Fernando Rey
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Sep 20, 1917
- Died
- Mar 9, 1994 (aged 76)
- Place of birth
- A Coruña, Galicia, Spain
- Credits
- 223
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
1971Movie
Alain Charnier
1492: Conquest of Paradise
1992Movie
Marchena
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
1972Movie
Don Rafael
Jesus of Nazareth
1977TV
Gaspar
Viridiana
1962Movie
Don Jaime
French Connection II
1975Movie
Alain Charnier
Filmography
El Quijote desde la platea
2019Movie
Self - Actor / Don Quixote (archive footage)
Speaking of Buñuel
2000Movie
Self (archive footage)
Les paradoxes de Buñuel
1998Movie
Self (archive footage)
El cianuro… ¿solo o con leche?
1994Movie
Gregorio
On the Far Side of the Tunnel
1994Movie
Miguel
Arnau
1994TV
Compte de Barcelona
Madregilda
1993Movie
Franco's Father
Mission of Love
1993TV
Pacheco
The Sow
1992Movie
Fray Juan
L'Atlantide
1992Movie
Father Mauritius
Paco, mi padre
1992Movie
After the Dream
1992Movie
Ramiro Lanza
Blood and Dust
1992Movie
Sultan Saladin
1492: Conquest of Paradise
1992Movie
Marchena
Don Quixote
1992Movie
Closing Scene Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
El Quijote de Miguel de Cervantes
1992Movie
Don Quijote
Don Quijote de la Mancha
1992TV
Don Quijote
Imágenes perdidas
1991TV
Himself - Narrator
Drums of Fire
1990Movie
Papa Pablo V
Breath of Life
1990Movie
Gran Magno
Naked Tango
1990Movie
Judge Torres
Pictures of Europe
1990Movie
Self
I promessi sposi
1989TV
Conte zio
Esmeralda Bay
1989Movie
Ramos
Il ricatto
1989TV
Magistrato Di Nola
La moglie ingenua e il marito malato
1989Movie
Il professor Rune
Blaues Blut
1989TV
Dekker
Le Grand Secret
1989Movie
Paul Corbet
Le Grand Secret
1989TV
Paul Corbet
Buñuel
1989Movie
Self
Scent of a Crime
1988Movie
Fayón
Winter Diary
1988Movie
Padre
Pasodoble
1988Movie
Don Nuño
The Tunnel
1988Movie
Allende
The Enchanted Forest
1987Movie
Mr. D'Abondo
Mi general
1987Movie
Director Almirante
Luis Buñuel: constructor de infiernos
1986Movie
Self
Saving Grace
1986Movie
Cardinal Stefano Biondi
Paradise Hotel
1986Movie
Joseph
Star Knight
1985Movie
Fray Lupo
The House of Ulloa
1985TV
Sr. De La Lage
Black Arrow
1985Movie
Warwick
Angel of Death
1985Movie
Ohmei Felsberg
Rustlers' Rhapsody
1985Movie
Railroad Colonel
Our Father
1985Movie
Cardinal
A.D.
1985TV
Seneca
A Strange Passion
1984Movie
Piacchi
The Hit
1984Movie
Policeman
The Life and Times of Don Luis Buñuel
1984Movie
Self
Bearn
1983Movie
Don Antonio
Monsignor
1982Movie
Cardinal Santoni
Looking for Jesus
1982Movie
Don Filippo
A Estrangeira
1982Movie
André
Trágala, perro
1981Movie
Juez
Chaste and Pure
1981Movie
Antonio Di Maggio
The Crime of Cuenca
1981Movie
Contreras
Honey
1981Movie
Editor
Lady of the Camelias
1981Movie
Count Stackelberg
Memorias de Leticia Valle
1980Movie
Don Fernando Valle
Caboblanco
1980Movie
Police Captain Torredo
Quintet
1979Movie
Grigor
Traffic Jam
1979Movie
Carlo
Rebeldía
1978Movie
Don Luis
The Last Romantic Lover
1978Movie
Max
Ciné regards
1978TV
Self
That Obscure Object of Desire
1977Movie
Mathieu Faber
The Assignment
1977Movie
Bidara
Eyes Behind the Wall
1977Movie
Ivano
Elisa, My Life
1977Movie
Luis
Jesus of Nazareth
1977TV
Gaspar
Voyage of the Damned
1976Movie
President Bru
Origins of the Mafia
1976TV
Baron Della Spina
The Desert of the Tartars
1976Movie
Nathanson
A Matter of Time
1976Movie
Charles Van Maar
Manuela
1976Movie
Don Ramón
Illustrious Corpses
1976Movie
Security Minister
Striptease
1976Movie
Alfonso
El segundo poder
1976Movie
Cardenal
Seven Beauties
1975Movie
Pedro the Anarchist Prisoner
French Connection II
1975Movie
Alain Charnier
Smiling Maniacs
1975Movie
Judge Vanini
The Woman with Red Boots
1974Movie
Perrot
The Murri Affair
1974Movie
Prof. Murri
Say it with Flowers
1974Movie
Jacques Berger
Violent Blood Bath
1974Movie
Oscar
¿... Y el prójimo?
