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."
2019 | El Quijote desde la platea as Self - Actor / Don Quixote (archive footage) |
2000 | A propósito de Buñuel as Self (archive footage) |
1994 | El cianuro… ¿solo o con leche? as Gregorio |
1994 | Al otro lado del túnel as Miguel |
1993 | Madregilda as Franco's Father |
1992 | La marrana as Fray Juan |
1992 | L'Atlantide as Father Mauritius |
1992 | 1492: Cennetin Keşfi as Marchena |
1992 | Después del sueño as Ramiro Lanza |
1992 | De terre et de sang as Sultan Saladin |
1992 | Don Quijote de Orson Welles as Closing Scene Narrator (voice) (uncredited) |
1992 | El Quijote de Miguel de Cervantes as Don Quijote |
1990 | La batalla de los tres reyes as Papa Pablo V |
1990 | Diceria dell'untore as Gran Magno |
1990 | Çıplak Tango as Judge Torres |
1990 | Pictures of Europe as Self |
1989 | La bahía esmeralda as Ramos |
1989 | La moglie ingenua e il marito malato as Il professor Rune |
1989 | Le Grand Secret as Paul Corbet |
1989 | Buñuel as Self |
1988 | El aire de un crimen as Fayón |
1988 | Diario de invierno as Padre |
1988 | Pasodoble as Don Nuño |
1988 | The Tunnel as Allende |
1987 | El bosque animado as Sr. D'Abondo |
1987 | Mi general as Director Almirante |
1986 | Luis Buñuel: constructor de infiernos as Himself |
1986 | Saving Grace as Cardinal Stefano Biondi |
1986 | Hôtel du Paradis as Joseph |
1985 | El caballero del dragón as Fray Lupo |
1985 | Los pazos de Ulloa |
1985 | Black Arrow as Warwick |
1985 | Commando Mengele as Ohmei Felsberg |
1985 | Rustlers' Rhapsody as Railroad Colonel |
1985 | Padre nuestro as Cardinal |
1984 | Un amour interdit as Piacchi |
1984 | The Hit as Policeman |
1984 | The Life and Times of Don Luis Buñuel as Self |
1983 | Bearn o la sala de las muñecas as Don Antonio |
1982 | Monsignor as Cardinal Santoni |
1982 | Cercasi Gesù as Don Filippo |
1982 | A Estrangeira as André |
1981 | Trágala, perro as Juez |
1981 | Casta e pura as Antonio Di Maggio |
1981 | El crimen de Cuenca as Contreras |
1981 | Miele di donna as Editor |
1981 | La storia vera della signora dalle camelie as Count Stackelberg |
1980 | Memorias de Leticia Valle as Don Fernando Valle |
1980 | Caboblanco as Police Captain Torredo |
1979 | Quintet as Grigor |
1979 | L'ingorgo as Carlo |
1978 | Rebeldía as Don Luis |
1978 | Le dernier amant romantique as Max |
1977 | Arzunun Şu Karanlık Nesnesi as Mathieu Faber |
1977 | Uppdraget as Bidara |
1977 | L'occhio dietro la parete as Ivano |
1977 | Elisa, vida mía as Luis |
1976 | Voyage of the Damned as President Bru |
1976 | Tatar Çölü as Nathanson |
1976 | A Matter of Time as Charles Van Maar |
1976 | Manuela as Don Ramón |
1976 | Cadaveri eccellenti as Security Minister |
1976 | El segundo poder as Cardenal |
1976 | Striptease as Alfonso |
1975 | Pasqualino Settebellezze as Pedro the Anarchist Prisoner |
1975 | Kanunun Kuvveti II as Alain Charnier |
1975 | Corruzione al palazzo di giustizia as Judge Vanini |
1974 | La Femme aux bottes rouges as Perrot |
1974 | Fatti di gente perbene as Prof. Murri |
1974 | Dites-le avec des fleurs as Jacques Berger |
1974 | Pena de muerte as Oscar |
1974 | ¿... Y el prójimo? as Luis Ignacio |
1973 | Zanna Bianca as Father Oatley |
1973 | La Chute d'un corps as M. Nansoit |
1973 | One Way as Mr. David |
1973 | La polizia incrimina la legge assolve as Cafiero |
1973 | Tarot as Arthur |
1972 | Burjuvazinin Gizemli Çekiciliği as Don Rafael |
1972 | La duda as Don Rodrigo - Conde de Albrit |
1972 | Chicas de club as Padrino Elisa |
1972 | Bianco, rosso e... as le directeur de l'hôpital |
1972 | Antony and Cleopatra as Lepidus |
1972 | Coartada en disco rojo as Inspector Nardi |
1972 | Questa specie d'amore as Giovanna's father |
1971 | A Town Called Hell as Old Blind Man |
1971 | Kanunun Kuvveti as Alain Charnier |
1971 | Dünyanın Ucundaki Fener as Captain Moriz |
1971 | Gli occhi freddi della paura as Juez Flower |
1971 | Historia de una traición as Luis |
1970 | Vamos a matar, compañeros as Prof. Xantos |
1970 | La collera del vento as Don Antonio |
1970 | Aoom |
1970 | Seni Sevmeyeceğim as Don Lope |
1970 | The Adventurers as Jaime Xenos |
1970 | El mejillón gallego |
1969 | Il prezzo del potere as Pinkerton |
1969 | Un sudario a la medida as Marco Augusto |
1969 | Land Raiders as Priest |
1969 | Muhteşem Yedilinin Silahları as Quintero |
1968 | The Immortal Story as Merchant |
1968 | Zafere Susayanlar as Fuentes |
1968 | Los preparativos |
