Known For
Acting
Born
Sep 20, 1917
Died
Mar 09, 1994
Place of Birth
A Coruña, Galicia, Spain
Credits
223 titles
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
Filmography
El Quijote desde la platea
Self - Actor / Don Quixote (archive footage)
Speaking of Buñuel
Self (archive footage)
Les paradoxes de Buñuel
Self (archive footage)
El cianuro… ¿solo o con leche?
Gregorio
On the Far Side of the Tunnel
Miguel
Arnau
Compte de Barcelona
Madregilda
Franco's Father
Mission of Love
Pacheco
The Sow
Fray Juan
L'Atlantide
Father Mauritius
Paco, mi padre
After the Dream
Ramiro Lanza
Blood and Dust
Sultan Saladin
1492: Conquest of Paradise
Marchena
Don Quixote
Closing Scene Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Don Quijote de la Mancha
Don Quijote
El Quijote de Miguel de Cervantes
Don Quijote
Imágenes perdidas
Himself - Narrator
Drums of Fire
Papa Pablo V
Breath of Life
Gran Magno
Naked Tango
Judge Torres
Pictures of Europe
Self
I promessi sposi
Conte zio
Esmeralda Bay
Ramos
Il ricatto
Magistrato Di Nola
La moglie ingenua e il marito malato
Il professor Rune
Blaues Blut
Dekker
Le Grand Secret
Paul Corbet
Le Grand Secret
Paul Corbet
Buñuel
Self
Scent of a Crime
Fayón
Winter Diary
Padre
Pasodoble
Don Nuño
The Tunnel
Allende
The Enchanted Forest
Mr. D'Abondo
Mi general
Director Almirante
Luis Buñuel: constructor de infiernos
Self
Saving Grace
Cardinal Stefano Biondi
Paradise Hotel
Joseph
Star Knight
Fray Lupo
The House of Ulloa
Sr. De La Lage
Black Arrow
Warwick
Angel of Death
Ohmei Felsberg
Rustlers' Rhapsody
Railroad Colonel
Our Father
Cardinal
A.D.
Seneca
A Strange Passion
Piacchi
The Hit
Policeman
The Life and Times of Don Luis Buñuel
Self
Bearn
Don Antonio