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Fernando Rey
Born · September 20, 1917
Died · March 9, 1994 (76 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: A Coruña, Galicia, Spain
Bio
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."
El Quijote desde la platea
Self - Actor / Don Quixote (archive footage)
4.5
2019
Speaking of Buñuel
Self (archive footage)
5.9
2000
El cianuro… ¿solo o con leche?
Gregorio
4.3
1994
On the Far Side of the Tunnel
Miguel
4.4
1994
Arnau
Compte de Barcelona · (5 episodes)
0.0
1994
Madregilda
Franco's Father
5.4
1993
Mission of Love
Pacheco · (3 episodes)
0.0
1993
The Sow
Fray Juan
5.8
1992
L'Atlantide
Father Mauritius
5.0
1992
1492: Conquest of Paradise
Marchena
6.3
1992
After the Dream
Ramiro Lanza
5.0
1992
Blood and Dust
Sultan Saladin
0.0
1992
Don Quixote
Closing Scene Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
6.1
1992
El Quijote de Miguel de Cervantes
Don Quijote
8.5
1992
Don Quijote de la Mancha
Don Quijote · (5 episodes)
5.2
1992
Imágenes perdidas
Himself - Narrator · (1 episode)
0.0
1991
Drums of Fire
Papa Pablo V
6.5
1990
Breath of Life
Gran Magno
0.0
1990
Naked Tango
Judge Torres
6.3
1990
Pictures of Europe
Self
0.0
1990
I promessi sposi
Conte zio · (5 episodes)
6.4
1989
Esmeralda Bay
Ramos
4.4
1989
Il ricatto
Magistrato Di Nola · (1 episode)
0.0
1989
La moglie ingenua e il marito malato
Il professor Rune
0.0
1989
Blaues Blut
Dekker · (1 episode)
0.0
1989
Le Grand Secret
Paul Corbet
0.0
1989
Le Grand Secret
Paul Corbet · (6 episodes)
0.0
1989
Buñuel
Self
0.0
1989
Scent of a Crime
Fayón
4.3
1988
Winter Diary
Padre
5.0
1988
Pasodoble
Don Nuño
4.9
1988
The Tunnel
Allende
4.9
1988
The Enchanted Forest
Sr. D'Abondo
6.8
1987
Mi general
Director Almirante
5.4
1987
Luis Buñuel: constructor de infiernos
Himself
6.0
1986
Saving Grace
Cardinal Stefano Biondi
6.1
1986
Paradise Hotel
Joseph
0.0
1986
Star Knight
Fray Lupo
4.1
1985
The House of Ulloa
0.0
1985
Los Pazos de Ulloa
Sr. De La Lage · (4 episodes)
4.5
1985
Black Arrow
Warwick
6.7
1985
Angel of Death
Ohmei Felsberg
4.4
1985
Rustlers' Rhapsody
Railroad Colonel
5.7
1985
Our Father
Cardinal
4.6
1985
A.D.
Seneca · (5 episodes)
4.9
1985
A Strange Passion
Piacchi
4.4
1984
The Hit
Policeman
6.5
1984
The Life and Times of Don Luis Buñuel
Self
7.0
1984
Bearn
Don Antonio
5.5
1983
Monsignor
Cardinal Santoni
4.4
1982
Looking for Jesus
Don Filippo
5.2
1982
A Estrangeira
André
7.0
1982
Trágala, perro
Juez
6.3
1981
Chaste and Pure
Antonio Di Maggio
4.2
1981
The Crime of Cuenca
Contreras
6.8
1981
Honey
Editor
4.8
1981
Lady of the Camelias
Count Stackelberg
6.2
1981
Memorias de Leticia Valle
Don Fernando Valle
6.0
1980
Caboblanco
Police Captain Torredo
5.3
1980
Quintet
Grigor
5.1
1979
Traffic Jam
Carlo
6.8
1979
Rebeldía
Don Luis
0.0
1978
The Last Romantic Lover
Max
4.3
1978
That Obscure Object of Desire
Mathieu Faber
7.4
1977
The Assignment
Bidara
6.0
1977
Eyes Behind the Wall
Ivano
6.4
1977
Elisa, My Life
Luis
6.7
1977
Jesus of Nazareth
Gaspar · (4 episodes)
7.8
1977
Voyage of the Damned
President Bru
5.9
1976
Origins of the Mafia
Baron Della Spina · (5 episodes)
0.0
1976
The Desert of the Tartars
Nathanson
6.8
1976
A Matter of Time
Charles Van Maar
5.1
1976
Manuela
Don Ramón
5.7
1976
Illustrious Corpses
Security Minister
6.8
1976
Striptease
Alfonso
4.0
1976
El segundo poder
Cardenal
5.2
1976
Seven Beauties
Pedro the Anarchist Prisoner
7.4
1975
French Connection II
Alain Charnier
6.8
1975
Smiling Maniacs
Judge Vanini
0.0
1975
The Woman with Red Boots
Perrot
5.7
1974
The Murri Affair
Prof. Murri
6.6
1974
Say it with Flowers
Jacques Berger
4.0
1974
Violent Blood Bath
Oscar
5.9
1974
¿... Y el prójimo?
