Fernando Rey
Born in A Coruña, Galicia, Spain — Sep 20 1917• Died Mar 09 1994
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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…
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Honey
Editor
Jesus of Nazareth
Gaspar
A.D.
Seneca
The French Connection
Alain Charnier
1492: Conquest of Paradise
Marchena
I promessi sposi
Conte zio
Return of the Seven
Priest
Viridiana
Don Jaime
Origins of the Mafia
Baron Della Spina
The Hit
Policeman
The Miracle of Marcelino
Monje narrador
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Don Rafael
Guns of the Magnificent Seven
Quintero
Star Knight
Fray Lupo
That Obscure Object of Desire
Mathieu Faber
Quintet
Grigor
Arnau
Compte de Barcelona
Blaues Blut
Dekker
Chimes at Midnight
Worcester
Tristana
Don Lope
Voyage of the Damned
President Bru
The Running Man
Police Official
The Immortal Story
Merchant
French Connection II
Alain Charnier
Villa Rides
Fuentes
The Savage Guns
Don Hernán
Aoom
Monsignor
Cardinal Santoni
Antony and Cleopatra
Lepidus
The House of Ulloa
Sr. De La Lage
The Last Days of Pompeii
Arbaces, High Priest of Isis
Navajo Joe
Reverend Rattigan
The Ceremony
Sanchez
Elisa, My Life
Luis
Il ricatto
Magistrato Di Nola
The Desert of the Tartars
Nathanson
Caboblanco
Police Captain Torredo
Scheherazade
Al Fakid
A Matter of Time
Charles Van Maar
High Crime
Cafiero
Don Quixote
Sansón Carrasco
Land Raiders
Priest
Speaking of Buñuel
Self (archive footage)
Lady of the Camelias
Count Stackelberg
The Light at the Edge of the World
Captain Moriz
Saving Grace
Cardinal Stefano Biondi
Rustlers' Rhapsody
Railroad Colonel
One Way
Mr. David
The Assignment
Bidara
Le avventure e gli amori di Miguel Cervantes
Filipe II
The Enchanted Forest
Mr. D'Abondo
Tarot
Arthur
Le Grand Secret
Paul Corbet
Mission of Love
Pacheco
White Fang
Father Oatley
Naked Tango
Judge Torres
Compañeros
Prof. Xantos
The Adventurers
Jaime Xenos
Legacy of the Incas
President Castillo
Airport
Fernando
Violent Blood Bath
Oscar
La hora incógnita
Seven Beauties
Pedro the Anarchist Prisoner
A Town Called Bastard
Old Blind Man
Traffic Jam
Carlo
Scent of a Crime
Fayón
Sonatas
Captain Casares
Imágenes perdidas
Himself - Narrator
Historia de la frivolidad
Gent
Angel of Death
Ohmei Felsberg
Chaste and Pure
Antonio Di Maggio
Don Quijote von der Mancha
Der Herzog / le duc
Pero… ¡en qué país vivimos!
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Manuela
Don Ramón
Attack of the Robots
Sir Percy
The Great Swindle
Luis
Pictures of Europe
Self
Esmeralda Bay
Ramos
Backfire
Commissioner of Beirut harbor
The Crime of Cuenca
Contreras
The Murri Affair
Prof. Murri
El Greco
Re Filippo II
Black Arrow
Warwick
Madrugada
Mauricio (voice) (uncredited)
L'Atlantide
Father Mauritius
The Price of Power
Pinkerton
Goliath Against the Giants
Bokan the Usurper
Los últimos de Filipinas
Juan Chamizo
This Kind of Love
Giovanna's father
Buñuel
Self
Comedians
Miguel
Welcome Mr. Marshall!
