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Also Known As	José Vincente Ferrer de Otero y Cintron • José Vicente Ferrer de Otero y Cintrón
Born	January 8, 1912 • Santurce • Puerto Rico
Died	January 26, 1992 (aged 80) • Coral Gables • Florida
Awards And Honors	Academy Award (1951) • Academy Award (1951): Actor in a Leading Role • Golden Globe Award (1951): Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama • Tony Award (1952): Best Actor in a Play • Tony Award (1952): Best Director • Tony Award (1952): Best Director • Tony Award (1952): Best Director • Tony Award (1947): Best Actor in a Play
Notable Works	“Moulin Rouge” • “Return to Peyton Place” • “The Shrike”
Notable Family Members	spouse Rosemary Clooney • spouse Uta Hagen
Married To	Phyllis Hill (1948–1953) • Rosemary Clooney (1953–1967) • Stella Daphne Magee (married 1977) • Uta Hagen (1938–1948)
Movies/Tv Shows (Acted In)	"Deep in My Heart" (1954) • "American Playhouse" (1988) • "Bridges to Cross" (1985–1986) • "Lam Gong juen: Fan fei jo fung wan" (1992) • "General Electric Theater" (1959) • "The Great Man" (1956) • "Bewitched" (1964) • "Starsky and Hutch" (1976) • "Producers' Showcase" (1955) • "Cyrano et d'Artagnan" (1964) • "Old Explorers" (1990) • "A Life of Sin" (1979) • "Bloody Birthday" (1981) • "Murder, She Wrote" (1984) • "Hired to Kill" (1990) • "Newhart" (1985–1987) • "Cyrano de Bergerac" (1950) • "Columbo" (1974) • "I Accuse!" (1958) • "The Fifth Musketeer" (1979) • "The High Cost of Loving" (1958) • "The Dream Merchants" (1980) • "The Cockleshell Heroes" (1955) • "The Caine Mutiny" (1954) • "Verspätung in Marienborn" (1963) • "Battle Creek Brawl" (1980) • "Forever Young, Forever Free" (1975) • "And They Are Off" (1982) • "A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy" (1982) • "Anything Can Happen" (1952) • "Magnum, P.I." (1981) • "Fedora" (1978) • "Another World" (1983) • "Tales of the Unexpected" (1979) • "The Name of the Game" (1970) • "The Shrike" (1955) • "El clan de los inmorales" (1975) • "Whirlpool" (1949) • "Blood Tide" (1982) • "Joan of Arc" (1948) • "Ship of Fools" (1965) • "The Philco Television Playhouse" (1949) • "The Love Boat" (1981–1986) • "Enter Laughing" (1967) • "The Swarm" (1978) • "Banyon" (1971) • "Hotel" (1984) • "To Be or Not to Be" (1983) • "Nine Hours to Rama" (1963) • "The Greatest Story Ever Told" (1965) • "The Sun and the Moon" (1990) • "George Washington" (1984) • "Quincy M.E." (1982) • "The Evil That Men Do" (1984) • "Cervantes" (1967) • "Oye Willie" (1980) • "The Being" (1983) • "The United States Steel Hour" (1959) • "Natural Enemies" (1979) • "Teleplay" (1976) • "American Playwrights Theater: The One-Acts" (1989) • "Disneyland" (1987) • "ABC Afterschool Specials" (1974) • "The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show" (1956) • "Dune" (1984) • "The Big Bus" (1976) • "Orson Welles' Great Mysteries" (1973) • "The Greatest Show on Earth" (1963) • "Crash!" (1976) • "The Rhinemann Exchange" (1977) • "Miss Sadie Thompson" (1953) • "The Hughes Mystery" (1979) • "Lawrence of Arabia" (1962) • "Voyage of the Damned" (1976) • "Moulin Rouge" (1952) • "Matlock" (1986–1990) • "Who Has Seen the Wind" (1977) • "The French Atlantic Affair" (1979) • "The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover" (1977) • "Crisis" (1950) • "Dracula's Dog" (1977) • "The Sentinel" (1977) • "Sesame Street" (1988) • "Paco" (1976) • "Fantasy Island" (1983)
Movies/Tv Shows (Directed)	"The Great Man" (1956) • "The Cockleshell Heroes" (1955) • "I Accuse!" (1958) • "State Fair" (1962) • "The Shrike" (1955) • "The High Cost of Loving" (1958) • "Return to Peyton Place" (1961)
Movies/Tv Shows (Writing/Creator)	"The Great Man" (1956)