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Fernando Rey
Fernando Rey

Fernando Rey

ActingBorn September 20, 1917Died March 9, 1994 (age 76)A Coruña, Galicia, Spain

Biography

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."

Filmography

2019
El Quijote desde la platea

as Self - Actor / Don Quixote (archive footage)

Movie
2000
Speaking of Buñuel

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1998
Les paradoxes de Buñuel

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1994
Arnau

as Compte de Barcelona

TV
1993
Madregilda

as Franco's Father

Movie
1993
Mission of Love

as Pacheco

TV
1992
The Sow

as Fray Juan

Movie
1992
L'Atlantide

as Father Mauritius

Movie
1992
After the Dream

as Ramiro Lanza

Movie
1992
Blood and Dust

as Sultan Saladin

Movie
1992Movie
1992
Don Quixote

as Closing Scene Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Movie
1992Movie
1992TV
1991
Imágenes perdidas

as Himself - Narrator

TV
1990
Drums of Fire

as Papa Pablo V

Movie
1990
Breath of Life

as Gran Magno

Movie
1990
Naked Tango

as Judge Torres

Movie
1990Movie
1989
I promessi sposi

as Conte zio

TV
1989Movie
1989
Il ricatto

as Magistrato Di Nola

TV
1989Movie
1989
Blaues Blut

as Dekker

TV
1989
Le Grand Secret

as Paul Corbet

Movie
1989
Le Grand Secret

as Paul Corbet

TV
1989
Buñuel

as Self

Movie
1988Movie
1988
Winter Diary

as Padre

Movie
1988
Pasodoble

as Don Nuño

Movie
1988
The Tunnel

as Allende

Movie
1987
The Enchanted Forest

as Mr. D'Abondo

Movie
1987
Mi general

as Director Almirante

Movie
1986
Saving Grace

as Cardinal Stefano Biondi

Movie
1986Movie
1985
Star Knight

as Fray Lupo

Movie
1985
The House of Ulloa

as Sr. De La Lage

TV
1985
Black Arrow

as Warwick

Movie
1985
Angel of Death

as Ohmei Felsberg

Movie
1985
Rustlers' Rhapsody

as Railroad Colonel

Movie
1985
Our Father

as Cardinal

Movie
1985
A.D.

as Seneca

TV
1984Movie
1984
The Hit

as Policeman

Movie
1983
Bearn

as Don Antonio

Movie
1982
Monsignor

as Cardinal Santoni

Movie
1982
Looking for Jesus

as Don Filippo

Movie
1982
A Estrangeira

as André

Movie
1981Movie
1981
Chaste and Pure

as Antonio Di Maggio

Movie
1981Movie
1981
Honey

as Editor

Movie
1981
Lady of the Camelias

as Count Stackelberg

Movie
1980
Memorias de Leticia Valle

as Don Fernando Valle

Movie
1980
Caboblanco

as Police Captain Torredo

Movie
1979
Quintet

as Grigor

Movie
1979
Traffic Jam

as Carlo

Movie
1978
Rebeldía

as Don Luis

Movie
1977Movie
1977Movie
1977Movie
1977Movie
1977TV
1976
Voyage of the Damned

as President Bru

Movie
1976
Origins of the Mafia

as Baron Della Spina

TV
1976Movie
1976
A Matter of Time

as Charles Van Maar

Movie
1976
Manuela

as Don Ramón

Movie
1976
Illustrious Corpses

as Security Minister

Movie
1976
Striptease

as Alfonso

Movie
1976
El segundo poder

as Cardenal

Movie
1975
Seven Beauties

as Pedro the Anarchist Prisoner

Movie
1975
French Connection II

as Alain Charnier

Movie
1975
Smiling Maniacs

as Judge Vanini

Movie
1974Movie
1974
The Murri Affair

as Prof. Murri

Movie
1974
Say it with Flowers

as Jacques Berger

Movie
1974Movie
1974
¿... Y el prójimo?

as Luis Ignacio

Movie
1973
White Fang

as Father Oatley

Movie
1973
Fall of a Body

as M. Nansoit

Movie
1973
One Way

as Mr. David

Movie
1973
High Crime

as Cafiero

Movie
1973
Tarot

as Arthur

Movie
1972
La duda

as Don Rodrigo - Conde de Albrit

Movie
1972
Canticle

as Padrino Elisa

Movie
1972
White Sister

as le directeur de l'hôpital

Movie
1972Movie
1972
The Two Faces of Fear

as Inspector Nardi

Movie
1972
This Kind of Love

as Giovanna's father

Movie
1971
Film '72

as Self

TV
1971
A Town Called Bastard

as Old Blind Man

Movie
1971
The French Connection

as Alain Charnier

Movie
1971Movie
1971
Cold Eyes of Fear

as Juez Flower

Movie
1971Movie
1970
Compañeros

as Prof. Xantos

Movie
1970
Wrath of the Wind

as Don Antonio

Movie
1970Movie
1970
Tristana

as Don Lope

Movie
1970
The Adventurers

as Jaime Xenos

Movie
1969
The Price of Power

as Pinkerton

Movie
1969Movie
1969
Land Raiders

as Priest

Movie
1969Movie
1968Movie
1968
Villa Rides

as Fuentes

Movie
1967
Amor en el aire

as Carlos Mª Saldiez

Movie
1967
Run Like a Thief

as Col. Romero

Movie
1967
Pero… ¡en qué país vivimos!

