Fernando Rey
Acting1917A Coruña, Galicia, Spain
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
Acting History
Future
2019
El Quijote desde la platea
as Self - Actor / Don Quixote (archive footage)
2000
Speaking of Buñuel
as Self (archive footage)
1998
Les paradoxes de Buñuel
as Self (archive footage)
1994
On the Far Side of the Tunnel
as Miguel
El cianuro… ¿solo o con leche?
as Gregorio
Arnau
TVas Compte de Barcelona
1993
Madregilda
as Franco's Father
Mission of Love
TVas Pacheco
1992
Don Quixote
as Closing Scene Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Sow
as Fray Juan
After the Dream
as Ramiro Lanza
1492: Conquest of Paradise
as Marchena
L'Atlantide
as Father Mauritius
El Quijote de Miguel de Cervantes
as Don Quijote
Blood and Dust
as Sultan Saladin
Don Quijote de la Mancha
TVas Don Quijote
1991
Imágenes perdidas
TVas Himself - Narrator
1990
Drums of Fire
as Papa Pablo V
Breath of Life
as Gran Magno
Naked Tango
as Judge Torres
Pictures of Europe
as Self
1989
Buñuel
as Self
Esmeralda Bay
as Ramos
La moglie ingenua e il marito malato
as Il professor Rune
Le Grand Secret
as Paul Corbet
I promessi sposi
TVas Conte zio
Le Grand Secret
TVas Paul Corbet
Blaues Blut
TVas Dekker
Il ricatto
TVas Magistrato Di Nola
1988
1987
The Enchanted Forest
as Mr. D'Abondo
Mi general
as Director Almirante
1986
Saving Grace
as Cardinal Stefano Biondi
Paradise Hotel
as Joseph
Luis Buñuel: constructor de infiernos
as Himself
1985
Rustlers' Rhapsody
as Railroad Colonel
Black Arrow
as Warwick
Angel of Death
as Ohmei Felsberg
Our Father
as Cardinal
Star Knight
as Fray Lupo
The House of Ulloa
TVas Sr. De La Lage
A.D.
TVas Seneca• 5 eps
1984
1983
Bearn
as Don Antonio
1982
1981
Honey
as Editor
Trágala, perro
as Juez
Chaste and Pure
as Antonio Di Maggio
Lady of the Camelias
as Count Stackelberg
The Crime of Cuenca
as Contreras
1980
Caboblanco
as Police Captain Torredo
Memorias de Leticia Valle
as Don Fernando Valle
1979
Traffic Jam
as Carlo
Quintet
as Grigor
1978
The Last Romantic Lover
as Max
Rebeldía
as Don Luis
1977
That Obscure Object of Desire
as Mathieu Faber
The Assignment
as Bidara
Eyes Behind the Wall
as Ivano
Elisa, My Life
as Luis
Jesus of Nazareth
TVas Gaspar• 4 eps
1976
Voyage of the Damned
as President Bru
A Matter of Time
as Charles Van Maar
The Desert of the Tartars
as Nathanson
Striptease
as Alfonso
Manuela
as Don Ramón
Illustrious Corpses
as Security Minister
El segundo poder
as Cardenal
Origins of the Mafia
TVas Baron Della Spina
1975
French Connection II
as Alain Charnier
Seven Beauties
as Pedro the Anarchist Prisoner
Smiling Maniacs
as Judge Vanini
1974
The Murri Affair
as Prof. Murri
Violent Blood Bath
as Oscar
Say it with Flowers
as Jacques Berger
The Woman with Red Boots
as Perrot
¿... Y el prójimo?
