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."
Movie | El Quijote desde la platea | Self - Actor / Don Quixote (archive footage) | 2019-04-22 |
Movie | On the Far Side of the Tunnel | Miguel | 1994-02-25 |
Series | Arnau | Compte de Barcelona | 1994-01-17 |
Movie | El cianuro… ¿solo o con leche? | Gregorio | 1994-04-15 |
Movie | Madregilda | Franco's Father | 1993-09-26 |
Movie | Don Quixote | Closing Scene Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | 1992-04-20 |
Movie | After the Dream | Ramiro Lanza | 1992-09-09 |
Series | Don Quijote de la Mancha | Don Quijote | 1992-01-29 |
Movie | El Quijote de Miguel de Cervantes | Don Quijote | 1992-01-29 |
Movie | 1492: Conquest of Paradise | Marchena | 1992-10-09 |
Movie | L'Atlantide | Father Mauritius | 1992-11-05 |
Movie | The Sow | Fray Juan | 1992-11-06 |
Movie | Naked Tango | Judge Torres | 1990-09-27 |
Movie | Pictures of Europe | Self | 1990-04-25 |
Movie | Breath of Life | Gran Magno | 1990-10-11 |
Movie | Drums of Fire | Papa Pablo V | 1990-12-21 |
Series | Le Grand Secret | Paul Corbet | 1989-01-06 |
Movie | Buñuel | Self | 1989-01-01 |
Movie | Esmeralda Bay | Ramos | 1989-05-18 |
Movie | La moglie ingenua e il marito malato | Il professor Rune | 1989-04-17 |
Series | I promessi sposi | Conte zio | 1989-11-12 |
Movie | The Tunnel | Allende | 1988-04-29 |
Movie | Scent of a Crime | Fayón | 1988-10-21 |
Movie | Pasodoble | Don Nuño | 1988-06-09 |
Movie | Mi general | Director Almirante | 1987-05-07 |
Movie | Paradise Hotel | Joseph | 1986-04-15 |
Movie | Saving Grace | Cardinal Stefano Biondi | 1986-05-02 |
Movie | Our Father | Cardinal | 1985-04-21 |
Series | A.D. | Seneca | 1985-03-31 |
Movie | Rustlers' Rhapsody | Railroad Colonel | 1985-05-10 |
Movie | Black Arrow | Warwick | 1985-10-09 |
Movie | Angel of Death | Ohmei Felsberg | 1985-07-23 |
Movie | Star Knight | Fray Lupo | 1985-12-20 |
Movie | The Hit | Policeman | 1984-09-07 |
Movie | A Strange Passion | Piacchi | 1984-11-21 |
Movie | Bearn | Don Antonio | 1983-04-14 |
Movie | A Estrangeira | André | 1982-02-01 |
Movie | Looking for Jesus | Don Filippo | 1982-03-03 |
Movie | Monsignor | Cardinal Santoni | 1982-10-22 |
Movie | Lady of the Camelias | Count Stackelberg | 1981-02-26 |
Movie | Honey | Editor | 1981-05-08 |
Movie | Trágala, perro | Juez | 1981-11-16 |
Movie | Chaste and Pure | Antonio Di Maggio | 1981-10-30 |
Movie | Memorias de Leticia Valle | Don Fernando Valle | 1980-02-25 |
Movie | Cabo Blanco | Police Captain Torredo | 1980-03-13 |
Movie | Quintet | Grigor | 1979-02-09 |
Movie | Traffic Jam | Carlo | 1979-01-12 |
Movie | The Last Romantic Lover | Max | 1978-04-26 |
Movie | Rebeldía | Don Luis | 1978-09-24 |
Series | Jesus of Nazareth | Gaspar | 1977-03-27 |
Movie | Elisa, My Life | Luis | 1977-04-21 |
Movie | Eyes Behind the Wall | Ivano | 1977-06-07 |
Movie | The Assignment | Bidara | 1977-07-11 |
Movie | That Obscure Object of Desire | Mathieu Faber | 1977-08-17 |
Movie | Illustrious Corpses | Security Minister | 1976-02-12 |
Movie | Striptease | Alfonso | 1976-01-01 |
Movie | El segundo poder | Cardenal | 1976-01-01 |
Movie | Manuela | Don Ramón | 1976-06-07 |
Series | Origins of the Mafia | Baron Della Spina | 1976-11-19 |
Movie | A Matter of Time | Charles Van Maar | 1976-10-07 |
Movie | Voyage of the Damned | President Bru | 1976-12-22 |
