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."
Movie | El Quijote desde la platea | Self - Actor / Don Quixote (archive footage) | 2019-04-22 |
Movie | Speaking of Buñuel | Self (archive footage) | 2000-06-09 |
Series | Arnau | Compte de Barcelona | 1994-01-17 |
Movie | On the Far Side of the Tunnel | Miguel | 1994-02-25 |
Movie | El cianuro… ¿solo o con leche? | Gregorio | 1994-04-15 |
Movie | Madregilda | Franco's Father | 1993-09-26 |
Movie | Don Quixote | Closing Scene Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | 1992-04-20 |
Movie | After the Dream | Ramiro Lanza | 1992-09-09 |
Movie | El Quijote de Miguel de Cervantes | Don Quijote | 1992-01-29 |
Movie | 1492: Conquest of Paradise | Marchena | 1992-10-09 |
Movie | The Sow | Fray Juan | 1992-11-06 |
Movie | L'Atlantide | Father Mauritius | 1992-11-05 |
Movie | Naked Tango | Judge Torres | 1990-09-27 |
Movie | Pictures of Europe | Self | 1990-04-25 |
Movie | Breath of Life | Gran Magno | 1990-10-11 |
Movie | Drums of Fire | Papa Pablo V | 1990-12-21 |
Movie | La moglie ingenua e il marito malato | Il professor Rune | 1989-04-17 |
Series | Le Grand Secret | Paul Corbet | 1989-01-06 |
Series | Il ricatto | Magistrato Di Nola | 1989-04-23 |
Movie | Esmeralda Bay | Ramos | 1989-05-18 |
Series | I promessi sposi | Conte zio | 1989-11-12 |
Movie | Pasodoble | Don Nuño | 1988-06-09 |
Movie | The Tunnel | Allende | 1988-04-29 |
Movie | Moon Over Parador | Alejandro | 1988-09-09 |
Movie | Scent of a Crime | Fayón | 1988-10-21 |
Movie | Winter Diary | Padre | 1988-09-29 |
Movie | Mi general | Director Almirante | 1987-05-07 |
Movie | The Enchanted Forest | Sr. D'Abondo | 1987-10-02 |
Movie | Paradise Hotel | Joseph | 1986-04-15 |
Movie | Saving Grace | Cardinal Stefano Biondi | 1986-05-02 |
Movie | Our Father | Cardinal | 1985-04-21 |
Movie | Rustlers' Rhapsody | Railroad Colonel | 1985-05-10 |
Series | A.D. | Seneca | 1985-03-31 |
Movie | Angel of Death | Ohmei Felsberg | 1985-07-23 |
Movie | Star Knight | Fray Lupo | 1985-12-20 |
Movie | Black Arrow | Warwick | 1985-10-09 |
Movie | The Hit | Policeman | 1984-09-07 |
Movie | A Strange Passion | Piacchi | 1984-11-21 |
Movie | Bearn | Don Antonio | 1983-04-14 |
Movie | A Estrangeira | André | 1982-02-01 |
Movie | Monsignor | Cardinal Santoni | 1982-10-22 |
Movie | Looking for Jesus | Don Filippo | 1982-03-03 |
Movie | Lady of the Camelias | Count Stackelberg | 1981-02-26 |
Movie | Honey | Editor | 1981-05-08 |
Movie | Chaste and Pure | Antonio Di Maggio | 1981-10-30 |
Movie | Trágala, perro | Juez | 1981-11-16 |
Movie | The Crime of Cuenca | Contreras | 1981-08-17 |
Movie | Memorias de Leticia Valle | Don Fernando Valle | 1980-02-25 |
Movie | Cabo Blanco | Police Captain Torredo | 1980-03-13 |
Movie | Traffic Jam | Carlo | 1979-01-12 |
Movie | Quintet | Grigor | 1979-02-09 |
Movie | The Last Romantic Lover | Max | 1978-04-26 |
Movie | Rebeldía | Don Luis | 1978-09-24 |
Series | Jesus of Nazareth | Gaspar | 1977-03-27 |
Movie | Elisa, My Life | Luis | 1977-04-21 |
Movie | The Assignment | Bidara | 1977-07-11 |
Movie | Eyes Behind the Wall | Ivano | 1977-06-07 |
Movie | That Obscure Object of Desire | Mathieu Faber | 1977-08-17 |
Movie | Illustrious Corpses | Security Minister | 1976-02-12 |
Movie | Striptease | Alfonso | 1976-01-01 |
Movie | El segundo poder | Cardenal | 1976-01-01 |
Movie | Manuela | Don Ramón | 1976-06-07 |
Series | Origins of the Mafia | Baron Della Spina | 1976-11-19 |
Movie | A Matter of Time | Charles Van Maar | 1976-10-07 |
Movie | Voyage of the Damned | President Bru | 1976-12-22 |
Movie | The Desert of the Tartars | Nathanson | 1976-10-29 |
