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