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:
- 158
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Leyenda rota 1940-01-22
- Latest Project:
- Movie Operation: Secret Agents, Spies & Thighs 2007-01-01
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Operation: Secret Agents, Spies & Thighs | (archive footage) | 2007-01-01 |
| Movie | On the Far Side of the Tunnel | Miguel | 1994-02-25 |
| Series | Arnau | Compte de Barcelona | 1994-01-17 |
| Movie | El cianuro… ¿solo o con leche? | Gregorio | 1994-04-15 |
| 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 | Winter Diary | Padre | 1988-09-29 |
| Movie | Pasodoble | Don Nuño | 1988-06-09 |
| Movie | Moon Over Parador | Alejandro | 1988-09-09 |
| Movie | Mi general | Director Almirante | 1987-05-07 |
| Movie | The Enchanted Forest | Mr. 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 |
| Movie | Angel of Death | Ohmei Felsberg | 1985-07-23 |
| 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 | The Hit | Policeman | 1984-09-07 |
| Movie | A Strange Passion | Piacchi | 1984-11-21 |
| Movie | A Estrangeira | André | 1982-02-01 |
| Movie | Monsignor | Cardinal Santoni | 1982-10-22 |
| 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 | Caboblanco | Police Captain Torredo | 1980-01-23 |
| Movie | Quintet | Grigor | 1979-02-09 |
| Movie | Traffic Jam | Carlo | 1979-01-12 |
| 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 | El segundo poder | Cardenal | 1976-01-01 |
| Movie | Manuela | Don Ramón | 1976-06-07 |
| Movie | The Desert of the Tartars | Nathanson | 1976-10-29 |
| Movie | A Matter of Time | Charles Van Maar | 1976-10-07 |
| Series | Origins of the Mafia | Baron Della Spina | 1976-11-19 |
| Movie | Voyage of the Damned | President Bru | 1976-12-22 |
| 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 | 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 | 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 Bastard | Old Blind Man | 1971-10-27 |
| Movie | The Adventurers | Jaime Xenos | 1970-03-25 |
| Movie | Tristana | Don Lope | 1970-03-29 |
| Movie | Compañeros | Prof. Xantos | 1970-12-18 |
| Movie | Wrath of the Wind | Don Antonio | 1970-12-04 |
| 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 | Marco Demoygne | 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 | Re Filippo 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 | Backfire | Commissioner of Beirut harbor | 1964-09-04 |
| Movie | The Rash One | El Rico Pintor | 1964-09-07 |
| Movie | The Palomos | Don Alberto | 1964-11-02 |
| Movie | Fin de semana | Entrevistador | 1964-11-23 |
| Movie | The New Cinderella | Juan Echarre | 1964-09-12 |
| 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 | La hora incógnita | 1963-11-02 | |
| Movie | Viridiana | Don Jaime | 1962-04-01 |
| Movie | My Son, the Hero | High Priest (uncredited) | 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 |