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:
- 184
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Los cuatro robinsones 1939-12-04
- Latest Project:
- Movie El Quijote desde la platea 2019-04-22
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | El Quijote desde la platea | Self - Actor / Don Quixote (archive footage) | 2019-04-22 |
| Series | Arnau | Compte de Barcelona | 1994-01-17 |
| Movie | El cianuro… ¿solo o con leche? | Gregorio | 1994-04-15 |
| Movie | On the Far Side of the Tunnel | Miguel | 1994-02-25 |
| Movie | Madregilda | Franco's Father | 1993-09-26 |
| Movie | The Sow | Fray Juan | 1992-11-06 |
| Movie | 1492: Conquest of Paradise | Marchena | 1992-10-09 |
| Movie | After the Dream | Ramiro Lanza | 1992-09-09 |
| Movie | Don Quixote | Closing Scene Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | 1992-04-20 |
| Movie | El Quijote de Miguel de Cervantes | Don Quijote | 1992-01-29 |
| Movie | L'Atlantide | Father Mauritius | 1992-11-05 |
| Movie | Drums of Fire | Papa Pablo V | 1990-12-21 |
| Movie | Breath of Life | Gran Magno | 1990-10-11 |
| Movie | Naked Tango | Judge Torres | 1990-09-27 |
| Movie | Picture of Europe | Self | 1990-04-25 |
| Series | I promessi sposi | Conte zio | 1989-11-12 |
| Movie | Esmeralda Bay | Ramos | 1989-05-18 |
| Series | Il ricatto | Magistrato Di Nola | 1989-04-23 |
| Series | Le Grand Secret | Paul Corbet | 1989-01-06 |
| Movie | Moon Over Parador | Alejandro | 1988-09-09 |
| Movie | The Tunnel | Allende | 1988-04-29 |
| Movie | Winter Diary | Padre | 1988-09-29 |
| Movie | Pasodoble | Don Nuño | 1988-06-09 |
| Movie | Scent of a Crime | Fayón | 1988-10-21 |
| Movie | The Enchanted Forest | Sr. D'Abondo | 1987-10-02 |
| Movie | Mi general | Director Almirante | 1987-05-07 |
| Movie | Luis Buñuel: constructor de infiernos | Himself | 1986-07-04 |
| Movie | Saving Grace | Cardinal Stefano Biondi | 1986-05-02 |
| Movie | Paradise Hotel | Joseph | 1986-04-15 |
| Series | A.D. | Seneca | 1985-03-31 |
| Movie | Our Father | Cardinal | 1985-04-21 |
| Movie | Rustlers' Rhapsody | Railroad Colonel | 1985-05-10 |
| Movie | Black Arrow | Warwick | 1985-10-09 |
| Movie | Star Knight | Fray Lupo | 1985-12-20 |
| Movie | Angel of Death | Ohmei Felsberg | 1985-07-23 |
| Movie | A Strange Passion | Piacchi | 1984-11-21 |
| Movie | The Hit | Policeman | 1984-09-07 |
| Movie | Bearn | Don Antonio | 1983-04-14 |
| Movie | Monsignor | Cardinal Santoni | 1982-10-22 |
| Movie | Looking for Jesus | Don Filippo | 1982-03-03 |
| Movie | A Estrangeira | André | 1982-02-01 |
| Movie | Lady of the Camelias | Count Stackelberg | 1981-02-26 |
| Movie | Honey | Editor | 1981-05-08 |
| Movie | The Crime of Cuenca | Contreras | 1981-08-17 |
| Movie | Trágala, perro | Juez | 1981-11-16 |
| Movie | Chaste and Pure | Antonio Di Maggio | 1981-10-30 |
| Movie | Cabo Blanco | Police Captain Torredo | 1980-03-13 |
| Movie | Memorias de Leticia Valle | Don Fernando Valle | 1980-02-25 |
| 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 |
| Movie | Elisa, My Life | Luis | 1977-04-21 |
| Series | Jesus of Nazareth | Gaspar | 1977-03-27 |
| Movie | Eyes Behind the Wall | Ivano | 1977-06-07 |
| Movie | That Obscure Object of Desire | Mathieu Faber | 1977-08-17 |
| 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 | A Matter of Time | Charles Van Maar | 1976-10-07 |
