Known for Acting
José Ferrer (January 8, 1912 – January 26, 1992), was a Puerto Rican actor and director. He was the first Hispanic actor to win an Academy Award.
Born
January 8, 1912
Died
January 26, 1992 (age 80)
Birthplace
Santurce, Puerto Rico
Filmography
105 films, 26 shows


State Fair
1962 · 2h · US
Texan farmers the Frake family head for the Texas State Fair in Dallas. The parents are focused on winning the competitions for livestock and cooking. However, their restless daughter Margy and her brother Wayne meet attractive new love interests.


Return to Peyton Place
1961 · 2h 3m · US
Residents of the small town of Peyton Place aren't pleased when they realize they're the characters in local writer Allison MacKenzie's controversial first novel. A sequel to the hit 1957 film.


The High Cost of Loving
1958 · 1h 27m · US
Middle-aged middle-manager Jim Fry, with the same company for fifteen years, is in a comfortable rut. But life becomes less predictable when he doesn't receive an invitation to an important luncheon being held by the new company president. Convinced that he's about to lose his job, Jim begins to mull over his limited prospects when his wife confirms that she's pregnant.


I Accuse!
1958 · 1h 39m · UK
Alfred Dreyfus, a German-Jewish captain serving in the French Army, is falsely accused of treason and made a scapegoat for military espionage in an act of institutional anti-Semitism. Sent to prison, he becomes a cause célèbre for the novelist Émile Zola, who dubs it the "Dreyfus Affair." Eventually, Dreyfus is pardoned when the military cover-up is made public, and he returns to France. But his name is forever tarnished by the accusations of treason.


The Great Man
1956 · 1h 32m · US
Joe Harris, preparing a eulogy for popular radio commentator Herb Fuller, finds that nobody has a good word to say about him.


The Cockleshell Heroes
1955 · 1h 37m · UK
During WW2, German ships are "safely" docked upriver at Bordeaux, but the British send a team of kayakers to attack them.


The Shrike
1955 · 1h 28m · US
Film version of Joseph Kramm's Pulitzer Prize play, about a Broadway playwright driven to a nervous breakdown by his shrewish wife.