresse un portrait personnel et offre aux spectateurs un aperçu de la vie exceptionnelle d’une jeune Suédoise qui devint l’une des plus célèbres actrices des États-Unis et du monde.
Eye of the Widow, 1h30
Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure, Spy, Crime
Themes Spy films
Actors Richard Young, F. Murray Abraham, Paul L. Smith, Ben Cross, Mel Ferrer, Patrick Macnee
Roles CIA Chief Frankenheimer
Rating39% 1.985161.985161.985161.985161.98516
Malko Linge est non seulement prince d'Autriche mais en même temps agent de la CIA. Lors d'une soirée organisée dans son château, le prince et ses invités sont attaqués par un groupe d'hommes armés dirigés par Nassiri, qui semble avoir une dent contre le prince. Le château est sérieusement endommagé par Nassiri et ses hommes mais Malko en sort indemne. Dans le but de découvrir l'identité du chef des assaillants, les recherches de Malko le mèneront à la rencontre de Sharnilar Kassani, une veuve qui a été rendue borgne par Nassiri sous le commandement de Kharoun. Tous deux s'allieront pour se venger contre Kharoun.
Peter the Great (miniseries), 6h11
Directed by Marvin J. Chomsky, Lawrence Schiller
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Actors Maximilian Schell, Vanessa Redgrave, Jan Niklas, Ursula Andress, Omar Sharif, Laurence Olivier
Roles Frederick
Rating77% 3.8892053.8892053.8892053.8892053.889205
Russia at the dawn of the 18th century—a vast, chilling mysterious land, medieval in its character. A country led by a man whose curious, questing spirit is eager to learn all that is new. A monarch who brings his feudal country "kicking and screaming" into the modern world. A shrewd tsar and a visionary. Statesman, sailor, and shipbuilder. Military leader. A husband and a father. A man who dared to dream the impossible dream, and succeeded.
Outrage!
Outrage! (1986)
, 2h
Directed by Walter Grauman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Robert Preston, Beau Bridges, Burgess Meredith, Linda Purl, Mel Ferrer, Anthony Newley
Roles Judge Michael Lengel
Rating66% 3.3016453.3016453.3016453.3016453.301645
Dennis Riordan tue un criminel relâché pour vice de procédure par un juge trop conciliant pour le viol et le meurtre de sa fille. Son avocat, Brad Gordon veut le faire passer pour fou afin qu'il évite la peine de mort. Ce dernier refuse et met l'avocat dans une fâcheuse posture. Finalement Riordan veut attaquer en justice le système tout entier pour ce qui est arrivé à sa fille et lui-même.
A Thousand Billion Dollars, 2h12
Directed by Henri Verneuil, Jean-Pierre Vergne
Origin France
Genres Thriller
Themes Films about journalists, Films about the labor movement
Actors Patrick Dewaere, Caroline Cellier, Michel Auclair, Charles Denner, Robert Party, Anny Duperey
Roles Cornelius A. Woaegen
Rating69% 3.4875153.4875153.4875153.4875153.487515
Paul Kerjean, journaliste « grand reporter », reçoit un jour un coup de téléphone anonyme. Son interlocuteur accuse Jacques Benoît-Lambert, un industriel, d'avoir reçu un pot-de-vin, pour céder à une société multinationale une usine française. L'enquête de Kerjean confirme cette accusation.
Lili Marleen, 1h55
Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Genres Drama, War, Musical theatre, Historical, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Political films
Actors Hanna Schygulla, Giancarlo Giannini, Christine Kaufmann, Hark Bohm, Mel Ferrer, Udo Kier
Roles David Mendelssohn
Rating70% 3.542783.542783.542783.542783.54278
The film is set during the Third Reich and is about the forbidden love between the German singer Willie (Hanna Schygulla) and the Swiss Jewish composer Robert Mendelssohn (a character based on Rolf Liebermann), who actively seeks to help an underground group of German Jews.
