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