Fernando Rey
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."
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Films (208)
El Quijote desde la platea
2019 · Self - Actor / Don Quixote (archive footage)
Speaking of Buñuel
2000 · Self (archive footage)
Les paradoxes de Buñuel
1998 · Self (archive footage)
El cianuro… ¿solo o con leche?
1994 · Gregorio
On the Far Side of the Tunnel
1994 · Miguel
Madregilda
1993 · Franco's Father
The Sow
1992 · Fray Juan
L'Atlantide
1992 · Father Mauritius
Paco, mi padre
1992
After the Dream
1992 · Ramiro Lanza
Blood and Dust
1992 · Sultan Saladin
1492: Conquest of Paradise
1992 · Marchena
Don Quixote
1992 · Closing Scene Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
El Quijote de Miguel de Cervantes
1992 · Don Quijote
Drums of Fire
1990 · Papa Pablo V
Breath of Life
1990 · Gran Magno
Naked Tango
1990 · Judge Torres
Pictures of Europe
1990 · Self
Esmeralda Bay
1989 · Ramos
La moglie ingenua e il marito malato
1989 · Il professor Rune
Le Grand Secret
1989 · Paul Corbet
Buñuel
1989 · Self
Scent of a Crime
1988 · Fayón
Winter Diary
1988 · Padre
Pasodoble
1988 · Don Nuño
The Tunnel
1988 · Allende
The Enchanted Forest
1987 · Mr. D'Abondo
Mi general
1987 · Director Almirante
Luis Buñuel: constructor de infiernos
1986 · Self
Saving Grace
1986 · Cardinal Stefano Biondi
Paradise Hotel
1986 · Joseph
Star Knight
1985 · Fray Lupo
Black Arrow
1985 · Warwick
Angel of Death
1985 · Ohmei Felsberg
Rustlers' Rhapsody
1985 · Railroad Colonel
Our Father
1985 · Cardinal
A Strange Passion
1984 · Piacchi
The Hit
1984 · Policeman
The Life and Times of Don Luis Buñuel
1984 · Self
Bearn
1983 · Don Antonio
Monsignor
1982 · Cardinal Santoni
Looking for Jesus
1982 · Don Filippo
A Estrangeira
1982 · André
Trágala, perro
1981 · Juez
Chaste and Pure
1981 · Antonio Di Maggio
The Crime of Cuenca
1981 · Contreras
Honey
1981 · Editor
Lady of the Camelias
1981 · Count Stackelberg
Memorias de Leticia Valle
1980 · Don Fernando Valle
Caboblanco
1980 · Police Captain Torredo
Quintet
1979 · Grigor
Traffic Jam
1979 · Carlo
Rebeldía
1978 · Don Luis
The Last Romantic Lover
1978 · Max
That Obscure Object of Desire
1977 · Mathieu Faber
The Assignment
1977 · Bidara
Eyes Behind the Wall
1977 · Ivano
Elisa, My Life
1977 · Luis
Voyage of the Damned
1976 · President Bru
The Desert of the Tartars
1976 · Nathanson
A Matter of Time
1976 · Charles Van Maar
Manuela
1976 · Don Ramón
Illustrious Corpses
1976 · Security Minister
Striptease
1976 · Alfonso
El segundo poder
1976 · Cardenal
Seven Beauties
1975 · Pedro the Anarchist Prisoner
French Connection II
1975 · Alain Charnier
Smiling Maniacs
1975 · Judge Vanini
The Woman with Red Boots
1974 · Perrot
The Murri Affair
1974 · Prof. Murri
Say it with Flowers
1974 · Jacques Berger
Violent Blood Bath
1974 · Oscar
¿... Y el prójimo?
1974 · Luis Ignacio
White Fang
1973 · Father Oatley
Fall of a Body
1973 · M. Nansoit
One Way
1973 · Mr. David
High Crime
1973 · Cafiero
Tarot
1973 · Arthur
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
1972 · Don Rafael
La duda
1972 · Don Rodrigo - Conde de Albrit
Canticle
1972 · Padrino Elisa
White Sister
1972 · le directeur de l'hôpital
Antony and Cleopatra
1972 · Lepidus
The Two Faces of Fear
1972 · Inspector Nardi
This Kind of Love
1972 · Giovanna's father
A Town Called Bastard
1971 · Old Blind Man
The French Connection
1971 · Alain Charnier
The Light at the Edge of the World
1971 · Captain Moriz
Cold Eyes of Fear
1971 · Juez Flower
The Great Swindle
1971 · Luis
Compañeros
1970 · Prof. Xantos
Wrath of the Wind
1970 · Don Antonio
Aoom
1970
Tristana
1970 · Don Lope
The Adventurers
1970 · Jaime Xenos
El mejillón gallego
1970
The Price of Power
1969 · Pinkerton
A Candidate for a Killing
1969 · Marco Augusto
Land Raiders
1969 · Priest
Guns of the Magnificent Seven
1969 · Quintero
The Immortal Story
1968 · Merchant
Villa Rides
1968 · Fuentes
Los preparativos
1968
Un pequeño colonizador verde
1968
Amor en el aire
1967 · Carlos Mª Saldiez
Le avventure e gli amori di Miguel Cervantes
1967 · Filipe II
Run Like a Thief
1967 · Col. Romero
Pero… ¡en qué país vivimos!
