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 El Quijote desde la platea
2019
Self - Actor / Don Quixote (archive footage)
Details Speaking of Buñuel
2000
Self (archive footage)
Details El cianuro… ¿solo o con leche?
1994
Gregorio
Details On the Far Side of the Tunnel
1994
Miguel
Details Madregilda
1993
Franco's Father
Details L'Atlantide
1992
Father Mauritius
Details 1492: Conquest of Paradise
1992
Marchena
Details After the Dream
1992
Ramiro Lanza
Details Blood and Dust
1992
Sultan Saladin
Details Don Quixote
1992
Closing Scene Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Details El Quijote de Miguel de Cervantes
1992
Don Quijote
Details Drums of Fire
1990
Papa Pablo V
Details Breath of Life
1990
Gran Magno
Details Naked Tango
1990
Judge Torres
Details La moglie ingenua e il marito malato
1989
Il professor Rune
Details Le Grand Secret
1989
Paul Corbet
Details The Enchanted Forest
1987
Sr. D'Abondo
Details Mi general
1987
Director Almirante
Details Luis Buñuel: constructor de infiernos
1986
Himself
Details Saving Grace
1986
Cardinal Stefano Biondi
Details The House of Ulloa
1985
Character TBA
Details Angel of Death
1985
Ohmei Felsberg
Details Rustlers' Rhapsody
1985
Railroad Colonel
Details A Strange Passion
1984
Piacchi
Details The Life and Times of Don Luis Buñuel
1984
Self
Details Monsignor
1982
Cardinal Santoni
Details Looking for Jesus
1982
Don Filippo
Details Chaste and Pure
1981
Antonio Di Maggio
Details The Crime of Cuenca
1981
Contreras
Details Lady of the Camelias
1981
Count Stackelberg
Details Cabo Blanco
1980
Police Captain Torredo
Details Memorias de Leticia Valle
1980
Don Fernando Valle
Details The Last Romantic Lover
1978
Max
Details That Obscure Object of Desire
1977
Mathieu Faber
Details Eyes Behind the Wall
1977
Ivano
Details Voyage of the Damned
1976
President Bru
Details The Desert of the Tartars
1976
Nathanson
Details A Matter of Time
1976
Charles Van Maar
Details Illustrious Corpses
1976
Security Minister
Details El segundo poder
1976
Cardenal
Details Seven Beauties
1975
Pedro the Anarchist Prisoner
Details French Connection II
1975
Alain Charnier
Details Smiling Maniacs
1975
Judge Vanini
Details The Woman with Red Boots
1974
Perrot
Details The Murri Affair
1974
Prof. Murri
Details Say it with Flowers
1974
Jacques Berger
Details Violent Blood Bath
1974
Oscar
Details ¿... Y el prójimo?
1974
Luis Ignacio
Details White Fang
1973
Father Oatley
Details Fall of a Body
1973
M. Nansoit
Details The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
1972
Don Rafael
Details La duda
1972
Don Rodrigo - Conde de Albrit
Details White Sister
1972
le directeur de l'hôpital
Details Antony and Cleopatra
1972
Lepidus
Details The Two Faces of Fear
1972
Inspector Nardi
Details This Kind of Love
1972
Giovanna's father
Details A Town Called Hell
1971
Old Blind Man
Details The French Connection
1971
Alain Charnier
Details The Light at the Edge of the World
1971
Captain Moriz
Details Cold Eyes of Fear
1971
Juez Flower
Details Wrath of the Wind
1970
Don Antonio
Details The Adventurers
1970
Jaime Xenos
Details El mejillón gallego
1970
Character TBA
Details The Price of Power
1969
Pinkerton
Details A Candidate for a Killing
1969
Marco Augusto
Details Guns of the Magnificent Seven
1969
Quintero
Details The Immortal Story
1968
Merchant
Details Los preparativos
1968
Character TBA
Details Un pequeño colonizador verde
1968
Character TBA
Details Amor en el aire
1967
Carlos Mª Saldiez
Details Le avventure e gli amori di Miguel Cervantes
1967
Filipe II
Details Run Like a Thief
1967
Col. Romero
Details Pero… ¡en qué país vivimos!
