Mel Ferrer

Mel Ferrer
Ferrer in 1960
Born
Melchor Gastón Ferrer

(1917-08-25)August 25, 1917
DiedJune 2, 2008(2008-06-02) (aged 90)
Alma materPrinceton University
Occupations
  • Actor
  • filmmaker
Years active1937–1998
Spouses
Frances Pilchard
(m. 1937; div. 1939)
(m. 1944; div. 1954)
Barbara C. Tripp
(m. 1940; div. 1944)
(m. 1954; div. 1968)
Elizabeth Soukhotine
(m. 1971)
Children6, including Sean Hepburn Ferrer
RelativesEmma Ferrer (granddaughter)

Melchor Gastón Ferrer[1][2] (August 25, 1917 – June 2, 2008) was an American actor and filmmaker. 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 appeared in several cult hits, including The Antichrist (1974), The Suspicious Death of a Minor (1975), The Black Corsair (1976) and Nightmare City (1980).

  1. ^ Some sources spell his first name as MELCHIOR but this is incorrect based on Ferrer's records at Princeton University. Also he was named for his paternal grandfather, Melchor Ferrer. And the name MELCHOR G. FERRER was used on the cover of Tito's Hats, a children's book that Ferrer wrote in 1940.
  2. ^ Ancestry Library Edition[verification needed]