Veteran actor Miguel Ferrer loses his battle with cancer
Sad news out of Hollywood this evening as we’ve just learned that charismatic actor Miguel Ferrer has passed away after a battle with throat cancer. He was 61.
Ferrer was the cousin of actor George Clooney and the son of legendary singer Rosemary Clooney and iconic actor Jose Ferrer. He’s perhaps best known to fantasy film fans as the cocky Bob Morton, the man who created RoboCop in Paul Verhoeven’s same-named dystopian 1987 action satire classic, but his decades-spanning career yielded dozens of memorable movies and television roles.
Other key performances on Ferrer’s extensive resume included roles in Sean S. Cunningham’s 1989 thriller Deep Star Six, a pair of cult Stephen King adaptations in The Stand and The Night Flier, three episodes of HBO’s Tales from the Crypt, a myriad voice-over roles in notable animated fare including Disney’s Mulan and Superman: The Animated Series, hit TV shows like Crossing Jordan and NCIS: LA and much, much more.
And then there was his unforgettable turn as the miserable agent Albert Rosenfield in David Lynch’s cult TV series Twin Peaks and the feature film prequel, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me. Ferrer had also reprised his famous role in the upcoming Twin Peaks revival series.
Miguel Ferrer’s life, professional and otherwise, was filled with adventure and color and yet, despite being born into the business, he never really played the Hollywood game and stayed well-clear of the tabloids. He will be missed and long remembered. We send our love and thoughts to his surviving family and friends.
Rest well, sir.
