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