Mel Ferrer

Career timeline

1. 1917 · Born

   Born in Elberon, New Jersey, USA

2. 1947 · Screen debut

   The Fugitive (Movie)

3. 1950 · Directing debut

   The Secret Fury (Movie)

4. 1967 · First production

   Wait Until Dark (Movie)

5. 1969 · Breakthrough

   Hawaii Five-O (TV)

6. 2008 · Died

   June 2, 2008

7. 2020 · Latest release

   Audrey (Movie)

Career in numbers

1 1940s

15 1950s

10 1960s

30 1970s

15 1980s

2 1990s

1 2020s

• Drama45
• Crime16
• Romance14
• Horror13
• Thriller10
• Mystery9

Highest-rated title Columbo 1971 8.1 Most popular title Columbo 1971 8.1

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Mel Ferrer in our catalogue.

Henry Fonda

4 titles together

Robert Ryan

3 titles together

Robert Day

3 titles together

Gregory Harrison

3 titles together

Lawrence Dobkin

2 titles together

John Wayne

2 titles together

Sam Wanamaker

2 titles together

Elisabeth Risdon

2 titles together

Helmut Dantine

2 titles together

1. 2020 Audrey as Self - Actor / 1st Husband (archive footage) 7.1 Movie
2. 1996 Catherine the Great as Patriarch 5.6 Movie
3. 1991 Eye of the Widow as CIA Chief Frankenheimer Movie
4. 1989 Christine Cromwell TV
5. 1986 Outrage! as Judge Michael Lengel Movie
6. 1986 Peter the Great as Frederick TV
7. 1985 Seduced as Arthur Orloff Movie
8. 1984 Murder, She Wrote as Eric Brahm 7.5 TV
9. 1984 Finder of Lost Loves as George Matthews TV
10. 1982 Hotel as Anthony Palandrini 6.7 TV
11. 1982 A Thousand Billion Dollars as Cornelius A. Woaegen, president of GTI 6.9 Movie
12. 1981 Falcon Crest as Phillip Erickson 5.6 TV
13. 1981 Lili Marleen as David Mendelssohn 6.5 Movie
14. 1980 Nightmare City as General Murchison 5.7 Movie
15. 1980 The Memory of Eva Ryker as Dr. Sanford Movie
16. 1980 Eaten Alive! as Professor Carter 5.2 Movie
17. 1980 Top of the Hill as Andreas Heggener TV
18. 1979 The Great Alligator as Joshua 4.4 Movie
19. 1979 Eischied TV
20. 1979 Guyana: Crime of the Century Movie
21. 1979 The Visitor as Dr. Walker 5.3 Movie
22. 1979 Island of the Fishmen as Radcliffe (US version) 5.6 Movie
23. 1978 L'immoralità as Vera Husband 5.6 Movie
24. 1978 The Fifth Floor as Dr. Sidney Coleman Movie
25. 1978 Yesterday's Tomorrow as Colonel Stone Movie
26. 1978 The Norseman as King Eurich Movie
27. 1978 Return of the Saint as Dr. Paolo Brogli TV
28. 1978 The Amazing Captain Nemo as Dr. Robert Cook Movie
29. 1978 Dallas as Harrison Page 6.9 TV
30. 1978 Hi-Riders as Sheriff Movie
31. 1978 Black Beauty as Nicholas Skinner TV
32. 1977 The Pyjama Girl Case as Professor Henry Douglas 5.8 Movie
33. 1977 Logan's Run as Analog 6.9 TV
34. 1977 How the West Was Won as Hale Burton 7.0 TV
35. 1977 The Fantastic Journey as Appolonius TV
36. 1976 Eaten Alive as Harvey Wood 5.5 Movie
37. 1976 The Black Corsair as Van Gould 5.8 Movie
38. 1976 Origins of the Mafia as Armando Della Morra TV
39. 1975 Wonder Woman as Fritz Gerlich 7.0 TV
40. 1975 The Suspicious Death of a Minor as Police superintendent 6.1 Movie
41. 1975 Silent Action as District Attorney Mannino Movie
42. 1975 Brannigan as Mel Fields 6.0 Movie
43. 1974 The Antichrist as Massimo Oderisi 6.1 Movie
44. 1973 Police Story as Dr. Ross 7.0 TV
45. 1972 A Time for Loving as Doctor Harrison Movie
46. 1971 Columbo as Jerry Parks 8.1 TV
47. 1969 Hawaii Five-O as Father Neill 7.2 TV
48. 1967 Wait Until Dark as French-Canadian Radio Speaker (voice) (uncredited) 7.3 Movie
49. 1964 Sex and the Single Girl as Rudy DeMeyer 6.5 Movie
50. 1964 The Fall of the Roman Empire as Cleander 6.4 Movie
51. 1964 Paris When It Sizzles as Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (uncredited) 6.3 Movie
52. 1962 The Longest Day as Maj. Gen. Robert Haines 7.6 Movie
53. 1962 The Devil and the Ten Commandments as Philip Allan 5.7 Movie
54. 1960 The Hands of Orlac as Stephen Orlac Movie
55. 1960 Blood and Roses as Leopoldo De Karnstein 5.9 Movie
56. 1959 The World, the Flesh and the Devil as Benson Thacker 6.4 Movie
57. 1958 Fraulein as Maj. Foster MacLain Movie
58. 1957 The Sun Also Rises as Robert Cohn 5.8 Movie
59. 1957 Mayerling as Crown Prince Rudolph Movie
60. 1956 Elena and Her Men as Le comte Henri de Chevincourt 6.0 Movie
61. 1956 War and Peace as Prince Andrei Bolkonsky 6.6 Movie
62. 1955 Oh... Rosalinda!! as Capt. Alfred Westerman Movie
63. 1953 Knights of the Round Table as Arthur 6.0 Movie
64. 1953 Lili as Paul Berthalet 6.7 Movie
65. 1952 Scaramouche as Noel, Marquis de Maynes 7.0 Movie
66. 1952 Rancho Notorious as Frenchy Fairmont 6.5 Movie
67. 1950 Born to Be Bad as Gobby 6.1 Movie
68. 1947 The Fugitive as Father Serra (uncredited) 5.9 Movie

1. 1981 Falcon Crest 5.6 TV
2. 1963 The Farmer's Daughter TV
3. 1959 Green Mansions 5.7 Movie
4. 1950 Vendetta Movie
5. 1950 The Secret Fury Movie

1. 1972 A Time for Loving Movie
2. 1971 The Night Visitor 6.5 Movie
3. 1967 Wait Until Dark 7.3 Movie

1. 1986 The Thanksgiving Promise Movie

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