Fernando Rey
Acting
Born September 20, 1917, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain
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
- Arnau — Compte de Barcelona
- 1994El cianuro… ¿solo o con leche? — Gregorio
- 1994On the Far Side of the Tunnel — Miguel
- 1993Madregilda — Franco's Father
- Mission of Love — Pacheco
- 19921492: Conquest of Paradise — Marchena
- 1992After the Dream — Ramiro Lanza
- 1992Blood and Dust — Sultan Saladin
- Don Quijote de la Mancha — Don Quijote
- 1992Don Quixote — Closing Scene Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- 1992El Quijote de Miguel de Cervantes — Don Quijote
- 1992L'Atlantide — Father Mauritius
- 1992Paco, mi padre
- 1992The Sow — Fray Juan
- 1990Breath of Life — Gran Magno
- 1990Drums of Fire — Papa Pablo V
- 1990Naked Tango — Judge Torres
- Blaues Blut — Dekker
- 1989Esmeralda Bay — Ramos
- I promessi sposi — Conte zio
- Il ricatto — Magistrato Di Nola
- 1989La moglie ingenua e il marito malato — Il professor Rune
- 1989Le Grand Secret — Paul Corbet
- Le Grand Secret — Paul Corbet
- 1988Pasodoble — Don Nuño
- 1988Scent of a Crime — Fayón
- 1988The Tunnel — Allende
- 1988Winter Diary — Padre
- 1987Mi general — Director Almirante
- 1987The Enchanted Forest — Mr. D'Abondo
- 1986Paradise Hotel — Joseph
- 1986Saving Grace — Cardinal Stefano Biondi
- A.D. — Seneca
- 1985Angel of Death — Ohmei Felsberg
- 1985Black Arrow — Warwick
- 1985Our Father — Cardinal
- 1985Rustlers' Rhapsody — Railroad Colonel
- 1985Star Knight — Fray Lupo
- The House of Ulloa — Sr. De La Lage
- 1984A Strange Passion — Piacchi
- 1984The Hit — Policeman
- 1983Bearn — Don Antonio
- 1982A Estrangeira — André
- 1982Looking for Jesus — Don Filippo
- 1982Monsignor — Cardinal Santoni
- 1981Chaste and Pure — Antonio Di Maggio
- 1981Honey — Editor
- 1981Lady of the Camelias — Count Stackelberg
- 1981The Crime of Cuenca — Contreras
- 1981Trágala, perro — Juez
- 1980Caboblanco — Police Captain Torredo
- 1980Memorias de Leticia Valle — Don Fernando Valle
- 1979Quintet — Grigor
- 1979Traffic Jam — Carlo
- 1978Rebeldía — Don Luis
- 1978The Last Romantic Lover — Max
- 1977Elisa, My Life — Luis
- 1977Eyes Behind the Wall — Ivano
- Jesus of Nazareth — Gaspar
- 1977That Obscure Object of Desire — Mathieu Faber
- 1977The Assignment — Bidara
- 1976A Matter of Time — Charles Van Maar
- 1976El segundo poder — Cardenal
- 1976Illustrious Corpses — Security Minister
- 1976Manuela — Don Ramón
- Origins of the Mafia — Baron Della Spina
- 1976Striptease — Alfonso
- 1976The Desert of the Tartars — Nathanson
- 1976Voyage of the Damned — President Bru
- 1975French Connection II — Alain Charnier
- 1975Seven Beauties — Pedro the Anarchist Prisoner
- 1975Smiling Maniacs — Judge Vanini
- 1974Say it with Flowers — Jacques Berger
- 1974The Murri Affair — Prof. Murri
- 1974The Woman with Red Boots — Perrot
- 1974Violent Blood Bath — Oscar
- 1974¿... Y el prójimo? — Luis Ignacio
- 1973Fall of a Body — M. Nansoit
- 1973High Crime — Cafiero
- 1973One Way — Mr. David
- 1973Tarot — Arthur
- 1973White Fang — Father Oatley
- 1972Antony and Cleopatra — Lepidus
- 1972Canticle — Padrino Elisa
- Historia de España: La noche de los tiempos — Narrador (voz)
- 1972La duda — Don Rodrigo - Conde de Albrit
- 1972The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie — Don Rafael
- 1972The Two Faces of Fear — Inspector Nardi
- 1972This Kind of Love — Giovanna's father
- 1972White Sister — le directeur de l'hôpital
- 1971A Town Called Bastard — Old Blind Man
- 1971Cold Eyes of Fear — Juez Flower
- 1971The French Connection — Alain Charnier
- 1971The Great Swindle — Luis
- 1971The Light at the Edge of the World — Captain Moriz
- 1970Aoom
- 1970Compañeros — Prof. Xantos
- 1970El mejillón gallego
- 1970The Adventurers — Jaime Xenos
- 1970Tristana — Don Lope
- 1970Wrath of the Wind — Don Antonio
- 1969A Candidate for a Killing — Marco Augusto
- 1969Guns of the Magnificent Seven — Quintero
- 1969Land Raiders — Priest
- 1969The Price of Power — Pinkerton
- 1968Los preparativos
- 1968The Immortal Story — Merchant
- 1968Un pequeño colonizador verde
- 1968Villa Rides — Fuentes
- 1967Amor en el aire — Carlos Mª Saldiez
- 1967Historia de la frivolidad — Gent
- 1967Le avventure e gli amori di Miguel Cervantes — Filipe II
