Fernando Rey
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1917-09-20
Day of Death
1994-03-09 (76 years old)
Place of Birth
A Coruña, Galicia, Spain
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
Acting
(2019)
El Quijote desde la platea
as Self - Actor / Don Quixote (archive footage)
(2000)
Speaking of Buñuel
as Self (archive footage)
(1994)
On the Far Side of the Tunnel
as Miguel
(1994)
El cianuro… ¿solo o con leche?
as Gregorio
(1993)
Madregilda
as Franco's Father
(1992)
1492: Conquest of Paradise
as Marchena
(1992)
L'Atlantide
as Father Mauritius
(1992)
El Quijote de Miguel de Cervantes
as Don Quijote
(1992)
Don Quixote
as Closing Scene Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
(1992)
The Sow
as Fray Juan
(1992)
After the Dream
as Ramiro Lanza
(1992)
Blood and Dust
as Sultan Saladin
(1990)
Breath of Life
as Gran Magno
(1990)
Drums of Fire
as Papa Pablo V
(1990)
Naked Tango
as Judge Torres
(1990)
Pictures of Europe
as Self
(1989)
Esmeralda Bay
as Ramos
(1989)
Le Grand Secret
as Paul Corbet
(1989)
La moglie ingenua e il marito malato
as Il professor Rune
(1989)
Buñuel
as Self
(1988)
The Tunnel
as Allende
(1988)
Scent of a Crime
as Fayón
(1988)
Winter Diary
as Padre
(1988)
Pasodoble
as Don Nuño
(1987)
The Enchanted Forest
as Mr. D'Abondo
(1987)
Mi general
as Director Almirante
(1986)
Paradise Hotel
as Joseph
(1986)
Saving Grace
as Cardinal Stefano Biondi
(1986)
Luis Buñuel: constructor de infiernos
as Himself
(1985)
Star Knight
as Fray Lupo
(1985)
Black Arrow
as Warwick
(1985)
Rustlers' Rhapsody
as Railroad Colonel
(1985)
Angel of Death
as Ohmei Felsberg
(1985)
Our Father
as Cardinal
(1985)
(1984)
The Hit
as Policeman
(1984)
A Strange Passion
as Piacchi
(1984)
(1983)
Bearn
as Don Antonio
(1982)
Monsignor
as Cardinal Santoni
(1982)
Looking for Jesus
as Don Filippo
(1982)
A Estrangeira
as André
(1981)
Honey
as Editor
(1981)
Chaste and Pure
as Antonio Di Maggio
(1981)
Lady of the Camelias
as Count Stackelberg
(1981)
Trágala, perro
as Juez
(1981)
The Crime of Cuenca
as Contreras
(1980)
Caboblanco
as Police Captain Torredo
(1980)
Memorias de Leticia Valle
as Don Fernando Valle
(1979)
Traffic Jam
as Carlo
(1979)
Quintet
as Grigor
(1978)
The Last Romantic Lover
as Max
(1978)
Rebeldía
as Don Luis
(1977)
That Obscure Object of Desire
as Mathieu Faber
(1977)
Elisa, My Life
as Luis
(1977)
Eyes Behind the Wall
as Ivano
(1977)
The Assignment
as Bidara
(1976)
The Desert of the Tartars
as Nathanson
(1976)
Voyage of the Damned
as President Bru
(1976)
Illustrious Corpses
as Security Minister
(1976)
Striptease
as Alfonso
(1976)
Manuela
as Don Ramón
(1976)
A Matter of Time
as Charles Van Maar
(1976)
El segundo poder
as Cardenal
(1975)
French Connection II
as Alain Charnier
(1975)
Seven Beauties
as Pedro the Anarchist Prisoner
(1975)
Smiling Maniacs
as Judge Vanini
(1974)
The Woman with Red Boots
as Perrot
(1974)
Say it with Flowers
as Jacques Berger
(1974)
Violent Blood Bath
as Oscar
(1974)
The Murri Affair
as Prof. Murri
(1974)
¿... Y el prójimo?
as Luis Ignacio
(1973)
White Fang
as Father Oatley
(1973)
Fall of a Body
as M. Nansoit
(1973)
High Crime
as Cafiero
(1973)
One Way
as Mr. David
(1973)
Tarot
as Arthur
(1972)
Antony and Cleopatra
as Lepidus
(1972)
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
as Don Rafael
(1972)
The Two Faces of Fear
as Inspector Nardi
(1972)
White Sister
as le directeur de l'hôpital
(1972)
La duda
as Don Rodrigo - Conde de Albrit
(1972)
This Kind of Love
as Giovanna's father
(1972)
Canticle
as Padrino Elisa
(1971)
The French Connection
as Alain Charnier
(1971)
The Light at the Edge of the World
as Captain Moriz
(1971)
A Town Called Hell
as Old Blind Man
(1971)
Cold Eyes of Fear
as Juez Flower
(1971)
The Great Swindle
as Luis
(1970)
Compañeros
as Prof. Xantos
(1970)
Tristana
as Don Lope
(1970)
The Adventurers
as Jaime Xenos
(1970)
Wrath of the Wind
as Don Antonio
(1970)
(1970)
(1969)
Guns of the Magnificent Seven
as Quintero
(1969)
Land Raiders
as Priest
(1969)
The Price of Power
as Pinkerton
(1969)
A Candidate for a Killing
as Marco Augusto
(1968)
Villa Rides
as Fuentes
(1968)
The Immortal Story
as Merchant
(1968)
(1968)
(1967)
Le avventure e gli amori di Miguel Cervantes
as Filipe II
(1967)
The Desperate Ones
as Ibram
(1967)
The Viscount
as Marco Demoygne
(1967)
Pero… ¡en qué país vivimos!
