Fernando Rey
Acting
Born: September 20, 1917 · A Coruña, Galicia, Spain
Died: March 9, 1994 (aged 76)
Highest Rated
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
The French Connection
1971
1492: Conquest of Paradise
1992
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
1972
Jesus of Nazareth
1977
Viridiana
1962
French Connection II
1975
That Obscure Object of Desire
1977
Return of the Seven
1966
The Miracle of Marcelino
1955
Tristana
1970
Chimes at Midnight
1965
The Hit
1984
Photos (8)
Movies (195)
The French Connection
Alain Charnier
1492: Conquest of Paradise
Marchena
French Connection II
Alain Charnier
The Rash One
El Rico Pintor
That Obscure Object of Desire
Mathieu Faber
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Don Rafael
La pródiga
José
The Hit
Policeman
Guns of the Magnificent Seven
Quintero
Honey
Editor
Return of the Seven
Priest
Voyage of the Damned
President Bru
Viridiana
Don Jaime
Chimes at Midnight
Worcester
The Miracle of Marcelino
Monje narrador
Scheherazade
Al Fakid
Navajo Joe
Reverend Rattigan
The Savage Guns
Don Hernán
Villa Rides
Fuentes
Tristana
Don Lope
Compañeros
Prof. Xantos
Saving Grace
Cardinal Stefano Biondi
The Last Days of Pompeii
Arbaces, High Priest of Isis
A Town Called Bastard
Old Blind Man
Quintet
Grigor
The Running Man
Police Official
The Adventurers
Jaime Xenos
Naked Tango
Judge Torres
Caboblanco
Police Captain Torredo
The Light at the Edge of the World
Captain Moriz
White Fang
Father Oatley
After the Dream
Ramiro Lanza
A Matter of Time
Charles Van Maar
Our Father
Cardinal
Mi general
Director Almirante
Seven Beauties
Pedro the Anarchist Prisoner
Angel of Death
Ohmei Felsberg
Antony and Cleopatra
Lepidus
The Immortal Story
Merchant
The Woman with Red Boots
Perrot
Monsignor
Cardinal Santoni
Lady of the Camelias
Count Stackelberg
Don Juan
Don Iñigo
Elisa, My Life
Luis
Star Knight
Fray Lupo
My Son, the Hero
High Priest (uncredited)
Wrath of the Wind
Don Antonio
The Desert of the Tartars
Nathanson
Welcome Mr. Marshall!
Narrador (voz)
Backfire
Commissioner of Beirut harbor
Fuenteovejuna
Frondoso
Illustrious Corpses
Security Minister
Rustlers' Rhapsody
Railroad Colonel
Los preparativos
1968
Le avventure e gli amori di Miguel Cervantes
Filipe II
Traffic Jam
Carlo
Cold Eyes of Fear
Juez Flower
Legacy of the Incas
President Castillo
Agustina of Aragon
General Palafox/Lorenzo, el pastor
Violent Blood Bath
Oscar
Rebeldía
Capellán
Black Arrow
Warwick
Day of Fear
1957
Goliath Against the Giants
Bokan the Usurper
Land Raiders
Priest
Don Quixote
Closing Scene Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
El segundo poder
Cardenal
High Crime
Cafiero
Samson and Gideon
Lo straniero / The Stranger - Angel of the Lord
Madregilda
Franco's Father
The Tunnel
Allende
The Last Romantic Lover
Max
The Night Heaven Fell
Tío (alternate version)
The Lovers of Toledo
1953
A Strange Passion
Piacchi
Striptease
Alfonso
Chaste and Pure
Antonio Di Maggio
Scent of a Crime
Fayón
Don Quijote
Der Herzog
The Price of Power
Pinkerton
El Greco
Re Filippo II
Drums of Fire
Papa Pablo V
Memorias de Leticia Valle
Don Fernando Valle
The Desperate Ones
Ibram
Son of a Gunfighter
Don Pedro Fortuna
Paradise Hotel
Joseph
White Sister
le directeur de l'hôpital
The Amazing Doctor G
Goldginger
Canticle
Padrino Elisa
Revenge
Writer
The Castilian
Ramiro II, rey de León
Eyes Behind the Wall
Ivano
The Enchanted Forest
Mr. D'Abondo
La moglie ingenua e il marito malato
Il professor Rune
Pero… ¡en qué país vivimos!
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Ceremony
Sanchez
The Two Faces of Fear
Inspector Nardi
Rogelia
Máximo García
Don Lucio and Brother Pío
Señor Aguilar
El alcalde de Zalamea
El Rey
Locura de amor
Don Felipe "el Hermoso"
Zampo y yo
Zampo
Don Quixote
Sansón Carrasco
The Great Swindle
Luis
Un marido de ida y vuelta
Paco
Esmeralda Bay
Ramos
Billete para Tánger
Inspector
¡Viva lo imposible!