- 1967Pero… ¡en qué país vivimos! — Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- 1967Run Like a Thief — Col. Romero
- 1967The Desperate Ones — Ibram
- 1967The Viscount — Marco Demoygne
- 1966Attack of the Robots — Sir Percy
- 1966El Greco — Re Filippo II
- 1966Navajo Joe — Reverend Rattigan
- 1966Return of the Seven — Priest
- 1966Zampo y yo — Zampo
- 1965Chimes at Midnight — Worcester
- 1965Der Marquis - der Mann, der sich verkaufen wollte — Verleger Ramos
- 1965Don Quijote — Der Herzog
- Don Quijote von der Mancha — Der Herzog / le duc
- 1965España insólita — (voice)
- 1965Espionage in Lisbon — Agent of the New World Organization
- 1965Legacy of the Incas — President Castillo
- 1965Samson and Gideon — Lo straniero / The Stranger - Angel of the Lord
- 1965Son of a Gunfighter — Don Pedro Fortuna
- 1965The Amazing Doctor G — Goldginger
- 1965The Devil Also Cries — Ramòn Quiroga
- 1964Backfire — Commissioner of Beirut harbor
- 1964El señor de La Salle — Luis XIV
- 1964Fin de semana — Entrevistador
- 1964La aventura de Api
- 1964The New Cinderella — Juan Echarre
- 1964The Palomos — Don Alberto
- 1964The Rash One — El Rico Pintor
- 1963La hora incógnita
- 1963Scheherazade — Al Fakid
- 1963The Castilian — Ramiro II, rey de León
- 1963The Ceremony — Sanchez
- 1963The Running Man — Police Official
- 1962Face of Terror — Dr. Charles Taylor
- 1962My Son, the Hero — High Priest (uncredited)
- 1962Rogelia — Máximo García
- 1962Torerillos, 61 — Narrator (voice)
- 1962Viridiana — Don Jaime
- 1961Fantasmas en la casa — Raimundo Rodríguez de Toledo
- 1961Goliath Against the Giants — Bokan the Usurper
- 1961Siempre es domingo — Juez Andonelli
- 1961Teresa — Profesor Héctor de la Barrera
- 1961The Savage Guns — Don Hernán
- 1960Culpables — Mario
- 1960Don Lucio and Brother Pío — Señor Aguilar
- 1960The Revolt of the Slaves — Valerio
- 1960Vida sin risas
- 1959Mission in Morocco — Princ Achmed
- 1959Parque de Madrid — Don Luis
- 1959Poison at 2:30 — Ramón
- 1959Sonatas — Captain Casares
- 1959The Last Days of Pompeii — Arbaces, High Priest of Isis
- 1958La Rana Verde — Narrator (voice)
- 1958Revenge — Writer
- 1958Sevilla Penitente
- 1958The Night Heaven Fell — Tío (alternate version)
- 1958¡Viva lo imposible! — Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- 1957Day of Fear
- 1957Faustina — Valentín
- 1957Madrugada — Mauricio (voice) (uncredited)
- 1957The Singer from Mexico — Cartoni - l'impresario (uncredited)
- 1957Un marido de ida y vuelta — Paco
- 1956Don Juan — Don Iñigo
- 1956La vida en un bloc — (voice) (uncredited)
- 1956Playa prohibida
- 1956The Adventures of Gil Blas — Captain Rolando
- 1955Billete para Tánger — Inspector
- 1955The Miracle of Marcelino — Monje narrador
- 1954Comedians — Miguel
- 1954Crimen en el entreacto
- 1954Cristo
- 1954El alcalde de Zalamea — El Rey
- 1954Las últimas banderas — Miguel Bermejo
- 1954Rebeldía — Capellán
- 1953Airport — Fernando
- 1953Cabaret — Carlos Jiménez
- 1953The Lovers of Toledo
- 1953Welcome Mr. Marshall! — Narrador (voz)
- 1952Flamenco — (voz)
- 1952La laguna negra — Miguel
- 1952The Devil's Roundup — Atracador
- 1951Air Lashings — Narrador (voz)
- 1951Black Sky — Ángel López Veiga
- 1951La señora de Fátima — Lorenzo Duarte
- 1950Agustina of Aragon — General Palafox/Lorenzo, el pastor
- 1949Aventuras de Juan Lucas — Juan Lucas
- 1949Sabela De Cambados — Narrator (voice)
- 1948Locura de amor — Don Felipe "el Hermoso"
- 1948Mare nostrum — Ulises / Capitán Ferragut
- 1948Noche de reyes
- 1948Si te hubieses casado conmigo — Enrique Marín Rubio
- 1947Don Quixote — Sansón Carrasco
- 1947Fuenteovejuna — Frondoso
- 1947La princesa de los Ursinos — Felipe V
- 1947Reina santa — Infante Alfonso
- 1946La pródiga — José
- 1945Los últimos de Filipinas — Juan Chamizo
- 1944Eugenia de Montijo — Duque de Alba
- 1940El rey que rabió — Extra (uncredited)
- 1940Leyenda rota — Extra (uncredited)
- 1939Los cuatro robinsones
- Señores del espacio
Appearances as themselves (10)
- 2019El Quijote desde la platea — Self - Actor / Don Quixote (archive footage)
- 2000Speaking of Buñuel — Self (archive footage)
- 1998Les paradoxes de Buñuel — Self (archive footage)
- Imágenes perdidas — Himself - Narrator
- 1990Pictures of Europe — Self
- 1989Buñuel — Self
- 1986Luis Buñuel: constructor de infiernos — Self
- 1984The Life and Times of Don Luis Buñuel — Self
- Ciné regards — Self
- Film '72 — Self