Eaten Alive!, 1h32
Directed by Umberto Lenzi
Origin Italie
Genres Adventure, Horror
Actors Robert Kerman, Janet Ågren, Paola Senatore, Ivan Rassimov, Mel Ferrer, Franco Fantasia
Roles Professor Carter
Rating51% 2.554282.554282.554282.554282.55428
The film begins with a woman named Sheila who is searching for her sister, who has disappeared in the southeastern jungles of Asia (India). Sheila (Janet Agren) joins up with Mark (Robert Kerman), and they both encounter many perils while searching for Sheila's sister, Diana (Paola Senatore). Diana has joined a cult run by a man called Jonas (Ivan Rassimov). Jonas physically and sexually abuses his followers and local people alike. In one graphic scene, he rapes Sheila with a dildo covered in snake blood, and decapitates a native. In another, a native widow named Mowara (Me Me Lai) is ritualistically raped after her late husband's body is burned on a pyre. A group, consisting of Mowara, Mark, Sheila and Diana escapes into the jungle, where Diana and Mowara are caught by a group of cannibals, Diana raped, and then both hacked to death, while Mark and Sheila helplessly watch from the cover of the bushes. They quickly escape back to New York when helicopters sent by the authorities come looking for them. Back in the village, the rest of the cult commits ritual suicide, leaving one young female survivor for the authorities to find.
Vultures Over the City, 1h28
Origin Espagne
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Maurizio Merli, Hugo Stiglitz, Nadiuska, Francisco Rabal, Eduardo Fajardo, Mel Ferrer
Roles Sheriff
Rating56% 2.8390352.8390352.8390352.8390352.839035
En se faisant passer pour un détective privé, Mark, un agent spécial, doit enquêter sur une disparition suspecte. Sa hiérarchie lui confie la mission de démanteler un réseau aux ramifications internationales. Ce dernier, qui contrôle le trafic du pétrole, entend bien étendre ses tentacules autour de la Méditerranée.
Nightmare City, 1h32
Directed by Umberto Lenzi
Origin Italie
Genres Action, Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about religion, Films set in the future, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Political films, Dystopian films, Disaster films
Actors Hugo Stiglitz, Maria Rosaria Omaggio, Laura Trotter, Mel Ferrer, Sonia Viviani, Francisco Rabal
Roles General Murchison
Rating56% 2.8016652.8016652.8016652.8016652.801665
The American television news reporter Dean Miller (Hugo Stiglitz) waits at a European airport to interview a scientist about a recent nuclear accident. An unmarked military plane makes an emergency landing. The plane doors open and dozens of deformed people burst out and begin stabbing and shooting the military personnel outside; they prove to be resistant to the most grievous wounds and are relentless in their assault, stopping only to consume the blood of their victims. Miller tries to alert the public, but General Murchison of Civil Defense (Mel Ferrer) will not allow it. Miller tries to find his wife Anna (Laura Trotter), who works at a hospital, as the crazed assailants overrun the city, their ranks swollen by many of their former victims.
The Memory of Eva Ryker, 2h24
Directed by Walter Grauman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action
Actors Natalie Wood, Robert Foxworth, Ralph Bellamy, Roddy McDowall, Bradford Dillman, Jean-Pierre Aumont
Roles Dr. Sanford
Rating65% 3.282463.282463.282463.282463.28246
William E. Ryker engage Norman Hall pour enquêter sur les circonstances de la mort de sa femme Eva durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale afin d'aider sa fille Claire. Cette dernière est, selon les médecins, perturbée par ce qu'elle a vécu enfant en lien avec la mort d'Eva. Le détective va trouver bien plus en mettant à jour une conspiration ayant comme objet le vol de bijoux inestimables.
Guyana: Crime of the Century, 1h55
Directed by René Cardona Jr.
