{"id":1911,"date":"2017-01-20T17:32:04","date_gmt":"2017-01-20T22:32:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=1911"},"modified":"2017-01-29T11:12:01","modified_gmt":"2017-01-29T16:12:01","slug":"ncis-los-angeles-actor-miguel-ferrer-dead-at-61","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/20\/ncis-los-angeles-actor-miguel-ferrer-dead-at-61\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;NCIS: Los Angeles&#8217; Actor Miguel Ferrer Dead at 61"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1912\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1912\" style=\"width: 708px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1912\" src=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/miguel_ferrer1f.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"708\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/miguel_ferrer1f.jpg 708w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/miguel_ferrer1f-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/miguel_ferrer1f-400x280.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 708px) 100vw, 708px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1912\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Miguel Ferrer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Actor Miguel Jos\u00e9 Ferrer passed away peacefully in his home this Thursday morning [19 January 2017] after losing his battle to cancer. He was surrounded by close family and friends, including his wife Lori, sons Lukas and Rafi, and his brothers and sisters.<\/p>\n<p>Ferrer, who was battling throat cancer, was the son of singer Rosemary Clooney and actor Jose Ferrer, as well as the cousin of George Clooney.<\/p><div id=\"morty-129803242\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ferrer actor and voice actor is mostly known for villainous roles, notably Bob Morton, the designer of the title character in<em> RoboCop<\/em> (1987). He is the main character in Toto&#8217;s video clip of the song &#8220;I Will Remember&#8221; (1995). He also voiced the antagonistic Hun leader Shan Yu in Mulan (1998) and Big Boss in <em>Rio 2<\/em>. Ferrer&#8217;s other notable roles include Dr. Garret Macy on Crossing Jordan, NCIS Assistant Director Owen Granger on <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2k9DZNx\"><em>NCIS: Los Angeles<\/em><\/a>, Vice President Rodriguez in<em> Iron Man 3<\/em>, and FBI forensic pathologist Albert Rosenfield in <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2jI90LV\"><em>Twin Peaks<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Ferrer was born in Santa Monica, California, the oldest of five children of Academy Award winning actor Jos\u00e9 Ferrer and singer Rosemary Clooney. His father was Puerto Rican, while his mother had English, German, and Irish ancestry. Ferrer had sisters, Maria and Monsita, and brothers, Gabriel (later the husband of singer Debby Boone) and actor Rafael. He was the cousin of actor George Clooney and the nephew of journalist Nick Clooney. Ferrer was raised in Hollywood, California; as a teenager, his interests shifted toward music. He played the drums on Keith Moon&#8217;s Two Sides of the Moon.<\/p>\n<p>Ferrer&#8217;s friend, Bill Mumy, who played Will Robinson on the television classic <em><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2jIaWE5\">Lost in Space<\/a><\/em>, cast him as a drummer in the series Sunshine, his first television role. Ferrer was also Mumy&#8217;s bandmate in Seduction of the Innocent, a band that also consisted of Steve Leialoha, and Max Allan Collins.<\/p>\n<p>Ferrer began his career in the early 1980s making guest appearances on episodic television. He played the younger self of his father&#8217;s character on <em>Magnum P.I<\/em> in 1981. In 1983, he was given a small part as a waiter in <em>The Man Who Wasn&#8217;t There<\/em>. He also had a small part in <em>Star Trek III: The Search for Spock<\/em> (1984) as the Excelsior helm officer. He had a major role in the 1987 action movie <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2iUd5bA\"><em>RoboCop<\/em><\/a> as aspiring, cocaine-snorting corporate executive Bob Morton. After appearing as Morton, Ferrer usually acted out flamboyant villains with senses of humor. Ferrer&#8217;s notable roles include a sinister biker in <em>Valentino Returns<\/em>, an overzealous engineer in <em>DeepStar Six<\/em> (1989), a resourceful vigilante in <em>Revenge<\/em> (1990), Commander Arvid Harbinger in the comedy <em>Hot Shots! Part Deux<\/em> (1993), Lloyd Henreid in the Stephen King miniseries <em>The Stand<\/em> (1994), and a drug informant in <em>Traffic<\/em> (2000). He has occasionally took on lead parts, as well, such as The Harvest and The Night Flier.<\/p><div id=\"morty-3439442257\" class=\"morty-content_2\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1915\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1915\" style=\"width: 211px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/miguel_ferrer2c.