From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia José Vicente Ferrer de Otero y Cintrón (January 8, 1912 – January 26, 1992), best known as José Ferrer, was a Puerto Rican actor, as well as a theater and film director. He was the first Hispanic actor to win an Academy Award. Description above from the Wikipedia article José Ferrer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.