Movie | The Desert of the Tartars | Nathanson | 1976-10-29 |
Movie | Smiling Maniacs | Judge Vanini | 1975-01-16 |
Movie | Seven Beauties | Pedro the Anarchist Prisoner | 1975-12-20 |
Movie | French Connection II | Alain Charnier | 1975-05-18 |
Movie | Say it with Flowers | Jacques Berger | 1974-09-04 |
Movie | Violent Blood Bath | Oscar | 1974-08-12 |
Movie | The Murri Affair | Prof. Murri | 1974-09-28 |
Movie | The Woman with Red Boots | Perrot | 1974-12-11 |
Movie | Tarot | Arthur | 1973-01-01 |
Movie | One Way | Mr. David | 1973-09-22 |
Movie | High Crime | Cafiero | 1973-08-12 |
Movie | Fall of a Body | M. Nansoit | 1973-09-28 |
Movie | White Fang | Father Oatley | 1973-12-21 |
Movie | Antony and Cleopatra | Lepidus | 1972-03-18 |
Movie | This Kind of Love | Giovanna's father | 1972-02-10 |
Movie | The Two Faces of Fear | Inspector Nardi | 1972-02-17 |
Movie | White Sister | le directeur de l'hôpital | 1972-03-31 |
Movie | Canticle | Padrino Elisa | 1972-07-17 |
Movie | The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie | Don Rafael | 1972-09-15 |
Movie | La duda | Don Rodrigo - Conde de Albrit | 1972-09-07 |
Movie | The Great Swindle | Luis | 1971-03-06 |
Movie | Cold Eyes of Fear | Juez Flower | 1971-04-06 |
Movie | The French Connection | Alain Charnier | 1971-10-09 |
Movie | The Light at the Edge of the World | Captain Moriz | 1971-07-16 |
Movie | A Town Called Hell | Old Blind Man | 1971-10-27 |
Movie | Aoom | 1970-07-01 | |
Movie | The Adventurers | Jaime Xenos | 1970-03-25 |
Movie | Tristana | Don Lope | 1970-03-29 |
Movie | Wrath of the Wind | Don Antonio | 1970-12-04 |
Movie | Compañeros | Prof. Xantos | 1970-12-18 |
Movie | Guns of the Magnificent Seven | Quintero | 1969-07-14 |
Movie | Land Raiders | Priest | 1969-07-27 |
Movie | The Price of Power | Pinkerton | 1969-12-18 |
Movie | A Candidate for a Killing | Marco Augusto | 1969-08-22 |
Movie | Villa Rides | Fuentes | 1968-05-29 |
Movie | The Immortal Story | Merchant | 1968-06-01 |
Movie | The Desperate Ones | Ibram | 1967-01-01 |
Movie | Historia de la frivolidad | Gent | 1967-02-09 |
Movie | The Viscount | 1967-04-04 | |
Movie | Amor en el aire | Carlos Mª Saldiez | 1967-12-25 |
Movie | Cervantes | Filipe II | 1967-11-02 |
Movie | Run Like a Thief | Col. Romero | 1967-10-11 |
Movie | Attack of the Robots | Sir Percy | 1966-04-27 |
Movie | El Greco | Felipe II. | 1966-08-15 |
Movie | Zampo y yo | Zampo | 1966-07-04 |
Movie | Navajo Joe | Reverend Rattigan | 1966-11-25 |
Movie | Return of the Seven | Priest | 1966-10-19 |
Movie | España insólita | (voice) | 1965-05-13 |
Movie | The Devil Also Cries | Ramòn Quiroga | 1965-03-14 |
Movie | Samson and Gideon | Lo straniero / The Stranger - Angel of the Lord | 1965-01-01 |
Movie | Son of a Gunfighter | Don Pedro Fortuna | 1965-08-16 |
Movie | Don Quijote | Der Herzog | 1965-01-01 |
Movie | The Amazing Doctor G | Goldginger | 1965-10-15 |
Movie | Legacy of the Incas | President Castillo | 1965-09-08 |
Movie | Espionage in Lisbon | Agent of the New World Organization | 1965-10-30 |
Movie | Der Marquis - der Mann, der sich verkaufen wollte | Verleger Ramos | 1965-11-12 |
Movie | Chimes at Midnight | Worcester | 1965-12-23 |
Movie | The Rash One | El Rico Pintor | 1964-09-07 |
Movie | Backfire | Commissioner of Beirut harbor | 1964-09-04 |
