Mel Ferrer (L), the U.S. actor-filmmaker who was onetime husband of Audrey Hepburn, has died at age 90, a family spokesman said Tuesday. (File Photo)

Mel Ferrer, the U.S. actor-filmmaker who was onetime husband of Audrey Hepburn, has died at age 90, a family spokesman said Tuesday.

Ferrer died at his ranch in California surrounded by relatives and friends, said the spokesman Mike Mena.

Ferrer starred in scores of films including "War and Peace," "The Sun Also Rises," and "Lili."

He and Hepburn became engaged in 1954 when they appeared together in the New York play "Ondine." They married later that year in Burgenstock, Switzerland.

Ferrer and Hepburn costarred in a television version of "Mayerling," and Ferrer directed Hepburn in the 1959 film "Green Mansions." He also produced one of Hepburn's greatest film triumphs, 1967's "Wait Until Dark."

The pair divorced in 1968 and Ferrer married his fourth wife, Elizabeth Soukhotine, in 1971. She survives him.

(Xinhua/Agencies June 4, 2008)