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