Hollywood actor and director Mel Ferrer has sadly died at the age of 90. The great man, who was married to late actress Audrey Hepburn, was surrounded by family and friends at his home in Santa Barbara. Ferrer had directed a number of movies which starred his late wife Hepburn, one of which was the terrifying thriller “Wait Until Dark.” The film was about a blind woman who was being constantly terrorized by drug dealers in her apartment.
Mel Ferrer began his acting career when he was just 21; he was a chorus dancer on the Broadway stage, just two years later he made his acting debut there. After that he moved on to radio where he was a DJ in both Arkansas and Texas, he later moved up the ranks and was a producer-director of a range of top shows for NBC in New York. He later made a return to Broadway, not long after he got involved in the world of motion pictures, in his long career Ferrer directed more than ten movies and also starred in more than 80 films. One of his most successful movies was Wait Until Dark, which starred his late wife Audrey Hepburn.
Mel Ferrer never reached his full potential so never made it as a major star; this then made him turn to television where he directed a number of TV programs, such as The Farmer’s Daughter. He starred in a number of programs himself, such as Falcon Crest as well as TV serial Return of the Saint.
