Fernando Rey

Fernando Rey

  • Birthday: 1917-09-20
  • Deathday: 1994-03-09
  • Place of birth: A Coruña, Galicia, Spain
  • Also know as: Fernando Casado Arambillet

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."

Filmography

Violent Blood Bath

1974

As Oscar

That Obscure Object of Desire

1977

As Mathieu Faber

La duda

1972

As Don Rodrigo - Conde de Albrit

Bearn

1983

As Don Antonio

Rebeldía

1978

As Don Luis

Elisa, My Life

1977

As Luis

Mi general

1987

As Director Almirante

Culpables

1960

As Mario

Winter Diary

1988

As Padre

Our Father

1985

As Cardinal

A Estrangeira

1982

As André

Pasodoble

1988

As Don Nuño

Cabaret

1953

As Carlos Jiménez

Aventuras de Juan Lucas

1949

As Juan Lucas

La moglie ingenua e il marito malato

1989

As Il professor Rune

Buñuel

1989

As Self

The French Connection

1971

As Alain Charnier

French Connection II

1975

As Alain Charnier

Tristana

1970

As Don Lope

Face of Terror

1962

As Dr. Charles Taylor

Seven Beauties

1975

As Pedro the Anarchist Prisoner

Tarot

1973

As Arthur

Comedians

1954

As Miguel

Airport

1953

As Fernando

Saving Grace

1986

As Cardinal Stefano Biondi

Say it with Flowers

1974

As Jacques Berger

Eyes Behind the Wall

1977

As Ivano

Espionage in Lisbon

1965

As Agent of the New World Organization

Mare nostrum

1948

As Ulises / Capitán Ferragut

A Strange Passion

1984

As Piacchi

Locura de amor

1948

As Don Felipe "el Hermoso"

Teresa

1961

As Profesor Héctor de la Barrera

Smiling Maniacs

1975

As Judge Vanini

Manuela

1976

As Don Ramón

One Way

1973

As Mr. David

Paradise Hotel

1986

As Joseph

Chaste and Pure

1981

As Antonio Di Maggio

Trágala, perro

1981

As Juez

Black Sky

1951

As Ángel López Veiga

The Two Faces of Fear

1972

As Inspector Nardi

Viridiana

1962

As Don Jaime

Angel of Death

1985

As Ohmei Felsberg

Esmeralda Bay

1989

As Ramos

Attack of the Robots

1966

As Sir Percy

The Last Days of Pompeii

1959

As Arbaces, High Priest of Isis

Naked Tango

1990

As Judge Torres

Quintet

1979

As Grigor

The Murri Affair

1974

As Prof. Murri

Legacy of the Incas

1965

As President Castillo

Star Knight

1985

As Fray Lupo

Traffic Jam

1979

As Carlo

Fall of a Body

1973

As M. Nansoit

White Fang

1973

As Father Oatley

Don Quixote

1947

As Sansón Carrasco

High Crime

1973

As Cafiero

Amor en el aire

1967

As Carlos Mª Saldiez

Fuenteovejuna

1947

As Frondoso

Monsignor

1982

As Cardinal Santoni

Faustina

1957

As Valentín

The Devil Also Cries

1965

As Ramòn Quiroga

Fantasmas en la casa

1961

As Raimundo Rodríguez de Toledo

The New Cinderella

1964

As Juan Echarre

White Sister

1972

As le directeur de l'hôpital

Honey

1981

As Editor

Rogelia

1962

As Máximo García

Goliath Against the Giants

1961

As Bokan the Usurper

Looking for Jesus

1982

As Don Filippo

Breath of Life

1990

As Gran Magno

The Tunnel

1988

As Allende

The Enchanted Forest

1987

As Sr. D'Abondo

This Kind of Love

1972

As Giovanna's father

Si te hubieses casado conmigo

1948

As Enrique Marín Rubio

Memorias de Leticia Valle

1980

As Don Fernando Valle

Mission in Morocco

1959

As Princ Achmed

The Great Swindle

1971

As Luis

Navajo Joe

1966

As Reverend Rattigan

Cabo Blanco

1980

As Police Captain Torredo

Compañeros

1970

As Prof. Xantos

Cold Eyes of Fear

1971

As Juez Flower

Sonatas

1959

As Captain Casares

Poison at 2:30

1959

As Ramón

Son of a Gunfighter

1965

As Don Pedro Fortuna

The Palomos

1964

As Don Alberto

A Candidate for a Killing

1969

As Marco Augusto

El Greco

1966

As Felipe II.

