Fernando Rey

Actor Sep 20 (died age 76) A Coruña, Galicia, Spain 1939–2019 (80 year career)

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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…

Known For

Film

The French Connection

Alain Charnier

Film

The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie

Don Rafael

Film

Jesus of Nazareth

Gaspar

Film

Viridiana

Don Jaime

Film

That Obscure Object of Desire

Mathieu Faber

Film

1492: Conquest of Paradise

Marchena

Film

French Connection II

Alain Charnier

Film

The Miracle of Marcelino

Monje narrador

Filmography

Acting (220)

Movies (207)

El Quijote desde la platea

2019

as Self - Actor / Don Quixote (archive footage)

4.5

Speaking of Buñuel

2000

as Self (archive footage)

5.9

Les paradoxes de Buñuel

1998

as Self (archive footage)

On the Far Side of the Tunnel

1994

as Miguel

4.0

El cianuro… ¿solo o con leche?

as Gregorio

Madregilda

as Franco's Father

After the Dream

as Ramiro Lanza

1492: Conquest of Paradise

1992

as Marchena

6.3

Don Quixote

1992

as Closing Scene Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

The Sow

as Fray Juan

Blood and Dust

as Sultan Saladin

L'Atlantide

1992

as Father Mauritius

5.0

El Quijote de Miguel de Cervantes

1992

as Don Quijote

8.5

Breath of Life

1990

as Gran Magno

Pictures of Europe

1990

as Self

Drums of Fire

as Papa Pablo V

Naked Tango

as Judge Torres

Esmeralda Bay

as Ramos

Buñuel

as Self

La moglie ingenua e il marito malato

1989

as Il professor Rune

Le Grand Secret

1989

as Paul Corbet

The Tunnel

as Allende

Pasodoble

as Don Nuño

Scent of a Crime

as Fayón

Winter Diary

as Padre

Mi general

as Director Almirante

The Enchanted Forest

as Mr. D'Abondo

Saving Grace

as Cardinal Stefano Biondi

6.1

Luis Buñuel: constructor de infiernos

1986

as Himself

6.0

Paradise Hotel

1986

as Joseph

Star Knight

as Fray Lupo

Rustlers' Rhapsody

as Railroad Colonel

Angel of Death

as Ohmei Felsberg

Black Arrow

as Warwick

Our Father

as Cardinal

The Hit

as Policeman

A Strange Passion

as Piacchi

The Life and Times of Don Luis Buñuel

as Self

Bearn

as Don Antonio

Monsignor

as Cardinal Santoni

A Estrangeira

as André

Looking for Jesus

as Don Filippo

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

Caboblanco

as Police Captain Torredo

5.3

Memorias de Leticia Valle

1980

as Don Fernando Valle

Quintet

as Grigor

Traffic Jam

as Carlo

The Last Romantic Lover

as Max

Playmate

Rebeldía

as Don Luis

That Obscure Object of Desire

as Mathieu Faber

The Assignment

as Bidara

Eyes Behind the Wall

as Ivano

Elisa, My Life

as Luis

Manuela

as Don Ramón

Illustrious Corpses

as Security Minister

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

El segundo poder

as Cardenal

Seven Beauties

as Pedro the Anarchist Prisoner

French Connection II

as Alain Charnier

Smiling Maniacs

as Judge Vanini

The Murri Affair

as Prof. Murri

Say it with Flowers

as Jacques Berger

Violent Blood Bath

as Oscar

The Woman with Red Boots

1974

as Perrot

5.5

¿... Y el prójimo?

1974

as Luis Ignacio

Tarot

as Arthur

White Fang

as Father Oatley

High Crime

as Cafiero

One Way

as Mr. David

Fall of a Body

as M. Nansoit

The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie

as Don Rafael

This Kind of Love

as Giovanna's father

La duda

as Don Rodrigo - Conde de Albrit

The Two Faces of Fear

1972

as Inspector Nardi

4.6

White Sister

1972

as le directeur de l'hôpital

Antony and Cleopatra

as Lepidus

Canticle

as Padrino Elisa

The French Connection

1971

as Alain Charnier

7.5

A Town Called Bastard

1971

as Old Blind Man

5.0

The Light at the Edge of the World

as Captain Moriz

The Great Swindle

as Luis

Cold Eyes of Fear

as Juez Flower

Tristana

as Don Lope

Compañeros

as Prof. Xantos

The Adventurers

as Jaime Xenos

El mejillón gallego

Wrath of the Wind

as Don Antonio

Aoom

Guns of the Magnificent Seven

as Quintero

Land Raiders

as Priest

A Candidate for a Killing

as Marco Augusto

The Price of Power

as Pinkerton

Villa Rides

as Fuentes

Un pequeño colonizador verde

Los preparativos

The Immortal Story

as Merchant

Run Like a Thief

as Col. Romero

The Desperate Ones

1967

as Ibram

Pero… ¡en qué país vivimos!

