Personal Info
Known Credits
203
Gender
Male
Birthdate
1917-09-20 (108 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
A Coruña, Galicia, Spain
Also Known For
Fernando Casado ArambilletФернандо Рей
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
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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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