Biography
A handsome and often tragic leading man in features during the 1950s, Mel Ferrer rose to fame as the dashing star of "Scaramouche" (1952), "Lili" (1953), "War and Peace" (1956) and "The Sun Also Rises" (1957). But Ferrer's true passion was behind the scenes, and he directed several features, including "Vendetta" (1950) and "Every Day is a Holiday" (1965) while scoring a professional triumph with 1967's "Wait Until Dark," which starred his …
Career Milestones
1987 | Returned to the stage in the revival of "The Best Man" at the Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles | |
1986 | Played Frederick in "Peter the Great" miniseries (NBC) | |
| Appeared on the CBS primetime soap opera "Falcon Crest" as Phillip Erikson | ||
1981 | Starred in the CBS series "Behind the Screen" | |
1973 | Made TV-movie acting debut in two-hour pilot of "Tenafly" | |
1965 | First film as co-writer (with Jose-Maria Palacio) and producer, "Cabriola/Every Day's a Holiday" (also director) | |
1963 | TV directing debut, "The Farmer's Daughter" (episode) | |
1959 | Directed Audrey Hepburn in "Green Mansions" | |
1949 | Film acting debut in "Lost Boundaries" | |
1947 | Worked as assistant director to John Ford on "The Fugitive" | |
1945 | Returned to New York; first starring role on Broadway in "Strange Fruit" | |
1945 | Film directing debut, "The Girl of the Limberlost" | |
1940 | New York stage acting debut in "Kind Lady" | |
1940 | Wrote children's book, "Tito's Hats" | |
1938 | First Broadway appearance (as chorus dancer) in "You Never Know" | |
| Left publishing upon reaching leading-man status at Cape Cod Playhouse | ||
| Worked as editor at Stephen Day Press in Vermont | ||
| First stage work with Cape Cod Playhouse in Dennis, Massachusetts | ||