1967

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

5.0

Amor en el aire

1967

as Carlos Mª Saldiez

5.2

Historia de la frivolidad

1967

as Gent

7.0

Le avventure e gli amori di Miguel Cervantes

as Filipe II

The Viscount

as Marco Demoygne

Return of the Seven

as Priest

Zampo y yo

as Zampo

Attack of the Robots

as Sir Percy

Navajo Joe

as Reverend Rattigan

El Greco

as Re Filippo II

Der Marquis - der Mann, der sich verkaufen wollte

1965

as Verleger Ramos

3.0

Legacy of the Incas

1965

as President Castillo

Chimes at Midnight

as Worcester

España insólita

as (voice)

Espionage in Lisbon

as Agent of the New World Organization

Samson and Gideon

1965

as Lo straniero / The Stranger - Angel of the Lord

6.0

Don Quijote

1965

as Der Herzog

The Amazing Doctor G

as Goldginger

Son of a Gunfighter

as Don Pedro Fortuna

The Devil Also Cries

as Ramòn Quiroga

La aventura de Api

Backfire

as Commissioner of Beirut harbor

The Rash One

as El Rico Pintor

Fin de semana

as Entrevistador

The Palomos

as Don Alberto

El señor de La Salle

as Luis XIV

The New Cinderella

as Juan Echarre

Scheherazade

as Al Fakid

The Ceremony

as Sanchez

The Running Man

as Police Official

The Castilian

as Ramiro II, rey de León

La hora incógnita

Viridiana

as Don Jaime

Torerillos, 61

as Narrator (voice)

My Son, the Hero

as High Priest (uncredited)

5.7

Face of Terror

1962

as Dr. Charles Taylor

Rogelia

as Máximo García

The Savage Guns

as Don Hernán

Goliath Against the Giants

as Bokan the Usurper

Siempre es domingo

as Juez Andonelli

Teresa

as Profesor Héctor de la Barrera

7.1

Fantasmas en la casa

1961

as Raimundo Rodríguez de Toledo

7.3

Don Lucio and Brother Pío

as Señor Aguilar

Culpables

as Mario

The Revolt of the Slaves

as Valerio

Vida sin risas

Mission in Morocco

as Princ Achmed

Sonatas

1959

as Captain Casares

4.6

The Last Days of Pompeii

1959

as Arbaces, High Priest of Isis

Parque de Madrid

as Don Luis

Poison at 2:30

as Ramón

La Rana Verde

as Narrator (voice)

Revenge

1958

as Writer

6.0

The Night Heaven Fell

1958

as Tío (alternate version)

4.8

¡Viva lo imposible!

1958

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

5.5

Sevilla Penitente

1958

Madrugada

1957

as Mauricio (voice) (uncredited)

5.0

The Singer from Mexico

1957

as Cartoni - l'impresario (uncredited)

Faustina

as Valentín

Day of Fear

Un marido de ida y vuelta

as Paco

Playa prohibida

Don Juan

as Don Iñigo

La vida en un bloc

as (voice) (uncredited)

5.0

The Adventures of Gil Blas

1956

as Captain Rolando

The Miracle of Marcelino

1955

as Monje narrador

7.3

Billete para Tánger

1955

as Inspector

Las últimas banderas

1954

as Miguel Bermejo

Cristo

1954

Rebeldía

1954

as Capellán

El alcalde de Zalamea

as El Rey

Comedians

as Miguel

Crimen en el entreacto

The Lovers of Toledo

Cabaret

as Carlos Jiménez

Airport

as Fernando

Welcome Mr. Marshall!

1953

as Narrador (voz)

7.4

The Devil's Roundup

1952

as Atracador

La laguna negra

as Miguel

Flamenco

as (voz)

La señora de Fátima

as Lorenzo Duarte

Black Sky

as Ángel López Veiga

Air Lashings

as Narrador (voz)

Agustina of Aragon

as General Palafox/Lorenzo, el pastor

5.2

Noche de Reyes

1949

Aventuras de Juan Lucas

1949

as Juan Lucas

Sabela De Cambados

1949

as Narrator (voice)

5.0

Locura de amor

1948

as Don Felipe "el Hermoso"

5.1

Mare nostrum

1948

as Ulises / Capitán Ferragut

5.7

Noche de reyes

1948

Si te hubieses casado conmigo

1948

as Enrique Marín Rubio

Reina santa

as Infante Alfonso

Don Quixote

as Sansón Carrasco

Fuenteovejuna

as Frondoso

La pródiga

as José

Los últimos de Filipinas

as Juan Chamizo

Eugenia de Montijo

as Duque de Alba

El rey que rabió

as Extra (uncredited)

Leyenda rota

1940

as Extra (uncredited)

Los cuatro robinsones

1939

Señores del espacio

Television (13)

Arnau

1994

as Compte de Barcelona

Mission of Love

1993

as Pacheco

Don Quijote de la Mancha

1992

as Don Quijote

5.4

Imágenes perdidas

1991

as Himself - Narrator

I promessi sposi

1989

as Conte zio

6.5

Blaues Blut

1989

as Dekker

Le Grand Secret

1989

as Paul Corbet

Il ricatto

1989

as Magistrato Di Nola

A.D.

as Seneca

The House of Ulloa

as Sr. De La Lage

Jesus of Nazareth

as Gaspar

Origins of the Mafia

as Baron Della Spina

Don Quijote von der Mancha

1965

as Der Herzog / le duc

7.5