Fernando Rey
Fernando Rey (September 20, 1917 – March 9, 1994) — best known as Fernando Rey — was a Spanish film, theatre, and TV actor, who worked in both Europe and the United States. A suave, international actor best known for his roles in the films of surrealist director Luis Buñuel (Tristana, 1970; Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, 1972; That Obscure Object of Desire, 1977) and as a drug lord in The French Connection (1971), he appeared in more than 150 films over half a century. The debonair Rey was described by French Connection producer Philip D'Antoni as "the last of the Continental guys". He achieved his greatest notoriety after he turned 50: "Perhaps it is a pity that my success came so late in life", he told The Times of Madrid in 1973. "It might have been better to have been successful while young, like El Cordobes in the bullring. Then your life is all before you to enjoy it."
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- Born:
- Sep 20, 1917 In A Coruña, Galicia, Spain
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 154
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Eugenia de Montijo 1944-10-16
- Latest Project:
- Movie El cianuro… ¿solo o con leche? 1994-04-15
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | El cianuro… ¿solo o con leche? | Gregorio | 1994-04-15 |
| Series | Arnau | Compte de Barcelona | 1994-01-17 |
| Movie | On the Far Side of the Tunnel | Miguel | 1994-02-25 |
| Movie | Madregilda | Franco's Father | 1993-09-26 |
| Movie | El Quijote de Miguel de Cervantes | Don Quijote | 1992-01-29 |
| Movie | 1492: Conquest of Paradise | Marchena | 1992-10-09 |
| Movie | Don Quixote | Closing Scene Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | 1992-04-20 |
| Movie | The Sow | Fray Juan | 1992-11-06 |
| Movie | L'Atlantide | Father Mauritius | 1992-11-05 |
| Movie | Naked Tango | Judge Torres | 1990-09-27 |
| Movie | Breath of Life | Gran Magno | 1990-10-11 |
| Movie | Drums of Fire | Papa Pablo V | 1990-12-21 |
| Series | Le Grand Secret | Paul Corbet | 1989-01-06 |
| Movie | Esmeralda Bay | Ramos | 1989-05-18 |
| Movie | Pasodoble | Don Nuño | 1988-06-09 |
| Movie | The Tunnel | Allende | 1988-04-29 |
| Movie | Moon Over Parador | Alejandro | 1988-09-09 |
| Movie | Winter Diary | Padre | 1988-09-29 |
| Movie | Mi general | Director Almirante | 1987-05-07 |
| Movie | The Enchanted Forest | Sr. D'Abondo | 1987-10-02 |
| Movie | Paradise Hotel | Joseph | 1986-04-15 |
| Movie | Saving Grace | Cardinal Stefano Biondi | 1986-05-02 |
| Movie | Rustlers' Rhapsody | Railroad Colonel | 1985-05-10 |
| Movie | Our Father | Cardinal | 1985-04-21 |
| Series | A.D. | Seneca | 1985-03-31 |
| Movie | Angel of Death | Ohmei Felsberg | 1985-07-23 |
| Movie | Star Knight | Fray Lupo | 1985-12-20 |
| Movie | Black Arrow | Warwick | 1985-10-09 |
| Movie | Angel of Death | Ohmei Felsberg | 1985-07-23 |
| Movie | The Hit | Policeman | 1984-09-07 |
| Movie | A Strange Passion | Piacchi | 1984-11-21 |
| Movie | A Estrangeira | André | 1982-02-01 |
| Movie | Looking for Jesus | Don Filippo | 1982-03-03 |
| Movie | Monsignor | Cardinal Santoni | 1982-10-22 |
| Movie | Lady of the Camelias | Count Stackelberg | 1981-02-26 |
| Movie | Honey | Editor | 1981-05-08 |
| Movie | Chaste and Pure | Antonio Di Maggio | 1981-10-30 |
| Movie | Trágala, perro | Juez | 1981-11-16 |
