Acting · Directing · 1912 to 1992

José Ferrer

Best rated: Lawrence of Arabia (8.3)

Films: 33
Avg rating: 6.17
Peak run: 1954’65
Oscar wins: 1 of 3

Films: 33
Avg rating: 6.17
Peak run: 1954’65
Oscar wins: 1 of 3

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The career

José Ferrer, acting career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run

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194833 films1990

Current formLast 5: 5.64 vs career 6.17 (−0.53)

As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes

José by the numbers

Average

6.17

23 rated films

Vote weighted

6.26

bigger films count more

Median

6.4

half are better

Consistency

±1.05

rating spread

Career

43y

1948 to 1990

Total votes

692K

across every film

Best

8.3

Lawrence of Arabia

Worst

4.5

The Swarm

Newest first

Filmography

Acting filmography

1990	Hired to Kill	Rallis	5.0	1,312
1984	Dune	Padishah Emperor Shaddam IV	6.2	194K
1984	The Evil That Men Do	Dr. Hector Lomelin	5.9	5,438
1982	Bloodtide	Nereus	4.5	2,162
1982	A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy	Leopold	6.6	22,132
1981	The Being	Mayor Gordon Lane	4.4	2,413
1980	Battle Creek Brawl	Dominici	5.7	6,466
1979	The Fifth Musketeer	Athos	·	945
1979	Natural Enemies	Harry Rosenthal	·	472
1978	Fedora	Doctor Vando	6.8	5,986
1978	The Swarm	Dr. Andrews	4.5	9,516
1977	The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover	Lionel McCoy	·	919
1977	The Sentinel	Robed Figure	6.3	13,809
1977	Dracula's Dog	Inspector Branco	4.5	1,827
1976	The Big Bus	Ironman	5.7	4,113
1976	Crash!	Marc Denne	·	720
1967	Enter Laughing	Harrison B. Marlowe	·	811
1965	Ship of Fools	Siegfried Rieber	7.0	7,850
1964	Cyrano et d'Artagnan	Monsieur Cyrano de Bergerac, de la Compagnie des Cadets de Gascogne	·	261
1963	Nine Hours to Rama	Superintendent Das	·	487

Better together?

José Ferrer's regulars

Joanne GilbertDirector and actor · 2 films

The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.

Takes

On José Ferrer

3 nominations, 1 wins

Awards record

Best Actor · Academy Awards 1953
José Ferrer
Nominated
Best Actor · Academy Awards 1951
José Ferrer
Won
Best Supporting Actor · Academy Awards 1949
José Ferrer
Nominated

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