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."
Acting
(2019)
El Quijote desde la platea
as Self - Actor / Don Quixote (archive footage)
(2007)
Operation: Secret Agents, Spies & Thighs
as (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)
El Quijote de Miguel de Cervantes
as Don Quijote
(1992)
1492: Conquest of Paradise
as Marchena
(1992)
After the Dream
as Ramiro Lanza
(1992)
Don Quixote
as Closing Scene Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
(1992)
The Sow
as Fray Juan
(1992)
L'Atlantide
as Father Mauritius
(1992)
Blood and Dust
as Sultan Saladin
(1990)
Drums of Fire
as Papa Pablo V
(1990)
Breath of Life
as Gran Magno
(1990)
Pictures of Europe
as Self
(1990)
Naked Tango
as Judge Torres
(1989)
Esmeralda Bay
as Ramos
(1989)
Buñuel
as Self
(1989)
Le Grand Secret
as Paul Corbet
(1989)
La moglie ingenua e il marito malato
as Il professor Rune
(1988)
Winter Diary
as Padre
(1988)
Pasodoble
as Don Nuño
(1988)
The Tunnel
as Allende
(1988)
Scent of a Crime
as Fayón
(1987)
The Enchanted Forest
as Mr. D'Abondo
(1987)
Mi general
as Director Almirante
(1986)
Saving Grace
as Cardinal Stefano Biondi
(1986)
Paradise Hotel
as Joseph
(1986)
Luis Buñuel: constructor de infiernos
as Himself
(1985)
Rustlers' Rhapsody
as Railroad Colonel
(1985)
(1985)
Angel of Death
as Ohmei Felsberg
(1985)
Star Knight
as Fray Lupo
(1985)
Our Father
as Cardinal
(1985)
Black Arrow
as Warwick
(1984)
The Hit
as Policeman
(1984)
A Strange Passion
as Piacchi
(1984)
(1983)
Bearn
as Don Antonio
(1982)
Looking for Jesus
as Don Filippo
(1982)
A Estrangeira
as André
(1982)
Monsignor
as Cardinal Santoni
(1981)
Chaste and Pure
as Antonio Di Maggio
(1981)
Trágala, perro
as Juez
(1981)
Honey
as Editor
(1981)
Lady of the Camelias
as Count Stackelberg
(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)
Rebeldía
as Don Luis
(1978)
The Last Romantic Lover
as Max
(1977)
That Obscure Object of Desire
as Mathieu Faber
(1977)
The Assignment
as Bidara
(1977)
Elisa, My Life
as Luis
(1977)
Eyes Behind the Wall
as Ivano
(1976)
Manuela
as Don Ramón
(1976)
The Desert of the Tartars
as Nathanson
(1976)
A Matter of Time
as Charles Van Maar
(1976)
Voyage of the Damned
as President Bru
(1976)
Illustrious Corpses
as Security Minister
(1976)
El segundo poder
as Cardenal
(1976)
Striptease
as Alfonso
(1975)
French Connection II
as Alain Charnier
(1975)
Smiling Maniacs
as Judge Vanini
(1975)
Seven Beauties
as Pedro the Anarchist Prisoner
(1974)
¿... Y el prójimo?
as Luis Ignacio
(1974)
The Murri Affair
as Prof. Murri
(1974)
Say it with Flowers
as Jacques Berger
(1974)
Violent Blood Bath
as Oscar
(1974)
The Woman with Red Boots
as Perrot
(1973)
White Fang
as Father Oatley
(1973)
One Way
as Mr. David
(1973)
Tarot
as Arthur
(1973)
Fall of a Body
as M. Nansoit
(1973)
High Crime
as Cafiero
(1972)
The Two Faces of Fear
as Inspector Nardi
(1972)
Antony and Cleopatra
as Lepidus
(1972)
White Sister
as le directeur de l'hôpital
(1972)
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
as Don Rafael
(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 Great Swindle
as Luis
(1971)
The Light at the Edge of the World
as Captain Moriz
(1971)
A Town Called Bastard
as Old Blind Man
(1971)
Cold Eyes of Fear
as Juez Flower
(1970)
Tristana
as Don Lope
(1970)
Wrath of the Wind
as Don Antonio
(1970)
(1970)
Compañeros
as Prof. Xantos
(1970)
The Adventurers
as Jaime Xenos
(1970)
(1969)
Guns of the Magnificent Seven
as Quintero
(1969)
Land Raiders
as Priest
(1969)
A Candidate for a Killing
as Marco Augusto
(1969)
The Price of Power
as Pinkerton
(1968)
Villa Rides
as Fuentes
(1968)
The Immortal Story
as Merchant
