Name
Fernando Rey
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1917-09-20
Deathday
1994-03-09 (77 years old)
Place of Birth
A Coruña, Galicia, Spain
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
The French Connection
(2,197 Votes)
7.492
Tough narcotics detective 'Popeye' Doyle is in hot pursuit of a suave French drug dealer w...
Relase Date : 9 Oct, 1971
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The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
(934 Votes)
7.5
In Luis Buñuel’s deliciously satiric masterpiece, an upper-class sextet sits down to di...
Relase Date : 15 Sep, 1972
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French Connection II
(486 Votes)
6.773
"Popeye" Doyle travels to Marseilles to find Alain Charnier, the drug smuggler that eluded...
Relase Date : 18 May, 1975
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Return of the Seven
(316 Votes)
6.112
Chico, one of the remaining members of The Magnificent Seven, now lives in the town that t...
Relase Date : 19 Oct, 1966
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That Obscure Object of Desire
(458 Votes)
7.454
After dumping a bucket of water on a beautiful young woman from the window of a train car,...
Relase Date : 17 Aug, 1977
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Guns of the Magnificent Seven
(123 Votes)
5.407
When Mexican revolutionary leader Quintero is left to rot in jail by the forces of Preside...
Relase Date : 14 Jul, 1969
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Voyage of the Damned
(77 Votes)
6
A luxury liner carries Jewish refugees from Hitler's Germany in a desperate fight for surv...
Relase Date : 22 Dec, 1976
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Movies
Tv Shows
- 1965 Chimes at Midnight as Worcester
- 1971 The French Connection as Alain Charnier
- 1992 1492: Conquest of Paradise as Marchena
- 1971 The Great Swindle as Luis
- 1974 Violent Blood Bath as Oscar
- 1975 French Connection II as Alain Charnier
- 1972 The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie as Don Rafael
- 1962 Viridiana as Don Jaime
- 1966 Navajo Joe as Reverend Rattigan
- 1977 That Obscure Object of Desire as Mathieu Faber
- 1980 Caboblanco as Police Captain Torredo
- 1985 Angel of Death as Ohmei Felsberg
- 1969 Guns of the Magnificent Seven as Quintero
- 1966 Return of the Seven as Priest
- 1966 Attack of the Robots as Sir Percy
- 1970 Tristana as Don Lope
- 1962 Face of Terror as Dr. Charles Taylor
- 1959 The Last Days of Pompeii as Arbaces, High Priest of Isis
- 1970 Compañeros as Prof. Xantos
- 1990 Naked Tango as Judge Torres
- 1975 Seven Beauties as Pedro the Anarchist Prisoner
- 1976 Illustrious Corpses as Security Minister
- 1979 Quintet as Grigor
- 1959 Mission in Morocco as Princ Achmed
- 1970 Wrath of the Wind as Don Antonio
- 1973 Tarot as Arthur
- 1964 El señor de La Salle as Luis XIV
- 1984 The Life and Times of Don Luis Buñuel as Self
- 1971 A Town Called Bastard as Old Blind Man
- 1976 The Desert of the Tartars as Nathanson
- 1968 Villa Rides as Fuentes
- 1984 The Hit as Policeman
- 1974 The Murri Affair as Prof. Murri
- 1965 Legacy of the Incas as President Castillo
- 1985 Star Knight as Fray Lupo
- 1979 Traffic Jam as Carlo
- 1971 The Light at the Edge of the World as Captain Moriz
- 1969 The Price of Power as Pinkerton
- 1973 Fall of a Body as M. Nansoit
- 1992 The Sow as Fray Juan
- 1976 Voyage of the Damned as President Bru
- 1947 Don Quixote as Sansón Carrasco
- 1973 White Fang as Father Oatley
- 1972 La duda as Don Rodrigo - Conde de Albrit
- 1973 High Crime as Cafiero
- 1953 The Lovers of Toledo
- 1954 Comedians as Miguel