1967 · Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Desperate Ones
1967 · Ibram
The Viscount
1967 · Marco Demoygne
Historia de la frivolidad
1967 · Gent
Navajo Joe
1966 · Reverend Rattigan
Return of the Seven
1966 · Priest
El Greco
1966 · Re Filippo II
Zampo y yo
1966 · Zampo
Attack of the Robots
1966 · Sir Percy
Chimes at Midnight
1965 · Worcester
Der Marquis - der Mann, der sich verkaufen wollte
1965 · Verleger Ramos
Espionage in Lisbon
1965 · Agent of the New World Organization
The Amazing Doctor G
1965 · Goldginger
Legacy of the Incas
1965 · President Castillo
Son of a Gunfighter
1965 · Don Pedro Fortuna
España insólita
1965 · (voice)
The Devil Also Cries
1965 · Ramòn Quiroga
Don Quijote
1965 · Der Herzog
Samson and Gideon
1965 · Lo straniero / The Stranger - Angel of the Lord
Fin de semana
1964 · Entrevistador
The Palomos
1964 · Don Alberto
The New Cinderella
1964 · Juan Echarre
The Rash One
1964 · El Rico Pintor
Backfire
1964 · Commissioner of Beirut harbor
El señor de La Salle
1964 · Luis XIV
La aventura de Api
1964
The Ceremony
1963 · Sanchez
La hora incógnita
1963
The Running Man
1963 · Police Official
Scheherazade
1963 · Al Fakid
The Castilian
1963 · Ramiro II, rey de León
Face of Terror
1962 · Dr. Charles Taylor
My Son, the Hero
1962 · High Priest (uncredited)
Viridiana
1962 · Don Jaime
Rogelia
1962 · Máximo García
Torerillos, 61
1962 · Narrator (voice)
The Savage Guns
1961 · Don Hernán
Siempre es domingo
1961 · Juez Andonelli
Fantasmas en la casa
1961 · Raimundo Rodríguez de Toledo
Goliath Against the Giants
1961 · Bokan the Usurper
Teresa
1961 · Profesor Héctor de la Barrera
The Revolt of the Slaves
1960 · Valerio
Don Lucio and Brother Pío
1960 · Señor Aguilar
Vida sin risas
1960
Culpables
1960 · Mario
Poison at 2:30
1959 · Ramón
The Last Days of Pompeii
1959 · Arbaces, High Priest of Isis
Sonatas
1959 · Captain Casares
Mission in Morocco
1959 · Princ Achmed
Parque de Madrid
1959 · Don Luis
¡Viva lo imposible!
1958 · Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
La Rana Verde
1958 · Narrator (voice)
Revenge
1958 · Writer
The Night Heaven Fell
1958 · Tío (alternate version)
Sevilla Penitente
1958
Un marido de ida y vuelta
1957 · Paco
Madrugada
1957 · Mauricio (voice) (uncredited)
Day of Fear
1957
Faustina
1957 · Valentín
The Singer from Mexico
1957 · Cartoni - l'impresario (uncredited)
Don Juan
1956 · Don Iñigo
Playa prohibida
1956
The Adventures of Gil Blas
1956 · Captain Rolando
La vida en un bloc
1956 · (voice) (uncredited)
Billete para Tánger
1955 · Inspector
The Miracle of Marcelino
1955 · Monje narrador
Comedians
1954 · Miguel
Rebeldía
1954 · Capellán
El alcalde de Zalamea
1954 · El Rey
Crimen en el entreacto
1954
Cristo
1954
Las últimas banderas
1954 · Miguel Bermejo
Airport
1953 · Fernando
Welcome Mr. Marshall!
1953 · Narrador (voz)
Cabaret
1953 · Carlos Jiménez
The Lovers of Toledo
1953
La laguna negra
1952 · Miguel
Flamenco
1952 · (voz)
The Devil's Roundup
1952 · Atracador
La señora de Fátima
1951 · Lorenzo Duarte
Air Lashings
1951 · Narrador (voz)
Black Sky
1951 · Ángel López Veiga
Agustina of Aragon
1950 · General Palafox/Lorenzo, el pastor
Sabela De Cambados
1949 · Narrator (voice)
Aventuras de Juan Lucas
1949 · Juan Lucas
Mare nostrum
1948 · Ulises / Capitán Ferragut
Noche de reyes
1948
Locura de amor
1948 · Don Felipe "el Hermoso"
La próxima vez que vivamos
1948 · Óscar Mulden
Si te hubieses casado conmigo
1948 · Enrique Marín Rubio
Fuenteovejuna
1947 · Frondoso
La princesa de los Ursinos
1947 · Felipe V
Don Quixote
1947 · Sansón Carrasco
Reina santa
1947 · Infante Alfonso
La pródiga
1946 · José
Los últimos de Filipinas
1945 · Juan Chamizo
Eugenia de Montijo
1944 · Duque de Alba
El rey que rabió
1940 · Extra (uncredited)
Leyenda rota
1940 · Extra (uncredited)
The Four Robinsons
1939
Señores del espacio
Séries (16)
Arnau
1994 · Compte de Barcelona
Mission of Love
1993 · Pacheco
Don Quijote de la Mancha
1992 · Don Quijote
Imágenes perdidas
1991 · Himself - Narrator
I promessi sposi
1989 · Conte zio
Il ricatto
1989 · Magistrato Di Nola
Blaues Blut
1989 · Dekker
Le Grand Secret
1989 · Paul Corbet
The House of Ulloa
1985 · Sr. De La Lage
A.D.
1985 · Seneca
Ciné regards
1978 · Self
Jesus of Nazareth
1977 · Gaspar
Origins of the Mafia
1976 · Baron Della Spina
Historia de España: La noche de los tiempos
1972 · Narrador (voz)
Film '72
1971 · Self
Don Quijote von der Mancha
1965 · Der Herzog / le duc