Luis Ignacio
0.0
1974
White Fang
Father Oatley
6.4
1973
Fall of a Body
M. Nansoit
5.4
1973
One Way
Mr. David
6.2
1973
High Crime
Cafiero
6.3
1973
Tarot
Arthur
4.9
1973
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Don Rafael
7.5
1972
La duda
Don Rodrigo - Conde de Albrit
0.0
1972
Canticle
Padrino Elisa
3.5
1972
White Sister
le directeur de l'hôpital
6.3
1972
Antony and Cleopatra
Lepidus
5.6
1972
The Two Faces of Fear
Inspector Nardi
4.9
1972
This Kind of Love
Giovanna's father
5.5
1972
A Town Called Hell
Old Blind Man
4.9
1971
The French Connection
Alain Charnier
7.5
1971
The Light at the Edge of the World
Captain Moriz
5.9
1971
Cold Eyes of Fear
Juez Flower
5.0
1971
The Great Swindle
Luis
4.4
1971
Compañeros
Prof. Xantos
6.6
1970
Wrath of the Wind
Don Antonio
5.1
1970
Aoom
5.4
1970
Tristana
Don Lope
7.2
1970
The Adventurers
Jaime Xenos
4.5
1970
El mejillón gallego
0.0
1970
The Price of Power
Pinkerton
6.0
1969
A Candidate for a Killing
Marco Augusto
4.5
1969
Land Raiders
Priest
5.1
1969
Guns of the Magnificent Seven
Quintero
5.2
1969
The Immortal Story
Merchant
7.1
1968
Villa Rides
Fuentes
6.3
1968
Los preparativos
0.0
1968
Un pequeño colonizador verde
0.0
1968
Amor en el aire
Carlos Mª Saldiez
5.2
1967
Le avventure e gli amori di Miguel Cervantes
Filipe II
7.5
1967
Run Like a Thief
Col. Romero
0.0
1967
Pero… ¡en qué país vivimos!
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
5.0
1967
The Viscount
5.9
1967
Historia de la frivolidad
Gent
7.0
1967
The Desperate Ones
Ibram
0.0
1967
Navajo Joe
Reverend Rattigan
6.2
1966
Return of the Seven
Priest
6.2
1966
El Greco
Re Filippo II
5.0
1966
Zampo y yo
Zampo
5.2
1966
Attack of the Robots
Sir Percy
5.1
1966
Chimes at Midnight
Worcester
7.1
1965
Der Marquis - der Mann, der sich verkaufen wollte
Verleger Ramos
3.0
1965
Espionage in Lisbon
Agent of the New World Organization
0.0
1965
The Amazing Doctor G
Goldginger
5.6
1965
Don Quijote von der Mancha
Der Herzog / le duc · (4 episodes)
0.0
1965
Legacy of the Incas
President Castillo
5.8
1965
Son of a Gunfighter
Don Pedro Fortuna
4.2
1965
España insólita
(voice)
6.0
1965
The Devil Also Cries
Ramòn Quiroga
5.8
1965
Don Quijote
Der Herzog
0.0
1965
Samson and Gideon
Lo straniero / The Stranger - Angel of the Lord
6.0
1965
La hora incógnita
Sacerdote
5.0
1964
Fin de semana
Entrevistador
6.0
1964
The Palomos
Don Alberto
7.0
1964
The New Cinderella
Juan Echarre
5.8
1964
The Rash One
El Rico Pintor
5.5
1964
Backfire
Commissioner of Beirut harbor
6.4
1964
El señor de La Salle
Luis XIV
7.3
1964
La aventura de Api
0.0
1964
The Ceremony
Sanchez
5.1
1963
The Running Man
Police Official
6.6
1963
Scheherazade
Al Fakid
7.5
1963
The Castilian
Ramiro II, rey de León