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1915 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/miguel_ferrer2c-211x300.jpg\" width=\"211\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/miguel_ferrer2c-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/miguel_ferrer2c.jpg 703w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 211px) 100vw, 211px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1915\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Miguel Ferrer as Dr. Garret Macy in <em>Crossing Jordan<\/em> (2001) Mondays, starting September 24 on NBC. Photo: Tailwind Productions<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In the early 1990s, Ferrer appeared on three primetime TV series simultaneously: as D.A. Todd Spurrier in <em>Shannon&#8217;s Deal<\/em> (1989\u20131991), as Cajun cop Beau Jack Bowman in <em>Broken Badges<\/em> (1990\u20131991), and as cynical, wittily abrasive FBI forensics specialist Albert Rosenfield in <em>Twin Peaks<\/em> (1990\u201391). Ferrer reprised the role of Rosenfield in the movie <em>Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me<\/em> (1992). Ferrer played a super-villain called &#8220;The Weatherman&#8221; in the failed 1997 TV pilot, Justice League of America.<\/p>\n<p>Later in the same year, he provided the voice for a similar character, the Weather Wizard, in the <em>Superman: The Animated Series<\/em> episode &#8220;Speed Demons&#8221;. In 1999, Ferrer voiced Aquaman in another <em>Superman: Animated<\/em> episode, &#8220;A Fish Story&#8221;. The same year, at the 41st Grammy Awards, Ferrer was nominated for &#8220;Best Spoken Word Album for Children&#8221; in Disney&#8217;s The Lion King II, &#8220;Simba&#8217;s Pride Read-Along&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Ferrer again played a medical examiner on the small screen, Dr. Garret Macy, in the television crime\/drama series <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2iUnC6z\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Crossing Jordan<\/span><\/em><\/a> (2001\u201307). In 2003, Ferrer made his New York stage debut in the off-Broadway production of <em>The Exonerated<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/miguel_ferrer1c.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1916 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/miguel_ferrer1c-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/miguel_ferrer1c-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/miguel_ferrer1c.jpg 749w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>In 2004, Ferrer performed as the voice of the Heretic leader in the video game Halo 2. Ferrer took voice-over roles in the TV series <em>Robot Chicken<\/em> (2006) and <em>American Dad!<\/em> (2007). He played Jonas Bledsoe on NBC&#8217;s short-lived 2007 update of the <em>Bionic Woman<\/em> series and in 2009 also starred in another short-lived NBC series, Kings, as a military commander of Gath.<\/p>\n<p>Ferrer played Los Angeles Police Lieutenant Felix Valdez in the 2011 Lifetime police procedural drama, The Protector. Also in 2011, he started a multiple-episode guest role on the final season of Desperate Housewives. Signed to a recurring role in <em>NCIS: Los Angeles<\/em> as Naval Criminal Investigative Service Assistant Director Owen Granger, Ferrer was promoted to a series regular for the fifth season on February 6, 2013. He also appeared in the 2013 film Iron Man 3 as the Vice President. Ferrer reprised his role of Albert Rosenfield in the 2017 revival of <em>Twin Peaks<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Miguel O&#8217;Hara, the alter ego of the Marvel Comics superhero Spider-Man 2099, was named after Ferrer by Ferrer&#8217;s friend, writer Peter David, who co-created the character.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1914\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1914\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/miguel_ferrer-robocop.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1914 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/miguel_ferrer-robocop-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/miguel_ferrer-robocop-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/miguel_ferrer-robocop-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/miguel_ferrer-robocop-65x65.jpg 65w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1914\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Miguel Ferrer in <em>RoboCop<\/em> (1987) Orion Pictures<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1913\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1913\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/miguel_ferrer1m.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1913 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/miguel_ferrer1m-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/miguel_ferrer1m-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/miguel_ferrer1m-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/miguel_ferrer1m-65x65.jpg 65w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1913\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Miguel Ferrer in <em>RoboCop<\/em> (1987) Orion Pictures<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Actor Miguel Jos\u00e9 Ferrer passed away peacefully in his home this Thursday morning [19 January 2017] after losing his battle to cancer. 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