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)
Don Quixote
as Closing Scene Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
(1992)
L'Atlantide
as Father Mauritius
(1992)
The Sow
as Fray Juan
(1992)
El Quijote de Miguel de Cervantes
as Don Quijote
(1992)
After the Dream
as Ramiro Lanza
(1992)
Blood and Dust
as Sultan Saladin
(1990)
Drums of Fire
as Papa Pablo V
(1990)
Naked Tango
as Judge Torres
(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)
The Tunnel
as Allende
(1988)
Pasodoble
as Don Nuño
(1988)
Scent of a Crime
as Fayón
(1988)
Winter Diary
as Padre
(1987)
Mi general
as Director Almirante
(1987)
The Enchanted Forest
as Mr. D'Abondo
(1986)
Saving Grace
as Cardinal Stefano Biondi
(1986)
Paradise Hotel
as Joseph
(1986)
Luis Buñuel: constructor de infiernos
as Himself
(1985)
Black Arrow
as Warwick
(1985)
Rustlers' Rhapsody
as Railroad Colonel
(1985)
Star Knight
as Fray Lupo
(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)
The Crime of Cuenca
as Contreras
(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)
Manuela
as Don Ramón
(1976)
A Matter of Time
as Charles Van Maar
(1976)
Illustrious Corpses
as Security Minister
(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 Murri Affair
as Prof. Murri
(1974)
The Woman with Red Boots
as Perrot
(1974)
Say it with Flowers
as Jacques Berger
(1974)
Violent Blood Bath
as Oscar
(1974)
¿... Y el prójimo?
as Luis Ignacio
(1973)
White Fang
as Father Oatley
(1973)
High Crime
as Cafiero
(1973)
Tarot
as Arthur
(1973)
One Way
as Mr. David
(1973)
Fall of a Body
as M. Nansoit
(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)
Canticle
as Padrino Elisa
(1972)
La duda
as Don Rodrigo - Conde de Albrit
(1972)
The Two Faces of Fear
as Inspector Nardi
(1972)
This Kind of Love
as Giovanna's father
(1971)
The Light at the Edge of the World
as Captain Moriz
(1971)
The French Connection
as Alain Charnier
(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)
(1970)
Wrath of the Wind
as Don Antonio
(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)
Historia de la frivolidad
as Gent
(1967)
Amor en el aire
as Carlos Mª Saldiez
(1967)
Run Like a Thief
as Col. Romero
(1967)
The Viscount
as Marco Demoygne
(1967)
Pero… ¡en qué país vivimos!
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
(1967)
The Desperate Ones
as Ibram
(1966)
Navajo Joe
as Reverend Rattigan
(1966)
Return of the Seven
as Priest
(1966)
El Greco
as Re Filippo II
(1966)
Attack of the Robots
as Sir Percy
(1966)
Zampo y yo
as Zampo
(1965)
Chimes at Midnight
as Worcester
(1965)
Son of a Gunfighter
as Don Pedro Fortuna
(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)
The Devil Also Cries
as Ramòn Quiroga
(1965)
Don Quijote
as Der Herzog
(1965)
Espionage in Lisbon
as Agent of the New World Organization
(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)
The Rash One
as El Rico Pintor
(1964)
The New Cinderella
as Juan Echarre
(1964)
El señor de La Salle
as Luis XIV
(1964)
Fin de semana
as Entrevistador
(1964)
The Palomos
as Don Alberto
(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 Hoher Priester
(1962)
Face of Terror
as Dr. Charles Taylor
(1962)
Rogelia
as Máximo García
(1962)
Torerillos, 61
as Narrator (voice)
(1961)
Goliath Against the Giants
as Bokan the Usurper
(1961)
Fantasmas en la casa
as Raimundo Rodríguez de Toledo
(1961)
The Savage Guns
as Don Hernán
(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)
Parque de Madrid
as Don Luis
(1959)
Poison at 2:30
as Ramón
(1959)
Mission in Morocco
as Princ Achmed
(1958)
Revenge
as Writer
(1958)
The Night Heaven Fell
as Tío (alternate version)
(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)
Un marido de ida y vuelta
as Paco
(1957)
Faustina
as Valentín
(1957)
Madrugada
as Mauricio (voice) (uncredited)
(1957)
(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)
Comedians
as Miguel
(1954)
Las últimas banderas
as Miguel Bermejo
(1954)
(1954)
El alcalde de Zalamea
as El Rey
(1954)
(1954)
Rebeldía
as Capellán
(1953)
Welcome Mr. Marshall!
as Narrador (voz)
(1953)
Cabaret
as Carlos Jiménez
(1953)
(1953)
Airport
as Fernando
(1952)
La laguna negra
as Miguel
(1952)
Flamenco
as (voz)
(1952)
The Devil's Roundup
as Atracador
(1951)
Air Lashings
as Narrador (voz)
(1951)
Black Sky
as Ángel López Veiga
(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)
Locura de amor
as Don Felipe "el Hermoso"
(1948)
Si te hubieses casado conmigo
as Enrique Marín Rubio
(1948)
Mare nostrum
as Ulises / Capitán Ferragut
(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)
El rey que rabió
as Extra (uncredited)
(1940)
Leyenda rota
as Extra (uncredited)
(1939)