Narrador (voz)
Looking for Jesus
Don Filippo
Cold Eyes of Fear
Juez Flower
Locura de amor
Don Felipe "el Hermoso"
Mare nostrum
Ulises / Capitán Ferragut
My Son, the Hero
High Priest (uncredited)
Smiling Maniacs
Judge Vanini
Don Quixote
Closing Scene Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Agustina of Aragon
General Palafox/Lorenzo, el pastor
Face of Terror
Dr. Charles Taylor
The Sow
Fray Juan
Our Father
Cardinal
Les paradoxes de Buñuel
Self (archive footage)
The Woman with Red Boots
Perrot
White Sister
le directeur de l'hôpital
Illustrious Corpses
Security Minister
Pasodoble
Don Nuño
Son of a Gunfighter
Don Pedro Fortuna
Drums of Fire
Papa Pablo V
Rogelia
Máximo García
Paradise Hotel
Joseph
Breath of Life
Gran Magno
Revenge
Writer
La laguna negra
Miguel
Rebeldía
Don Luis
Don Juan
Don Iñigo
Trágala, perro
Juez
The Night Heaven Fell
Tío (alternate version)
El alcalde de Zalamea
El Rey
Run Like a Thief
Col. Romero
Black Sky
Ángel López Veiga
The Devil Also Cries
Ramòn Quiroga
The Two Faces of Fear
Inspector Nardi
The Castilian
Ramiro II, rey de León
The Tunnel
Allende
Samson and Gideon
Lo straniero / The Stranger - Angel of the Lord
Madregilda
Franco's Father
The Desperate Ones
Ibram
The Viscount
Marco Demoygne
Mi general
Director Almirante
El señor de La Salle
Luis XIV
The Last Romantic Lover
Max
La señora de Fátima
Lorenzo Duarte
Don Lucio and Brother Pío
Señor Aguilar
The Singer from Mexico
Cartoni - l'impresario (uncredited)
Teresa
Profesor Héctor de la Barrera
A Strange Passion
Piacchi
Air Lashings
Narrador (voz)
Leyenda rota
Extra (uncredited)
The Lovers of Toledo
Blood and Dust
Sultan Saladin
Bearn
Don Antonio
Eyes Behind the Wall
Ivano
The Rash One
El Rico Pintor
The Revolt of the Slaves
Valerio
A Estrangeira
André
Don Quijote de la Mancha
Don Quijote
Reina santa
Infante Alfonso
Fin de semana
Entrevistador
Un marido de ida y vuelta
Paco
Fantasmas en la casa
Raimundo Rodríguez de Toledo
Siempre es domingo
Juez Andonelli
Der Marquis - der Mann, der sich verkaufen wollte
Verleger Ramos
El segundo poder
Cardenal
Rebeldía
Capellán
Wrath of the Wind
Don Antonio
Winter Diary
Padre
España insólita
(voice)
El cianuro… ¿solo o con leche?
Gregorio
Amor en el aire
Carlos Mª Saldiez
After the Dream
Ramiro Lanza
Day of Fear
The New Cinderella
Juan Echarre
Striptease
Alfonso
Parque de Madrid
Don Luis
Mission in Morocco
Princ Achmed
The Life and Times of Don Luis Buñuel
Self
Memorias de Leticia Valle
Don Fernando Valle
Faustina
Valentín
Torerillos, 61
Narrator (voice)
A Candidate for a Killing
Marco Augusto
Say it with Flowers
Jacques Berger
Espionage in Lisbon
Agent of the New World Organization
Fuenteovejuna
Frondoso
¡Viva lo imposible!
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Vida sin risas
The Devil's Roundup
Atracador
The Amazing Doctor G
Goldginger
Culpables
Mario
Poison at 2:30
Ramón
La moglie ingenua e il marito malato
Il professor Rune
Fall of a Body
M. Nansoit
Cristo
On the Far Side of the Tunnel
Miguel
Cabaret
Carlos Jiménez
Don Quijote
Der Herzog
La vida en un bloc
(voice) (uncredited)
Noche de Reyes
La pródiga
José
Aventuras de Juan Lucas
Juan Lucas
Los preparativos
Zampo y yo
Zampo
The Palomos
Don Alberto
La Rana Verde
Narrator (voice)
Eugenia de Montijo
Duque de Alba
Las últimas banderas
Miguel Bermejo
Sabela De Cambados
Narrator (voice)
Noche de reyes
Le Grand Secret
Paul Corbet
The Adventures of Gil Blas
Captain Rolando
¿... Y el prójimo?
Luis Ignacio
El Quijote desde la platea
Self - Actor / Don Quixote (archive footage)
El Quijote de Miguel de Cervantes
Don Quijote
Si te hubieses casado conmigo
Enrique Marín Rubio
Canticle
Padrino Elisa
Los cuatro robinsones
La duda
Don Rodrigo - Conde de Albrit
Luis Buñuel: constructor de infiernos
Self
Playa prohibida
Billete para Tánger
Inspector
Sevilla Penitente
El rey que rabió
Extra (uncredited)
La aventura de Api
Un pequeño colonizador verde
El mejillón gallego
Señores del espacio
Crimen en el entreacto
Flamenco
(voz)