| Movie | Cabo Blanco | Police Captain Torredo | 1980-03-13 |
| Movie | Traffic Jam | Carlo | 1979-01-12 |
| Movie | Quintet | Grigor | 1979-02-09 |
| Movie | The Last Romantic Lover | Max | 1978-04-26 |
| Movie | Rebeldía | Don Luis | 1978-09-24 |
| Series | Jesus of Nazareth | Gaspar | 1977-03-27 |
| Movie | Elisa, My Life | Luis | 1977-04-21 |
| Movie | Eyes Behind the Wall | Ivano | 1977-06-07 |
| Movie | That Obscure Object of Desire | Mathieu Faber | 1977-08-17 |
| Movie | Illustrious Corpses | Security Minister | 1976-02-12 |
| Movie | Striptease | Alfonso | 1976-01-01 |
| Movie | Manuela | Don Ramón | 1976-06-07 |
| Movie | El segundo poder | Cardenal | 1976-01-01 |
| Movie | A Matter of Time | Charles Van Maar | 1976-10-07 |
| Movie | Voyage of the Damned | President Bru | 1976-12-22 |
| Series | Origins of the Mafia | Baron Della Spina | 1976-11-19 |
| Movie | The Desert of the Tartars | Nathanson | 1976-10-29 |
| Movie | French Connection II | Alain Charnier | 1975-05-18 |
| Movie | Smiling Maniacs | Judge Vanini | 1975-01-16 |
| Movie | Seven Beauties | Pedro the Anarchist Prisoner | 1975-12-20 |
| Movie | Violent Blood Bath | Oscar | 1974-08-12 |
| Movie | Say it with Flowers | Jacques Berger | 1974-09-04 |
| Movie | The Woman with Red Boots | Perrot | 1974-12-11 |
| Movie | The Murri Affair | Prof. Murri | 1974-09-28 |
| Movie | High Crime | Cafiero | 1973-08-12 |
| Movie | One Way | Mr. David | 1973-09-22 |
| Movie | White Fang | Father Oatley | 1973-12-21 |
| Movie | Fall of a Body | M. Nansoit | 1973-09-28 |
| Movie | The Two Faces of Fear | Inspector Nardi | 1972-02-17 |
| Movie | This Kind of Love | Giovanna's father | 1972-02-10 |
| Movie | Antony and Cleopatra | Lepidus | 1972-03-18 |
| Movie | White Sister | le directeur de l'hôpital | 1972-03-31 |
| Movie | La duda | Don Rodrigo - Conde de Albrit | 1972-09-07 |
| Movie | Canticle | Padrino Elisa | 1972-07-17 |
| Movie | Cold Eyes of Fear | Juez Flower | 1971-04-06 |
| Movie | The Light at the Edge of the World | Captain Moriz | 1971-07-16 |
| Movie | The Great Swindle | Luis | 1971-03-06 |
| Movie | The French Connection | Alain Charnier | 1971-10-09 |
| Movie | A Town Called Hell | Old Blind Man | 1971-10-27 |
| Movie | Tristana | Don Lope | 1970-03-29 |
| Movie | Aoom | 1970-07-01 | |
| Movie | The Adventurers | Jaime Xenos | 1970-03-25 |
| Movie | Compañeros | Prof. Xantos | 1970-12-18 |
| Movie | Wrath of the Wind | Don Antonio | 1970-12-04 |
| Movie | Land Raiders | Priest | 1969-07-27 |
| Movie | A Candidate for a Killing | Marco Augusto | 1969-08-22 |
| Movie | Villa Rides | Fuentes | 1968-05-29 |
| Movie | The Immortal Story | Merchant | 1968-06-01 |
| Movie | Historia de la frivolidad | Gent | 1967-02-09 |
| Movie | The Viscount | 1967-04-04 | |
| Movie | Amor en el aire | Carlos Mª Saldiez | 1967-12-25 |
| Movie | Pero… ¡en qué país vivimos! | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | 1967-09-28 |
| Movie | Zampo y yo | Zampo | 1966-07-04 |
| Movie | Attack of the Robots | Sir Percy | 1966-04-27 |
| Movie | El Greco | Felipe II. | 1966-08-15 |
| Movie | Return of the Seven | Priest | 1966-10-19 |
| Movie | The Devil Also Cries | Ramòn Quiroga | 1965-03-14 |
| Movie | España insólita | (voice) | 1965-05-13 |
| Movie | Samson and Gideon | Lo straniero / The Stranger - Angel of the Lord | 1965-01-01 |
