Actor
Fernando Rey
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
Acting
2019 -- El Quijote desde la platea | Self - Actor / Don Quixote (archive footage)
2000 -- Speaking of Buñuel | Self (archive footage)
1994 -- El cianuro… ¿solo o con leche? | Gregorio
1994 -- On the Far Side of the Tunnel | Miguel
1993 -- Madregilda | Franco's Father
1992 -- The Sow | Fray Juan
1992 -- L'Atlantide | Father Mauritius
1992 -- 1492: Conquest of Paradise | Marchena
1992 -- After the Dream | Ramiro Lanza
1992 -- Blood and Dust | Sultan Saladin
1992 -- Don Quixote | Closing Scene Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1992 -- El Quijote de Miguel de Cervantes | Don Quijote
1990 -- Drums of Fire | Papa Pablo V
1990 -- Breath of Life | Gran Magno
1990 -- Naked Tango | Judge Torres
1990 -- Pictures of Europe | Self
1989 -- Esmeralda Bay | Ramos
1989 -- La moglie ingenua e il marito malato | Il professor Rune
1989 -- Le Grand Secret | Paul Corbet
1989 -- Buñuel | Self
1988 -- Scent of a Crime | Fayón
1988 -- Winter Diary | Padre
1988 -- Pasodoble | Don Nuño
1988 -- The Tunnel | Allende
1987 -- The Enchanted Forest | Sr. D'Abondo
1987 -- Mi general | Director Almirante
1986 -- Luis Buñuel: constructor de infiernos | Himself
1986 -- Saving Grace | Cardinal Stefano Biondi
1986 -- Paradise Hotel | Joseph
1985 -- Star Knight | Fray Lupo
1985 -- The House of Ulloa |
1985 -- Black Arrow | Warwick
1985 -- Angel of Death | Ohmei Felsberg
1985 -- Rustlers' Rhapsody | Railroad Colonel
1985 -- Our Father | Cardinal
1984 -- A Strange Passion | Piacchi
1984 -- The Hit | Policeman
1984 -- The Life and Times of Don Luis Buñuel | Self
1983 -- Bearn | Don Antonio
1982 -- Monsignor | Cardinal Santoni
1982 -- Looking for Jesus | Don Filippo
1982 -- A Estrangeira | André
1981 -- Trágala, perro | Juez
1981 -- Chaste and Pure | Antonio Di Maggio
1981 -- The Crime of Cuenca | Contreras
1981 -- Honey | Editor
1981 -- Lady of the Camelias | Count Stackelberg
1980 -- Cabo Blanco | Police Captain Torredo
1980 -- Memorias de Leticia Valle | Don Fernando Valle
1979 -- Quintet | Grigor
1979 -- Traffic Jam | Carlo
1978 -- Rebeldía | Don Luis
1978 -- The Last Romantic Lover | Max
1977 -- That Obscure Object of Desire | Mathieu Faber
1977 -- The Assignment | Bidara
1977 -- Eyes Behind the Wall | Ivano
1977 -- Elisa, My Life | Luis
1977 -- Jesus Of Nazareth | Gaspar
1976 -- Voyage of the Damned | President Bru
1976 -- The Desert of the Tartars | Nathanson
1976 -- A Matter of Time | Charles Van Maar
1976 -- Manuela | Don Ramón
1976 -- Illustrious Corpses | Security Minister
1976 -- El segundo poder | Cardenal
1976 -- Striptease | Alfonso
1975 -- Seven Beauties | Pedro the Anarchist Prisoner
1975 -- French Connection II | Alain Charnier
1975 -- Smiling Maniacs | Judge Vanini
1974 -- The Woman with Red Boots | Perrot
1974 -- The Murri Affair | Prof. Murri
1974 -- Say it with Flowers | Jacques Berger
1974 -- Violent Blood Bath | Oscar
1974 -- ¿... Y el prójimo? | Luis Ignacio
1973 -- White Fang | Father Oatley
1973 -- Fall of a Body | M. Nansoit
1973 -- One Way | Mr. David
1973 -- High Crime | Cafiero
1973 -- Tarot | Arthur
1972 -- The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie | Don Rafael
1972 -- La duda | Don Rodrigo - Conde de Albrit
1972 -- Canticle | Padrino Elisa
1972 -- White Sister | le directeur de l'hôpital
1972 -- Antony and Cleopatra | Lepidus
1972 -- The Two Faces of Fear | Inspector Nardi
1972 -- This Kind of Love | Giovanna's father
1971 -- A Town Called Hell | Old Blind Man
1971 -- The French Connection | Alain Charnier
1971 -- The Light at the Edge of the World | Captain Moriz
1971 -- Cold Eyes of Fear | Juez Flower
1971 -- The Great Swindle | Luis
1970 -- Compañeros | Prof. Xantos
1970 -- Wrath of the Wind | Don Antonio
1970 -- Aoom |
1970 -- Tristana | Don Lope
1970 -- The Adventurers | Jaime Xenos
1969 -- The Price of Power | Pinkerton
1969 -- A Candidate for a Killing | Marco Augusto
1969 -- Land Raiders | Priest
1969 -- Guns of the Magnificent Seven | Quintero
1968 -- The Immortal Story | Merchant
1968 -- Villa Rides | Fuentes
1968 -- Los preparativos |
1967 -- Amor en el aire | Carlos Mª Saldiez
1967 -- Cervantes | Filipe II
1967 -- Run Like a Thief | Col. Romero
1967 -- Pero… ¡en qué país vivimos! | Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1967 -- The Viscount |
1967 -- Historia de la frivolidad | Gent
1967 -- The Desperate Ones | Ibram
1966 -- Navajo Joe | Reverend Rattigan
1966 -- Return of the Seven | Priest
1966 -- El Greco | Felipe II.