| Movie | Manuela | Don Ramón | 1976-06-07 |
| Movie | Illustrious Corpses | Security Minister | 1976-02-12 |
| Movie | Striptease | Alfonso | 1976-01-01 |
| Movie | El segundo poder | Cardenal | 1976-01-01 |
| Movie | Smiling Maniacs | Judge Vanini | 1975-01-16 |
| Movie | French Connection II | Alain Charnier | 1975-05-18 |
| Movie | Seven Beauties | Pedro the Anarchist Prisoner | 1975-12-20 |
| Movie | Violent Blood Bath | Oscar | 1974-08-12 |
| Movie | The Murri Affair | Prof. Murri | 1974-09-28 |
| Movie | Say it with Flowers | Jacques Berger | 1974-09-04 |
| Movie | The Woman with Red Boots | Perrot | 1974-12-11 |
| Movie | White Fang | Father Oatley | 1973-12-21 |
| Movie | Fall of a Body | M. Nansoit | 1973-09-28 |
| Movie | One Way | Mr. David | 1973-09-22 |
| Movie | High Crime | Cafiero | 1973-08-12 |
| Movie | Tarot | Arthur | 1973-01-01 |
| Movie | This Kind of Love | Giovanna's father | 1972-02-10 |
| Movie | The Two Faces of Fear | Inspector Nardi | 1972-02-17 |
| Movie | Antony and Cleopatra | Lepidus | 1972-03-18 |
| Movie | White Sister | le directeur de l'hôpital | 1972-03-31 |
| Movie | Canticle | Padrino Elisa | 1972-07-17 |
| Movie | The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie | Don Rafael | 1972-09-15 |
| Movie | La duda | Don Rodrigo - Conde de Albrit | 1972-09-07 |
| Movie | A Town Called Hell | Old Blind Man | 1971-10-27 |
| Movie | The French Connection | Alain Charnier | 1971-10-09 |
| Movie | The Light at the Edge of the World | Captain Moriz | 1971-07-16 |
| Movie | Cold Eyes of Fear | Juez Flower | 1971-04-06 |
| Movie | The Great Swindle | Luis | 1971-03-06 |
| Movie | Tristana | Don Lope | 1970-03-29 |
| Movie | The Adventurers | Jaime Xenos | 1970-03-25 |
| Movie | Aoom | 1970-07-01 | |
| Movie | Wrath of the Wind | Don Antonio | 1970-12-04 |
| Movie | Compañeros | Prof. Xantos | 1970-12-18 |
| Movie | The Price of Power | Pinkerton | 1969-12-18 |
| Movie | A Candidate for a Killing | Marco Augusto | 1969-08-22 |
| Movie | Land Raiders | Priest | 1969-07-27 |
| Movie | Guns of the Magnificent Seven | Quintero | 1969-07-14 |
| Movie | The Immortal Story | Merchant | 1968-06-01 |
| Movie | Villa Rides | Fuentes | 1968-05-29 |
| Movie | The Desperate Ones | Ibram | 1967-01-01 |
| Movie | Historia de la frivolidad | Gent | 1967-02-09 |
| Movie | Cervantes | Filipe II | 1967-11-02 |
| Movie | Amor en el aire | Carlos Mª Saldiez | 1967-12-25 |
| Movie | The Viscount | 1967-04-04 | |
| Movie | Navajo Joe | Reverend Rattigan | 1966-11-25 |
| Movie | Return of the Seven | Priest | 1966-10-19 |
| Movie | El Greco | Felipe II. | 1966-08-15 |
| Movie | Attack of the Robots | Sir Percy | 1966-04-27 |
| Movie | Son of a Gunfighter | Don Pedro Fortuna | 1965-08-16 |
| Movie | Samson and Gideon | Lo straniero / The Stranger - Angel of the Lord | 1965-01-01 |
| Movie | Don Quijote | Der Herzog | 1965-01-01 |
| Movie | The Devil Also Cries | Ramòn Quiroga | 1965-03-14 |
| Movie | España insólita | (voice) | 1965-05-13 |
| Series | Don Quijote von der Mancha | Der Herzog / le duc | 1965-10-08 |
| Movie | Legacy of the Incas | President Castillo | 1965-09-08 |
| Movie | Espionage in Lisbon | Agent of the New World Organization | 1965-10-30 |
| Movie | Der Marquis - der Mann, der sich verkaufen wollte | Verleger Ramos | 1965-11-12 |