Origin Mexique
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Films about religion
Actors Stuart Whitman, Gene Barry, John Ireland, Joseph Cotten, Bradford Dillman, Mel Ferrer
Rating54% 2.7051252.7051252.7051252.7051252.705125
In early 1977, Reverend James Johnson, the fanatic and paranoid leader of an independent church in San Francisco, moves his 1,000-strong congregation to the jungles of South American in the country of Guyana to create their own utopia free of the so-called corruption of the civilized world. Life at the jungle commune, called "Johnsontown", becomes unbearable as there are featured acts of brutally and cruelty that Johnson inflicts on his followers. In November 1978, when California Congressman Lee O'Brien investigates several reports of commune members being held against their will, he ventures to Johnsontown with a team of reporters to investigate the allegations of abuse. Despite the positive facade that Reverend Johnson puts out to Congressman O'Brien, the reality of the camp becomes apparent. When O'Brien leaves Johnsontown with a group of defectors, Johnson orders his loyal hit squads to kill O'Brien and the reporters, and then orders his followers to commit ritual mass suicide.
Island of the Fishmen, 1h35
Directed by Sergio Martino
Origin Italie
Genres Science fiction, Adventure, Horror
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Films set in Atlantis
Actors Barbara Bach, Richard Johnson, Joseph Cotten, Claudio Cassinelli, Mel Ferrer, Beryl Cunningham
Roles Radcliffe (US version)
Rating52% 2.607682.607682.607682.607682.60768
It is the year 1891 and a military doctor, Lieutenant Claude de Ross (Claudio Cassinelli) a survivor of not one, but two shipwrecks, washes ashore on a mysterious, uncharted Caribbean island along with a handful of convicts. When several of these convicts meet unfortunate ends at the hands of the titular fishmen, Claude and the other survivors flee into the jungle, only to encounter the sadistic Edmond Rackham (Richard Johnson) and his beautiful captive Amanda Marvin (Barbara Bach).
The Visitor, 1h39
Directed by Giulio Paradisi
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Themes Films set in the future, Demons in film, Films about extraterrestrial life, Films about extraterrestrial life, Alien invasions in films, Disaster films
Actors John Huston, Mel Ferrer, Glenn Ford, Lance Henriksen, Sam Peckinpah, Shelley Winters
Roles Dr. Walker
Rating52% 2.6018052.6018052.6018052.6018052.601805
The film opens with vague impressions of nature and supernatural forces before centering on a Christ-like figure telling a story to a group of bald pupils, most of whom are children. He tells a story about cosmic forces in conflict. In particular, he warns about the threat of Sateen, an evil inter-spacial force of immense magnitude. The film cuts to The Omni in Atlanta, Georgia where two fictional teams are playing a basketball game. The owner of the Atlanta team, Raymond Armstead (Lance Henriksen), sits courtside and promises an interviewer that the team will win at all costs. Since Raymond is a new owner and the source of his wealth is unknown, the interviewer presses him on the source of his wealth. He eventually answers that the money comes "from God".
The Great Alligator, 1h29
Directed by Sergio Martino
Origin Italie
Genres Adventure, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Natural horror films, Giant monster films, Disaster films
Actors Barbara Bach, Claudio Cassinelli, Mel Ferrer, Romano Puppo, Clara Colosimo, Richard Johnson
Roles Joshua
Rating45% 2.25592.25592.25592.25592.2559
Dans une région reculée d'Afrique, près d'un village kuma, un riche promoteur, Joshua, et sa compagne inaugurent leur nouveau complexe touristique, un luxueux hôtel au milieu de la forêt. Alors que les premiers touristes s'installent et que le photographe chargé de la publicité, Daniel Nessel, s'inquiète du comportement des indigènes à l'égard des Occidentaux présents, le cauchemar commence lorsqu'un gigantesque alligator tue un autochtone kuma et un mannequin. La bête sauvage n'est d'autre qu'un Dieu malfaisant invoqué par la tribu locale des Kumas, en colère depuis que leur terre a été détruite pour la construction de l'hôtel, pour qu'il extermine les envahisseurs et les vacanciers. Secondé par une anthropologue, Alice, Daniel tente de freiner le massacre.