0.0
1963
Face of Terror
Dr. Charles Taylor
5.8
1962
My Son, the Hero
Hoher Priester
5.7
1962
Viridiana
Don Jaime
7.6
1962
Rogelia
Máximo García
3.5
1962
Torerillos, 61
Narrator (voice)
5.0
1962
The Savage Guns
Don Hernán
3.3
1961
Siempre es domingo
Juez Andonelli
5.0
1961
Fantasmas en la casa
Raimundo Rodríguez de Toledo
7.3
1961
Goliath Against the Giants
Bokan the Usurper
5.7
1961
Teresa
Profesor Héctor de la Barrera
7.1
1961
The Revolt of the Slaves
Valerio
5.6
1960
Don Lucio and Brother Pío
Señor Aguilar
7.2
1960
Vida sin risas
0.0
1960
Culpables
Mario
5.7
1960
Poison at 2:30
Ramón
6.0
1959
The Last Days of Pompeii
Arbaces, High Priest of Isis
6.1
1959
Sonatas
Captain Casares
4.6
1959
Mission in Morocco
Princ Achmed
0.0
1959
Parque de Madrid
Don Luis
6.0
1959
¡Viva lo imposible!
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
5.5
1958
La Rana Verde
Narrator (voice)
0.0
1958
Revenge
Writer
5.8
1958
The Night Heaven Fell
Tío (alternate version)
4.9
1958
Sevilla Penitente
0.0
1958
Un marido de ida y vuelta
Paco
4.0
1957
Madrugada
Mauricio (voice) (uncredited)
5.0
1957
Day of Fear
0.0
1957
Faustina
Valentín
5.7
1957
The Singer from Mexico
Cartoni - l'impresario (uncredited)
6.3
1957
Don Juan
Don Iñigo
6.2
1956
Playa prohibida
5.0
1956
The Adventures of Gil Blas
Capitán Rolando
0.0
1956
La vida en un bloc
(voice) (uncredited)
5.0
1956
Billete para Tánger
Inspector
0.0
1955
The Miracle of Marcelino
Monje narrador
7.2
1955
Comedians
Miguel
5.7
1954
Rebeldía
Capellán
0.0
1954
El alcalde de Zalamea
El Rey
7.5
1954
Crimen en el entreacto
0.0
1954
Cristo
0.0
1954
Las últimas banderas
Miguel Bermejo
0.0
1954
Airport
Fernando
5.3
1953
Welcome Mr. Marshall!
Narrador (voz)
7.4
1953
Cabaret
Carlos Jiménez
4.5
1953
The Lovers of Toledo
1.0
1953
La laguna negra
Miguel
8.0
1952
Flamenco
(voz)
6.6
1952
The Devil's Roundup
Atracador
0.0
1952
La señora de Fátima
Lorenzo Duarte
5.8
1951
Air Lashings
Narrador (voz)
3.0
1951
Black Sky
Ángel López Veiga
6.1
1951
Agustina of Aragon
General Palafox/Lorenzo, el pastor
6.0
1950
Sabela De Cambados
Narrator (voice)
5.0
1949
Aventuras de Juan Lucas
Juan Lucas
0.0
1949
Noche de Reyes
0.0
1949
Mare nostrum
Ulises / Capitán Ferragut
5.7
1948
Noche de reyes
0.0
1948
Locura de amor
Don Felipe "el Hermoso"
4.9
1948
Si te hubieses casado conmigo
Enrique Marín Rubio
5.2
1948
Fuenteovejuna
Frondoso
5.7
1947
Don Quixote
Sansón Carrasco
5.6
1947
Reina santa
Infante Alfonso
4.5
1947
La pródiga
José
0.0
1946
Los últimos de Filipinas
Juan Chamizo
5.8
1945
Eugenia de Montijo
Duque de Alba
5.0
1944
El rey que rabió
Extra (uncredited)
0.0
1940
Leyenda rota
Extra (uncredited)
0.0
1940
Los cuatro robinsones
0.0
1939
Señores del espacio
0.0