Fernando Rey
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."
Known For
Acting
1965
asWorcester
1971
asAlain Charnier
1992
asMarchena
1971
asLuis
1974
asOscar
1975
asAlain Charnier
1972
asDon Rafael
1962
asDon Jaime
1966
asReverend Rattigan
1977
asMathieu Faber
1980
asPolice Captain Torredo
1985
asOhmei Felsberg
1969
asQuintero
1966
asPriest
1966
asSir Percy
1970
asDon Lope
1962
asDr. Charles Taylor
1959
asArbaces, High Priest of Isis
1970
asProf. Xantos
1990
asJudge Torres
1975
asPedro the Anarchist Prisoner
1976
asSecurity Minister
1979
asGrigor
1959
asPrinc Achmed
1970
asDon Antonio
1973
asArthur
1964
asLuis XIV
1984
asSelf
1971
asOld Blind Man
1976
asNathanson
1968
asFuentes
1984
asPoliceman
1974
asProf. Murri
1965
asPresident Castillo
1985
asFray Lupo
1979
asCarlo
1971
asCaptain Moriz
1969
asPinkerton
1973
asM. Nansoit
1992
asFray Juan
1976
asPresident Bru
1947
asSansón Carrasco
1973
asFather Oatley
1972
asDon Rodrigo - Conde de Albrit
1973
asCafiero
1953
as
1954
asMiguel
1953
asFernando
1986
asCardinal Stefano Biondi
1983
asDon Antonio
1967
asCarlos Mª Saldiez
1974
asJacques Berger
1994
asMiguel
1944
asDuque de Alba
1947
asFrondoso
1977
asIvano
1978
asDon Luis
1954
asEl Rey
1970
asJaime Xenos
1971
asJuez Flower
1961
asDon Hernán
1982
asCardinal Santoni
1977
asLuis
1965
asDon Pedro Fortuna
1965
asAgent of the New World Organization
1959
asCaptain Casares
1959
asRamón
1974
asPerrot
1987
asDirector Almirante
1963
asRamiro II, rey de León
1964
asCommissioner of Beirut harbor
1964
asDon Alberto
1990
asSelf
1956
asDon Iñigo
1957
asValentín
1960
asMario
1993
asFranco's Father
1965
asRamòn Quiroga
1960
asValerio
1963
asAl Fakid
1988
asPadre
1988
asAllende
1984
asPiacchi
1948
asDon Felipe "el Hermoso"
1969
asMarco Augusto
1961
asRaimundo Rodríguez de Toledo
1964
asJuan Echarre
1952
asAtracador
1972
asGiovanna's father
1961
asProfesor Héctor de la Barrera
1955
asMonje narrador
1972
asLepidus
1985
asCardinal
1966
asRe Filippo II
1976
asCharles Van Maar
1978
asMax
1989
asRamos
1975
asJudge Vanini
1981
asAntonio Di Maggio
1992
asFather Mauritius
1976
asDon Ramón
1969
asPriest
1954
as
1974
asLuis Ignacio
1985
asWarwick
1990
asPapa Pablo V
1992
asDon Quijote
1982
asAndré
1972
asle directeur de l'hôpital
1989
asPaul Corbet
1965
as(voice)
1981
asEditor
1965
asDer Herzog
1956
asCaptain Rolando
1958
asTío (alternate version)
1957
asCartoni - l'impresario (uncredited)
1981
asCount Stackelberg
1973
asMr. David
1967
asMarco Demoygne
1962
asMáximo García
1963
as
1953
asNarrador (voz)
1966
asZampo
1972
asPadrino Elisa
1961
asBokan the Usurper
1963
asPolice Official
1986
asJoseph
1968
asMerchant
1992
asSultan Saladin
1976
asAlfonso
1988
asDon Nuño
1965
asVerleger Ramos
1965
asLo straniero / The Stranger - Angel of the Lord
1950
asGeneral Palafox/Lorenzo, el pastor
1982
asDon Filippo
1948
as
1954
asMiguel Bermejo
1990
asGran Magno
1964
asEl Rico Pintor
1953
asCarlos Jiménez
1948
asUlises / Capitán Ferragut
1987
asMr. D'Abondo
1946
asJosé
1939
as
1981
asJuez
1949
asJuan Lucas
1963
asSanchez
1951
asÁngel López Veiga
1948
asEnrique Marín Rubio
1957
asPaco
1980
asDon Fernando Valle
1976
asCardenal
1967
asIbram
1960
asSeñor Aguilar
1986
asHimself
1951
asLorenzo Duarte
1952
asMiguel
1945
asJuan Chamizo
1994
asGregorio
1967
asCol. Romero
1967
asGent
1967
asFilipe II
1989
asIl professor Rune
2019
asSelf - Actor / Don Quixote (archive footage)
1989
asSelf
1992
asRamiro Lanza
1985
asRailroad Colonel
1965
asGoldginger
1958
as
1972
asInspector Nardi
1977
asBidara
1958
asNarrator (voice)
1960
as
1951
asNarrador (voz)
1961
asJuez Andonelli
1970
as
1964
asEntrevistador
1981
asContreras
1957
as
1947
asInfante Alfonso
1954
as
1988
asFayón
1959
asDon Luis
1957
asMauricio (voice) (uncredited)
1956
as(voice) (uncredited)
1958
asNarrator (voice) (uncredited)
1940
asExtra (uncredited)
1940
asExtra (uncredited)
1958
asWriter
1949
asNarrator (voice)
1992
asClosing Scene Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1956
as
1967
asNarrator (voice) (uncredited)
1952
as(voz)
1954
asCapellán
1955
asInspector
2000
asSelf (archive footage)
as 
1968
as
1949
as1964
as
1968
as1970
as1962
asNarrator (voice)
1962
asHigh Priest (uncredited)
1998
asSelf (archive footage)
1978
as
asGaspar
asPacheco
asDekker
asCompte de Barcelona
asConte zio
asSeneca
asBaron Della Spina
asHimself - Narrator
asPaul Corbet
asMagistrato Di Nola
asSr. De La Lage
asDon Quijote
asDer Herzog / le duc
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