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
(1967)
Amor en el aire
as Carlos Mª Saldiez
(1967)
Run Like a Thief
as Col. Romero
(1967)
Historia de la frivolidad
as Gent
(1966)
Navajo Joe
as Reverend Rattigan
(1966)
Return of the Seven
as Priest
(1966)
Attack of the Robots
as Sir Percy
(1966)
El Greco
as Re Filippo II
(1966)
Zampo y yo
as Zampo
(1965)
Chimes at Midnight
as Worcester
(1965)
Samson and Gideon
as Lo straniero / The Stranger - Angel of the Lord
(1965)
Legacy of the Incas
as President Castillo
(1965)
The Amazing Doctor G
as Goldginger
(1965)
Son of a Gunfighter
as Don Pedro Fortuna
(1965)
Don Quijote
as Der Herzog
(1965)
Espionage in Lisbon
as Agent of the New World Organization
(1965)
The Devil Also Cries
as Ramòn Quiroga
(1965)
Der Marquis - der Mann, der sich verkaufen wollte
as Verleger Ramos
(1965)
España insólita
as (voice)
(1964)
Backfire
as Commissioner of Beirut harbor
(1964)
The New Cinderella
as Juan Echarre
(1964)
Fin de semana
as Entrevistador
(1964)
El señor de La Salle
as Luis XIV
(1964)
The Palomos
as Don Alberto
(1964)
The Rash One
as El Rico Pintor
(1964)
(1963)
Scheherazade
as Al Fakid
(1963)
The Running Man
as Police Official
(1963)
The Castilian
as Ramiro II, rey de León
(1963)
The Ceremony
as Sanchez
(1963)
(1962)
Viridiana
as Don Jaime
(1962)
My Son, the Hero
as High Priest (uncredited)
(1962)
Rogelia
as Máximo García
(1962)
Face of Terror
as Dr. Charles Taylor
(1962)
Torerillos, 61
as Narrator (voice)
(1961)
The Savage Guns
as Don Hernán
(1961)
Goliath Against the Giants
as Bokan the Usurper
(1961)
Fantasmas en la casa
as Raimundo Rodríguez de Toledo
(1961)
Siempre es domingo
as Juez Andonelli
(1961)
Teresa
as Profesor Héctor de la Barrera
(1960)
The Revolt of the Slaves
as Valerio
(1960)
Don Lucio and Brother Pío
as Señor Aguilar
(1960)
Culpables
as Mario
(1960)
(1959)
The Last Days of Pompeii
as Arbaces, High Priest of Isis
(1959)
Sonatas
as Captain Casares
(1959)
Mission in Morocco
as Princ Achmed
(1959)
Parque de Madrid
as Don Luis
(1959)
Poison at 2:30
as Ramón
(1958)
The Night Heaven Fell
as Tío (alternate version)
(1958)
Revenge
as Writer
(1958)
La Rana Verde
as Narrator (voice)
(1958)
¡Viva lo imposible!
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
(1958)
(1957)
The Singer from Mexico
as Cartoni - l'impresario (uncredited)
(1957)
Un marido de ida y vuelta
as Paco
(1957)
Madrugada
as Mauricio (voice) (uncredited)
(1957)
(1957)
Faustina
as Valentín
(1956)
Don Juan
as Don Iñigo
(1956)
La vida en un bloc
as (voice) (uncredited)
(1956)
The Adventures of Gil Blas
as Captain Rolando
(1956)
(1955)
The Miracle of Marcelino
as Monje narrador
(1955)
Billete para Tánger
as Inspector
(1954)
(1954)
Comedians
as Miguel
(1954)
El alcalde de Zalamea
as El Rey
(1954)
Rebeldía
as Capellán
(1954)
(1954)
Las últimas banderas
as Miguel Bermejo
(1953)
Welcome Mr. Marshall!
as Narrador (voz)
(1953)
(1953)
Airport
as Fernando
(1953)
Cabaret
as Carlos Jiménez
(1952)
Flamenco
as (voz)
(1952)
La laguna negra
as Miguel
(1952)
The Devil's Roundup
as Atracador
(1951)
Black Sky
as Ángel López Veiga
(1951)
La señora de Fátima
as Lorenzo Duarte
(1951)
Air Lashings
as Narrador (voz)
(1950)
Agustina of Aragon
as General Palafox/Lorenzo, el pastor
(1949)
Aventuras de Juan Lucas
as Juan Lucas
(1949)
Sabela De Cambados
as Narrator (voice)
(1949)
(1948)
Locura de amor
as Don Felipe "el Hermoso"
(1948)
(1948)
Mare nostrum
as Ulises / Capitán Ferragut
(1948)
Si te hubieses casado conmigo
as Enrique Marín Rubio
(1947)
Don Quixote
as Sansón Carrasco
(1947)
Fuenteovejuna
as Frondoso
(1947)
Reina santa
as Infante Alfonso
(1946)
La pródiga
as José
(1945)
Los últimos de Filipinas
as Juan Chamizo
(1944)
Eugenia de Montijo
as Duque de Alba
(1940)
El rey que rabió
as Extra (uncredited)
(1940)
Leyenda rota
as Extra (uncredited)
(1939)