Movie | Smiling Maniacs | Judge Vanini | 1975-01-16 |
Movie | Seven Beauties | Pedro the Anarchist Prisoner | 1975-12-20 |
Movie | French Connection II | Alain Charnier | 1975-05-18 |
Movie | ¿... Y el prójimo? | Luis Ignacio | 1974-07-10 |
Movie | Say it with Flowers | Jacques Berger | 1974-09-04 |
Movie | Violent Blood Bath | Oscar | 1974-08-12 |
Movie | The Woman with Red Boots | Perrot | 1974-12-11 |
Movie | The Murri Affair | Prof. Murri | 1974-09-28 |
Movie | Tarot | Arthur | 1973-01-01 |
Movie | High Crime | Cafiero | 1973-08-12 |
Movie | One Way | Mr. David | 1973-09-22 |
Movie | Fall of a Body | M. Nansoit | 1973-09-28 |
Movie | White Fang | Father Oatley | 1973-12-21 |
Movie | Antony and Cleopatra | Lepidus | 1972-03-18 |
Movie | This Kind of Love | Giovanna's father | 1972-02-10 |
Movie | White Sister | le directeur de l'hôpital | 1972-03-31 |
Movie | The Two Faces of Fear | Inspector Nardi | 1972-02-17 |
Movie | Canticle | Padrino Elisa | 1972-07-17 |
Movie | La duda | Don Rodrigo - Conde de Albrit | 1972-09-07 |
Movie | The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie | Don Rafael | 1972-09-15 |
Movie | Cold Eyes of Fear | Juez Flower | 1971-04-06 |
Movie | The Light at the Edge of the World | Captain Moriz | 1971-07-16 |
Movie | The Great Swindle | Luis | 1971-03-06 |
Movie | The French Connection | Alain Charnier | 1971-10-09 |
Movie | A Town Called Hell | Old Blind Man | 1971-10-27 |
Movie | Tristana | Don Lope | 1970-03-29 |
Movie | The Adventurers | Jaime Xenos | 1970-03-25 |
Movie | Aoom | 1970-07-01 | |
Movie | Wrath of the Wind | Don Antonio | 1970-12-04 |
Movie | Compañeros | Prof. Xantos | 1970-12-18 |
Movie | Guns of the Magnificent Seven | Quintero | 1969-07-14 |
Movie | Land Raiders | Priest | 1969-07-27 |
Movie | The Price of Power | Pinkerton | 1969-12-18 |
Movie | A Candidate for a Killing | Marco Augusto | 1969-08-22 |
Movie | Villa Rides | Fuentes | 1968-05-29 |
Movie | The Immortal Story | Merchant | 1968-06-01 |
Movie | The Viscount | 1967-04-04 | |
Movie | Historia de la frivolidad | Gent | 1967-02-09 |
Movie | Pero… ¡en qué país vivimos! | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | 1967-09-28 |
Movie | The Desperate Ones | Ibram | 1967-01-01 |
Movie | Run Like a Thief | Col. Romero | 1967-10-11 |
Movie | Amor en el aire | Carlos Mª Saldiez | 1967-12-25 |
Movie | Cervantes | Filipe II | 1967-11-02 |
Movie | Attack of the Robots | Sir Percy | 1966-04-27 |
Movie | El Greco | Felipe II. | 1966-08-15 |
Movie | Zampo y yo | Zampo | 1966-07-04 |
Movie | Return of the Seven | Priest | 1966-10-19 |
Movie | Navajo Joe | Reverend Rattigan | 1966-11-25 |
Movie | España insólita | (voice) | 1965-05-13 |
Movie | Son of a Gunfighter | Don Pedro Fortuna | 1965-08-16 |
Movie | Don Quijote | Der Herzog | 1965-01-01 |
Movie | Samson and Gideon | Lo straniero / The Stranger - Angel of the Lord | 1965-01-01 |
Movie | Legacy of the Incas | President Castillo | 1965-09-08 |
Movie | The Devil Also Cries | Ramòn Quiroga | 1965-03-14 |
Series | Don Quijote von der Mancha | Der Herzog / le duc | 1965-10-08 |
Movie | Chimes at Midnight | Worcester | 1965-12-22 |
Movie | Der Marquis - der Mann, der sich verkaufen wollte | Verleger Ramos | 1965-11-12 |
Movie | Espionage in Lisbon | Agent of the New World Organization | 1965-10-30 |
Movie | The Amazing Doctor G | Goldginger | 1965-10-15 |
Movie | Backfire | Commissioner of Beirut harbor | 1964-09-04 |
Movie | El señor de La Salle | Luis XIV | 1964-01-01 |
Movie | The Rash One | El Rico Pintor | 1964-09-07 |
Movie | Fin de semana | Entrevistador | 1964-11-23 |