Drums of Fire

1990

As Papa Pablo V

Samson and Gideon

1965

As Lo straniero / The Stranger - Angel of the Lord

Los últimos de Filipinas

1945

As Juan Chamizo

Run Like a Thief

1967

As Col. Romero

The Amazing Doctor G

1965

As Goldginger

The Assignment

1977

As Bidara

Reina santa

1947

As Infante Alfonso

¿... Y el prójimo?

1974

As Luis Ignacio

A Town Called Hell

1971

As Old Blind Man

The Price of Power

1969

As Pinkerton

The Miracle of Marcelino

1955

As Monje narrador

Antony and Cleopatra

1972

As Lepidus

Black Arrow

1985

As Warwick

The Night Heaven Fell

1958

As Tío (alternate version)

Madregilda

1993

As Franco's Father

The Immortal Story

1968

As Merchant

La laguna negra

1952

As Miguel

Rustlers' Rhapsody

1985

As Railroad Colonel

Parque de Madrid

1959

As Don Luis

Cristo

1954

As

Le Grand Secret

1989

As Paul Corbet

The Desert of the Tartars

1976

As Nathanson

The Hit

1984

As Policeman

The Savage Guns

1961

As Don Hernán

España insólita

1965

As (voice)

Don Juan

1956

As Don Iñigo

Don Quijote

1965

As Der Herzog

Lady of the Camelias

1981

As Count Stackelberg

La pródiga

1946

As José

The Desperate Ones

1967

As Ibram

Picture of Europe

1990

As Self

Return of the Seven

1966

As Priest

The Sow

1992

As Fray Juan

The Revolt of the Slaves

1960

As Valerio

Striptease

1976

As Alfonso

Eugenia de Montijo

1944

As Duque de Alba

Backfire

1964

As Commissioner of Beirut harbor

The Castilian

1963

As Ramiro II, rey de León

Canticle

1972

As Padrino Elisa

The Rash One

1964

As El Rico Pintor

El señor de La Salle

1964

As Luis XIV

Scheherazade

1963

As Al Fakid

A Matter of Time

1976

As Charles Van Maar

The Ceremony

1963

As Sanchez

El segundo poder

1976

As Cardenal

Villa Rides

1968

As Fuentes

The Adventurers

1970

As Jaime Xenos

The Running Man

1963

As Police Official

El rey que rabió

1940

As Extra (uncredited)

Don Quixote

1992

As Closing Scene Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Land Raiders

1969

As Priest

Illustrious Corpses

1976

As Security Minister

L'Atlantide

1992

As Father Mauritius

Day of Fear

1957

As

Leyenda rota

1940

As Extra (uncredited)

Chimes at Midnight

1965

As Worcester

La hora incógnita

1964

As Sacerdote

My Son, the Hero

1962

As Hoher Priester

Wrath of the Wind

1970

As Don Antonio

After the Dream

1992

As Ramiro Lanza

Aoom

1970

As

Madrugada

1957

As Mauricio (voice) (uncredited)

El Quijote desde la platea

2019

As Self - Actor / Don Quixote (archive footage)

Scent of a Crime

1988

As Fayón

Don Lucio and Brother Pío

1960

As Señor Aguilar

Air Lashings

1951

As

Revenge

1958

As Writer

Welcome Mr. Marshall!

1953

As Narrador (voice)

Cervantes

1967

As Filipe II

La vida en un bloc

1956

As (voice) (uncredited)

Sabela De Cambados

1949

As Narrator (voice)

La Rana Verde

1958

As Narrator (voice)

The Singer from Mexico

1957

As Cartoni - l'impresario (uncredited)

The Crime of Cuenca

1981

As Contreras

¡Viva lo imposible!

1958

As Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Voyage of the Damned

1976

As President Bru

Fin de semana

1964

As Entrevistador

Siempre es domingo

1961

As Juez Andonelli

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