| Movie | Son of a Gunfighter | Don Pedro Fortuna | 1965-08-16 |
| Movie | Don Quijote | Der Herzog | 1965-01-01 |
| Movie | Chimes at Midnight | Worcester | 1965-12-22 |
| Movie | Der Marquis - der Mann, der sich verkaufen wollte | Verleger Ramos | 1965-11-12 |
| Movie | Legacy of the Incas | President Castillo | 1965-09-08 |
| Movie | Espionage in Lisbon | Agent of the New World Organization | 1965-10-30 |
| Movie | The Amazing Doctor G | Goldginger | 1965-10-15 |
| Movie | The Rash One | El Rico Pintor | 1964-09-07 |
| Movie | Backfire | Commissioner of Beirut harbor | 1964-09-04 |
| Movie | The New Cinderella | Juan Echarre | 1964-09-12 |
| Movie | The Palomos | Don Alberto | 1964-11-02 |
| Movie | La hora incógnita | Sacerdote | 1964-12-26 |
| Movie | Fin de semana | Entrevistador | 1964-11-23 |
| Movie | The Castilian | Ramiro II, rey de León | 1963-03-07 |
| Movie | Scheherazade | Al Fakid | 1963-05-10 |
| Movie | The Ceremony | Sanchez | 1963-12-18 |
| Movie | The Running Man | Police Official | 1963-10-01 |
| Movie | Viridiana | Don Jaime | 1962-04-01 |
| Movie | Face of Terror | Dr. Charles Taylor | 1962-10-28 |
| Movie | My Son, the Hero | Hoher Priester | 1962-05-04 |
| Movie | Teresa | Profesor Héctor de la Barrera | 1961-02-02 |
| Movie | Goliath Against the Giants | Bokan the Usurper | 1961-05-13 |
| Movie | The Savage Guns | Don Hernán | 1961-11-01 |
| Movie | Siempre es domingo | Juez Andonelli | 1961-10-23 |
| Movie | Culpables | Mario | 1960-06-26 |
| Movie | The Revolt of the Slaves | Valerio | 1960-12-30 |
| Movie | Sonatas | Captain Casares | 1959-10-12 |
| Movie | Parque de Madrid | Don Luis | 1959-05-18 |
| Movie | The Last Days of Pompeii | Arbaces, High Priest of Isis | 1959-11-12 |
| Movie | The Night Heaven Fell | Tío (alternate version) | 1958-04-05 |
| Movie | Revenge | Writer | 1958-05-02 |
| Movie | ¡Viva lo imposible! | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | 1958-09-01 |
| Movie | The Singer from Mexico | Cartoni - l'impresario (uncredited) | 1957-01-24 |
| Movie | Faustina | Valentín | 1957-05-13 |
| Movie | Don Juan | Don Iñigo | 1956-05-09 |
| Movie | La vida en un bloc | (voice) (uncredited) | 1956-04-01 |
| Movie | The Miracle of Marcelino | Monje narrador | 1955-02-24 |
| Movie | El alcalde de Zalamea | El Rey | 1954-01-25 |
| Movie | Comedians | Miguel | 1954-05-17 |
| Movie | Rebeldía | Capellán | 1954-04-08 |
| Movie | The Lovers of Toledo | 1953-01-28 | |
| Movie | Cabaret | Carlos Jiménez | 1953-03-22 |
| Movie | Welcome Mr. Marshall! | Narrador (voz) | 1953-04-04 |
| Movie | Airport | Fernando | 1953-09-14 |
| Movie | Black Sky | Ángel López Veiga | 1951-07-09 |
| Movie | La señora de Fátima | Lorenzo Duarte | 1951-10-07 |
| Movie | Air Lashings | Narrador (voz) | 1951-09-24 |
| Movie | Agustina of Aragon | General Palafox/Lorenzo, el pastor | 1950-10-09 |
| Movie | Si te hubieses casado conmigo | Enrique Marín Rubio | 1948-08-03 |
| Movie | Locura de amor | Don Felipe "el Hermoso" | 1948-10-08 |
| Movie | Mare nostrum | Ulises / Capitán Ferragut | 1948-12-21 |
| Movie | Reina santa | Infante Alfonso | 1947-01-11 |
| Movie | Don Quixote | Sansón Carrasco | 1947-03-01 |
| Movie | Fuenteovejuna | Frondoso | 1947-11-20 |
| Movie | La pródiga | José | 1946-09-27 |
| Movie | Los últimos de Filipinas | Juan Chamizo | 1945-05-09 |
| Movie | Eugenia de Montijo | Duque de Alba | 1944-10-16 |