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Movie
1967Movie
1967
The Viscount

as Marco Demoygne

Movie
1966
Navajo Joe

as Reverend Rattigan

Movie
1966Movie
1966
El Greco

as Re Filippo II

Movie
1966
Zampo y yo

as Zampo

Movie
1966Movie
1965
Chimes at Midnight

as Worcester

Movie
1965
Espionage in Lisbon

as Agent of the New World Organization

Movie
1965Movie
1965
Don Quijote von der Mancha

as Der Herzog / le duc

TV
1965
Legacy of the Incas

as President Castillo

Movie
1965
Son of a Gunfighter

as Don Pedro Fortuna

Movie
1965Movie
1965
The Devil Also Cries

as Ramòn Quiroga

Movie
1965
Don Quijote

as Der Herzog

Movie
1965
Samson and Gideon

as Lo straniero / The Stranger - Angel of the Lord

Movie
1964
Fin de semana

as Entrevistador

Movie
1964
The Palomos

as Don Alberto

Movie
1964
The New Cinderella

as Juan Echarre

Movie
1964
The Rash One

as El Rico Pintor

Movie
1964
Backfire

as Commissioner of Beirut harbor

Movie
1964Movie
1963
The Ceremony

as Sanchez

Movie
1963
The Running Man

as Police Official

Movie
1963
Scheherazade

as Al Fakid

Movie
1963
The Castilian

as Ramiro II, rey de León

Movie
1962
Face of Terror

as Dr. Charles Taylor

Movie
1962
My Son, the Hero

as High Priest (uncredited)

Movie
1962
Viridiana

as Don Jaime

Movie
1962
Rogelia

as Máximo García

Movie
1962
Torerillos, 61

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
1961
The Savage Guns

as Don Hernán

Movie
1961
Siempre es domingo

as Juez Andonelli

Movie
1961
Fantasmas en la casa

as Raimundo Rodríguez de Toledo

Movie
1961
Goliath Against the Giants

as Bokan the Usurper

Movie
1961
Teresa

as Profesor Héctor de la Barrera

Movie
1960Movie
1960Movie
1960
Culpables

as Mario

Movie
1959Movie
1959
The Last Days of Pompeii

as Arbaces, High Priest of Isis

Movie
1959
Sonatas

as Captain Casares

Movie
1959
Mission in Morocco

as Princ Achmed

Movie
1959
Parque de Madrid

as Don Luis

Movie
1958
¡Viva lo imposible!

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Movie
1958
La Rana Verde

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
1958
Revenge

as Writer

Movie
1958
The Night Heaven Fell

as Tío (alternate version)

Movie
1957
Madrugada

as Mauricio (voice) (uncredited)

Movie
1957Movie
1957
Faustina

as Valentín

Movie
1957
The Singer from Mexico

as Cartoni - l'impresario (uncredited)

Movie
1956
Don Juan

as Don Iñigo

Movie
1956
The Adventures of Gil Blas

as Captain Rolando

Movie
1956
La vida en un bloc

as (voice) (uncredited)

Movie
1955Movie
1955
The Miracle of Marcelino

as Monje narrador

Movie
1954
Comedians

as Miguel

Movie
1954
Rebeldía

as Capellán

Movie
1954Movie
1954Movie
1954
Las últimas banderas

as Miguel Bermejo

Movie
1953
Airport

as Fernando

Movie
1953
Welcome Mr. Marshall!

as Narrador (voz)

Movie
1953
Cabaret

as Carlos Jiménez

Movie
1952Movie
1952
Flamenco

as (voz)

Movie
1952Movie
1951
La señora de Fátima

as Lorenzo Duarte

Movie
1951
Air Lashings

as Narrador (voz)

Movie
1951
Black Sky

as Ángel López Veiga

Movie
1950
Agustina of Aragon

as General Palafox/Lorenzo, el pastor

Movie
1949
Sabela De Cambados

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
1949Movie
1948
Mare nostrum

as Ulises / Capitán Ferragut

Movie
1948
Locura de amor

as Don Felipe "el Hermoso"

Movie
1948
Si te hubieses casado conmigo

as Enrique Marín Rubio

Movie
1947
Fuenteovejuna

as Frondoso

Movie
1947
Don Quixote

as Sansón Carrasco

Movie
1947
Reina santa

as Infante Alfonso

Movie
1946
La pródiga

as José

Movie
1945Movie
1944
Eugenia de Montijo

as Duque de Alba

Movie
1940
El rey que rabió

as Extra (uncredited)

Movie
1940
Leyenda rota

as Extra (uncredited)

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdaySeptember 20, 1917
Day of DeathMarch 9, 1994
Place of BirthA Coruña, Galicia, Spain
Popularity1.4