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)
El cianuro… ¿solo o con leche?
as Gregorio
(1994)
On the Far Side of the Tunnel
as Miguel
(1993)
Madregilda
as Franco's Father
(1992)
1492: Conquest of Paradise
as Marchena
(1992)
Don Quixote
as Closing Scene Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
(1992)
L'Atlantide
as Father Mauritius
(1992)
El Quijote de Miguel de Cervantes
as Don Quijote
(1992)
The Sow
as Fray Juan
(1992)
After the Dream
as Ramiro Lanza
(1992)
Blood and Dust
as Sultan Saladin
(1990)
Naked Tango
as Judge Torres
(1990)
Drums of Fire
as Papa Pablo V
(1990)
Pictures of Europe
as Self
(1990)
Breath of Life
as Gran Magno
(1989)
Esmeralda Bay
as Ramos
(1989)
La moglie ingenua e il marito malato
as Il professor Rune
(1989)
Buñuel
as Self
(1989)
Le Grand Secret
as Paul Corbet
(1988)
Scent of a Crime
as Fayón
(1988)
The Tunnel
as Allende
(1988)
Pasodoble
as Don Nuño
(1988)
Winter Diary
as Padre
(1987)
The Enchanted Forest
as Mr. D'Abondo
(1987)
Mi general
as Director Almirante
(1986)
Saving Grace
as Cardinal Stefano Biondi
(1986)
Luis Buñuel: constructor de infiernos
as Himself
(1986)
Paradise Hotel
as Joseph
(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)
A Estrangeira
as André
(1982)
Looking for Jesus
as Don Filippo
(1981)
Honey
as Editor
(1981)
Chaste and Pure
as Antonio Di Maggio
(1981)
The Crime of Cuenca
as Contreras
(1981)
Lady of the Camelias
as Count Stackelberg
(1981)
Trágala, perro
as Juez
(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)
Voyage of the Damned
as President Bru
(1976)
Striptease
as Alfonso
(1976)
The Desert of the Tartars
as Nathanson
(1976)
Illustrious Corpses
as Security Minister
(1976)
A Matter of Time
as Charles Van Maar
(1976)
Manuela
as Don Ramón
(1976)
El segundo poder
as Cardenal
(1975)
Seven Beauties
as Pedro the Anarchist Prisoner
(1975)
French Connection II
as Alain Charnier
(1975)
Smiling Maniacs
as Judge Vanini
(1974)
The Murri Affair
as Prof. Murri
(1974)
The Woman with Red Boots
as Perrot
(1974)
Violent Blood Bath
as Oscar
(1974)
Say it with Flowers
as Jacques Berger
(1974)
¿... Y el prójimo?
as Luis Ignacio
(1973)
White Fang
as Father Oatley
(1973)
High Crime
as Cafiero
(1973)
Tarot
as Arthur
(1973)
Fall of a Body
as M. Nansoit
(1973)
One Way
as Mr. David
(1972)
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
as Don Rafael
(1972)
Antony and Cleopatra
as Lepidus
(1972)
White Sister
as le directeur de l'hôpital
(1972)
This Kind of Love
as Giovanna's father
(1972)
Canticle
as Padrino Elisa
(1972)
The Two Faces of Fear
as Inspector Nardi
(1972)
La duda
as Don Rodrigo - Conde de Albrit
(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)
Tristana
as Don Lope
(1970)
Compañeros
as Prof. Xantos
(1970)
The Adventurers
as Jaime Xenos
(1970)
(1970)
Wrath of the Wind
as Don Antonio
(1970)
(1969)
Guns of the Magnificent Seven
as Quintero
(1969)
The Price of Power
as Pinkerton
(1969)
Land Raiders
as Priest
(1969)
A Candidate for a Killing
as Marco Augusto
(1968)
Villa Rides
as Fuentes
(1968)
The Immortal Story
as Merchant
(1968)
(1968)
(1967)
Historia de la frivolidad
as Gent
(1967)
Amor en el aire
as Carlos Mª Saldiez
(1967)
Le avventure e gli amori di Miguel Cervantes
as Filipe II
(1967)
The Desperate Ones
as Ibram
(1967)
Pero… ¡en qué país vivimos!