(1968)
(1968)
(1967)
The Desperate Ones
as Ibram
(1967)
Le avventure e gli amori di Miguel Cervantes
as Filipe II
(1967)
Historia de la frivolidad
as Gent
(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)
The Viscount
as Marco Demoygne
(1966)
Navajo Joe
as Reverend Rattigan
(1966)
El Greco
as Re Filippo II
(1966)
Return of the Seven
as Priest
(1966)
Attack of the Robots
as Sir Percy
(1966)
Zampo y yo
as Zampo
(1965)
The Amazing Doctor G
as Goldginger
(1965)
The Devil Also Cries
as Ramòn Quiroga
(1965)
Espionage in Lisbon
as Agent of the New World Organization
(1965)
Son of a Gunfighter
as Don Pedro Fortuna
(1965)
España insólita
as (voice)
(1965)
Legacy of the Incas
as President Castillo
(1965)
Don Quijote
as Der Herzog
(1965)
Samson and Gideon
as Lo straniero / The Stranger - Angel of the Lord
(1965)
Chimes at Midnight
as Worcester
(1965)
Der Marquis - der Mann, der sich verkaufen wollte
as Verleger Ramos
(1964)
Backfire
as Commissioner of Beirut harbor
(1964)
Fin de semana
as Entrevistador
(1964)
El señor de La Salle
as Luis XIV
(1964)
The New Cinderella
as Juan Echarre
(1964)
(1964)
The Rash One
as El Rico Pintor
(1964)
The Palomos
as Don Alberto
(1963)
The Castilian
as Ramiro II, rey de León
(1963)
The Running Man
as Police Official
(1963)
The Ceremony
as Sanchez
(1963)
(1963)
Scheherazade
as Al Fakid
(1962)
Rogelia
as Máximo García
(1962)
Viridiana
as Don Jaime
(1962)
My Son, the Hero
as High Priest (uncredited)
(1962)
Torerillos, 61
as Narrator (voice)
(1962)
Face of Terror
as Dr. Charles Taylor
(1961)
Teresa
as Profesor Héctor de la Barrera
(1961)
The Savage Guns
as Don Hernán
(1961)
Siempre es domingo
as Juez Andonelli
(1961)
Fantasmas en la casa
as Raimundo Rodríguez de Toledo
(1961)
Goliath Against the Giants
as Bokan the Usurper
(1960)
Culpables
as Mario
(1960)
Don Lucio and Brother Pío
as Señor Aguilar
(1960)
The Revolt of the Slaves
as Valerio
(1960)
(1959)
Mission in Morocco
as Princ Achmed
(1959)
Parque de Madrid
as Don Luis
(1959)
Sonatas
as Captain Casares
(1959)
Poison at 2:30
as Ramón
(1959)
The Last Days of Pompeii
as Arbaces, High Priest of Isis
(1958)
La Rana Verde
as Narrator (voice)
(1958)
¡Viva lo imposible!
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
(1958)
Revenge
as Writer
(1958)
The Night Heaven Fell
as Tío (alternate version)
(1958)
(1957)
Madrugada
as Mauricio (voice) (uncredited)
(1957)
The Singer from Mexico
as Cartoni - l'impresario (uncredited)
(1957)
Faustina
as Valentín
(1957)
(1957)
Un marido de ida y vuelta
as Paco
(1956)
(1956)
Don Juan
as Don Iñigo
(1956)
The Adventures of Gil Blas
as Captain Rolando
(1956)
La vida en un bloc
as (voice) (uncredited)
(1955)
The Miracle of Marcelino
as Monje narrador
(1955)
Billete para Tánger
as Inspector
(1954)
(1954)
Comedians
as Miguel
(1954)
Rebeldía
as Capellán
(1954)
El alcalde de Zalamea
as El Rey
(1954)
Las últimas banderas
as Miguel Bermejo
(1954)
(1953)
(1953)
Airport
as Fernando
(1953)
Welcome Mr. Marshall!
as Narrador (voz)
(1953)
Cabaret
as Carlos Jiménez
(1952)
La laguna negra
as Miguel
(1952)
The Devil's Roundup
as Atracador
(1952)
Flamenco
as (voz)
(1951)
Black Sky
as Ángel López Veiga
(1951)
Air Lashings
as Narrador (voz)
(1951)
La señora de Fátima
as Lorenzo Duarte
(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)
Mare nostrum
as Ulises / Capitán Ferragut
(1948)
Si te hubieses casado conmigo
as Enrique Marín Rubio
(1948)
(1948)
Locura de amor
as Don Felipe "el Hermoso"
(1947)
Don Quixote
as Sansón Carrasco
(1947)
Reina santa
as Infante Alfonso
(1947)
Fuenteovejuna
as Frondoso
(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)