as Luis Ignacio
1973
Tarot
as Arthur
White Fang
as Father Oatley
Fall of a Body
as M. Nansoit
High Crime
as Cafiero
One Way
as Mr. David
1972
This Kind of Love
as Giovanna's father
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
as Don Rafael
La duda
as Don Rodrigo - Conde de Albrit
The Two Faces of Fear
as Inspector Nardi
White Sister
as le directeur de l'hôpital
Antony and Cleopatra
as Lepidus
Canticle
as Padrino Elisa
1971
The Great Swindle
as Luis
The Light at the Edge of the World
as Captain Moriz
A Town Called Bastard
as Old Blind Man
The French Connection
as Alain Charnier
Cold Eyes of Fear
as Juez Flower
1970
Compañeros
as Prof. Xantos
The Adventurers
as Jaime Xenos
Tristana
as Don Lope
Wrath of the Wind
as Don Antonio
1969
Guns of the Magnificent Seven
as Quintero
The Price of Power
as Pinkerton
Land Raiders
as Priest
A Candidate for a Killing
as Marco Augusto
1968
1967
Run Like a Thief
as Col. Romero
Le avventure e gli amori di Miguel Cervantes
as Filipe II
Pero… ¡en qué país vivimos!
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Amor en el aire
as Carlos Mª Saldiez
The Desperate Ones
as Ibram
The Viscount
as Marco Demoygne
Historia de la frivolidad
as Gent
1966
Navajo Joe
as Reverend Rattigan
Return of the Seven
as Priest
El Greco
as Re Filippo II
Attack of the Robots
as Sir Percy
Zampo y yo
as Zampo
1965
Der Marquis - der Mann, der sich verkaufen wollte
as Verleger Ramos
Legacy of the Incas
as President Castillo
The Amazing Doctor G
as Goldginger
España insólita
as (voice)
Don Quijote
as Der Herzog
Espionage in Lisbon
as Agent of the New World Organization
Son of a Gunfighter
as Don Pedro Fortuna
The Devil Also Cries
as Ramòn Quiroga
Chimes at Midnight
as Worcester
Samson and Gideon
as Lo straniero / The Stranger - Angel of the Lord
Don Quijote von der Mancha
TVas Der Herzog / le duc
1964
Backfire
as Commissioner of Beirut harbor
The Palomos
as Don Alberto
El señor de La Salle
as Luis XIV
The Rash One
as El Rico Pintor
The New Cinderella
as Juan Echarre
Fin de semana
as Entrevistador
1963
The Castilian
as Ramiro II, rey de León
The Ceremony
as Sanchez
The Running Man
as Police Official
Scheherazade
as Al Fakid
1962
My Son, the Hero
as High Priest (uncredited)
Viridiana
as Don Jaime
Face of Terror
as Dr. Charles Taylor
Torerillos, 61
as Narrator (voice)
Rogelia
as Máximo García
1961
Teresa
as Profesor Héctor de la Barrera
The Savage Guns
as Don Hernán
Siempre es domingo
as Juez Andonelli
Fantasmas en la casa
as Raimundo Rodríguez de Toledo
Goliath Against the Giants
as Bokan the Usurper
1960
1959
Mission in Morocco
as Princ Achmed
The Last Days of Pompeii
as Arbaces, High Priest of Isis
Parque de Madrid
as Don Luis
Poison at 2:30
as Ramón
Sonatas
as Captain Casares
1958
Revenge
as Writer
The Night Heaven Fell
as Tío (alternate version)
¡Viva lo imposible!
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
La Rana Verde
as Narrator (voice)
1957
Madrugada
as Mauricio (voice) (uncredited)
Faustina
as Valentín
The Singer from Mexico
as Cartoni - l'impresario (uncredited)
Un marido de ida y vuelta
as Paco
1956
Don Juan
as Don Iñigo
La vida en un bloc
as (voice) (uncredited)
The Adventures of Gil Blas
as Captain Rolando
1955
The Miracle of Marcelino
as Monje narrador
Billete para Tánger
as Inspector
1954
Las últimas banderas
as Miguel Bermejo
Comedians
as Miguel
Rebeldía
as Capellán
El alcalde de Zalamea
as El Rey
1953
1952
1951
1950
Agustina of Aragon
as General Palafox/Lorenzo, el pastor
1949
1948
Mare nostrum
as Ulises / Capitán Ferragut
Locura de amor
as Don Felipe "el Hermoso"
Si te hubieses casado conmigo
as Enrique Marín Rubio
1947
1946
La pródiga
as José
1945
Los últimos de Filipinas
as Juan Chamizo
1944
Eugenia de Montijo
as Duque de Alba
1940
Leyenda rota
as Extra (uncredited)
El rey que rabió
as Extra (uncredited)