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