José Vicente Ferrer de Otero y Cintrón (January 8, 1912 – January 26, 1992) was a Puerto Rican actor, as well as a theater and film director. He received one Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and three Tony Awards, besides multiple nominations.

Ferrer was born in the Santurce district of San Juan, Puerto Rico. In 1933 he graduated from Princeton University, where he wrote a senior thesis, French Naturalism and Pardo Bazán; he was also a member of the Princeton Triangle Club.

Ferrer had a decade-long first marriage to famed actress and acting teacher Uta Hagen (1938–1948), with whom he had a daughter, Leticia ("Lettie") Ferrer. His second wife was dancer/actress Phyllis Hill (1948–1953). By his third marriage to Rosemary Clooney, Ferrer had five children: Miguel (b. February 7, 1955); Maria (b. August 9, 1956); Gabriel (b. August 1, 1957), Monsita (b. October 13, 1958) and Rafael (b. March 23, 1960). Ferrer and Clooney were married in 1953, divorced in 1961, and remarried in 1964, only to divorce again three years later. Their son, Gabriel Ferrer is married to singer Debby Boone, daughter of Pat and Shirley Boone.