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:
- 157
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Leyenda rota 1940-01-22
- 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 | Don Quixote | Closing Scene Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | 1992-04-20 |
| Movie | 1492: Conquest of Paradise | Marchena | 1992-10-09 |
| Movie | El Quijote de Miguel de Cervantes | Don Quijote | 1992-01-29 |
| Movie | L'Atlantide | Father Mauritius | 1992-11-05 |
| Movie | The Sow | Fray Juan | 1992-11-06 |
| Movie | Naked Tango | Judge Torres | 1990-09-27 |
| Movie | Drums of Fire | Papa Pablo V | 1990-12-21 |
| Movie | Breath of Life | Gran Magno | 1990-10-11 |
| Series | Le Grand Secret | Paul Corbet | 1989-01-06 |
| Movie | Esmeralda Bay | Ramos | 1989-05-18 |
| Movie | The Tunnel | Allende | 1988-04-29 |
| Movie | Pasodoble | Don Nuño | 1988-06-09 |
| 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 | Our Father | Cardinal | 1985-04-21 |
| Series | A.D. | Seneca | 1985-03-31 |
| Movie | Rustlers' Rhapsody | Railroad Colonel | 1985-05-10 |
| Movie | Angel of Death | Ohmei Felsberg | 1985-07-23 |
| Movie | Black Arrow | Warwick | 1985-10-09 |
| Movie | Angel of Death | Ohmei Felsberg | 1985-07-23 |
| Movie | Star Knight | Fray Lupo | 1985-12-20 |
| Movie | The Hit | Policeman | 1984-09-07 |
| Movie | A Strange Passion | Piacchi | 1984-11-21 |
| Movie | Monsignor | Cardinal Santoni | 1982-10-22 |
| Movie | A Estrangeira | André | 1982-02-01 |
| Movie | Looking for Jesus | Don Filippo | 1982-03-03 |
| 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 | Rebeldía | Don Luis | 1978-09-24 |
| Movie | The Last Romantic Lover | Max | 1978-04-26 |
| 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 | El segundo poder | Cardenal | 1976-01-01 |
| Movie | Manuela | Don Ramón | 1976-06-07 |
| 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 | Smiling Maniacs | Judge Vanini | 1975-01-16 |
| Movie | Seven Beauties | Pedro the Anarchist Prisoner | 1975-12-20 |
| Movie | French Connection II | Alain Charnier | 1975-05-18 |
| Movie | Say it with Flowers | Jacques Berger | 1974-09-04 |
| Movie | Violent Blood Bath | Oscar | 1974-08-12 |
| Movie | The Murri Affair | Prof. Murri | 1974-09-28 |
| Movie | The Woman with Red Boots | Perrot | 1974-12-11 |
| Movie | High Crime | Cafiero | 1973-08-12 |
| Movie | One Way | Mr. David | 1973-09-22 |
| Movie | Fall of a Body | M. Nansoit | 1973-09-28 |
| Movie | White Fang | Father Oatley | 1973-12-21 |
| 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 | The Great Swindle | Luis | 1971-03-06 |
| Movie | Cold Eyes of Fear | Juez Flower | 1971-04-06 |
| Movie | The French Connection | Alain Charnier | 1971-10-09 |
| Movie | The Light at the Edge of the World | Captain Moriz | 1971-07-16 |
| Movie | A Town Called Hell | Old Blind Man | 1971-10-27 |
| Movie | Tristana | Don Lope | 1970-03-29 |
| Movie | The Adventurers | Jaime Xenos | 1970-03-25 |
| Movie | Wrath of the Wind | Don Antonio | 1970-12-04 |
| Movie | Compañeros | Prof. Xantos | 1970-12-18 |
| Movie | Aoom | 1970-07-01 | |
| 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 | The Desperate Ones | Ibram | 1967-01-01 |
| Movie | The Viscount | 1967-04-04 | |
| Movie | Historia de la frivolidad | Gent | 1967-02-09 |
| 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 | España insólita | (voice) | 1965-05-13 |
| Movie | The Devil Also Cries | Ramòn Quiroga | 1965-03-14 |
| 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 | Legacy of the Incas | President Castillo | 1965-09-08 |
| Movie | Chimes at Midnight | Worcester | 1965-12-22 |
| Movie | Der Marquis - der Mann, der sich verkaufen wollte | Verleger Ramos | 1965-11-12 |
| 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 | The New Cinderella | Juan Echarre | 1964-09-12 |
| Movie | Backfire | Commissioner of Beirut harbor | 1964-09-04 |
| Movie | La hora incógnita | Sacerdote | 1964-12-26 |
| Movie | Fin de semana | Entrevistador | 1964-11-23 |
| Movie | The Palomos | Don Alberto | 1964-11-02 |
| Movie | The Castilian | Ramiro II, rey de León | 1963-03-07 |
| Movie | Scheherazade | Al Fakid | 1963-05-10 |
| Movie | The Running Man | Police Official | 1963-10-01 |
| Movie | The Ceremony | Sanchez | 1963-12-18 |
| Movie | Viridiana | Don Jaime | 1962-04-01 |
| Movie | My Son, the Hero | Hoher Priester | 1962-05-04 |
| Movie | Face of Terror | Dr. Charles Taylor | 1962-10-28 |
| 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 | Parque de Madrid | Don Luis | 1959-05-18 |
| Movie | Sonatas | Captain Casares | 1959-10-12 |
| 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 | Airport | Fernando | 1953-09-14 |
| Movie | Welcome Mr. Marshall! | Narrador (voz) | 1953-04-04 |
| Movie | Black Sky | Ángel López Veiga | 1951-07-09 |
| Movie | Air Lashings | Narrador (voz) | 1951-09-24 |
| Movie | La señora de Fátima | Lorenzo Duarte | 1951-10-07 |
| Movie | Agustina of Aragon | General Palafox/Lorenzo, el pastor | 1950-10-09 |
| Movie | Locura de amor | Don Felipe "el Hermoso" | 1948-10-08 |
| Movie | Si te hubieses casado conmigo | Enrique Marín Rubio | 1948-08-03 |
| Movie | Mare nostrum | Ulises / Capitán Ferragut | 1948-12-21 |
| Movie | Reina santa | Infante Alfonso | 1947-01-11 |
| Movie | Fuenteovejuna | Frondoso | 1947-11-20 |
| Movie | Don Quixote | Sansón Carrasco | 1947-03-01 |
| 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 |
| Movie | Leyenda rota | Extra (uncredited) | 1940-01-22 |
| Movie | El rey que rabió | Extra (uncredited) | 1940-01-22 |