Movie | The New Cinderella | Juan Echarre | 1964-09-12 |
Movie | El señor de La Salle | Luis XIV | 1964-01-01 |
Movie | The Palomos | Don Alberto | 1964-11-02 |
Movie | La hora incógnita | Sacerdote | 1964-12-26 |
Movie | Fin de semana | Entrevistador | 1964-11-23 |
Movie | Scheherazade | Al Fakid | 1963-05-10 |
Movie | The Castilian | Ramiro II, rey de León | 1963-03-07 |
Movie | The Running Man | Police Official | 1963-10-01 |
Movie | The Ceremony | Sanchez | 1963-12-18 |
Movie | Viridiana | Don Jaime | 1962-04-01 |
Movie | Rogelia | Máximo García | 1962-01-01 |
Movie | My Son, the Hero | Hoher Priester | 1962-05-04 |
Movie | Face of Terror | Dr. Charles Taylor | 1962-10-28 |
Movie | Goliath Against the Giants | Bokan the Usurper | 1961-05-13 |
Movie | Teresa | Profesor Héctor de la Barrera | 1961-02-02 |
Movie | Siempre es domingo | Juez Andonelli | 1961-10-23 |
Movie | Fantasmas en la casa | Raimundo Rodríguez de Toledo | 1961-08-17 |
Movie | The Savage Guns | Don Hernán | 1961-11-01 |
Movie | Culpables | Mario | 1960-06-26 |
Movie | The Revolt of the Slaves | Valerio | 1960-12-30 |
Movie | Parque de Madrid | Don Luis | 1959-05-18 |
Movie | Sonatas | Captain Casares | 1959-10-12 |
Movie | Poison at 2:30 | Ramón | 1959-12-10 |
Movie | The Last Days of Pompeii | Arbaces, High Priest of Isis | 1959-11-12 |
Movie | The Night Heaven Fell | Tío (alternate version) | 1958-04-05 |
Movie | Revenge | Writer | 1958-05-02 |
Movie | La Rana Verde | Narrator (voice) | 1958-06-11 |
Movie | ¡Viva lo imposible! | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | 1958-09-01 |
Movie | The Singer from Mexico | Cartoni - l'impresario (uncredited) | 1957-01-24 |
Movie | Day of Fear | 1957-05-27 | |
Movie | Faustina | Valentín | 1957-05-13 |
Movie | Madrugada | Mauricio (voice) (uncredited) | 1957-07-15 |
Movie | Un marido de ida y vuelta | Paco | 1957-08-26 |
Movie | Don Juan | Don Iñigo | 1956-05-09 |
Movie | The Miracle of Marcelino | Monje narrador | 1955-02-24 |
Movie | El alcalde de Zalamea | 1954-01-25 | |
Movie | Crimen en el entreacto | 1954-01-16 | |
Movie | Comedians | Miguel | 1954-05-17 |
Movie | The Lovers of Toledo | 1953-01-28 | |
Movie | Welcome Mr. Marshall! | Narrador (voice) | 1953-04-04 |
Movie | Airport | Fernando | 1953-09-14 |
Movie | La laguna negra | Miguel | 1952-12-29 |
Movie | Black Sky | Ángel López Veiga | 1951-07-09 |
Movie | La señora de Fátima | 1951-10-07 | |
Movie | Air Lashings | 1951-09-24 | |
Movie | Aventuras de Juan Lucas | Juan Lucas | 1949-07-07 |
Movie | Sabela De Cambados | Narrator (voice) | 1949-12-14 |
Movie | Locura de amor | Don Felipe "el Hermoso" | 1948-10-08 |
Movie | Si te hubieses casado conmigo | Enrique Marín Rubio | 1948-08-03 |
Movie | Noche de reyes | 1948-10-27 | |
Movie | Mare nostrum | Ulises / Capitán Ferragut | 1948-12-21 |
Movie | Reina santa | Infante Alfonso | 1947-01-11 |
Movie | Fuenteovejuna | Frondoso | 1947-11-20 |
Movie | Don Quixote | Sansón Carrasco | 1947-03-01 |
Movie | La pródiga | José | 1946-09-27 |
Movie | Los últimos de Filipinas | Juan Chamizo | 1945-05-09 |
Movie | Eugenia de Montijo | Duque de Alba | 1944-10-16 |
Movie | El rey que rabió | Extra (uncredited) | 1940-01-22 |
Movie | Leyenda rota | Extra (uncredited) | 1940-01-22 |
Movie | Los cuatro robinsones | 1939-12-04 |