- 1953 Airport as Fernando
- 1986 Saving Grace as Cardinal Stefano Biondi
- 1983 Bearn as Don Antonio
- 1967 Amor en el aire as Carlos Mª Saldiez
- 1974 Say it with Flowers as Jacques Berger
- 1994 On the Far Side of the Tunnel as Miguel
- 1944 Eugenia de Montijo as Duque de Alba
- 1947 Fuenteovejuna as Frondoso
- 1977 Eyes Behind the Wall as Ivano
- 1978 Rebeldía as Don Luis
- 1954 El alcalde de Zalamea as El Rey
- 1970 The Adventurers as Jaime Xenos
- 1971 Cold Eyes of Fear as Juez Flower
- 1961 The Savage Guns as Don Hernán
- 1982 Monsignor as Cardinal Santoni
- 1977 Elisa, My Life as Luis
- 1965 Son of a Gunfighter as Don Pedro Fortuna
- 1965 Espionage in Lisbon as Agent of the New World Organization
- 1959 Sonatas as Captain Casares
- 1959 Poison at 2:30 as Ramón
- 1974 The Woman with Red Boots as Perrot
- 1987 Mi general as Director Almirante
- 1963 The Castilian as Ramiro II, rey de León
- 1964 Backfire as Commissioner of Beirut harbor
- 1964 The Palomos as Don Alberto
- 1990 Pictures of Europe as Self
- 1956 Don Juan as Don Iñigo
- 1957 Faustina as Valentín
- 1960 Culpables as Mario
- 1993 Madregilda as Franco's Father
- 1965 The Devil Also Cries as Ramòn Quiroga
- 1960 The Revolt of the Slaves as Valerio
- 1963 Scheherazade as Al Fakid
- 1988 Winter Diary as Padre
- 1988 The Tunnel as Allende
- 1984 A Strange Passion as Piacchi
- 1948 Locura de amor as Don Felipe "el Hermoso"
- 1969 A Candidate for a Killing as Marco Augusto
- 1961 Fantasmas en la casa as Raimundo Rodríguez de Toledo
- 1964 The New Cinderella as Juan Echarre
- 1952 The Devil's Roundup as Atracador
- 1972 This Kind of Love as Giovanna's father
- 1961 Teresa as Profesor Héctor de la Barrera
- 1955 The Miracle of Marcelino as Monje narrador
- 1972 Antony and Cleopatra as Lepidus
- 1985 Our Father as Cardinal
- 1966 El Greco as Re Filippo II
- 1976 A Matter of Time as Charles Van Maar
- 1978 The Last Romantic Lover as Max
- 1989 Esmeralda Bay as Ramos
- 1975 Smiling Maniacs as Judge Vanini
- 1981 Chaste and Pure as Antonio Di Maggio
- 1992 L'Atlantide as Father Mauritius
- 1976 Manuela as Don Ramón
- 1969 Land Raiders as Priest
- 1954 Cristo
- 1974 ¿... Y el prójimo? as Luis Ignacio
- 1985 Black Arrow as Warwick
- 1990 Drums of Fire as Papa Pablo V
- 1992 El Quijote de Miguel de Cervantes as Don Quijote
- 1982 A Estrangeira as André
- 1972 White Sister as le directeur de l'hôpital
- 1989 Le Grand Secret as Paul Corbet
- 1965 España insólita as (voice)
- 1981 Honey as Editor
- 1965 Don Quijote as Der Herzog
- 1956 The Adventures of Gil Blas as Captain Rolando
- 1958 The Night Heaven Fell as Tío (alternate version)
- 1957 The Singer from Mexico as Cartoni - l'impresario (uncredited)
- 1981 Lady of the Camelias as Count Stackelberg
- 1973 One Way as Mr. David
- 1967 The Viscount as Marco Demoygne
- 1962 Rogelia as Máximo García
- 1963 La hora incógnita
- 1953 Welcome Mr. Marshall! as Narrador (voz)
- 1966 Zampo y yo as Zampo
- 1972 Canticle as Padrino Elisa
- 1961 Goliath Against the Giants as Bokan the Usurper
- 1963 The Running Man as Police Official
- 1986 Paradise Hotel as Joseph
- 1968 The Immortal Story as Merchant
- 1992 Blood and Dust as Sultan Saladin
- 1976 Striptease as Alfonso
- 1988 Pasodoble as Don Nuño
- 1965 Der Marquis - der Mann, der sich verkaufen wollte as Verleger Ramos
- 1965 Samson and Gideon as Lo straniero / The Stranger - Angel of the Lord
- 1950 Agustina of Aragon as General Palafox/Lorenzo, el pastor
- 1982 Looking for Jesus as Don Filippo
- 1948 Noche de reyes
- 1954 Las últimas banderas as Miguel Bermejo
- 1990 Breath of Life as Gran Magno
- 1964 The Rash One as El Rico Pintor
- 1953 Cabaret as Carlos Jiménez