1974Movie
Luis Ignacio
White Fang
1973Movie
Father Oatley
Fall of a Body
1973Movie
M. Nansoit
One Way
1973Movie
Mr. David
High Crime
1973Movie
Cafiero
Tarot
1973Movie
Arthur
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
1972Movie
Don Rafael
La duda
1972Movie
Don Rodrigo - Conde de Albrit
Canticle
1972Movie
Padrino Elisa
White Sister
1972Movie
le directeur de l'hôpital
Antony and Cleopatra
1972Movie
Lepidus
The Two Faces of Fear
1972Movie
Inspector Nardi
This Kind of Love
1972Movie
Giovanna's father
Historia de España: La noche de los tiempos
1972TV
Narrador (voz)
Film '72
1971TV
Self
A Town Called Bastard
1971Movie
Old Blind Man
The French Connection
1971Movie
Alain Charnier
The Light at the Edge of the World
1971Movie
Captain Moriz
Cold Eyes of Fear
1971Movie
Juez Flower
The Great Swindle
1971Movie
Luis
Compañeros
1970Movie
Prof. Xantos
Wrath of the Wind
1970Movie
Don Antonio
Aoom
1970Movie
Tristana
1970Movie
Don Lope
The Adventurers
1970Movie
Jaime Xenos
El mejillón gallego
1970Movie
The Price of Power
1969Movie
Pinkerton
A Candidate for a Killing
1969Movie
Marco Augusto
Land Raiders
1969Movie
Priest
Guns of the Magnificent Seven
1969Movie
Quintero
The Immortal Story
1968Movie
Merchant
Villa Rides
1968Movie
Fuentes
Los preparativos
1968Movie
Un pequeño colonizador verde
1968Movie
Amor en el aire
1967Movie
Carlos Mª Saldiez
Le avventure e gli amori di Miguel Cervantes
1967Movie
Filipe II
Run Like a Thief
1967Movie
Col. Romero
Pero… ¡en qué país vivimos!
1967Movie
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Desperate Ones
1967Movie
Ibram
The Viscount
1967Movie
Marco Demoygne
Historia de la frivolidad
1967Movie
Gent
Navajo Joe
1966Movie
Reverend Rattigan
Return of the Seven
1966Movie
Priest
El Greco
1966Movie
Re Filippo II
Zampo y yo
1966Movie
Zampo
Attack of the Robots
1966Movie
Sir Percy
Chimes at Midnight
1965Movie
Worcester
Der Marquis - der Mann, der sich verkaufen wollte
1965Movie
Verleger Ramos
Espionage in Lisbon
1965Movie
Agent of the New World Organization
The Amazing Doctor G
1965Movie
Goldginger
Don Quijote von der Mancha
1965TV
Der Herzog / le duc
Legacy of the Incas
1965Movie
President Castillo
Son of a Gunfighter
1965Movie
Don Pedro Fortuna
España insólita
1965Movie
(voice)
The Devil Also Cries
1965Movie
Ramòn Quiroga
Don Quijote
1965Movie
Der Herzog
Samson and Gideon
1965Movie
Lo straniero / The Stranger - Angel of the Lord
Fin de semana
1964Movie
Entrevistador
The Palomos
1964Movie
Don Alberto
The New Cinderella
1964Movie
Juan Echarre
The Rash One
1964Movie
El Rico Pintor
Backfire
1964Movie
Commissioner of Beirut harbor
El señor de La Salle
1964Movie
Luis XIV
La aventura de Api
1964Movie
The Ceremony
1963Movie
Sanchez
La hora incógnita
1963Movie
The Running Man
1963Movie
Police Official
Scheherazade
1963Movie
Al Fakid
The Castilian