1968 | Un pequeño colonizador verde |
1967 | Amor en el aire as Carlos Mª Saldiez |
1967 | Cervantes as Filipe II |
1967 | Run Like a Thief as Col. Romero |
1967 | Pero… ¡en qué país vivimos! as Narrator (voice) (uncredited) |
1967 | Le vicomte règle ses comptes |
1967 | Historia de la frivolidad as Gent |
1967 | The Desperate Ones as Ibram |
1966 | Navajo Joe as Reverend Rattigan |
1966 | Muhteşem Yedili as Priest |
1966 | El Greco as Re Filippo II |
1966 | Zampo y yo as Zampo |
1966 | Cartes sur table as Sir Percy |
1965 | Gece Yarısı Çanları as Worcester |
1965 | Der Marquis - der Mann, der sich verkaufen wollte as Verleger Ramos |
1965 | Misión Lisboa as Agent of the New World Organization |
1965 | 2 mafiosi contro Goldginger as Goldginger |
1965 | Das Vermächtnis des Inka as President Castillo |
1965 | Son of a Gunfighter as Don Pedro Fortuna |
1965 | España insólita as (voice) |
1965 | El diablo también llora as Ramòn Quiroga |
1965 | Don Quijote as Der Herzog |
1965 | I grandi condottieri as Lo straniero / The Stranger - Angel of the Lord |
1964 | La hora incógnita as Sacerdote |
1964 | Fin de semana as Entrevistador |
1964 | Los Palomos as Don Alberto |
1964 | La nueva Cenicienta as Juan Echarre |
1964 | El espontáneo as El Rico Pintor |
1964 | Échappement libre as Commissioner of Beirut harbor |
1964 | El señor de La Salle as Luis XIV |
1964 | La aventura de Api |
1963 | The Ceremony as Sanchez |
1963 | The Running Man as Police Official |
1963 | Shéhérazade as Al Fakid |
1963 | El valle de las espadas as Ramiro II, rey de León |
1962 | La cara del terror as Dr. Charles Taylor |
1962 | Arrivano i titani as Hoher Priester |
1962 | Viridiana as Don Jaime |
1962 | Rogelia as Máximo García |
1962 | Torerillos, 61 as Narrator (voice) |
1961 | Tierra brutal as Don Hernán |
1961 | Siempre es domingo as Juez Andonelli |
1961 | Fantasmas en la casa as Raimundo Rodríguez de Toledo |
1961 | Goliath contro i giganti as Bokan the Usurper |
1961 | Teresa as Profesor Héctor de la Barrera |
1960 | La rivolta degli schiavi as Valerio |
1960 | Don Lucio y el hermano pío as Señor Aguilar |
1960 | Vida sin risas |
1960 | Culpables as Mario |
1959 | Las dos y media y... veneno as Ramón |
1959 | Gli ultimi giorni di Pompei as Arbaces, High Priest of Isis |
1959 | Sonatas as Captain Casares |
1959 | Mission in Morocco as Princ Achmed |
1959 | Parque de Madrid as Don Luis |
1958 | ¡Viva lo imposible! as Narrator (voice) (uncredited) |
1958 | La Rana Verde as Narrator (voice) |
1958 | La venganza as Writer |
1958 | Les bijoutiers du clair de lune as Tío (alternate version) |
1958 | Sevilla Penitente |
1957 | Un marido de ida y vuelta as Paco |
1957 | Madrugada as Mauricio (voice) (uncredited) |
1957 | Horas de pánico |
1957 | Faustina as Valentín |
1957 | Le Chanteur de Mexico as Cartoni - l'impresario (uncredited) |
1956 | Don Juan as Don Iñigo |
1956 | Playa prohibida |
1956 | Una aventura de Gil Blas as Capitán Rolando |
1956 | La vida en un bloc as (voice) (uncredited) |
1955 | Billete para Tánger as Inspector |
1955 | Marcelino pan y vino as Monje narrador |
1954 | Cómicos as Miguel |
1954 | Rebeldía as Capellán |
1954 | El alcalde de Zalamea as El Rey |
1954 | Crimen en el entreacto |
1954 | Cristo |
1954 | Las últimas banderas as Miguel Bermejo |
1953 | Aeropuerto as Fernando |
1953 | ¡Bienvenido, Mister Marshall! as Narrador (voz) |
1953 | Cabaret as Carlos Jiménez |
1953 | Les Amants de Tolède |
1952 | La laguna negra as Miguel |
1952 | Duende y misterio del flamenco as (voz) |
1952 | El cerco del diablo as Atracador |
1951 | La señora de Fátima as Lorenzo Duarte |
1951 | La trinca del aire as Narrador (voz) |
1951 | Cielo negro as Ángel López Veiga |
1950 | Agustina de Aragón as General Palafox/Lorenzo, el pastor |
1949 | Sabela De Cambados as Narrator (voice) |
1949 | Aventuras de Juan Lucas as Juan Lucas |
1949 | Noche de Reyes |
1948 | Mare nostrum as Ulises / Capitán Ferragut |
1948 | Noche de reyes |
1948 | Locura de amor as Don Felipe "el Hermoso" |
1948 | Si te hubieses casado conmigo as Enrique Marín Rubio |
1947 | Fuenteovejuna as Frondoso |
1947 | Don Quijote de la Mancha as Sansón Carrasco |
1947 | Reina santa as Infante Alfonso |
1946 | La pródiga as José |
1945 | Los últimos de Filipinas as Juan Chamizo |
1944 | Eugenia de Montijo as Duque de Alba |
1940 | El rey que rabió as Extra (uncredited) |
1940 | Leyenda rota as Extra (uncredited) |
1939 | Los cuatro robinsones |
| Señores del espacio |
Duvar