Melchor Gaston Ferrer
Sign | Virgo |
Born | Aug 25, 1917 Elberon, NJ |
Died | Jun 2, 2008 Santa Barbara, CA |
Age | Died at 90 |
Mel Ferrer | |
Job | Actor, director, producer |
Years active | 1937-1998 |
Top Roles | Prince Andrei Bolkonsky, Paul Berthalet, Costume party Jekyll & Hyde, Robert Cohn, Frenchy Fairmont |
Top Genres | Drama, Romance, Comedy, War, Historical, Horror |
Top Topics | Period Piece, Book-Based, World War II |
Top Collaborators | Audrey Hepburn, Henry Fonda, Darryl F. Zanuck (Producer), Emilio Fernández |
Shares birthday with | Ruby Keeler, Van Johnson, Richard Greene see more.. |
Mel Ferrer Overview:
Actor, Mel Ferrer, was born Melchor Gaston Ferrer on Aug 25, 1917 in Elberon, NJ. Ferrer died at the age of 90 on Jun 2, 2008 in Santa Barbara, CA .
HONORS and AWARDS:
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He was honored with one star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the category of Motion Pictures.
BlogHub Articles:
Audrey Hepburn and Star in Mayerling (1957)
By KC on Sep 24, 2013 From Classic MoviesIt really happened. Newlyweds Audrey Hepburn and played doomed lovers in a lavish production of Mayerling (1957) for the Producer's Showcase anthology series on NBC. The film aired once, on February 4, 1957, and never again. Though it was broadcast in color, it has only been preserved on ... Read full article
Happy Birthday (1917-2008)
By monty on Aug 25, 2010 From Noir and Chick FlicksHappy Birthday to (1917-2008). One time husband to Audrey Hepburn, Ferrer was also a very good actor in his own right. Having appeared in such films like Lili, War and Peace, The Sun Also Rises, The Longest Day and Sex & the Single Girl.... Read full article
, 1917-2008
By KC on Jun 5, 2008 From Classic MoviesGoodbye to , the actor, director and producer who despite all he did in his long career, is best known as the first husband of Audrey Hepburn. Perhaps he wouldn’t have minded, as he claimed to be a reluctant subject of the spotlight, though you wouldn’t know it to see his perfo... Read full article
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Mel Ferrer Quotes:
Noel, Marquis de Maynes: Angry, Your Majesty?
Marie Antoinette: Very angry! You know why, of course.
Noel, Marquis de Maynes: Could it be for fighting Count de Talles?
Marie Antoinette: Among others.
Noel, Marquis de Maynes: I only scratched him a little.
Marie Antoinette: They say you crippled him for life.
Marie Antoinette: And five minutes later, you killed the Baron Marblaux.
Noel, Marquis de Maynes: An unfortunate accident. He ran into my sword.
Andre Moreau: You may turn your back on Scaramouche, my lord, but surely you will not run away from Andre Moreau?
Noel, Marquis de Maynes: Scaramouche, you have just given your last performance.
[they fight]
Jake Barnes: [Answering Robert's questions about Lady Brett Ashley] Well, let me give you the facts. She's a drunk and a drifter. She's gonna marry a guy named Mike Campbell. That way she'll have a rich, sodden old age.
Robert Cohn: I don't believe it!
Jake Barnes: Don't ask a lot of fool questions if you don't like the answers.
Robert Cohn: Well, I didn't ask you for a rundown on her private life.
Jake Barnes: You asked me what I knew about her.
Robert Cohn: I didn't ask you to insult her.
Jake Barnes: Oh, go to Hell!
Robert Cohn: Take that back!
Jake Barnes: Cut out the prep school stuff, Robert!
Robert Cohn: Take it back!
Jake Barnes: Sure, sure. I never heard of Brett Ashley. How's that?
Robert Cohn: No, not that! About me going to Hell!
Jake Barnes: Don't go to Hell! Go back in the Select if that's what you want!
Robert Cohn: All right, I will!
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