MIGUEL FERRER

(7 February 1955 - 19 January 2017)

The American actor was the son of José Ferrer and Rosemary Clooney and the cousin of George Clooney. He studied acting at the Beverly Hills Playhouse but became a musician, singing and playing drums. For some time he toured with his mother and Bing Crosby but when Crosby died Miguel turned to acting. On TV from 1981, he made a few forgettable films until his first major movie, Star Trek III: The Search for Spock. More films and more TV followed until RoboCop came along in 1987 and the role of Bob Morton. Later movies included Tony Scott’s Revenge and William Friedkin’s The Guardian. Then there was Twin Peaks, in which series he played FBI Agent Albert Rosenfield, a role he repeated in two subsequent movie versions. A mixture of film, television and voice-over work (like his father, he had a rich, deep voice) kept Ferrer constantly busy. From 2000 his credits included Traffic, John Sayles’s Sunshine State and Silver City, the remake of The Manchurian Candidate, Iron Man 3 and Four Assassins. On TV he was in Desperate Housewives and Crossing Jordan, also directing some episodes of the latter. Another series of Twin Peaks is due in 2017. Miguel Ferrer was married twice and fathered two children.

MICHAEL DARVELL