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Adventures of Gil Blas
Captain Rolando
Vida sin risas
1960
The Singer from Mexico
Cartoni - l'impresario (uncredited)
Attack of the Robots
Sir Percy
Mare nostrum
Ulises / Capitán Ferragut
The Revolt of the Slaves
Valerio
Poison at 2:30
Ramón
The Assignment
Bidara
Noche de reyes
1948
One Way
Mr. David
The Murri Affair
Prof. Murri
Historia de la frivolidad
Gent
Sabela De Cambados
Narrator (voice)
Amor en el aire
Carlos Mª Saldiez
Aoom
1970
Smiling Maniacs
Judge Vanini
Airport
Fernando
Face of Terror
Dr. Charles Taylor
Siempre es domingo
Juez Andonelli
Sonatas
Captain Casares
España insólita
(voice)
Say it with Flowers
Jacques Berger
The Devil Also Cries
Ramòn Quiroga
Manuela
Don Ramón
L'Atlantide
Father Mauritius
La laguna negra
Miguel
Tarot
Arthur
The Crime of Cuenca
Contreras
Espionage in Lisbon
Agent of the New World Organization
La hora incógnita
1963
La señora de Fátima
Lorenzo Duarte
The Sow
Fray Juan
Black Sky
Ángel López Veiga
Paco, mi padre
1992
El señor de La Salle
Luis XIV
Comedians
Miguel
Breath of Life
Gran Magno
Los últimos de Filipinas
Juan Chamizo
A Candidate for a Killing
Marco Augusto
El cianuro… ¿solo o con leche?
Gregorio
This Kind of Love
Giovanna's father
The Viscount
Marco Demoygne
Culpables
Mario
A Estrangeira
André
Pasodoble
Don Nuño
Looking for Jesus
Don Filippo
The Devil's Roundup
Atracador
Fall of a Body
M. Nansoit
Aventuras de Juan Lucas
Juan Lucas
Reina santa
Infante Alfonso
Eugenia de Montijo
Duque de Alba
Si te hubieses casado conmigo
Enrique Marín Rubio
La princesa de los Ursinos
Felipe V
Crimen en el entreacto
1954
¿... Y el prójimo?
Luis Ignacio
Der Marquis - der Mann, der sich verkaufen wollte
Verleger Ramos
Rebeldía
Don Luis
Playa prohibida
1956
On the Far Side of the Tunnel
Miguel
Fin de semana
Entrevistador
Le Grand Secret
Paul Corbet
The New Cinderella
Juan Echarre
Faustina
Valentín
Air Lashings
Narrador (voz)
Bearn
Don Antonio
El Quijote de Miguel de Cervantes
Don Quijote
La vida en un bloc
(voice) (uncredited)
Teresa
Profesor Héctor de la Barrera
Winter Diary
Padre
Fantasmas en la casa
Raimundo Rodríguez de Toledo
Mission in Morocco
Princ Achmed
Run Like a Thief
Col. Romero
Blood and Dust
Sultan Saladin
Leyenda rota
Extra (uncredited)
Las últimas banderas
Miguel Bermejo
La Rana Verde
Narrator (voice)
The Palomos
Don Alberto
Trágala, perro
Juez
Madrugada
Mauricio (voice) (uncredited)
Cabaret
Carlos Jiménez
Flamenco
(voz)
Los cuatro robinsones
1939
El rey que rabió
Extra (uncredited)
Cristo
1954
Parque de Madrid
Don Luis
La duda
Don Rodrigo - Conde de Albrit
Un pequeño colonizador verde
1968
TV Shows (11)
Jesus of Nazareth
Gaspar · 4 eps
A.D.
Seneca · 5 eps
Origins of the Mafia
Baron Della Spina · 1 eps
I promessi sposi
Conte zio · 5 eps
Mission of Love
Pacheco · 3 eps
Historia de España: La noche de los tiempos
Narrador (voz) · 23 eps
Don Quijote von der Mancha
Der Herzog / le duc · 4 eps
Le Grand Secret
Paul Corbet · 6 eps
Arnau
Compte de Barcelona · 5 eps
The House of Ulloa
Sr. De La Lage · 4 eps
Don Quijote de la Mancha
Don Quijote · 5 eps
Self / Appearances (7)
Ciné regards
Self · 1 eps
Buñuel
Self
The Life and Times of Don Luis Buñuel
Self
Pictures of Europe
Self
Speaking of Buñuel
Self (archive footage)
El Quijote desde la platea
Self - Actor / Don Quixote (archive footage)
Les paradoxes de Buñuel
Self (archive footage)