| Movie | Chimes at Midnight | Worcester | 1965-12-23 |
| Movie | The Amazing Doctor G | Goldginger | 1965-10-15 |
| Movie | The Rash One | El Rico Pintor | 1964-09-07 |
| Movie | El señor de La Salle | Luis XIV | 1964-01-01 |
| 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 | Fin de semana | Entrevistador | 1964-11-23 |
| Movie | La hora incógnita | Sacerdote | 1964-12-26 |
| Movie | The Ceremony | Sanchez | 1963-12-18 |
| Movie | The Running Man | Police Official | 1963-10-01 |
| Movie | Scheherazade | Al Fakid | 1963-05-10 |
| Movie | The Castilian | Ramiro II, rey de León | 1963-03-07 |
| Movie | Face of Terror | Dr. Charles Taylor | 1962-10-28 |
| Movie | My Son, the Hero | Hoher Priester | 1962-05-04 |
| Movie | Viridiana | Don Jaime | 1962-04-01 |
| Movie | Rogelia | Máximo García | 1962-01-01 |
| Movie | Teresa | Profesor Héctor de la Barrera | 1961-02-02 |
| Movie | Goliath Against the Giants | Bokan the Usurper | 1961-05-13 |
| Movie | Fantasmas en la casa | Raimundo Rodríguez de Toledo | 1961-08-17 |
| Movie | Siempre es domingo | Juez Andonelli | 1961-10-23 |
| Movie | The Savage Guns | Don Hernán | 1961-11-01 |
| Movie | The Revolt of the Slaves | Valerio | 1960-12-30 |
| Movie | Don Lucio and Brother Pío | Señor Aguilar | 1960-09-27 |
| Movie | Culpables | Mario | 1960-06-26 |
| Movie | Poison at 2:30 | Ramón | 1959-12-10 |
| Movie | The Last Days of Pompeii | Arbaces, High Priest of Isis | 1959-11-12 |
| Movie | Sonatas | Captain Casares | 1959-10-12 |
| Movie | Parque de Madrid | Don Luis | 1959-05-18 |
| Movie | The Night Heaven Fell | Tío (alternate version) | 1958-04-05 |
| Movie | La Rana Verde | Narrator (voice) | 1958-06-11 |
| Movie | Revenge | Writer | 1958-05-02 |
| Movie | ¡Viva lo imposible! | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | 1958-09-01 |
| Movie | Un marido de ida y vuelta | Paco | 1957-08-26 |
| Movie | Madrugada | Mauricio (voice) (uncredited) | 1957-07-15 |
| Movie | Day of Fear | 1957-05-27 | |
| Movie | Faustina | Valentín | 1957-05-13 |
| Movie | The Singer from Mexico | Cartoni - l'impresario (uncredited) | 1957-01-24 |
| 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 | Crimen en el entreacto | 1954-01-16 | |
| Movie | Comedians | Miguel | 1954-05-17 |
| Movie | El alcalde de Zalamea | 1954-01-25 | |
| Movie | Airport | Fernando | 1953-09-14 |
| Movie | Welcome Mr. Marshall! | Narrador (voice) | 1953-04-04 |
| Movie | Cabaret | Carlos Jiménez | 1953-03-22 |
| Movie | The Lovers of Toledo | 1953-01-28 | |
| Movie | La laguna negra | Miguel | 1952-12-29 |
| Movie | La señora de Fátima | 1951-10-07 | |
| Movie | Air Lashings | 1951-09-24 | |
| Movie | Black Sky | Ángel López Veiga | 1951-07-09 |
| Movie | Sabela De Cambados | Narrator (voice) | 1949-12-14 |
| Movie | Aventuras de Juan Lucas | Juan Lucas | 1949-07-07 |
| Movie | Si te hubieses casado conmigo | Enrique Marín Rubio | 1948-08-03 |
| Movie | Mare nostrum | Ulises / Capitán Ferragut | 1948-12-21 |
| Movie | Locura de amor | Don Felipe "el Hermoso" | 1948-10-08 |
| Movie | Noche de reyes | 1948-10-27 | |
| Movie | Fuenteovejuna | Frondoso | 1947-11-20 |
| Movie | Don Quixote | Sansón Carrasco | 1947-03-01 |
| Movie | Reina santa | Infante Alfonso | 1947-01-11 |
| 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 |
| Movie | Los cuatro robinsones | 1939-12-04 |