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José Vicente Ferrer de Otero y Cintrón ( January 8 , 1909 – January 26 , 1992 ), was an Actor and Film Director , born in Santurce, Puerto Rico . He is a 1933 graduate of Princeton University , where he wrote a senior thesis titled ''French Naturalism and Pardo Bazán ''. CAREER Ferrer made his film debut with Ingrid Bergman in '' Joan Of Arc '' in 1948 , for which he received his first Academy Award nomination for "Best Supporting Actor". In 1950 Ferrer won an Academy Award for his portrayal of Cyrano De Bergerac in the 1950 film '' Cyrano De Bergerac ''. He played the same role on stage in 1946 (winning a Tony Award ), and on TV in 1949 and 1955 . He played Cyrano yet again in the French movie, ''Cyrano et D'Artagnan''. In 1952 Ferrer won three Tony Awards for directing three plays during the same season (''The Shrike'', ''Stalag 17'', ''The Fourposter'') and earned another Tony for also acting in ''The Shrike''. Also in 1952 , Ferrer portrayed French painter Henri De Toulouse-Lautrec in John Huston 's '' Moulin Rouge '' (Oscar nominated). He appeared in 1953 's ''Miss Sadie Thompson'' opposite Rita Hayworth , in 1954 's '' The Caine Mutiny '' and the MGM musical ''Deep in My Heart''. In 1955 Ferrer directed himself in ''The Shrike''. ''The Cockleshell Heroes'' followed a year later, along with ''The Great Man''. In 1958 Ferrer appeared in ''I Accuse!'' and ''The High Cost of Loving''. Ferrer also directed, but did not appear in, ''Return to Peyton Place'' in 1961 and also the re-make of ''State Fair'' in 1962. In 1959 he took over direction of the troubled musical '' Juno '' from Vincent J. Donahue, who had himself taken over from Tony Richardson . The show folded after 16 performances and mixed-to extremely negative critical reaction. In retrospect, much of ''Juno'' was very well done, especially the score by Marc Blitzstein and the choreography by Agnes De Mille , but the show's failure (along with his earlier flop, ''Oh, Captain!'', was a considerable setback to Ferrer's directing career. His other notable films include '' Lawrence Of Arabia '' in 1962 (he considered this to be his finest film performance), '' The Greatest Story Ever Told '' in 1965 , ''Ship of Fools'' also in 1965 , Woody Allen 's '' A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy '' in 1982 , '' Dune '' in 1984 . Ferrer also had a recurring role as Julia Duffy 's insanely wealthy Waspy father on the popular '' Newhart '' television sitcom in the U.S. in the 1980s. He also had a memorable recurring role as elegant and flamboyant attorney Reuben Marino on the Soap Opera '' Another World '' in the early 1980s .
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