Mel Ferrer

AKA:
Melchior Gaston Ferrer
Nationality:
American
Birthdate:
08/25/1917
Birthplace:
Elberon, New Jersey
Death Date:
06/02/2008
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biography
This gaunt, lanky and graceful player, who after a successful career as a radio producer-director and as a dancer and actor on Broadway, moved into film, first as a director and then as a reserved, sensitive and usually romantic leading man. Married to Audrey Hepburn from 1954 to 1968, Ferrer co-starred with her in "War and Peace" (1956), directed her in "Green Mansions" (1959) and produced the tense thriller, "Wait Until Dark" (1967).

Ferrer dropped out of Princeton University in his sophomore year to work as an actor in summer stock. When stardom did not come immediately, he worked on a Continued

Credits
David Mendelssohn
1981
General Murchison
1980
Dr Walker
1979
(uncredited) Guest Star
Dr Robert Cook
Captain Alfred Westerman
Dr Coleman
King Eurich
Mel Fields
Actor
Prince Andrei
Robert Cohn
1957
Van Gould
Paul Berthalet
Massimo Oderisi
Daniela's Husband
Henri de Chevincourt
Harvey Wood
Producer
Director
Morelli
El Greco
Leopoldo DeKarnstein
Professor Carter
Colonel Stone
Don Paolo
Producer
Producer
Producer
milestones
Year
Milestone
 
First stage work with Cape Cod Playhouse in Dennis, Massachusetts
 
Worked as editor at Stephen Day Press in Vermont
 
Left publishing upon reaching leading-man status at Cape Cod Playhouse
1938 
First Broadway appearance (as chorus dancer) in "You Never Know"
1940 
Wrote children's book, "Tito's Hats"
Continued