Editing José Ferrer (section)

===20th Century Fox===
Ferrer signed a contract with [[20th Century Fox]] to direct films. He made ''[[Return to Peyton Place (film)|Return to Peyton Place]]'' (1961) and ''[[State Fair (1962 film)|State Fair]]'' (1962), both of which were commercial disappointments.<ref>Schaumach, Murray (18 July 1961). [https://www.nytimes.com/1961/07/18/archives/jose-ferrer-ends-long-film-famine-actordirector-in-deal-with-fox.html?searchResultPosition=1 "Jose Ferrer Ends Long Film Famine: Actor-Director in deal With Fox, Explains 4-Year Lapse"]. ''The New York Times'': 33.</ref>

Ferrer had a key support role in the film ''[[Lawrence of Arabia (film)|Lawrence of Arabia]]'' (1962) which was a huge success. Although Ferrer's performance was only small he said it was his best on screen.

At Fox, he played an investigating police officer in ''[[Nine Hours to Rama]]'' (1963). He also guest starred on ''[[The Greatest Show on Earth (TV series)|The Greatest Show on Earth]]''.<ref>Humphrey, Hal (11 August 1963). "Jose Ferrer---TV's Reluctant Ham". ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'': D26.</ref>

Ferrer returned to Broadway to star in [[Noël Coward]]'s musical ''[[The Girl Who Came to Supper]]'' (1963–64) which ran for 112 performances.<ref name=bway>[http://www.playbill.com/production/the-girl-who-came-to-supper-broadway-theatre-vault-0000012282# " 'The Girl Who Came to Supper' Broadway"]. ''Playbill'' (vault), accessed December 5, 2016</ref>

He narrated the first episode of the popular 1964 [[sitcom]] ''[[Bewitched]]'', in mock documentary style.

Ferrer went to Germany to make ''[[Stop Train 349]]'' (1963) with [[Sean Flynn (photojournalist)|Sean Flynn]]. He appeared in the 1964 French film ''[[Cyrano et d'Artagnan]]'' directed by [[Abel Gance]].

Back in Hollywood, Ferrer played [[Herod Antipas]] in ''[[The Greatest Story Ever Told]]'' (1965) and was in ''[[Ship of Fools (film)|Ship of Fools]]'' (1965) for Stanley Kramer.

A notable performance of his later stage career was as [[Miguel de Cervantes]] and his fictional creation [[Don Quixote]] in the hit musical ''[[Man of La Mancha]]''. Ferrer took over the role from [[Richard Kiley]] in 1966 and subsequently went on tour with it in the first national company of the show. Tony Martinez continued in the role of [[Sancho Panza]] under Ferrer, as he had with Kiley.

Ferrer starred in [[Carl Reiner]]'s ''[[Enter Laughing (film)|Enter Laughing]]'' (1967) and did a production of ''[[Kismet (1967 film)|Kismet]]'' (1967) on TV. He went to Europe to do ''[[Cervantes (film)|Cervantes]]'' (1967) and appeared in ''[[A Case of Libel]]'' (1968) for US TV. He also provided the voice of the evil Ben Haramed in the 1968 [[Rankin/Bass Productions|Rankin/Bass]] Christmas TV special ''[[The Little Drummer Boy (TV special)|The Little Drummer Boy]]''. In 1968 the IRS sent him a tax bill of $122,000 going back to 1962.<ref>"IRS Cracks Down on Actor Jose Ferrer". ''Los Angeles Times.'' 8 May 1968: G23.</ref>