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
(1967)
(1967)
Run Like a Thief
as Col. Romero
(1966)
Return of the Seven
as Priest
(1966)
Navajo Joe
as Reverend Rattigan
(1966)
El Greco
as Re Filippo II
(1966)
Zampo y yo
as Zampo
(1966)
Attack of the Robots
as Sir Percy
(1965)
Chimes at Midnight
as Worcester
(1965)
Legacy of the Incas
as President Castillo
(1965)
Son of a Gunfighter
as Don Pedro Fortuna
(1965)
Samson and Gideon
as Lo straniero / The Stranger - Angel of the Lord
(1965)
The Amazing Doctor G
as Goldginger
(1965)
Espionage in Lisbon
as Agent of the New World Organization
(1965)
Don Quijote
as Der Herzog
(1965)
The Devil Also Cries
as Ramòn Quiroga
(1965)
España insólita
as (voice)
(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)
La hora incógnita
as Sacerdote
(1964)
El señor de La Salle
as Luis XIV
(1964)
The Palomos
as Don Alberto
(1964)
The New Cinderella
as Juan Echarre
(1964)
The Rash One
as El Rico Pintor
(1964)
(1963)
Scheherazade
as Al Fakid
(1963)
The Running Man
as Police Official
(1963)
The Ceremony
as Sanchez
(1963)
The Castilian
as Ramiro II, rey de León
(1962)
Viridiana
as Don Jaime
(1962)
My Son, the Hero
as Hoher Priester
(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)
Siempre es domingo
as Juez Andonelli
(1961)
Teresa
as Profesor Héctor de la Barrera
(1961)
Fantasmas en la casa
as Raimundo Rodríguez de Toledo
(1960)
The Revolt of the Slaves
as Valerio
(1960)
Culpables
as Mario
(1960)
(1960)
Don Lucio and Brother Pío
as Señor Aguilar
(1959)
The Last Days of Pompeii
as Arbaces, High Priest of Isis
(1959)
Sonatas
as Captain Casares
(1959)
Poison at 2:30
as Ramón
(1959)
Parque de Madrid
as Don Luis
(1959)
Mission in Morocco
as Princ Achmed
(1958)
The Night Heaven Fell
as Tío (alternate version)
(1958)
Revenge
as Writer
(1958)
¡Viva lo imposible!
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
(1958)
La Rana Verde
as Narrator (voice)
(1958)
(1957)
The Singer from Mexico
as Cartoni - l'impresario (uncredited)
(1957)
Faustina
as Valentín
(1957)
(1957)
Madrugada
as Mauricio (voice) (uncredited)
(1957)
Un marido de ida y vuelta
as Paco
(1956)
Don Juan
as Don Iñigo
(1956)
La vida en un bloc
as (voice) (uncredited)
(1956)
(1956)
The Adventures of Gil Blas
as Captain Rolando
(1955)
The Miracle of Marcelino
as Monje narrador
(1955)
Billete para Tánger
as Inspector
(1954)
Comedians
as Miguel
(1954)
(1954)
(1954)
Las últimas banderas
as Miguel Bermejo
(1954)
Rebeldía
as Capellán
(1954)
El alcalde de Zalamea
as El Rey
(1953)
Welcome Mr. Marshall!
as Narrador (voz)
(1953)
(1953)
Cabaret
as Carlos Jiménez
(1953)
Airport
as Fernando
(1952)
La laguna negra
as Miguel
(1952)
Flamenco
as (voz)
(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)
(1949)
Sabela De Cambados
as Narrator (voice)
(1949)
Aventuras de Juan Lucas
as Juan Lucas
(1948)
Locura de amor
as Don Felipe "el Hermoso"
(1948)
Mare nostrum
as Ulises / Capitán Ferragut
(1948)
Si te hubieses casado conmigo
as Enrique Marín Rubio
(1948)
(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)
Leyenda rota
as Extra (uncredited)
(1940)
El rey que rabió
as Extra (uncredited)
(1939)