Sail on, Mel Ferrer

ejr · Post by **ejr** » June 3, 2008 11:27 pm

From CNN.com:

LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Mel Ferrer, the tall, darkly handsome star of such classic films as "Lili," "War and Peace" and "The Sun Also Rises," as well as producer and director of movies starring his then-wife, Audrey Hepburn, died Monday at age 90.

In this September 29, 1954, photo, Mel Ferrer and Audrey Hepburn arrive in Rome, Italy, after they were married.

Ferrer died at a Santa Barbara, California, convalescent home, his son Mark Ferrer said Tuesday. He had been in failing health for the past six months and had recently moved to the home from his nearby ranch in Carpinteria, his son said.

Ferrer's most impressive film role came in 1953 in "Lili." He played a disabled carnival puppeteer with whom a French orphan (played by Leslie Caron) falls in love.

He also won critical acclaim as Luis Bello in Robert Rossen's 1951 depiction of the public and private life of a bullfighter in "The Brave Bulls," based on a Tom Lea book, and starred opposite Hepburn in 1956's "War and Peace."

In later years, he turned more to directing and producing for movies and TV.

Glorfindel7 · Post by **Glorfindel7** » June 4, 2008 12:54 am

Man this has been a "hard" year so far... lost so many people

Sail on Mel....

moeron · Post by **moeron** » June 4, 2008 1:01 am

Just tells us we have to stop and smell the roses. Enjoy life.

dnw · Post by **dnw** » June 4, 2008 5:42 am

Sail on, Mel.

C-Dawg · Post by **C-Dawg** » June 4, 2008 6:09 am

Glorfindel7 wrote:Man this has been a "hard" year so far... lost so many people

Sail on Mel....

Was just thinking the same thing.....damn
Sail On Mel

Post by **SMLCHNG** » June 4, 2008 8:27 am

Sail on Mel...

pojo · Post by **pojo** » June 4, 2008 9:31 am

geez... and its only June!

Sail on Mel