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