- 1948 Mare nostrum as Ulises / Capitán Ferragut
- 1987 The Enchanted Forest as Mr. D'Abondo
- 1946 La pródiga as José
- 1939 Los cuatro robinsones
- 1981 Trágala, perro as Juez
- 1949 Aventuras de Juan Lucas as Juan Lucas
- 1963 The Ceremony as Sanchez
- 1951 Black Sky as Ángel López Veiga
- 1948 Si te hubieses casado conmigo as Enrique Marín Rubio
- 1957 Un marido de ida y vuelta as Paco
- 1980 Memorias de Leticia Valle as Don Fernando Valle
- 1976 El segundo poder as Cardenal
- 1967 The Desperate Ones as Ibram
- 1960 Don Lucio and Brother Pío as Señor Aguilar
- 1986 Luis Buñuel: constructor de infiernos as Self
- 1951 La señora de Fátima as Lorenzo Duarte
- 1952 La laguna negra as Miguel
- 1945 Los últimos de Filipinas as Juan Chamizo
- 1994 El cianuro… ¿solo o con leche? as Gregorio
- 1967 Run Like a Thief as Col. Romero
- 1967 Historia de la frivolidad as Gent
- 1967 Le avventure e gli amori di Miguel Cervantes as Filipe II
- 1989 La moglie ingenua e il marito malato as Il professor Rune
- 2019 El Quijote desde la platea as Self - Actor / Don Quixote (archive footage)
- 1989 Buñuel as Self
- 1992 After the Dream as Ramiro Lanza
- 1985 Rustlers' Rhapsody as Railroad Colonel
- 1965 The Amazing Doctor G as Goldginger
- 1958 Sevilla Penitente
- 1972 The Two Faces of Fear as Inspector Nardi
- 1977 The Assignment as Bidara
- 1958 La Rana Verde as Narrator (voice)
- 1960 Vida sin risas
- 1951 Air Lashings as Narrador (voz)
- 1961 Siempre es domingo as Juez Andonelli
- 1970 Aoom
- 1964 Fin de semana as Entrevistador
- 1981 The Crime of Cuenca as Contreras
- 1957 Day of Fear
- 1947 Reina santa as Infante Alfonso
- 1954 Crimen en el entreacto
- 1988 Scent of a Crime as Fayón
- 1959 Parque de Madrid as Don Luis
- 1957 Madrugada as Mauricio (voice) (uncredited)
- 1956 La vida en un bloc as (voice) (uncredited)
- 1958 ¡Viva lo imposible! as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- 1940 El rey que rabió as Extra (uncredited)
- 1940 Leyenda rota as Extra (uncredited)
- 1958 Revenge as Writer
- 1949 Sabela De Cambados as Narrator (voice)
- 1992 Don Quixote as Closing Scene Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- 1956 Playa prohibida
- 1967 Pero… ¡en qué país vivimos! as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- 1952 Flamenco as (voz)
- 1954 Rebeldía as Capellán
- 1955 Billete para Tánger as Inspector
- 2000 Speaking of Buñuel as Self (archive footage)
- Soon Señores del espacio
- 1968 Los preparativos
- 1964 La aventura de Api
- 1968 Un pequeño colonizador verde
- 1970 El mejillón gallego
- 1962 Torerillos, 61 as Narrator (voice)
- 1962 My Son, the Hero as High Priest (uncredited)
- 1998 Les paradoxes de Buñuel as Self (archive footage)
- 1992 Paco, mi padre
- 1947 La princesa de los Ursinos as Felipe V
- 1977 Jesus of Nazareth ( 4 episodes ) as Gaspar
- 1993 Mission of Love ( 3 episodes ) as Pacheco
- 1989 Blaues Blut ( 1 episode ) as Dekker
- 1994 Arnau ( 5 episodes ) as Compte de Barcelona
- 1989 I promessi sposi ( 5 episodes ) as Conte zio
- 1985 A.D. ( 5 episodes ) as Seneca
- 1991 Imágenes perdidas ( 1 episode ) as Himself - Narrator
- 1989 Le Grand Secret ( 6 episodes ) as Paul Corbet
- 1989 Il ricatto ( 1 episode ) as Magistrato Di Nola
- 1985 The House of Ulloa ( 4 episodes ) as Sr. De La Lage
- 1992 Don Quijote de la Mancha ( 5 episodes ) as Don Quijote
- 1965 Don Quijote von der Mancha ( 4 episodes ) as Der Herzog / le duc
- 1976 Origins of the Mafia ( 1 episode ) as Baron Della Spina
- 1971 Film '72 ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1972 Historia de España: La noche de los tiempos ( 23 episodes ) as Narrador (voz)
- 1978 Ciné regards ( 1 episode ) as Self