Movie | La hora incógnita | Sacerdote | 1964-12-26 |
Movie | The New Cinderella | Juan Echarre | 1964-09-12 |
Movie | The Palomos | Don Alberto | 1964-11-02 |
Movie | The Castilian | Ramiro II, rey de León | 1963-03-07 |
Movie | Scheherazade | Al Fakid | 1963-05-10 |
Movie | The Ceremony | Sanchez | 1963-12-18 |
Movie | The Running Man | Police Official | 1963-10-01 |
Movie | Rogelia | Máximo García | 1962-01-01 |
Movie | Viridiana | Don Jaime | 1962-04-01 |
Movie | Face of Terror | Dr. Charles Taylor | 1962-10-28 |
Movie | My Son, the Hero | Hoher Priester | 1962-05-04 |
Movie | Teresa | Profesor Héctor de la Barrera | 1961-02-02 |
Movie | Goliath Against the Giants | Bokan the Usurper | 1961-05-13 |
Movie | The Savage Guns | Don Hernán | 1961-11-01 |
Movie | Fantasmas en la casa | Raimundo Rodríguez de Toledo | 1961-08-17 |
Movie | Siempre es domingo | Juez Andonelli | 1961-10-23 |
Movie | Culpables | Mario | 1960-06-26 |
Movie | Don Lucio and Brother Pío | Señor Aguilar | 1960-09-27 |
Movie | The Revolt of the Slaves | Valerio | 1960-12-30 |
Movie | Parque de Madrid | Don Luis | 1959-05-18 |
Movie | Sonatas | Captain Casares | 1959-10-12 |
Movie | Poison at 2:30 | Ramón | 1959-12-10 |
Movie | The Last Days of Pompeii | Arbaces, High Priest of Isis | 1959-11-12 |
Movie | The Night Heaven Fell | Tío (alternate version) | 1958-04-05 |
Movie | Revenge | Writer | 1958-05-02 |
Movie | ¡Viva lo imposible! | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | 1958-09-01 |
Movie | La Rana Verde | Narrator (voice) | 1958-06-11 |
Movie | The Singer from Mexico | Cartoni - l'impresario (uncredited) | 1957-01-24 |
Movie | Faustina | Valentín | 1957-05-13 |
Movie | Day of Fear | 1957-05-27 | |
Movie | Un marido de ida y vuelta | Paco | 1957-08-26 |
Movie | Madrugada | Mauricio (voice) (uncredited) | 1957-07-15 |
Movie | La vida en un bloc | (voice) (uncredited) | 1956-04-01 |
Movie | Don Juan | Don Iñigo | 1956-05-09 |
Movie | Playa prohibida | 1956-04-19 | |
Movie | The Miracle of Marcelino | Monje narrador | 1955-02-24 |
Movie | Cristo | 1954-01-01 | |
Movie | Comedians | Miguel | 1954-05-17 |
Movie | Crimen en el entreacto | 1954-01-16 | |
Movie | El alcalde de Zalamea | El Rey | 1954-01-25 |
Movie | Cabaret | Carlos Jiménez | 1953-03-22 |
Movie | The Lovers of Toledo | 1953-01-28 | |
Movie | Welcome Mr. Marshall! | Narrador (voz) | 1953-04-04 |
Movie | Airport | Fernando | 1953-09-14 |
Movie | The Devil's Roundup | Atracador | 1952-01-01 |
Movie | La laguna negra | Miguel | 1952-12-29 |
Movie | Air Lashings | Narrador (voz) | 1951-09-24 |
Movie | Black Sky | Ángel López Veiga | 1951-07-09 |
Movie | La señora de Fátima | Lorenzo Duarte | 1951-10-07 |
Movie | Agustina of Aragon | General Palafox/Lorenzo, el pastor | 1950-10-09 |
Movie | Aventuras de Juan Lucas | Juan Lucas | 1949-07-07 |
Movie | Sabela De Cambados | Narrator (voice) | 1949-12-14 |
Movie | Locura de amor | Don Felipe "el Hermoso" | 1948-10-08 |
Movie | Si te hubieses casado conmigo | Enrique Marín Rubio | 1948-08-03 |
Movie | Noche de reyes | 1948-10-27 | |
Movie | Mare nostrum | Ulises / Capitán Ferragut | 1948-12-21 |
Movie | Reina santa | Infante Alfonso | 1947-01-11 |
Movie | Fuenteovejuna | Frondoso | 1947-11-20 |
Movie | Don Quixote | Sansón Carrasco | 1947-03-01 |
Movie | La pródiga | José | 1946-09-27 |
Movie | Los últimos de Filipinas | Juan Chamizo | 1945-05-09 |
Movie | Eugenia de Montijo | Duque de Alba | 1944-10-16 |
Movie | El rey que rabió | Extra (uncredited) | 1940-01-22 |
Movie | Leyenda rota | Extra (uncredited) | 1940-01-22 |
Movie | Los cuatro robinsones | 1939-12-04 |