1967
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Details The Viscount
1967
Character TBA
Details Historia de la frivolidad
1967
Gent
Details The Desperate Ones
1967
Ibram
Details Navajo Joe
1966
Reverend Rattigan
Details Return of the Seven
1966
Priest
Details Attack of the Robots
1966
Sir Percy
Details Chimes at Midnight
1965
Worcester
Details Der Marquis - der Mann, der sich verkaufen wollte
1965
Verleger Ramos
Details Espionage in Lisbon
1965
Agent of the New World Organization
Details The Amazing Doctor G
1965
Goldginger
Details Legacy of the Incas
1965
President Castillo
Details Son of a Gunfighter
1965
Don Pedro Fortuna
Details The Devil Also Cries
1965
Ramòn Quiroga
Details Samson and Gideon
1965
Lo straniero / The Stranger - Angel of the Lord
Details La hora incógnita
1964
Sacerdote
Details Fin de semana
1964
Entrevistador
Details The New Cinderella
1964
Juan Echarre
Details The Rash One
1964
El Rico Pintor
Details Backfire
1964
Commissioner of Beirut harbor
Details El señor de La Salle
1964
Luis XIV
Details La aventura de Api
1964
Character TBA
Details The Running Man
1963
Police Official
Details The Castilian
1963
Ramiro II, rey de León
Details Face of Terror
1962
Dr. Charles Taylor
Details My Son, the Hero
1962
Hoher Priester
Details The Savage Guns
1961
Don Hernán
Details Siempre es domingo
1961
Juez Andonelli
Details Fantasmas en la casa
1961
Raimundo Rodríguez de Toledo
Details Goliath Against the Giants
1961
Bokan the Usurper
Details Teresa
1961
Profesor Héctor de la Barrera
Details The Revolt of the Slaves
1960
Valerio
Details Don Lucio and Brother Pío
1960
Señor Aguilar
Details Vida sin risas
1960
Character TBA
Details The Last Days of Pompeii
1959
Arbaces, High Priest of Isis
Details Mission in Morocco
1959
Princ Achmed
Details Parque de Madrid
1959
Don Luis
Details ¡Viva lo imposible!
1958
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Details La Rana Verde
1958
Narrator (voice)
Details The Night Heaven Fell
1958
Tío (alternate version)
Details Sevilla Penitente
1958
Character TBA
Details Un marido de ida y vuelta
1957
Paco
Details Madrugada
1957
Mauricio (voice) (uncredited)
Details Day of Fear
1957
Character TBA
Details The Singer from Mexico
1957
Cartoni - l'impresario (uncredited)
Details Playa prohibida
1956
Character TBA
Details The Adventures of Gil Blas
1956
Capitán Rolando
Details La vida en un bloc
1956
(voice) (uncredited)
Details Billete para Tánger
1955
Inspector
Details The Miracle of Marcelino
1955
Monje narrador
Details El alcalde de Zalamea
1954
El Rey
Details Crimen en el entreacto
1954
Character TBA
Details Las últimas banderas
1954
Miguel Bermejo
Details Welcome Mr. Marshall!
1953
Narrador (voz)
Details The Lovers of Toledo
1953
Character TBA
Details The Devil's Roundup
1952
Atracador
Details La señora de Fátima
1951
Lorenzo Duarte
Details Air Lashings
1951
Narrador (voz)
Details Black Sky
1951
Ángel López Veiga
Details Agustina of Aragon
1950
General Palafox/Lorenzo, el pastor
Details Sabela De Cambados
1949
Narrator (voice)
Details Aventuras de Juan Lucas
1949
Juan Lucas
Details Noche de Reyes
1949
Character TBA
Details Mare nostrum
1948
Ulises / Capitán Ferragut
Details Noche de reyes
1948
Character TBA
Details Locura de amor
1948
Don Felipe "el Hermoso"
Details Si te hubieses casado conmigo
1948
Enrique Marín Rubio
Details Don Quixote
1947
Sansón Carrasco
Details Reina santa
1947
Infante Alfonso
Details Los últimos de Filipinas
1945
Juan Chamizo
Details Eugenia de Montijo
1944
Duque de Alba
Details El rey que rabió
1940
Extra (uncredited)
Details Leyenda rota
1940
Extra (uncredited)
Details Los cuatro robinsones
1939
Character TBA
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