1966 -- Zampo y yo | Zampo
1966 -- Attack of the Robots | Sir Percy
1965 -- Chimes at Midnight | Worcester
1965 -- Der Marquis - der Mann, der sich verkaufen wollte | Verleger Ramos
1965 -- Espionage in Lisbon | Agent of the New World Organization
1965 -- The Amazing Doctor G | Goldginger
1965 -- Legacy of the Incas | President Castillo
1965 -- Son of a Gunfighter | Don Pedro Fortuna
1965 -- España insólita | (voice)
1965 -- The Devil Also Cries | Ramòn Quiroga
1965 -- Samson and Gideon | Lo straniero / The Stranger - Angel of the Lord
1965 -- Don Quijote | Der Herzog
1964 -- La hora incógnita | Sacerdote
1964 -- Fin de semana | Entrevistador
1964 -- The Palomos | Don Alberto
1964 -- The New Cinderella | Juan Echarre
1964 -- The Rash One | El Rico Pintor
1964 -- Backfire | Commissioner of Beirut harbor
1964 -- El señor de La Salle | Luis XIV
1963 -- The Ceremony | Sanchez
1963 -- The Running Man | Police Official
1963 -- Scheherazade | Al Fakid
1963 -- The Castilian | Ramiro II, rey de León
1962 -- Face of Terror | Dr. Charles Taylor
1962 -- My Son, the Hero | Hoher Priester
1962 -- Viridiana | Don Jaime
1962 -- Rogelia | Máximo García
1961 -- The Savage Guns | Don Hernán
1961 -- Siempre es domingo | Juez Andonelli
1961 -- Fantasmas en la casa | Raimundo Rodríguez de Toledo
1961 -- Goliath Against the Giants | Bokan the Usurper
1961 -- Teresa | Profesor Héctor de la Barrera
1960 -- The Revolt of the Slaves | Valerio
1960 -- Don Lucio and Brother Pío | Señor Aguilar
1960 -- Vida sin risas |
1960 -- Culpables | Mario
1959 -- Poison at 2:30 | Ramón
1959 -- The Last Days of Pompeii | Arbaces, High Priest of Isis
1959 -- Sonatas | Captain Casares
1959 -- Mission in Morocco | Princ Achmed
1959 -- Parque de Madrid | Don Luis
1958 -- ¡Viva lo imposible! | Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1958 -- La Rana Verde | Narrator (voice)
1958 -- Revenge | Writer
1958 -- The Night Heaven Fell | Tío (alternate version)
1958 -- Sevilla Penitente |
1957 -- Un marido de ida y vuelta | Paco
1957 -- Madrugada | Mauricio (voice) (uncredited)
1957 -- Day of Fear |
1957 -- Faustina | Valentín
1957 -- The Singer from Mexico | Cartoni - l'impresario (uncredited)
1956 -- Don Juan | Don Iñigo
1956 -- Playa prohibida |
1956 -- The Adventures of Gil Blas | Capitán Rolando
1956 -- La vida en un bloc | (voice) (uncredited)
1955 -- Billete para Tánger | Inspector
1955 -- The Miracle of Marcelino | Monje narrador
1954 -- Comedians | Miguel
1954 -- Rebeldía | Capellán
1954 -- El alcalde de Zalamea | El Rey
1954 -- Crimen en el entreacto |
1954 -- Las últimas banderas | Miguel Bermejo
1954 -- Cristo |
1953 -- Airport | Fernando
1953 -- Welcome Mr. Marshall! | Narrador (voz)
1953 -- Cabaret | Carlos Jiménez
1953 -- The Lovers of Toledo |
1952 -- La laguna negra | Miguel
1952 -- Flamenco | (voz)
1952 -- The Devil's Roundup | Atracador
1951 -- La señora de Fátima | Lorenzo Duarte
1951 -- Air Lashings | Narrador (voz)
1951 -- Black Sky | Ángel López Veiga
1950 -- Agustina of Aragon | General Palafox/Lorenzo, el pastor
1949 -- Sabela De Cambados | Narrator (voice)
1949 -- Aventuras de Juan Lucas | Juan Lucas
1949 -- Noche de Reyes |
1948 -- Mare nostrum | Ulises / Capitán Ferragut
1948 -- Noche de reyes |
1948 -- Locura de amor | Don Felipe "el Hermoso"
1948 -- Si te hubieses casado conmigo | Enrique Marín Rubio
1947 -- Fuenteovejuna | Frondoso
1947 -- Don Quixote | Sansón Carrasco
1947 -- Reina santa | Infante Alfonso
1946 -- La pródiga | José
1945 -- Los últimos de Filipinas | Juan Chamizo
1944 -- Eugenia de Montijo | Duque de Alba
1940 -- Leyenda rota | Extra (uncredited)
1940 -- El rey que rabió | Extra (uncredited)
1939 -- Los cuatro robinsones |
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