1963Movie
Ramiro II, rey de León
Face of Terror
1962Movie
Dr. Charles Taylor
My Son, the Hero
1962Movie
High Priest (uncredited)
Viridiana
1962Movie
Don Jaime
Rogelia
1962Movie
Máximo García
Torerillos, 61
1962Movie
Narrator (voice)
The Savage Guns
1961Movie
Don Hernán
Siempre es domingo
1961Movie
Juez Andonelli
Fantasmas en la casa
1961Movie
Raimundo Rodríguez de Toledo
Goliath Against the Giants
1961Movie
Bokan the Usurper
Teresa
1961Movie
Profesor Héctor de la Barrera
The Revolt of the Slaves
1960Movie
Valerio
Don Lucio and Brother Pío
1960Movie
Señor Aguilar
Vida sin risas
1960Movie
Culpables
1960Movie
Mario
Poison at 2:30
1959Movie
Ramón
The Last Days of Pompeii
1959Movie
Arbaces, High Priest of Isis
Sonatas
1959Movie
Captain Casares
Mission in Morocco
1959Movie
Princ Achmed
Parque de Madrid
1959Movie
Don Luis
¡Viva lo imposible!
1958Movie
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
La Rana Verde
1958Movie
Narrator (voice)
Revenge
1958Movie
Writer
The Night Heaven Fell
1958Movie
Tío (alternate version)
Sevilla Penitente
1958Movie
Un marido de ida y vuelta
1957Movie
Paco
Madrugada
1957Movie
Mauricio (voice) (uncredited)
Day of Fear
1957Movie
Faustina
1957Movie
Valentín
The Singer from Mexico
1957Movie
Cartoni - l'impresario (uncredited)
Don Juan
1956Movie
Don Iñigo
Playa prohibida
1956Movie
The Adventures of Gil Blas
1956Movie
Captain Rolando
La vida en un bloc
1956Movie
(voice) (uncredited)
Billete para Tánger
1955Movie
Inspector
The Miracle of Marcelino
1955Movie
Monje narrador
Comedians
1954Movie
Miguel
Rebeldía
1954Movie
Capellán
El alcalde de Zalamea
1954Movie
El Rey
Crimen en el entreacto
1954Movie
Cristo
1954Movie
Las últimas banderas
1954Movie
Miguel Bermejo
Airport
1953Movie
Fernando
Welcome Mr. Marshall!
1953Movie
Narrador (voz)
Cabaret
1953Movie
Carlos Jiménez
The Lovers of Toledo
1953Movie
La laguna negra
1952Movie
Miguel
Flamenco
1952Movie
(voz)
The Devil's Roundup
1952Movie
Atracador
La señora de Fátima
1951Movie
Lorenzo Duarte
Air Lashings
1951Movie
Narrador (voz)
Black Sky
1951Movie
Ángel López Veiga
Agustina of Aragon
1950Movie
General Palafox/Lorenzo, el pastor
Sabela De Cambados
1949Movie
Narrator (voice)
Aventuras de Juan Lucas
1949Movie
Juan Lucas
Mare nostrum
1948Movie
Ulises / Capitán Ferragut
Noche de reyes
1948Movie
Locura de amor
1948Movie
Don Felipe "el Hermoso"
Si te hubieses casado conmigo
1948Movie
Enrique Marín Rubio
Fuenteovejuna
1947Movie
Frondoso
La princesa de los Ursinos
1947Movie
Felipe V
Don Quixote
1947Movie
Sansón Carrasco
Reina santa
1947Movie
Infante Alfonso
La pródiga
1946Movie
José
Los últimos de Filipinas
1945Movie
Juan Chamizo
Eugenia de Montijo
1944Movie
Duque de Alba
El rey que rabió
1940Movie
Extra (uncredited)
Leyenda rota
1940Movie
Extra (uncredited)
Los cuatro robinsones
1939Movie
Señores del espacio
Movie